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An Archaeological Journey to Yemen  (March-May, 1947) [with] Part II: Epigraphical Texts [and]...
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An Archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May, 1947) [with] Part II: Epigraphical Texts [and] Part III: Plates (1951)

by Fakhry, Ahmed & Ryckmans, G.

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Cairo: Government Press, 1952-1951. First edition, three volumes, 4to, pp.xv, 188; xii, 95; x, 92 plates. Service des Antiquites dl l'Egypte. Limited to 500 copies. A very good set in later cloth with original wrappers bound in. Slightly rubbed extremities, original wrappers lightly soiled. One of the earliest professional archaeological accounts of the ancient settlements of Marib and El Gof in Yemen, and the second ever work to publish photographs of these important historical sites. One chapter describes all previous scientific journeys to Marib, to establish the new ground made in this work. Ahmed Fakhry (1905-1973) was an Egyptian archaeologist who broke new ground in Arabian and Egyptian archaeology. He is known for his excavation and study of the 'Bent Pyramid' at Dahshur. Gonzague Ryckmans (1887-1969) was a Belgian linguist who pioneered the documenting and deciphering of pre-Islamic languages from the Arabian Peninsula.
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The Cyclopedia of Fiji (Illustrated). A complete historical and commercial review of Fiji....An...
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The Cyclopedia of Fiji (Illustrated). A complete historical and commercial review of Fiji....An epitome of progress... A compendium of statistics and data concerning the group never yet compiled or brought together in a single publication. Descriptive and biographical facts, figures and illustrations.

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Sydney: The Cyclopedia Company of Fiji, 1907. First edition, 4to, pp.8, 332, [46], many illustrations. With, bound in, a typescript index of persons appearing, and a specimen part of the Cyclopedia for presentation to subscribers. A very good copy in modern buckram. Original wrappers of specimen part preserved within. This Cyclopedia was created by the publishers to serve as "a standard work of reference on Fiji" to "focus attention on the magnificent resources of the group and its tropic wonders". It provides detailed information, with copious illustrations, on the the history, the people, the industries and trade, the culture and the geography of the island group, including specific details such as marriage and funerary rites, and suspicions of cannibalism and child sacrifices. Much of the information was supplied by the Fiji Times and Western Pacific Herald. Perhaps the most important part of this work is the large set of 893 portraits that accompany the biographies of… Read More
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The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters. Its Festivals and Folk-Lore.
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The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters. Its Festivals and Folk-Lore.

by Furness, William Henry

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Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1902. First edition, pp.xi, 197, complete with 88 fine Heliotype plates each with a descriptive tissue guard. One of only 500 copies issued. A very good copy in the original gilt-decorated cloth, top edge gilt. Stitching weak as usual due to the excessive weight of plates bound in. Very slight rubbing to extremities, light bumping to corners and spine, single crease to spine. Internally clean and unblemished. William Henry Furness III (1866-1920), an American physician, was one of the first Westerners to encounter the Kayan people of Borneo and the Wa'ab people of Yap. This work is the product of four expeditions Furness made between 1895 and 1901 accompanied by two like-minded physicians: Hiram M. Hiller, Jr. and Alfred C. Harrison, Jr. While their expeditions were primarily ethnographic, they also collected a considerable amount of biological and archaeological artefacts that became one of the founding collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of… Read More
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