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Inscriptions of the Nile monuments : a book of reference for tourists

Title
Inscriptions of the Nile monuments : a book of reference for tourists / by Garrett Chatfield Pier ; with 120 illustrations and a map.
Author
Pier, Garrett Chatfield, 1875-1943.
Publication
  • New York ; and London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908.
  • [New York] : The Knickerbocker Press, [1908]
  • ©1908.

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Additional Authors
  • G.P. Putnam's Sons, publisher.
  • Knickerbocker Press, printer.
Description
[2], xx, 357, [1] pages, [1] leaves of plates : illustrations, map; 22 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subject
  • Inscriptions > Egypt
  • Egypt > Antiquities
  • Egypt > Description and travel
  • Egypt > Guidebooks
Note
  • "Of this work, three hundred copies have been printed from type, and the type has been distributed. G.P. Putnam's Sons."--page [2], first count.
  • "Copyright, 1908 by Garrett Chatfield Pier."--verso of title page.
  • "The Knickerbocker Press, New York."--verso of title page.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references ("Bibliographical note"--page xvii) and index.
Provenance (note)
  • is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Contents
ch. 1. Cairo -- ch. 2. Gizeh ; Pyramids and the Sphinx -- ch. 3. Heliopolis -- ch. 4. Memphis (Sakkarah) -- ch. 5. Beni Hasan -- ch. 6. Roda ; Story of the siege of Eshmunen -- ch. 7. el-Amarna -- ch. 8. Asyut -- ch. 9. Abydos -- ch. 10. Keneh ; Denderah -- ch. 11. Thebes, east bank -- ch. 12. Thebes, west bank -- ch. 13. Edfu -- ch. 14. Abu Simbel -- ch. 15. The adventures of Sinuhat, an Egyptian noble, who lived in the early part of the Twelfth Dynasty, about 2000 B.C. -- Index.
Call Number
Sc 913.32-P (Pier, G. Inscriptions of the Nile monuments)
LCCN
08019581
OCLC
  • 4047212
  • NYPGR4047212-B
Author
Pier, Garrett Chatfield, 1875-1943.
Title
Inscriptions of the Nile monuments : a book of reference for tourists / by Garrett Chatfield Pier ; with 120 illustrations and a map.
Publisher
New York ; and London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908.
Manufacturer
[New York] : The Knickerbocker Press, [1908]
Copyright Date
©1908.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references ("Bibliographical note"--page xvii) and index.
Provenance
Copy in Sc 913.32-P (accession no. B429254) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
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Full text available via HathiTrust (University of Wisconsin, Madison copy)
Added Author
G.P. Putnam's Sons, publisher.
Knickerbocker Press, printer.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Research Call Number
Sc 913.32-P (Pier, G. Inscriptions of the Nile monuments)
*OBQ (Pier, G. C. Inscriptions of the Nile monuments)
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