Pre-Dynastic Cemetery at El Mahasna (Thirty-First Memoir of The Egypt Exploration Fund)

Ayrton, Edward R. and W. L. S. Loat. Pre-Dynastic Cemetery at El Mahasna (Thirty-First Memoir of The Egypt Exploration Fund). London: Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1911. First edition. Folio. VIII, 39, [3]pp (Text), XXXVIIIpp (Plates). Half cloth over printed paper covered boards. Remarkable work on the 1908-9 season in which Ayrton, in collaboration with W. L. S. Loat, excavated the Pre-dynastic cemetery of El-Mahasna. It is exquisitely illustrated with 38 b/w plates, plans and charts. Some rubbing and sunning along edges of binding. Spine partly chipped. Ex-library copy with library stamps on inside of front cover. Binding in overall poor to fair, interior in good+ to very good condition. g. Hardcover. (34013) $65