BREASTED, James Henry "A History of Egypt" [Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948]

BREASTED, James Henry. A History of Egypt From the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. With two hundred illustrations and maps. Second edition, Later printing. 9.5" x 7", xxix + 634pp. Navy blue cloth with extensive gilt decorations and titling. Cover design by Decorative Designers. Lacking dust jacket. Stains from old tape inside both covers. Gift inscription on FFEP. Mild foxing to fore edge. Very Good.

One of the foundational works of modern Egyptology by America’s first great scholar of the field, richly illustrated and still highly readable.