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Doran, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. good. Octavo. 8 1/2" x 6". Red cloth. 334pp including index. Wear at head of spine. Gilt lettering to spine rubbed.

First American edition. Volume I only. Text is unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are age toned. Binding is tight. Covers show some light edge wear around the corners and at the head and base of the spine. The spine is lightly faded. No dust jacket.

London: Cassell and Company, 1923. Three volumes complete, 1923-1933 - Volume One, xxiii, [1], 231pp, [1]; Volume Two - xxxiv, 277pp, [1]; and Volume Three - xvi, 247pp, [1]. Original decorative cloth in DJ's, decorative endpapers to volumes two and three. Title, author, volume number, and publisher in gilt to spine, with title, author, and central gilt scarab to upper cover. DJ's slightly worn and very lightly soiled, minor chipping to edges with tiny amounts of loss, a few small tape repairs to reverse, but generally complete. Light stain to upper cover of volume one. Internally a previous owner's name to half-titles, some very minor browning, some light foxing and dust staining to top and fore edges, otherwise quite bright and clean. Laid in loosely are a couple of newspaper cuttings, and some handwritten notes on a lecture given by Carter at University College in 1931. Volume one with a frontispiece and seventy-nine photographic plates and one plan, volume two with a frontispiece and eighty-eight… Read More