Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Belzoni: The Giant Archaeologists Love to Hate by Ivor Noël Hume in a new archival wrap. First Edition unstated, 2011 University of Virginia Press. First Printing with full number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards with mild warp, strong title gilt on the straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with price on the front flap, mild surface and edge wear, and looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
The Italian son of a barber. A failed hydraulic engineer. A giant who performed feats of strength and agility in the circus. Giovanni Belzoni (17781824) was all of these before going on to become one of the most controversial figures in the history of Egyptian archaeology. A man of exceptional size with an ego of comparable proportions, he procured for the British Museum some of its largest and still awe-inspiring treasures. Today, however, the typical museum visitor knows nothing of Belzoni, and many modern archaeologists dismiss him as an ignorant vandal.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
