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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 8vo. Ancient Cities and Temples Series. Translated from the French. 184 p.p. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Spine heel lightly bumped, else a fine copy. Dust jacket Bookplate of C.B. Farrar. Endpapers are B&W maps of the cities of Ancient Mesopotamia. Ink annotation to head of rear pastedown. Offsetting to half title and p.p. 36-37. Tipped in colour frontis of an alabaster statue from Babylon. Colour/B&W illustrations and photos throughout. In this volume, Albert Champdor recreates the fascinating story of this brilliant city and her ancient deities.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First published in 1956 in French as "Au Pays de la Reine de Saba: L'Ethiopie antique et Moderne". Here in the English translation of 1959; covers a little rubbed and mildly bumped at corners; otherwise very good; unmarked and clean throughout; 239pp + 101 photographs.