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Lot 58
Four Reference Books on Ancient Near Eastern Seals
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
All 4to (12 in.), to include: Von Der Osten, Hans Henning. Ancient Oriental Seals in the Collection of Mr. Edward T. Newell (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1934), with antiquities dealer Joel Malter's bookplate; Frankfort, H. (London: MacMillan and Co., 1939), 4to (10 in.), blue cloth with gilt; Eisen, Gustavus A. Ancient Oriental Cylinder Seals with a Description of the Collection of Mrs. William H. Moore (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1940), with legendary numismatist Harry W. Bass, Jr.'s bookplate; Buchanan, Briggs. Early New Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1981).

Private Collection of an Antiquarian, Charlotte, North Carolina

Wear and soiling to the earlier Chicago books; overall tight binding, clean, and useful. Good condition.