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The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh

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This paperback (ISBN 1432528262), which has 250 pages, is a facsimile of the text of the 1883 first edition published by Field & Tuer, Ye Leadenhall Presse of London and Scribner & Welford of New York. It does not include the 17 plates, 16 plans and foldout charts of the original.

A second "revised" edition was published in 1885 but, as noted by John Romer in his 2007 book The Great Pyramid, it "lacks some of the data and plans of the first edition and has greatly attenuated text".

There is a hardcover facsimile of the 1885 edition with an update by Zahi Hawass published by Michael Sanders (ISBN 1854170511) in 1990 with only 135 pages and 9 plates. It had a list price of $30.00 and now sells for $50.00 plus as a used book.

There is also a 2002 hardcover edition ( ISBN 0710307098) with 260 pages printed on demand by Kegan Paul. I do not know whether it reproduces the 1883 or the 1885 edition nor whether it has the plates, plans and foldout charts. It has a list price of $495.00.

An "unmarked" 1883 first edition was recently offered for $1,200.00 and another with "underlining and marginalia" for $250.00.

This book is a "must have" for any serious Egyptological library. The fact that an excellent, modern Egyptologist such as Dr. Zahi Hawass has also contributed to the findings makes it even more valuable, and clearly shows that Egyptology is a constantly revised, dynamic area of study.