It seems only yesterday that our wonderful Rare Book Week was happening in Melbourne, you would think in the depths of winter people wouldn’t venture out but not our hardy Melbournite’s! Wilson Hall at Melbourne University was a marvelous venue; with a soaring ceiling but great heating the over 40 stalls of high end antiquarian books and attendant booksellers had a very fruitful and interesting three days. With booksellers from New York, London and from up country Victoria, Sydney and Adelaide plus my own small stall you can almost feel the buzz looking at our videos of the event. I
ANZAAB 39th BookFare 2012
The ANZAAB BookFare is almost upon us. This year, the Melbourne fair is part of Melbourne Rare Book Week, a fantastic series of events and exhibitions from 19 – 29 July. To find out more visit www.rarebookweek.com
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E.E.S News
Ankh Antiquarian Books has been very proud to be a representative for the Egypt Exploration Society since 1990. Recently I have been made the Society’s first Authorized Bookseller, an exclusive position to help disseminate the EES’s cutting edge research and to introduce new members to this esteemed Society. The Egypt Exploration Society (EES) has been working in Egypt since 1882. For over 120 years the Society has been making all aspects of the culture of ancient and historic Egypt (to 1900 AD) better known to the public. Their fieldwork and research is undertaken in Egypt itself and the results of
Collecting Egyptology & Ancient History
Background: By definition, books belonging to the Egyptology and genre are those about Ancient Egypt—that is, from Pre-Dynastic times usually through to the last Pharaoh (the Ptolemy Queen, Cleopatra VII). Some people go on and collect books which extend the subject to the present time. Of particular interest these days is 19th century Egypt. Range: The science of Egyptology commenced in the late 18th century, when Napoleonic troops entered Egypt, fought the Battle of the Embabeh and General Bonaparte, observing the Pyramids, famously stated ‘Comrades, forty centuries look down upon us’. Napoleon included savants (learned men) in his Egyptian entourage,
