Palestine Exploration Fund Annuals. 3 vol. lot - 1911- 1915 - Archaeology. For Sale

Palestine Exploration Fund Annuals. 3 vol. lot - 1911- 1915

1. Palestine Exploration Fund Annual #1, 1911. I. MegalithicMonuments of Rabbath Ammon at Amman. By Duncan Mackenzie. II. Excavations atAin Shems. By Duncan Mackenzie. III. The Khazneh at Petra. By Gustaf Dalman.First printing, hardcover. Small quarto, publisher's cloth backed boards.Soiling and browning on front and back boards. Some wear and loss to corners.Small tear 5/8” at top of contents page. Owner’s sticker on inside of frontboard. Browning near page edges and on 1st and last blank pages. The spine issun-faded, but gilt is still readable. Published by Harrison and Sons,London.

2. Palestine Exploration Fund Annual #2, 1912-1913. By DuncanMackenzie. Double Volume. London: Palestine Exploration Fund (1913), firstprinting, hardcover. Small quarto, publisher's cloth backed boards, very good,light wear and soil to binding, some wear and loss to corners, particularly thefront lower outer one, lightest rubbing and wear to spine ends, ownershipsignature of James Kelso (well-known archaeologist), name stamp of Paul W.Lapp, another prominent archaeologist, stamp on pastedown of the Pittsburgh-XeniaSeminary. 105 pp text, 61 plates, at least two in color. Good association copy.

3. Palestine Exploration Fund Annual #3, 1914-1915 By Woolley& Lawrence. Ex library - with white sticker on spine and usual stamps andmarkings. Traces of old pocket on inside of back cover. 4to, first edition,first issue binding (with the full stop after the date on the spine), withpreceding leaf with series title (Palestine Exploration Fund. Annual 1914-1915.(Double Volume), folding plan, 37 plates, original cloth-backed printed boards,spine lettered in gilt, letter in black on upper cover (small tear on toplayer, so missing the letter “D” - see photo). Some loss at top of spine. Gilton the spine. SCARCE!