Sphere, London, 1972, reprint.  Folio soft cover, 238 pages including Appendices, Notes and Index.  Some edge and cover wear, spine creased, lower front corner crease; sticker residue on front wrap.  One loose page; remainder firmly attached.  Old splash mark at bottom edge of first few pages; remainder of interior clean and unmarked; colour & black and white photos/illustrations.  ‘The discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb in 1922 is a landmark in archaeological history and certainly the most important single find in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.  Unlike that of more illustrious Pharaohs the tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamen had lain unmolested by graverobbers for more than three thousand years.  To its discoverers it yielded a treasure of unimagined magnificence, ranging from chariots, chairs and caskets to the great sepulchral shrine of “the Lord of the West.”’ (from rear wrap)