AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
Jul 16, 2021
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 501:

CARTER HOWARD: (1874-1939) English Archaeologist and Egyptologist, discovered the Tomb of ...

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Auction took place on Jul 16, 2021 at International Autograph Auctions

CARTER HOWARD: (1874-1939) English Archaeologist and Egyptologist, discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923. An 8vo Walker's loose leaf book used by Carter as an address book and containing around 150 entries, many with telephone numbers, written by Carter in pencil with his neat hand to the feint ruled pages. Arranged alphabetically (some individuals grouped by city, i.e. Alexandria, Cairo, Paris etc.) the entries feature various family members, friends, acquaintances and colleagues of the archaeologist including the Earl & Countess of Carnarvon (as well as Countess Almina, the wife of the 5th Earl of Carnarvon who had supplied financial backing to the search and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb), his brother William Carter (at the Carlyle Studios on Kings Road, Chelsea), Samuel Carter, Albert Carter, the Earl of Crawford, Baron Harold de Bildt, the archaeologist and Egyptologist Guy Brunton, Comte de Lavison, Lady Pinching, Sir Lionel Darell, the art collector George Eumorfopoulos, the Egyptian Embassy in London, the Egyptian Exploration Society, Captain Bruce Ingram, Mrs. Montague Gluckstein, Lord Hutchison of Montrose (incorrectly entered as Melrose by Carter), Princess Louise Handjeri, Sir Thomas Hohler, the chemist and archaeologist Sir Robert Mond, the art historian Eric Maclagan, Lady Violet Melchett, Lord Decies, the Savile Club, Spink & Son, Lord & Lady Selsdon, Tessiers Ltd., Prince Wiasemsky etc. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a few slight stains to the plain black covers. VG