lxv, 300; 124 pp., 47 col (12 folding) + 50 b/w (8 folding) plates, 4 folding tables, 2 vols, roy. 8vo, half morocco, rubbed/light wear, marbled endpapers. Some folding plates/maps with tears, mostly along the folds, one with tape repairs to verso, one plain plate with section detached, but present. Preliminary pages xxix-xxxix (List of Plates) bound with the plates. From the library of Gerald Andrew (Director of the Sudan Government Geological Survey 1939-1955) with his stamp and signature. Numerous annotations to margin of text, on loose sheets pasted to margin of relevant pages and to verso of maps, etc. giving reference numbers to relevant specimens from the 'survey collection'. Occasional ink notations to printed maps. Typed letter from Reginald Engelbach to the author. Engelbach was an English Egyptologist and engineer, curator at Egyptian Museum of Cairo, known for compilation of a register of artifacts belonging to the museum.