CARTER HOWARD: (1874-1939) English archaeologist... Lot 1210

CARTER HOWARD: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist, discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923. An oblong small 8vo Address book previously belonging to and compiled by Howard Carter, evidently dating from the 1930s, bearing his pencil ownership signature ('Howard Carter') and address at Prince's Gate Court in London to the front free endpaper, containing approximately 200 addresses and many telephone numbers etc., in Carter's hand, in pencil, of various family members, friends, acquaintances and colleagues of the archaeologist in various cities around the world, including the Duke of Alba in Madrid, Baron Harold de Bildt of the Royal Swedish Legation in Cairo, the Earl & Countess of Carnarvon (including Countess Almina, the wife of the 5th Earl of Carnarvon who had supplied financial backing to the search and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb), Earl of Cadogan, William Carter, Samuel Carter, Albert Carter, Lady Colefax, John Drinkwater, Viscount Devonport, the Egyptian legation and consul in London, Lady Melchett, the Press Cutting Association, Sir Horace Rumbold, the Savile Club, Hassan Selius, Professor of Egyptology at the University in Cairo, Air Vice Marshal Francis Rowland Scarlett, Sir Harry Lloyd Verney (private secretary to Queen Mary) and many, many others. With marbled endpapers and gilt stamped Addresses to the front cover. A rare and fascinating record of the individuals associated with Carter in his personal and professional life. Some damp staining to the back cover and a few of the first and final pages, only affecting a few of the entries, and with some light overall age wear, G