WARD, W.A. Studies on Scarab Seals. Volume One: Pre-12th Dynasty Scarab Amulets.

(Warminster, Wiltshire): Aris & Phillips Ltd., 1978. First edition. Softcover. 29.9 by 21cm. 116 pages. The first volume of Ward’s monumental study of Egyptian scarab seals, tracing the origins and early development of scarab amulets from the First Intermediate Period through the accession of Amenemhat I. Establishing a typological and chronological framework for pre-Twelfth Dynasty scarabs, the work examines their manufacture, iconography, inscriptions, and archaeological context, and includes an appendix by S.I. Bishara. Together with the later volumes by Ward and Olga Tufnell, it became the standard reference on Egyptian scarab typology and remains indispensable to Egyptologists, archaeologists, museum curators, and collectors of Egyptian antiquities. Illustrated. A very good copy in wrappers.