E. A. W. Budge who was the curator of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum, he also visited Egypt many times to collect items for the British Museum and to learn more about the Ancient Egyptians.  This book, probably one of  his most famous along with his 1899 Book of the Dead, the papyrus of Ani and Hunefer.  

This copy is one evil of a two volume set. This is vol 2 only. Condition is average with quite damage too of spine.

Some of Budge’s work is now out of date, particularly his work on hieroglyphis, only because the study of this language has continued to expand since his passing. 

Books by Budge are still hugely collectable, even a joke about Budge's poor translating was famously in the movie Stargate.  Budge to my mind is a cultural icon which is why he is still so collected by those interested in Ancient Egypt.

A collectible edition which is very hard to find, although this is a 10th edition and facsimile reprinted in 1970. Condition is excellent.

Any questions just ask.

For further information on EAW Budge, look to Wikepedia or the Egypt Exploration Societies excellent book on past Egyptologists, "Who was who in Egyptology".

Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 1857 – 23 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East.[1] He made numerous trips to Egypt and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri. He published many books on Egyptology, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences. In 1920, he was knighted for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum.