Howard Carter's personal leatherbound address book, 4.75 x 6.25, filled out in Carter's hand in pencil on 29 pages, recording the names and addresses of various associates. Among the notable names in the book are the Earl of Carnarvon (sponsor of the excavation of King Tut's tomb), William Carter (his brother), the Egyptian Embassy, the Egypt Exploration Society, Helen Ionides, the Illustrated London News, Otto Gutekunst (art dealer), Khawam Bros. (Egyptian antiquities dealers), Robert Mond (chemist and archaeologist), Percy Newberry (Egyptologist), Alexander Scott (chemist and director of scientific research at the British Museum), Spink & Son (auctioneers), and more. In fine condition, with some pages loose and the address label of his nephew, John E. Carter, affixed inside the front cover.
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