[Rarebooks] FS: THE BOOK OF THE DEAD

[Charles Agvent]

 From our recently updated catalog of LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB books and 
ephemera containing 601 items:

THE  BOOK OF THE DEAD: A COLLECTION OF SPELLS. New  York:  Limited
Editions  Club  1972. Two quarto (8-1/4" x 12-1/4") volumes  bound  in
black   and  red  buckram,   respectively,  with  identical   Egyptian
decorations  stamped  in  pigment  and metallic  leaf  in  a  slipcase
covered  with  genuine  cedar veneer. Edited and translated  from  the
Egyptian  hieroglyphics  by  Raymond O. Faulkner. Copy #1110  of  1500
numbered  copies  designed by John Dreyfus and printed at  the  Curwen
Press.  The  text  is accompanied by a separate volume  in  which  are
reproduced  scenes  painted  in  the original Papyrus of  Ani  at  the
British  Museum, photographed for this edition by Peter Parkinson. The
24  panels have been mounted in the form of a concertina which unfolds
tABAA Trade <abaa-books at abaa.org>o  a length of 16-1/2 feet. Issued 
unsigned. Minor wear to  slipcase.
Fine in glassine and close to Fine slipcase.                   $150.00

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