Never to Die:

New York: Viking Press, 1938. First edition (stated). Orange octavo, gilt and gilt design to spine, 224 pages, b&w illustrations, portraits; 25 cm. Ex-library book with usual markings (croosed out stamp to fore-edges, tape to top edge, bookplate residue to front pastedown, paper slip torn to worn front free endpaper, slitted hole to front free endpaper, crossed out stamp to front free endpaper, stamp to title page, ink signatures to copyright page, two ink initials, number stamp, and library stamp to next page, crossed out stamp and light spotting to rear free endpaper, tape to rear board, paper slip residue to rear pastedown), very mild rubbing to spine head and foot, very gentle rubbing to corners, faint soiling to boards, else Very Good. Hardcover.

Egyptian literature -- Translations into English. A discussion of the ancient Egyptians using their own writings about their way of life and death. Contents: "The darkness is routed" -- The old kingdom: 2980-2475 B.C. The old kingdom: introduction and chronology -- The decreased's journey to the sky -- Morning hymn to the sun -- The book of surgery -- Proverbs of Ptah-hotep -- A dancing dwarf for King Pepi -- The middle kingdom: 2000-1788 B.C. The middle kingdom: introduction and chronology -- The admonitions of Ipuwer -- Dispute of a man with his soul -- The prophecies of Neferrohu -- Amenemhet's instruction for his son, Sesostris I -- Egyptian medicine: the recipe rolls -- The destruction of mankind -- The Osiris drama -- The eloquent peasant -- Song of the harper -- Baufra's tale -- Hymn to the Nile -- The early empire: 1580-1375 B.C. The early empire: introduction and chronology -- Hatshepsut's expedition to Punt -- Hymn of victory: Thutmose III -- The scribes' school -- Anpu and Bata -- Love songs -- A princess of Egypt to wife -- The later empire: 1375 to about 1000 B.C. The later empire: introduction and chronology -- Ikhnaton's hymn to the sun -- Letter to a deceased wife -- In praise of death -- The contendings of Horus and Seth -- The foredoomed prince: a fairy story -- Hymn of victory: Merneptah -- The harem conspiracy -- Wenamon, envoy to Syria -- The teaching of Amenophis.