Book of the Dead [Scarpetta]
by Cornwell, Patricia
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG : in very good condition with dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0316724238
- ISBN 13
- 9780316724234
- Seller
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Alnwick, Northumberland, United Kingdom
2 Copies Available from This Seller
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About This Item
Synopsis
"The Book of Dead" is the usual name given to the ancient Egyptian funerary text called the "Spells of Coming" (or "Going") "Forth By Day. " The Book of the Dead was intended to assist the deceased in the afterlife and comprised a collection of hymns, spells, and instructions to allow the deceased to pass through obstacles in the afterlife. The Book of the Dead was most commonly written on a papyrus scroll and placed in the coffin or burial chamber of the deceased.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barter Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- corp07aa
- Title
- Book of the Dead [Scarpetta]
- Author
- Cornwell, Patricia
- Format/Binding
- Black hardback cloth cover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG : in very good condition with dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0316724238
- ISBN 13
- 9780316724234
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Crime Fiction, First Editions
Terms of Sale
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...