BUDGE, E.A. Wallis "The Book of the Dead" [Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1901]

"The Book of the Dead" translated by E.A. Wallis Budge [Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1901]. Complete in Three Volumes. With Four Hundred and Twenty vignettes. xcvi + 702pp. Originally published as part of a longer series, "Books on Egypt and Chaldea". Given that Budge first published his translation in 1895, this is an incredibly early copy and one of the earliest on the market. Each volume has chapter numbers written on the spine face, as pictured. Vol 1 has a water spot on front cover and rubbing long the front spine edge. Cloth seems to have a small amount of air between it and the board as well. Vol 3 has remnants of a small pink sticker at the lower edge of rear board. Rear hinge of Vol 1 just barely starting; all other hinges intact. Good+ and rare.