Mummies (1982)









Düsseldorf, Germany: Edition Gunnar A. Kaldewey (book, art, collaboration, 1st), 1982.
14.5" x 11" x 0.25", ~26 pages, with five signed and bound-in etchings, tissue covered. Hardcover without dust-jacket as issued.

Mummies, a collaboration between William S. Burroughs and Carl Apfelschnitt, published by Edition Gunnar A. Kaldewey (Düsseldorf, Germany) in 1982. William S. Burroughs text on mummies is illustrated by five bound-in etchings by Carl Apfelschnitt, all five signed by the artist.  Bound by Christian Zwang in Hamburg, Germany. 

This edition – the only edition of this specific text – was released as 70 copies with an additional 5 "on Japan." Not numbered or signed by Burroughs, as issued.  

Burroughs' name is misspelled as "William Borroughs" at the colophon page.

This copy was acquired from Bromer Booksellers (Boston, MA.).

Not in Shoaf.
Schottlaender v4.A51.

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