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This sale features some of the rarest Ernest Hemingway items to come to market in recent years, along with rare and important newspapers, a closely-curated selection of works by African-American authors, and some of the finest early printed books to come to market in recent memory. Purchase Catalog
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Lot 452

[ART]. GIGER, H. R. (1940-2014). H. R. Giger's Necronomicon. London: Big O Publishing, [1979].

Estimate: $150 - $300
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[ART]. GIGER, H. R. (1940-2014). H. R. Giger's Necronomicon. London: Big O Publishing, [1979]. Folio. Profusely illustrated. [83] pp. Publisher's perfect-bound pictorial wrappers. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, SECOND PRINTING OF THIS FAMOUS AND MACABRE ILLUSTRATED BOOK BASED ON H. P. LOVECRAFT. This copy with Dali's facsimile double-page inscription at the front, as issued. Giger's work is as vital today as it was when he began creating his nightmarish visions in the 1970s. He is perhaps best known for his design of the xenomorph in Ridley Scott's masterpiece film, Alien (1979). 

Condition

Wrappers and text a bit curled, some toning, edgewear, to wrappers, light wear to spine, some wear to joints. Good. 

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