Sun Stones and Silence

Dorothy Hales Gary 

text by Robert Payne 

Introduction by Georges Duhamel of the Academic Francaise 
1963 First Edition (so stated), Simon and Schuster, New York 
Quarto.  Gold letters on black text block the whole length of the spine.  Red full cloth boards with large Egyptian hieroglyphics blind-stamped on the front and protected in a clear archival dust jacket.  127pp.  The text is on heavy weight paper with full-page double-sided photographs throughout.  These are Gary's portraits of Egypt in its Pyramids, Mosques, and ancient styles of life along with Robert Payne's scholarly descriptions.  Beautiful.