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2009 · Best.-Nr. 363121 — New York: W.W. Norton & Company 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. R. Crumb. Signed by Illustrator. Fine-looking structurally sound hardcover little discernible wear to the black cloth over boards sharp and distinct lettering including Old English font-rendered to front cover and spine. Bright interior unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket illustrated and wildly colorful little worn. The text-box at front cover promises: "Nothing Left Out!" Nothing Not one thing Awesome! It had better not have. The illustrator the inimitable R. Crumb and his wife aver that completion of the illustrations of this edition of the book the first book of the Old Testament the one with many anonymous authors took over four years. His wife Aline brought him baskets of food to the shepherd's hut in the south of France in which he lived for the duration. After "playing around" with a satirical "send-up" of the book he decided to "play it straight" instead. The result is a SIGNED and DATED copy adjacent to the publisher's logo of The Book of Genesis. 224 pp. with black-and-white illustrations galore. Published by W.W. Norton & Company in October 2009. Stated First Edition First Printing. Covers Creation to the Death of Joseph in 50 chapters illustrating in a word-for-word line-by-line chapter-by-chapter manner in an oddly counterintuitively straightforward manner. At book's end is extended commentary on each chapter and how he approached its rendering. Assembled mostly says Crumb from Robert Allen's translation of the Hebrew and from the King James bible. The serpent in Eden a reptile looks humanoid. Jacob becomes a character a "kind of depressed guy who doesn’t strike you as physically courageous." Abraham’s wife Sarai appears fetching at 90. Their "slave girl" is rendered as a "handmaid." Hmmm . . . God appears "a standard Charlton Heston-like figure with long white hair and a flowing beard." Long Introduction by R. Crumb. He writes: "the stories of these people the Hebrews were something more than just stories. They were the foundation the source in writing of religious and political power handed down by God himself."Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. W.W. Norton & Company hardcover