Tutankhamun: the untold story / by Thomas Hoving

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978. 5th Impression. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 384 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations (some color); 25 cm. Contents: Dramatis personae -- The Stage: the Valley of the Kings -- Forty kings and the thieves from Kurna -- First clues of Tutankhamun -- The First years of search -- Deep doubts -- The ""Tomb of the golden bird"" -- ""Wonderful things"" -- The Long night -- Revelations -- The Limelight -- ""Discovery colossal and need every assistance"" -- The Affair of the three princesses -- The Metropolitan Museum makes a coup -- ""Tutankhamun Ltd."" -- A ""Renegade"" speaks out -- ""Strong bull, beautiful of birth -- Carnarvon returns to the tomb -- The Sealed doorway -- The Queen's visit -- Closing down the tomb -- Sudden tragedy -- The Curse -- The Season ends -- Collision course -- The Bastion of bureaucracy -- Dismantling the shrines -- The ""Public domain"" -- Strike! -- ""Bandits!"" -- A ""Malignant influence"" -- "" Much Kalaam"" -- Carter in America -- Surrender -- The Secret division. Subjects: Tutankhamen King of Egypt Tomb. Excavations (Archaeology) Egypt. Egypt Antiquities.