THE
WORD
ACCOMPLISHED
1974.
Edition
of
75
35
X 25
X 6.5cm.
Sixteen
extracts
from
the
book
by
A.B.Christopher,
first
published
in
1954
(Philosophical
Library,
New
York).
This
limited
edition
was
edited,
designed,
illustrated
with
etchings
and
hand-printed
by
NdA.
18
double
leaves
plus
title
wrapper,
held
in
drop-back
box
with
quarter
leather
spine
and
Ivory
Vellum
cover,
deeply
embossed
from
etched
plates.
Seventeen
etchings
printed
by
the
viscosity
method
(several
colours
from
one
plate).
Hand-set
text
in
18pt
Garamond,
printed
on
Barcham
Green
mould-made
paper
on
an
ancient
Eagle
hand
press
at
the
World's
End
Press,
London.
A spiritual meditation, in words that could be an apocryphal New Testament but also belong in the tradition of sacred texts of all religions.
The author of The Word Accomplished was my father, Alexander d'Arbeloff, using the pseudonym A.B.Christopher. While his life was filled with many achievements in various fields, this unsung book was the closest to his heart. Those who have discovered it for themselves feel the same.
A paperback facsimile was published in 1983. To see details, go to another page .
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It is a 72 page wire-stitched booklet, not illustrated. Price: £4.00 incl. postage. Order quoting "New Ed. W.A." |
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XIIIPUBLIC COLLECTIONS where the limited edition can be seen:
Victoria & Albert Museum, National Art Library. National Library Australia. Biblioteca Nazionale, Rome. Museum of the Book, The Hague. Library of Congress, Wash.D.C. Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Bridwell Library, Dallas. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Austin. Stanford University, California. Tutt Library, Colorado College. Butler Library, Columbia University. Kohler Library, Madison, Wisconsin. Spencer Collection, N.Y.Public Library. Mugar Library, Boston University. Margaret Clapp Library, Wellesley College, Massachusetts. Houghton Library, Harvard. Newberry Library, Chicago. Firestone Library, Princeton.
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Plate
VI
from
The
Word
Accomplished.
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Do
not
blame
your
brother
for
an
unloving
action. Do not preach moral priciples: sow only deeds of love. From there, all the rest will follow as if by enchantment. Seek no more when love is accomplished, for there is no more to seek. Go to another place where love is still imprisoned and deliver it to the holder of the key.
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