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The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments + The Making of the Bruce Rogers World Bible by William Targ
by Bruce Rogers (Designer)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1949. Cloth. Very Good. A very solid copy of the magnificent 1949 Bruce Rogers-designed Holy Bible. Printed by A. Colish ("from designs by Bruce Rogers"), only 975 copies issued. A thick, suitably imposing elephant folio, elegant in its dark-red cloth and beautiful gilt-designed panels. Tightly-bound and VG, with mild darkening along the panel edges and light scuffing at the rear panel. Top-edge gilt, 942 thick-rag, double-columned pgs. Internally immaculate, with no writing or markings of any kind. Also includes a clean, Near Fine example of the companion volume, "The Making of the Bruce Rogers World Bible", written by William Targ ands also published by World.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11469
- Title
- The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments + The Making of the Bruce Rogers World Bible by William Targ
- Author
- Bruce Rogers (Designer)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- rare design, rare Bruce Rogers, the Bruce Rogers Bible, the World Bibles, rare Bibles
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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