The Home Bible - arranged for family reading
by Greenough, Ruth Hornblower; with illustrations from designs by William Blake
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VeryGood unmarked, some slight wear & mottling to the boards; in Good jacket w light edgwear.
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. Not stated, presumed 1st edition. Oversize Hardback in aqua cloth boards, in brownish jacket.. VeryGood unmarked, some slight wear & mottling to the boards; in Good jacket w light edgwear.. The King James Bible presented as a two-part story in 16 chapters, with about three dozen full-page b/w illustrations by Blake, plus profuse multicolor mini-engravings in the borders, two frontispieces in color. Bright tight clean HB, scarce item.
7-3/4 x 10-1/2, 357 + 393 pp, indexes, b/w maps, color frontispieces, 2-color endpaper maps.
7-3/4 x 10-1/2, 357 + 393 pp, indexes, b/w maps, color frontispieces, 2-color endpaper maps.
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Details
- Bookseller
- edburynbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43252
- Title
- The Home Bible - arranged for family reading
- Author
- Greenough, Ruth Hornblower; with illustrations from designs by William Blake
- Format/Binding
- Oversize Hardback in aqua cloth boards, in brownish jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - VeryGood unmarked, some slight wear & mottling to the boards; in Good jacket w light edgwear.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Not stated, presumed 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
Terms of Sale
edburynbooks
Books are returnable for full refund but the buyer pays the return postage. If the book was as described by the seller, no original postage charge will be refunded.
About the Seller
edburynbooks
Biblio member since 2007
Nevada City, California
About edburynbooks
I sell from my home, where I have about 25,000 books shelved or stored. I am also an author, poet, photographer, taroist, publisher, collector. Selling books online for almost 15 years, including my own titles and rare books from my collection.
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