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The Light of the World, Our Savior in Pictures
by A. P. T. Elder & E. H. Elder
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Jim Thorpe , Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago IL: The Elder Co., 1896. Purple Binding has gilt spine lettering, Beveled blind stamped Deco boards w/Gilt Deco and lettering on cover, gilt page edges. 'Illustrated with over One Hundred Superb Engravings made Direct from The World's Greatest Paintings of Our Lord' Described as 'A Book Without Words', each full pg illustration is followed with Title, Artist and Engraver info. Works include; The Boy Christ, The Lost Piece of Silver, Mother of Sorrows, The Holy Women at the Tomb, Madonna of the Lilly by Da Vinci, etc. etc. Intro reads: "This is the Age of Illustrations. The Eye and Mind are quicker educated by a single glance at a Fine Picture than by hours devoted to reading of Printed Matter" Printed for Subscribers Only, this is a Rare Fine Copy of Religious Art.*Oversized-extra for Priority Mail Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Vintage Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006238
- Title
- The Light of the World, Our Savior in Pictures
- Author
- A. P. T. Elder & E. H. Elder
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition.
- Publisher
- The Elder Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago IL
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- ART, JESUS, GOD, THEOLOGY, ANTIQUARIAN, ICONS, RARE, CHRISTIAN, ART
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion/Spirituality;
Terms of Sale
The Vintage Bookstore
We will ship anywhere via USPS - extra charges may be requested for oversized parcels.
About the Seller
The Vintage Bookstore
Biblio member since 2008
Jim Thorpe , Pennsylvania
About The Vintage Bookstore
We are an internet only seller specializing in used, rare and out of print items. Lots of Children's books, Poetry, Literature and Antiquarian titles in Decorative Bindings.All books are on premises and usually ship, carefully wrapped, within 24 hours.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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