Southampton: Southampton: E. A. Hancock, St. Deny's Road, Portswood, 1840. Cloth Bound Boards. Fair/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Volume 1 of 2. Size 15½" x 11" Brown cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Volume 1 of 2 only, ends at Joel III. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Condition fair. The binding is very tatty, a couple of tears, staining, cracked hinges, wear to top and bottom of spine and corners, repaired tear to frontispiece, there is some foxing inside but this only affects the margins. With wonderful colour engravings. Not dated but the is some family history written on the front pastedown: William Pearce born October 29th 1835. Elizabeth Pearce born September 14th 1834. Mary Jane Pearce born February 28th 1858. Frank William Pearce born March 18th 1859. Charles Pearce born October 29th 1860. George Pearce born August 8th 1862. Elizabeth Ann Pearce born January 8th 1867. Angelina Pearce born August 21st 1871. Eliza Jane Pearce born June 26th 1872. Frederick Pearce born October 20th 1875. Henry Gurd born November 11th 1832. A large heavy volume. A good copy for a rebinding project.

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Bookseller: Lazarus Books Limited (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 010344
Title: The Universal Family Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments According to the Authorised Version, with Explanatory Notes Carefully Compiled from the Writings of Brown, Henry, Scott, Benson, Clarke, Kitto, Gaspey and Other Eminent Commentators. Volume I of II only
Illustrator: Volume 1 of 2
Format/Binding: Cloth Bound Boards
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Southampton: E. A. Hancock, St. Deny's Road, Portswood
Place of Publication: Southampton
Date Published: 1840
Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" -
Keywords: THE UNIVERSAL FAMILY BIBLE CONTAINING OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS ACCORDING TO AUTHORISED VERSION, WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES CAREFULLY COMPILED FROM WRITINGS OF BROWN, HENRY, SCOTT, BENSON, CLARKE, KITTO, GASPEY OTHER EMINENT COMMENTATORS VOLUME 1

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Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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,...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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...