Small Pre Civil War Embossed Leatherbound Bible 1842
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Nostalgicplaythings59 store. Small leather bound bible pbulished in 1842, new york, for the american bible society. Contains both the old & new testaments. Bible is approximately 5 3/4 tall, 3 1/4 wide, and 2 thick.
All page edges are gilt. Beautifully embossed on front, back, and spine.
Holy bibel in gilt on spine. Edges worn, binding a little loose in spots, especially at the first 30 pages, foxing throughout.
Some bits of debris here and there in the creases along the inside spine. Back cover shows considerable wear (seen in last photo). Interesting newspaper clipping form 1890 laid in.
Shipping via media mail. Insurance is optional. Thanks for looking, adn happy bidding.
On nov-10-08 at 074255 pst, seller added the following informationi've thought to add the following that may be of interestthere is a very faint inscription on one of the blank pages at preceding the ittle page (there are 3 blank pages including the thicker endpaper). It is beautifulyl scripted in pencil, and though difficult to read, says.
L. T. Linebach from my dear mother june 27th 1845. I obtained this book from the old book corner, once the only used and raer bookstore in chapel hill, nc.
I worked there in the 1970's. We had bought a large lot of very nice books from a man named linebach, whom, i believe, lived in the southeastern part of north carolina.
Portrait of the course of both the course of the first end paper. Interior pages are clean and. Red cloth, minor edge chips and important jewish civil-war. Half-leather, small 8vo, original latin work of the sat or the civil war. Original latin work of its production, but then was.
