The bible looking glass : reflector, companion and guide to the great truths of the sacred scriptures ... / by John W. Barber and others.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885.

Contributor:

William Garretson & Co., publisher.

Canvassing and Sample Book Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Subscription Publishing Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dummies (Bookselling)--Specimens.

Dummies (Bookselling).

Booksellers and bookselling.

Booksellers and bookselling--Colportage, subscription etc.

Bookbinding--Specimens.

Bookbinding.

Genre:

Specimens.

Prospectuses.

Subscription lists (Publishing)

Subscribers' addresses (Publishing)

Penn Provenance:

Zinman, Michael (donor) (Canvassing Collection copy)

Physical Description:

1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

[Canvassing book].

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Bradley, Garretson & Co., 1874.

Notes:

Canvassing book consisting of specimen leaves and illustrations; full broadside prospectus; preprinted subscription order leaves.

Binding: dual cloth and leather binding, with cloth sample on front, leather sample on back. Two spine samples, one cloth and one leather, mounted to front pastedown.

Copyright 1866 by John W. Barber.

Zinman 72 copy 2 not in Arbour.

Local Notes:

Zinman 72 copy 1 has publisher's description of binding samples, headed "Notice," mounted to first free endpaper.

Zinman 72 copy 2 has Ms. inscription of a hymn in pencil on verso of second prospectus leaf, dated June 4th, 1886. Subscription order leaves contain the names of 22 subscribers from Pennsylvania, with binding preferences. Ms. inscription of a hymn in pencil on verso of second subscription leaf. Pencil ciphering on verso of penultimate subscription leaf. Front pastedown missing cloth spine sample.

Cited in:

Arbour, K. Canvassing books, 72

OCLC:

911214917