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The bible looking glass : reflector, companion and guide to the great truths of the sacred scriptures ... / by John W. Barber and others.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Zinman 73
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885.
- 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 & Co., c1866.
- Notes:
- Canvassing book consisting of specimen leaves and illustrations; full broadside prospectus; preprinted subscription order leaves.
- Binding: cloth binding, with leather sample mounted to rear pastedown. Two spine samples, one cloth and one leather, mounted to front pastedown.
- Copyright 1866 by John W. Barber.
- Local Notes:
- Zinman 73 has subscription order leaves containing the names of 31 subscribers from various towns in Maine and New Hampshire, with binding preferences.
- Cited in:
- Arbour, K. Canvassing books, 73
- OCLC:
- 911214918
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