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The bible looking glass : reflector, companion and guide to the great truths of the sacred scriptures ... / enlarged, revised, and rearranged by Bishop Samuel Fallows, D.D., LL.D.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Zinman 74
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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)
- Penn Provenance:
- Zinman, Michael (donor) (Canvassing Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- [Canvassing book].
- Place of Publication:
- Naperville, Ill. : J. L. Nichols & Co., c1898.
- Notes:
- Canvassing book consisting of specimen leaves and illustrations; half broadside prospectus; lined subscription order leaves.
- Binding: cloth binding, with one leather spine sample mounted to rear pastedown.
- Copyright 1898 by J.L. Nichols & Co.
- "Agents wanted" printed on title page.
- Additional title page for German translation: Der Biblische Speigel.
- Local Notes:
- Zinman 74 has subscription order leaves containing the names of 12 subscribers, with binding preferences. Ms. emendations to publisher's terms for half morocco binding.
- Cited in:
- Arbour, K. Canvassing books, 74
- OCLC:
- 911214920
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