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The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, ... and Dr. William Smith's Standard Bible dictionary, in which every important scriptural word is fully explained ..., and many other important and useful aids to the study of the Holy Scriptures.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio Zinman 119
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible--Dictionaries.
- Bible.
- Dummies (Bookselling)--Specimens.
- Dummies (Bookselling).
- Booksellers and bookselling--Colportage, subscription trade, etc.
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- Bookbinding--Specimens.
- Bookbinding.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Specimens.
- Prospectuses.
- Subscription lists (Publishing)
- Penn Provenance:
- Zinman, Michael (donor) (Canvassing Collection copy)
- Grabenkamp, Minnie (autograph) (Canvassing Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 31 cm
- Edition:
- [Canvassing book].
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : National Publishing Co., [after 1881]
- Notes:
- Canvassing book consisting of specimen leaves and illustrations; slips of printed materials (on pink paper) directed at canvassers tipped-in within the main body; full broadside prospectus; preprinted subscription order leaves. Chromolithographed presentation leaf with explanation for agents on verso headed "Ornamental presentation plage.
- Binding: Turkey Morocco on front and American Morocco on back, with two leather spine samples mounted to front pastedown.
- Copyright 187? [final digit damaged] by J.R. Jones.
- Several chromo leaves copyrighted 1881.
- White handbill headed "Notice to agents" mounted to first free endpaper describing binding samples.
- Additional specimen leaves for German translation: Die neue illustrirte heilige schrift.
- Local Notes:
- Zinman 119 has evidence of numerous pink sales speech slips excised. All but one subscription order leaves excised. Front fly-leaf inscribed: "Miss Minnie Grabenkamp age 15y./ Present Frome Mr. Strachbery/ Burlington Iowa 1884."
- Cited in:
- Arbour, K. Canvassing books, 119
- OCLC:
- 913141567
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