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The pictorial home Bible : devotional and explanatory : containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocrypha, Concordance and marginal references, the text conformable to the standard of the American Bible Society ... with companion articles ... / by M. Laird Simons.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Zinman 128.5
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dummies (Bookselling)--Specimens.
- Dummies (Bookselling).
- Booksellers and bookselling--Colportage, subscription trade, etc.
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- Bookbinding--Specimens.
- Bookbinding.
- Genre:
- Specimens.
- Prospectuses.
- Subscription lists (Publishing)
- Penn Provenance:
- Zinman, Michael (donor) (Canvassing Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 31 cm
- Edition:
- [Canvassing book].
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : William Flynt & Co., 1871.
- Notes:
- Canvassing book consisting of specimen leaves and illustrations; full broadside prospectus; preprinted subscription order leaves.
- Binding: French Morocco with panelled sides on front; alternate French Morocco sample on back. American Morocco cover sample mounted to front pastedown. One leather spine sample (matching the back cover cover) mounted to rear pastedown.
- Leaflet mounted to first free endpaper, headed "Card./ Explanatory of the Canvassing Book."
- "Sold by subscription only" on title page.
- Additional specimen leaves and broadise prospectus for German translation: Die illustrirte familien-bibel.
- Copyright 1871 by M. Laird Simons.
- Not in Arbour.
- Local Notes:
- Zinman 128.5 has lower half of explanatory card on first free endpaper excised. Verso of first free endpaper inscribed "Wm Williams" in pencil.
- OCLC:
- 914124644
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