Stories from the Bible / by Walter de la Mare. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956.

Contributor:

Ardizzone, Edward, 1900-1979.

Tehon, Atha.

Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible stories, English--Old Testament.

Bible stories, English.

Genre:

Short stories.

Penn Provenance:

Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)

Tehon, Susan (donor)

Physical Description:

420 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

[First American edition].

Manufacture:

New York : Bound by H. Wolff.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [1963]

Contents:

The Garden of Eden

The Flood

Joseph

Moses

The Wilderness

Samson

Samuel

Saul

David.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi Book, published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."

"First American edition."

"The stories contained in this volume are versions of but a few of the narratives related in the first nine books of the Old Testament of the Bible ..."--Introduction.

"This book is set in Monotype Caslon, a moder adaptation of a type designed by the first William Caslon (1692-1766)."--A Note on the type in which this book is set.

"All Ages."--Dust jacket.

Designed by Atha Tehon.

Local Notes:

Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.

Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

OCLC:

10013002