The Holy Bible, Containing The Old And New Testaments...
by Bible
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Westmoreland, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
NY: American Bible Society. Fair. 1838. Hardcover. Large hinge cracks but holding, edges worn, inner hinges cracked. ; Large 4to; 1043 pages; Ornate blind stamped black calf, 13.5" by 11." **Hills 857: later printing. This was the first reference quarto published by the American Bible Society. American Imprint #49213. Family records pages are unused. .
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- Bookseller
- Janet & Henry Hurley (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47985
- Title
- The Holy Bible, Containing The Old And New Testaments...
- Author
- Bible
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- American Bible Society
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1838
- Keywords
- Bible, Religion, American Imprint, American Church History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bible;
Terms of Sale
Janet & Henry Hurley
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About the Seller
Janet & Henry Hurley
Biblio member since 2006
Westmoreland, New Hampshire
About Janet & Henry Hurley
Hurley Books was established by my father, Henry Hurley, in 1966. We have been shipping books through the mail for over 40 years with over 200 catalogs having been issued. Our bookshop contains well over 50,000 volumes with 17,000 +/- currently listed on Biblio.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....