[Rarebooks] For Sale: Handsome Victorian binding

Norman Kane nkane at kanebooks.com
Thu Dec 14 00:05:19 EST 2006


THE BOOK OF JOB ILLUSTRATED WITH FIFTY ENGRAVINGS FROM DRAWINGS BY 
JOHN GILBERT. AND WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES AND POETICAL PARALLELS BY 
JAMES HAMILTON.  N. Y.: Robert Carter & Bros, 1858.   Original cloth, 
9 1/4 X 6 1/4 inches, both covers and spine elaborately
decorated in gold with a center ornament & inner and outer frames, 
the latter with floral and stem designs.  A very nice, bright 
copy.  Binder's ticket at rear of Leighton Son & Hodge, Shoe Lane, 
London, who designed and executed the binding.  All edges gilt. (A 
British production, with a U. S. title 
page.)  $150.00                     (Trade Discount 10 %)


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113 Creeks Edge, Chapel Hill, NC USA 27516-8962
Telephone: 919-967-9287 email: nkane at kanebooks.com.
Proprietor: Norman Kane (Over 50 years as an antiquarian bookseller.)





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