The Bible Gallery
by Chambers, Talbot W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, Christmas 1888 gift inscription on front flyleaf, pages toned.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Cassell and Company, Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, Christmas 1888 gift inscription on front flyleaf, pages toned.. 1880. Later Printing. Hardcover. Navy pebbled cloth binding stamped in gilt and black on front boards. 100 engravings by Dore, "a selection of one hundred of the choicest pictures" from the original two-volume edition of this title. Memoir of Dore and Descriptive Letter-Press by Chambers. Plates clean and bright. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49570
- Title
- The Bible Gallery
- Author
- Chambers, Talbot W
- Illustrator
- Gustave Dore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, Christmas 1888 gift inscription on front flyleaf, pages toned.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1880
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Engravings, GUSTAVE Dore, BIBLE Illustrations
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion; Art;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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