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Hieroglyphic Bibles: their origin and history a hitherto Unwritten Chapter of Bibliography With Facsimile Illustrations and A New Hieroglyphic Bible told in Stories
by W. A. Clouston and Frederick A. Laing
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, 1894. 4to. xvi, 316 + plates. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board, top edge gilt, illustrations in black to spine and front board. Good. Ex-library copy with call numbers to spine, inscription to front free endpaper, stamp to front paste down endpaper, small stamp to title page. Some fraying to spine ends, darkening to spine and extremities of boards, top corner of front board bumped.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good.
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- Seller
- Zed Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- x04865
- Title
- Hieroglyphic Bibles: their origin and history a hitherto Unwritten Chapter of Bibliography With Facsimile Illustrations and A New Hieroglyphic Bible told in Stories
- Author
- W. A. Clouston and Frederick A. Laing
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- David Bryce and Son
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1894
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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