Semitic Mythology by Canon John Arnott MacCulloch - 1931

Archaeological Institute of America, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. BOOK IS IN FINE CONDITION STUNNINGLY BOUND BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE IN FULL RED CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH GILT ROLLED BORDERS AND CENTRAL PICTORIAL MEDALLION OF MULTI-COLORED MOROCCO ONLAYS IN THE FORM OF AN ANCIENT ASSYRIAN KING TO UPPER BOARD AND ASSYRIAN LAMASSU TO LOWER BOARD. RAISED BANDS, GILT DECORATED COMPARTMENTS. BROAD TURN-INS WITH GILT RULES AND SMALL CORNER-PIECES ENCLOSE GILT RULED, EBONY MOROCCO DOUBLURES. EBONY SILK ENDLEAVES, ALL EDGES GILT AND UNUSUALLY AND EXQUISITELY GAUFFERED WITH HAND-PAINTED HIGHLIGHTS IN COLOR. BINDING AND HINGES ARE EXCELLENT, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND NO FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, 454 PAGES, BOOK MEASURES 9.5"x6.5". THE FIFTH VOLUME IN THE ACCLAIMED THIRTEEN VOLUME SERIES, FIRST EDITION. A PRISTINE COPY AND VERY FINE.