designed to be read as literature...
London, William Heinemann Limited, [circa 1950].
[holy bible] fore-edge painting. A most attractive version of the Holy Bible, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with a fore-edge painting of Bethlehem. 'In this edition the text of the King James version is generally followed except in the case of Proverbs, Job Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs, where that of the revised version is used' (Editor).
4to (232 x 160 mm); with a fore-edge painting of Bethlehem signed 'KH' beneath the gilt; contemporary full tan morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt, spine in compartments, blind-stamped foliage extensions to raised bands on covers, covers with single filet border, all edges gilt, spine uniformly faded, the odd light mark, otherwise very good and internally fine.
4to (232 x 160 mm); with a fore-edge painting of Bethlehem signed 'KH' beneath the gilt; contemporary full tan morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt, spine in compartments, blind-stamped foliage extensions to raised bands on covers, covers with single filet border, all edges gilt, spine uniformly faded, the odd light mark, otherwise very good and internally fine.
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