first edition
1896 · London and New York
by FELL, HERBERT GRANVILLE, Illustrator. BIBLE IN ENGLISH
London and New York: J. M. Dent & Co. [and] Dodd, Mead & Co, 1896. FIRST EDITION. 245 x 190 mm. (9 3/4 x 7 1/2"). 2 p.l., xvi, 99 [5] pp. Introduction by Joseph Jacobs.
Publisher's cream buckram over bevelled boards, upper board with gilt title surrounded by elaborate Art Nouveau frame, smooth spine similarly gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. WITH 23 FULL-PAGE WOOD-ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS, along with numerous illustrated borders, initials, head- and tailpieces, after designs by Herbert Granville Fell. Front pastedown with bookplate of George Fleming. Title printed in black and red. Corners bumped, spines ends a little pushed in (truncated)
Publisher's cream buckram over bevelled boards, upper board with gilt title surrounded by elaborate Art Nouveau frame, smooth spine similarly gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. WITH 23 FULL-PAGE WOOD-ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS, along with numerous illustrated borders, initials, head- and tailpieces, after designs by Herbert Granville Fell. Front pastedown with bookplate of George Fleming. Title printed in black and red. Corners bumped, spines ends a little pushed in (truncated)