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THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS AND THE APOCRYPHA. 14 vols. (complete). Boston: R. H. Hinkley Company, n.d. [ca. 1904]. Library edition; no. 379 of 1,000 copies printed at The Merrymount Press, Boston. 8vo. Three-quarter blue morocco over blue cloth-covered boards with gilt, gilt-ruled and lettered spines with crown motif and raised bands, with colorfully decorated endpapers, top edge gilt. All with frontispiece, plates, and captioned tissue guards.
9 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. each
Private Collection, Wilmington, North Carolina A nice set with mostly mild wear to extremities, occasional light scuffing and browning to boards, and rare small mark/stain; interior with edge toning, occasional offsetting and grime, infrequent edgewear, and spotting concentrated on endpapers, title, and front tissue guard otherwise infrequent; one book with minor writing on endpaper, a couple with superficial wear at hinge, first volume with first gathering through dedicatory loose in binding; easily very good.