Description
Complete in three volumes, Illustrated Holy Bible & Apocrypha by Ballantyne Press in full gilt decorated red-brown leather. A handsome set with appealing spine and cover work; spines have five hubs/six compartments and is decorated with filigree; title and volume number/description easy to read. Bottom compartment reads "London". Over 100 color plates. Undated but sources suggest this was in publication in 1911. Good overall condition as shown - photos are of the exact set available for sale. Some wear to leather covers including some scratches and scuffs and wear at edges/corners. Creasing at hinges but fully intact, leather still workable. Gilt page edges all around, a little bit dulled but still nice color, especially at bottom. Binding is mostly good, books have breakages at the fly leaf page from the rest of the pages (see example in 9th photo). Book 1 is inscribed to original owner and dated (difficult to read but I believe it says 1918 or 1928). There are small remnants of silk bookmarks at the top of each volume but the markers have all fallen out from wear.
conlustrobe9
Though shipping took forever, these items did arrive today undamaged. Packaging was excellent, if not over the top! The items are exactly as described, and I believe they will be of good value for seasonal use. Communication with the seller was excellent when it appeared that the items were lost in Indianapolis and I am very glad they were NOT lost!
user32292628
Great communication awesome seller would definitely recommend and buy from again items were as described the quality and condition was great the value was great and and it got here early was shipped very fast and the appearance is great definitely happy with my purchase
Khol Ajgare0
Wow this arrived so quickly! I ordered it on Friday midday and it arrived on a Monday. It was extremely well packaged to handle the unknowns of the postal service. For the age of the books I'm very pleased with the condition of them as it was listed.