ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE LIFE

First edition, first printing, with tipped in signed typed letter to the author duo from Harper and Brothers Chairman of the Board Henry Hoyns on his printed letterhead and dated December 18, 1944. The letter is thanking Dr. and Mrs. Miller for inscribing a copy of ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE LIFE, which he calls "the great book. one of the most important books in the field - it is a valuable document". We surmise that this is the copy belonging to the authors as it contains the Hoyns letter and is specially bound in red morocco. With nearly 250 black and white illustrations on glossy double-sided plates and with 14 colour maps. Large 8vo, very impressively bound in straight grained red morocco, the spine with gilt-stippled raised bands, gilt rules and lettering, very finely gilt-tooled turn-ins and geometrically patterned endpapers, silk ribbon-marker, t.e.g. xvi, 493 pp. A very fine copy, and maps and illustrations all in good order, the fine binding beautifully preserved as well.

Edizione: an extremely handsome and well preserved copy of this valuable biblical reference with tipped-in letter from the publisher to the authors. the letter has excellent content, in it henry hoyns expresses his belief that this is a valuable and important work. he is not alone in this opinion as even today goodreads calls this "a mighty read" and stresses how the authors concern with the very ordinariness of the era--exploring how people lived, the occupations they toiled at, and the kinds of homes they resided in-- make this a handy companion for anyone curious about the customs, languages, and social structures of the time.