Title: The Book of Esther: From the King James Version of the Holy Bible
Author: **
Description: 36 pp. Designed and hand illuminated by Valenti Angelo. 7½x4½, full tan calf, ruled in brown, spine lettering and star designs embossed in brown, top edge gilt, slipcase. One of 135 copies printed by Edmund Thompson at Hawthorn House.Signed by Angelo at the colophon. Initials and decorations with more elaborate hand coloring than typically seen.
Heading: (Angelo, Valenti)Place Published: New York
Publisher: The Golden Cross Press
Date Published: 1935
Author: **
Description: 36 pp. Designed and hand illuminated by Valenti Angelo. 7½x4½, full tan calf, ruled in brown, spine lettering and star designs embossed in brown, top edge gilt, slipcase. One of 135 copies printed by Edmund Thompson at Hawthorn House.Signed by Angelo at the colophon. Initials and decorations with more elaborate hand coloring than typically seen.
Heading: (Angelo, Valenti)Place Published: New York
Publisher: The Golden Cross Press
Date Published: 1935
Condition report
Light wear to slipcase; spine darkened; else near fine.
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Collection of Fine California Press Books
1:00 PM PT - May 8th, 2008
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