A carved wooden bound bible by Mary Maxwell the leather bound bible with carved front and back, inscribed inside 'I carved this book-binding about the year 1900 from designs by John Brown, carver, Alnwick Castle.....'; together with two further bibles, one bound in oak from Monreith inscribed '...from Godmother Christian Maxwell 1898', the other bound in olive from Jerusalem; and a final example example of 'The Christian Year, Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays Throughout the Year, by The Rev.John Keble, MA', inscribed and dated 1907, (4) Footnotes: John Brown was the last survivor of the Alnwick School of Carving under the direction the architect and Italian designer Signor Giovanni Montiroli. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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