Antique Books Including Christian Prayer Books and "Les Miserables"
Item Details
An assortment of books dating the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This collection of eleven books includes a small prayer book with embossed cover decoration and a metal latch, titled The Little Key of Heaven, and a Czech book with a metal latch and an appliqué cross decoration to the front cover. The other books are bound in leather, and include a two-volume English-language edition of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables as well as Leo Tolstoi’s War and Peace. Also included are a crocheted Christian cross and a bookmark with a miniature wooden book decoration on a string.
| Binding | Leather |
| Number of Books | 11 |
Condition
- to fair; part of cross ornament broken off; general heavy wear throughout including significant deterioration of leather, page discoloration and brittleness, and writing; teaching Bible has “Ruth Hadraba” debossed in gilt to the front cover.
Dimensions
- measures largest book.
Item #
17CHI111-095
