The Pearl Reference Bible. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments

Undated illustrated Pearl Reference Bible, with the Old and New Testaments in the Authorised Version. Title-page imprint: Sunday School Union, Bible and Book Saloon, 57 and 59 Ludgate Hill, London. Decorative colour title page bearing the Collins’ Clear Type Press imprint. Printed licence to William Collins, Sons, and Company Limited dated 9 June 1898; gift inscription dated 1906. Exact publication year and impression unconfirmed. Black grained covering, lettered in gilt, with rounded corners, gilt page edges and ribbon marker. Colour frontispiece, The Good Shepherd; decorative colour title page; colour maps, including The Journeys of St Paul and Modern Palestine. Text in double columns with centre-column references. Handwritten inscription to the front free endpaper: “Sam. Parkinson / A present from the / P. M. Sunday School / Scampton 1906.” Rubbing to extremities, with chipping and loss to the covering at the foot of the spine and exposed underlying material. Covers lightly marked; gilt edges show handling wear. Light internal toning and scattered spotting. Ribbon worn. No dust jacket shown. Binding material, pagination and completeness of text, plates and maps have been verified.…