The Story of the Dead Sea Scrolls

128 pages with frontispiece, color plates, figures, illustrations, maps, glossary, bibliography and index. Quarto (10 1/4" x 7 1/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine and cover with pictorial design in pictorial jacket. Illustrated by Milka Cizik. First edition. The author traces the mystery of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the unraveling and deciphering of their contents and the history of the period to which they were written. The exciting periods of the last century BC and the first century AD come to life inb this story. The political turmoil at the time of Jesus, the wars against Rome, the revolutions and the religious conditions that form the background of the Dead Sea Scrolls, provide the background for this. Condition: Previous owners plate on front end paper, "Special Edition for members" plate on front end paper. Jacket corners and spine ends else a very good copy in a near fine jacket.