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The Giant Cities of Bashan, and the Northern Border Land

J. L. Porter – The Giant Cities of Bashan, and the Northern Border Land Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, [c. 1878–1885]. 16mo (17 × 12 cm). 278 pp. Publisher’s red cloth, spine richly gilt with oval title cartouche and floral ornaments, covers ruled in blind with gilt device. Engraved frontispiece. School bookplate attached to front fly. An abridged American edition, reset and reorganized from the 1865 London original; a later 19th-century ABPS issue in a characteristic decorative trade binding. Inv. H2