The Book of Ruth. This item is unavailable.The Book of Ruth

The famous Biblical story of Ruth, per the preface, was written about 450 B.C. Set in Moab and Jerusalem, it constitutes one of the more important parts of the Hebrew Bible. This translation prepared at Cambridge in 1611 for King James I (KJV), with a preface by Mary Ellen Chase. Includes color illustrations by Arthur Szyk. --- In pale yellow cloth-covered boards backed in white cloth, with image of Ruth harvesting barley to front panel, 'Ruth' stamped in gilt spine block. The volume is bound in the double fold technique (sometimes called Japanese fold or French fold) in which the fore-edges of the pages are not severed by the knife from adjoining leaves and all printing is on the outsides of these uncut leaves. Volume housed in gold paper-covered slipcase. --- A well-preserved, tightly-bound copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Poor-only slipcase is in pieces but most of them are present.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; 44 pages.