Mark Twain & the Bible de Ensor, Allison - 1969

Lexington (KY): University of Kentucky Press, 1969. Cloth. Good plus/Very good. Ensor, Allison : Mark Twain & the Bible. Lexington (KY) : University of Kentucky Press, 1969. First edition/First impression. ISBN 0813111811. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's burnt orange cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Matte color pictorial dust jacket. Plain white endpapers. [x] pp prelim material, [1], 2-130, [131-134] blank. Acknowl, abbrev, five chaps (The Writer and the Bible; To the Holy Land; Three Biblical Images; The Attack on the Bible; Conclusion); notes, index. Condition notes: a good plus first printing, signed by author on front free endpaper: moderate wear/staining/rubbing to unclipped dustjacket. Binding sound and square, corners bumped, spine ends rolled, foxing to edges; interior unmarked but shows general tanning and, specifically, dark spotting to hinges at endpapers and for adjacent two pages at front/rear. The three biblical images considered in detail are: Adam and Eve and Fall; Noah and the flood; and the parable of the Prodigal Son. We personally inspect every book we offer.