Catholic Family Edition of the Holy Bible. and similar items

New York: John J. Crawley Co., Inc., 1953. First edition thus. The first eight Books and the Book of Psalms from the Old Testament and entire New Testament are in the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine text, the remaining Books are in the Challoner-Douay text. Beautiful presentation in full crimson red leather over beveled boards, lettering and decoration in gilt and black, all edges gilt, red silk moire endleaves, gilt tooled inner dentelles, three attached ribbon bookmarks, about 9 inches tall, just over 2.25 inches thick. Includes dedication page with hand-lettered name of Mabel Hogan Brookes. Color frontis for each Testament, other color plates, numerous other color illustrations throughout, decorative and historiated initials, unused decorative family record pages. Very good condition with some wear to the gilt edges of the text block, good hinges, firm text block, pages clean, previous owners name. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall.