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(DALI, SALVADOR). Jones, Alexander, Editor. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970. First Edition Thus. Stout 4to. Gilt-Stamped Boards in a Box. Illustrated Bible. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 1714pp, 32 color illustrations. This massive undertaking is the 1970 Doubleday & Company, Inc. edition of the Jerusalem Bible that was first translated and issued in English in 1966. It features a lavish gilt-stamped, padded faux leather binding with marbled endpapers, full edge gilt, and silk ribbon page markers containing thirty-two full page color illustrations by legendary Surrealist shaman Salvador Dali reproduced from his "Biblia Sacra" series housed in a like gilt-stamped faux-leather lidded box. A brand new, exceptionally bright and well-preserved example of the least common black binding variant. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. LC 76-128617 Inventory Number: 024669