Hurlbut's Story of the Bible for Young and Old by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut - 1957

New York: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, 1957. 5th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Ralph Pallen Coleman; Steele Savage. Longer subtitle: ""A continuous narrative of the Scriptures told in one hundred sixty-eight stories. Hard cover in very good condition with red boards showing shelf & edge wear and with pinkish splotches at top & bottom of front & back boards Front end papers contain a map of the ""Old Testament World"" and rear end papers a map of the ""New Testament World."" Presentation page not filled in. Text block is clean & tight; no writings; no markings to note. Contains three sections of colored plates of paintings by Ralph Pallen Coleman illustrating the stories; 42 in all on 48 pages. 160 two-color drawings throughout by Steele Savage. 655 numbered pages. Dust jacket good with shelf & edge wear, chips, several tears some tape repaired on verso. Not price clipped ($4.95.) From the front jacket flap, ""Through the years young and old alike have been inspired by the 168 stories of the principal events in both the Old and New Testaments. As fresh and as powerful as the day it was written, each story is complete in itself, but is arranged so that the entire Bible narrative from Genesis to Revelation is available in one convenient volume....Recommended by all denominations for its accuracy, simplicity of language and freedom from doctrinal discussion, Hulbut's has won for itself a place beside the Bible in the American home.""