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Borrow, George. The Bible in Spain. John Murray, 1843. Three Volumes, Fourth Edition. - This set comprises a complete three-volume edition of George Borrow's narrative of travel and missionary work in the Iberian Peninsula. The full title as recorded on the title page is THE BIBLE IN SPAIN; OR, THE JOURNEYS, ADVENTURES, AND IMPRISONMENTS OF AN ENGLISHMAN, IN AN ATTEMPT TO CIRCULATE THE SCRIPTURES IN THE PENINSULA. The work is credited to George Borrow, author of The Gypsies of Spain, and was published in London by John Murray, Albemarle Street, in 1843. The printer is identified on the page facing the title page of Volume I as London: George Woodfall and Son, Angel Court, Skinner Street. The set is uniformly bound in professional full brown leather fine bindings. Each volume features five raised bands on the spine with gilt-ruled panels. Two dark green leather labels are inset on each spine; the upper labels read THE BIBLE IN SPAIN and the lower labels indicate the volume number as VOL. I, VOL. II, or VOL. III in gilt lettering. The covers are decorated with a single gilt-ruled border near the edges. The volumes feature gilt top edges and the text block is printed on cream paper. Internally, the volumes include a half-title page for Volume I. The set appears to be an octavo format.