1931 LIFE OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI - LTD. ED. #182/385

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Title : THE LIFE OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI Author : Saint Bonaventura, John Henry Nash âe" Designer, William Wilke âe" Artist/Illustrator âe" Translation: Miss E. Burney Salter. Year Published : 1931, Limited Edition of 385 (this is #182), San Francisco, by John Henry Nash Condition : Very Good +, Small chip missing at the heel of spine, other chipping and small flaws to spine paper, covers and spine with minor to moderate wear and rubbing (still nice looking). Covers : Hand-Made Marbled Paper (in Art Deco Manner) on Boards. Spine with Black Label with Gilt Print. Pages : Not Paginated Dimensions : 9 3⁄4 X 15 1⁄2 Inches This Listing is for a Very Nice Limited Edition Copy of Saint Francisâe(tm) Life by Bonaventura, designed and published in San Francisco by John Henry Nash on the 25th Anniversary of the devastating Disaster of 1906, which destroyed most of San Francisco, except the San Francis Mission. It is stated on the Presentation Page: "Printed on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the disaster of nineteen hundred and six that destroyed the body but not the soul if the city of Saint Francis by the Golden Gate. It is with many San Franciscans a pious belief that Saint Francis of Assisi watches tenderly and lovingly over the great metropolis that bears his name. Certainly San Francisco has been greatly favored, and never read more