A fine Civil War soldier issue pocket Bible; the standard edition printed the American Bible Society and distributed to fit perfectly in the pocket of a Union issue uniform.
This copy retains a very attractive, and rather unusual, blue and red lithographed full plate from the New York Bible society with waving flag at head, then "To the Defenders of their Country!" Presented by the New York Bible Society. 1864, followed by an extract from Psalm 91 and a sequence of Bible readings thought most of interest to soldiers in need.
The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of the Original Greek; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. New York. American Bible Society. 1864.
Fair copy only with spine cover lacking, a near full breach at center of text block, boards shaken. Textually clean and complete.
