[Houck Family Bibles, Pennsylvania 1870s-1970s] (2 volumes) Combination Holy Bible (1895) [AND] (Holman) Pictorial Family Bible (1903)

J.R. Jones; Holman

Gately & Fitzgerald; Holman, 1895

[Houck Family Bibles and family ephemera, photographs] (2 volumes) Includes: 1) The Pictorial Family Bible, Gately & Fitzgerald, 1895.  Rebound in later burgundy leather.  Gilt lettered and ruled. All edges gilt. Marbled end pages. Hardcover. Illustrations (many in color); 32 cm. [AND] 2) The Holy Bible, Holman Self-Explanatory Edition, 1903. Masonic edition. Blind stamped leather with seal on front. All edges gilt.  [5] leaves, [12], ix, [6], 16, 2, 16, 32, [2], 48, 8, xvi, 12, 4, 96, 32, 945, [16], [16], [6], 1063-1380, 4, viii, 10, [2], 56, 60 pages, [many leaves of plates] : illustrations (many color), maps.  Hardcover.  Good bindings and covers. 

Family records of the Houck Family include William B. Houck (1872-1949) of Dauphin County, PA; his wife Martha J. Prowell-Houck (1874-1967) of York County, PA; Rev. John W. Houck (1895-1971) of York County, PA; Harry W. Houck (1896-1944) of York County, PA; Theodore Prowell-Houck (1899-1986) of York County, PA; and Mary W. Houck (1902), Willis W. Houck (1916-1985) of Dauphin County, PA; Walter W. Houck (1920-1996) of Dauphin County, PA; Theodore Prowell-Houck Jr. (1925-2009) of Dauphin County, PA; Edith E. Houck (1898-1980) of Dauphin County, PA; Janet Mae Houck (1946); Robert W. Houck (1951)  Related ephemera included: A heartfelt religious letter written by a mother to her children; two black and white photographs, likely of the Houck children; a marriage license for Theodore and Edith Houck (Frederick, MD, 1916); a funeral remembrance of William Houck. 

This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.