Need info on J.B. Lippincott & Co. of Phila., PA Bibles made around 1850's?
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From 1792 to 1978, JB Lippincott was one of the largest publishers in the English-speaking world. If there is no date on the bible, you would be able to date it only from any inscriptions. Unless perhaps the present owners of JB Lippincott have some kind of record.
1978 – Harper & Row acquires J.B. Lippincott
1990 – Wolters Kluwer acquires J.B. Lippincott
1993 – Wolters Kluwer acquires Raven Publishers and merges them with J.B. Lippincott to form Lippincott-Raven
1998 – Wolters Kluwer acquires Williams & Wilkins and forms LWW http://www.lww.com/
The Antiques Roadshow says they see billions of bibles and they are of value only as family treasures. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/tips/worthless/index.html
A safety deposit box may be too warm to preserve a book properly. Recent news articles on the "Judas Diaries" say how they were preserved for hundreds of years in the desert and began deteriorating immediately when they were put in a safety-deposit box.