[Prospectus and subscription book for the superb International series of holiday books]
Contributors: Thorvaldsen, Bertel, 1770-1884; Hofmann, Johann Michael Ferdinand Heinrich, 1824-1911; Plockhorst, Bernhard, 1825-1907; Scull, William Ellis, 1862-; Stretton, Hesba, 1892-1911; Clere, Henry, Mrs; Hartshorne, Henry, 1823-1897; Bunyan, John, 1628-1688; Hofmann, Heinrich (Johann Michael Ferdinand Heinrich), 1824-1911
Publisher: International Pub. Co.
Published: 1896
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Other titles: Beautiful life of Christ and the lives of the apostles.; Circling the globe in stories of travel.; Jolly fun for the little ones.
Notes: Includes covers, title pages, frontispieces, sample plates, and pages of four publications; preliminaries of each of these sections include an explanation sheet printed on pink paper.

First section promotes a two volume set of which the first is Stretton's Life of Christ and the other Mrs. Clere's Lifeeof the Apostles; illustrated with photoreproductions of Thorvaldsen's statues, Hofmann's New Testament illustrations, and wood engravings by Plockhorst.

Section on Egypt in Circling the globe, the second title promoted, by H. Hartshorne; the rest probably written or at least edited by the copyright holder, W.E. Scull.

Colored lithograph front and back card-weight covers for Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress and Jolly fun for the little ones mounted on stubs before their respective sample pages.

Final section consists of formal prospectus and 12 pages of ruled paper to record subscriptions.

Green cloth spine and front cover with flap printed in gold and black is for The beutiful life of Jesus and the lives of the apostles; red cloth back cover and flap printed in gold and black is for Circling the globe.