Museum object · Books and Published Materials
The Deaconship: its Nature, Qualifications, Relations, and Duties
1946
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A hardcover copy of The Deaconship by R.B.C. Howell. The hardcover book is bound with black book cloth with a faux leather texture and gold embossing. The book’s dust jacket is primarily white with blue text. The front of the dust jacket features two blue right-angle triangles that frame the book’s title, [THE DEACONSHIP], centered at the top half of the cover. Below is the author’s name, [R.B.C. Howell] and the publisher’s name, [A JUDSON PRESS BOOK], is printed at the bottom. Blue text printed on the spine reads [HOWELL ON DEACONSHIP]. Printed on the back of the dust jacket is an advertisement for [MONTGOMERY’S CENTENIARY TRANSLATION / The New Testament / In Modern English]. Below is a blue illustration of the book and a three-paragraph description of the book written in blue text. The front cover of the book has an embossed rectangular frame around the edges.
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Catalog reference: 2011.12.52.35
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