New Testament of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. All edges red. 16 x 18 mm. Rebound in full crushed blue niger morocco, possibly by T.F. Ford or L.G. Challenger; spine with gilt titling and gilt horizontal lines; covers with blind embossed single line borders. Presented with attractive matching slipcase. A similar example of this book can be found in Her Majesty Queen Mary's Dolls' House at Windsor Castle. Pistner, B233:2. Spielmann, 388. Welsh, 787. OCLC, 877427799. WorldCat locates 12 copies worldwide.
Thomas Francis Ford (1891-1971), Fellow of Royal Institute of British Architects, and Ashpitel Prize winner for outstanding architectural achievement (1919), was a successful Soaneian Classic architect of commercial, cinema, educational, and ecclesiastical buildings. Ford's passion was for bookbinding. L. G. Challenger – book dealer and amateur bookbinder, whose 1960's miniature book bindings are a niche collecting field, and becoming increasingly hard to find; they all have a naïve charm.