This WWII-era King James Bible bears a handwritten dedication to Mrs. Lena Flinsbaugh, dated November 1, 1942. Published by The World Publishing Company, it contains the Old and New Testaments and features a colour frontispiece, gold lettering on the black cover and red page edges.

Among the loose papers is a handwritten humorous poem. It opens with a mysterious narrator being grabbed by the neck and ends with an unexpected punchline:

A broken bottle thrown away,

That once was full of beer.

The Bible also comes with a clipping from The Kansas City Star and a small handwritten paper bookmark. The cover shows noticeable wear and tearing along the edges, as pictured.

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