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2620131 October 1931. On letterhead of 24 Holland Park Road Kensington W. London. See the two men’s entries in the Oxford DNB. In good condition on the first leaf of bifolium. There are extensive pencil annotations in a later hand on the second leaf. Very neatly written. Addressed to ‘J. G. Wilson Esqre.’ and signed ‘Anstey Guthrie’. He has ‘much pleasure’ in answering Wilson’s question. ‘‘Shut Out’ is a short story of mine which was published in Longmans Magazine about 1895 or 6 afterwards included in a volume of short stories under the title of “The Talking Horseâ€. I think published by Messrs. Smith & Elder - but now long out of print. “The Talking Horse†is included in “Humour & Fantasy†but not “Shut Outâ€.’ See Image. 31 October 1931. On letterhead of 24 Holland Park Road, Kensington, W. [London] unknown
82591 December 1879; on letterhead of 6 Grosvenor Street London W. 12mo 3 pp. Bifolium. Spike hole through both leaves not affecting text. Fair on aged paper. She states that 'The story would be ready to commence the 2nd. week in March.' She then gives a list of her five 'other works besides Comin' thro the Rye'. The first two in the list are said to have passed through '3 editions' and of the second in the list 'a further is in preparation'. 1 December 1879; on letterhead of 6 Grosvenor Street, [London] W. unknown
2452414 March 1949; 60 Christchurch Road Streatham Hill SW2 London. From the Macqueen-Pope papers see his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 8vo. In good condition lightly aged and worn and folded three times for postage. She asks him to send ‘3 or 4 more copies’ of his ‘nice write up in the “Sunday Chronicle†March 13th.’ as she would like to send ‘a copy to Australia Canada & America as there is some talk about my going to America in the near future’. She has ‘tried all over Streatham and Brixton and it seems impossible to get a copy anywhere’ and will be happy to pay the cost. She would ‘also like to ask you if you could put me in touch with anyone who could write up my memoirs for me’. 14 March 1949; 60 Christchurch Road, Streatham Hill, SW2 [London]. unknown
22785Letter to Appleton: 14 December 1885; 2 Lime Grove Uxbridge Road W. London Cabinet Card by Taber 8 Montgomery Street 'opposite the Palace and Grand Hotels' San Francisco; undated. ONE: Cabinet Card: 13.5 x 10 cm photographic head-and-shoulders portrait of Blouet smartly-dressed with glasses and handlebar moustache mounted on 16.5 x 10.5 cm card with printed details of the photographers Taber's printed in gold below the image and an elaborate advertisement for the firm printed in brown on the reverse. In fair condition lightly aged. Inscribed on the base of the print: 'Yours Sincerely Max O'Rell'. TWO: Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr Appleton' i.e. E. W. Appleton. 1p 12mo. On bifolium. 14 December 1885; 2 Lime Grove Uxbridge Road W. London In fair condition aged and worn with central spike hole. He is enclosing a cheque for £3 9s 6d 'which I believe you will find correct to amount of fees received of me.' In a postscript he asks him on acknowledging receipt of the cheque to 'please say if I can see you on Wednesday at Clifford's Inn at about 2 p.m. M. O'R.' The Woodson Research Centre Rice University Houston has a collection of Blouet's letters to Appleton who acted as agent for his lectures see J. Verhoeven 'Jovial Bigotry: Max O’Rell and the Transnational Debate over Manners and Morals in 19th Century France Britain and the United States' 2012. Letter to Appleton: 14 December 1885; 2 Lime Grove, Uxbridge Road, W. [London] Cabinet Card by Taber, 8 Montgomery Street, 'oppo unknown
26316No date or place. ‘Mr Flotsam and Mr Jetsam’ are regarded as precursors of Flanders and Swan. The present item is on a 14 x 13 cm leaf torn from an album. The high-acidity paper is discoloured otherwise in good condition with no chipping or wear. Entirely blank on both sides apart from the autograph ‘Flotsam’ with diagonal flourish beneath a highly stylized and simplified portrait of flotsam seated at his piano. A nice and unusual item. See Image No date or place. unknown
2455616 December 1956; on letterhead of ‘International Comedy Musicans with Concertinas & Piano / Clown / Ralom and Rosa’ 29 Hibbert Road Leyton London E17. From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p 4to. On light-blue paper with letterhead in dark-blue and red. Signed ‘Ralom’ with ‘RALOM & ROSA’ typed beneath. In good condition lightly aged. Writing to MP at the Evening News London. ‘There has sic been quite a few remarks passed by critics of the “paucity†of Acts in the Variety profession. My Act which comprises good clean comedy and expert musicianship is one of the most successful Acts from “an audience point of view†in the business to-day and obviously what audiences want.’ MP could ‘ascertain the truth’ of this statement by visiting the forthcoming show at Collins’ Musical Hall. He concludes: ‘Owing to the “paucity†of the right recognition we are contemplating leaving the country shortly to try and find recognition on the Continent.’ 16 December 1956; on letterhead of ‘International Comedy Musicans with Concertinas & Piano / Clown / Ralom and Rosa’, 29 Hib unknown
21111On letterhead of the Savage Club 1 Carlton House Terrace London SW1. 25 September 1947. 1p. 12mo. In fair condition lightly aged with slight rust staining at head from paperclip. Reads: 'Dear C. B/ Choice of two photographs with pleasure that you so flatter me as to want one. Thought the enclosed cuttings from the NY Daily Mirror would interest you. Dont trouble to retain them. Yours George.' Wood was a screen and stage actor and comedian. A dwarf he usually performed as a child. He wrote a weekly column in The Stage and was a stalwart of the Savage Club. He is mentioned by John Lennon in the Beatles song 'Dig It'. On letterhead of the Savage Club, 1 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1. 25 September 1947. unknown
1860250383Philadelphia: Ed. Barrington and Geo. D. Haswell 1860 circa. Stereotype Edition. Hardcover. Quarto full brown morocco extra-gilt floral covers light tidal stain at gutter and affecting the rear cover a bit inner dentelles lacks its single clasp a.e.g. with a few pressed flowers too. <br/><br/>Illustrated with steel-plate engravings by Richard Westall and others maps Ed. Barrington and Geo. D. Haswell hardcover
188626093Baltimore Boston Hartford New York Cincinnati: Gately 1886. Stereotype Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto; full brown morocco extra-gilt covers two steel clasps new leather at the head of the spine all edges gilt. Presented as a gift from Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel List to Mr. & Mrs. David List with several pages of genealogic notes within and spaces for Family Portraits at the end. <br /> <br /> <br/><br/>With many other Inclusions such as a History of Translations of the Bible a History of all Religious Denominations Apocrypha and Psalms in Metre and over 2000 illustrations and maps on Steel Wood and in Colors. The New Testament here has the old King James' version and the revised version arranged in parallel columns for convenience in reference and comparison. Gately hardcover
19790010610New York: Limited Editions Club 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/poor. Quarto 121 pages quarter sheepskin cloth; glassine dust jacket lacks the spine; in publisher's slipcase scuffed. <br/><br/>Copy no. 881 of 2000. Illustrated with 11 watercolors by Chaim Gross. Introduction by Franklin H. Littell. Signed by both Chaim Gross and Littell. Handsomely printed with large type by A. Colish. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1992DEMO006065IStatesboro GA: The Boxwood Press 1992. First Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. In a mahogany and copper scroll case with vertical slot and hidden crank handle; with a protective velvet cloth <br/><br/>Only 16cc.Remarkable bilingual presentation / re-interpretation of this Biblical work placing it in the the Reagan / Bush era. Illustrated with 16 color etchings by Bernard Solomon the translator and etcher. He realized there were remarkable parallels between the Biblical story of Esther and that of Anita Hill Clarence Thomas and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. This interpretation unfolds sequentially as each leaf is unrolled from the 33 in. high scroll holder. The body of the scroll holder is one of the original copper plates used for the etchings which is why it is limited to an edition of only 16. The top and bottom of the handcrafted minaret-style case is finely shaped and polished mahogany by Anthony V. Mann. Designed with a hidden crank to rewind the scroll into the case. Altogether remarkable! The Boxwood Press hardcover
19742021569Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Mint 1974 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto 1480 pages sculpted sterling silver covers in velvet chemise in publisher's clamshell paper box scuffed with its quarto Prospectus octavo Supplementary Notes typed letter from the Mint Suggestions for the Care of Your Franklin Mint Family Bible and a special leather bookmark but lacking the silver polishing cloth. Calligrapher's inked name for the original purchaser in the Family Records preceding the Bible. Note: WorldCat cites only one copy of this. <br /><br />This is the very special deluxe edition of the King James Version of the Bible in English in a very special binding containing 12 ounces of sterling silver with a cross on top and bottom on the top are the sculpted images of the Four Evangelists: Mark Matthew Luke and John. The design was done by Barcelona silversmith Oriol Sunyer. The illustrations are reproduced - for the first time in a printed book - from the priceless original manuscript in the British Library which was executed in the mid-14th century. "As the most extensively illustrated of all surviving medieval psalters the Queen Mary Psalter is a unique treasure. . The Queen Mary style is one of the three main styles of English painting in the Middle Gothic period which encompasses the years 1280 - 1380. . Of particular interest in the development of the Queen Mary style is the fact that it can be traced to a single artist the Master of the Queen Mary Psalter." The Franklin Mint hardcover
18302020525Lunenberg MA: Edmund Cushing 1830 1831. New Edition. Hardcover. VG contemp. full calf some light waterstains. Quarto; 929 160 pages full calf head of spine chipped heel of spine has a two-inch tear damstaiin at bottom of gutter affecting the preliminary leaves. <br/><br/>Illustrated with full-page woodcuts. Edmund Cushing hardcover
17910005591Worcester & Boston: Isaiah Thomas 1791. First edition. Hardcover. Good. With two of the 50 copperplate engravings from the folio edition plates 29 & 48. Royal quarto 1310 pages contemporary blindstamped full sheep repaired joints and head and foot spine panels replaced and with new endpapers; The frontispiece has been tipped-in on the new endpaper; rear cover very scuffed foxing and spots throughout edgeworn <br /> <br /> a few minor marginal tears and chips some leaves imperfectly sewn in. The Family Record leaves have extensive handwritten notes of the families of Gen. Joseph Badger Jr. Signed by him of Gilmanton Belmont NH father of Gov. Wm. Badger 1834-36. & Charles Jacobs of Gilmanton. <br/><br/>Isaiah Thomas whom Benjamin Franklin called 'the Baskerville of America' was one of the notable publishers during the early days of the Republic.He made every effort to ensure accuracy of the text by comparing some thirty different editions and having the text carefully examined by several clergymen and others who compared it with eight Bibles - Herbert 1353." The First Illustrated Bible printed in America is the 1791 folio Bible by Isaiah Thomas "The most sumptuous American Bible of the eighteenth century" : thus this quarto-sized version of that work is the Second Illustrated Bible printed in America and the first Royal Quarto Bible in English published in American both editions were announced as "completed" on the same date altho vol. 2 of the folio was still in progress. Rumball-Petre 172; Sabin 5173 variant; O'Callaghan pp. 40-42; Hills 30. Evans 23185 states that some copies were issued with no Concordance and 48 additional plates. This state however has only two copperplates as frontispieces of the 50 copperplate engravings from the folio edition plates 29 & 48 . Included are 200 pages of Tables Apocrypha and Family Records Index etc. The subscription price was $7 but half the price could be paid in wheat rye Indian corn butter or pork! It is believed that 1500 copies of each format were printed. "The two Thomas Bibles of 1791 were without doubt far in advance of any other publications of the same kind that had appeared in America in point of typography excellence of paper binding and general execution - Wright EARLY BIBLES OF AMERICA." Isaiah Thomas hardcover
1896230309New York & London: Fowler And Wells / L. N. Fowler & Co. 1896 or earlier. Early Fowler Edition. Hardcover. Good. Duodecimo; 4 419 unpaginated leaves 44 pp. of Alphabetical Appendix To The New Testament in the publisher's black embossed cloth with bevelled boards gilt-stamped spine 186 x 127mm rubber-stamped on front pastedown "Private Library / G. H. Bolick / Hickory N.C." Very Scarce. <br/><br/>Benjamin Wilson was a Campbellite before he became a founder of the Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith and was the editor and publisher of "The Gospel Banner". When not editing that journal he created this acclaimed interlinear word by word translation of the New Testament. It was originally issued in parts during 1863-1864 from his print shop in Geneva Illinois. This is the first New York edition of the completed work. After Wilson's death in 1900 the International Bible Students Association bought the rights to his work and began publishing this text in 1902. It continues to be distibuted today by The Watchtower Society a.k.a. Watch Tower Society guaranteeing its continued influence among Bible students. Herbert HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE no. 1950: " Although the Library of Congress has a card covering a first New York edition of 1864 no copy has been located. Only one copy of that Geneva Illinois edition has been cited by the Book Auction Records and that was in 2023 it is slightly incomplete. This copy shows only an 1864 copyright date. This is a bi-lingual text with the Greek with an interlineal translation with a readable English text at the right margin. The address of Fowler And Wells is 27 East 21st New York and and by L. N. Fowler 7 Imperial Arcade Ludgate Circus. Fowler And Wells / L. N. Fowler & Co. hardcover
18652020172New York: Fowler And Wells 1865. First Fowler Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo; 4 419 unpaginated leaves 4 44 pp. of Alphabetical Appendix To The New Testament lacking pp. 39ff - supplied in facsimile; recased with the publisher's cloth boards and a new leather spine title-page chipped some other page wear.Scarce. <br/><br/>Benjamin Wilson was a Campbellite before he became a founder of the Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith and was the editor and publisher of "The Gospel Banner". When not editing that journal he created this acclaimed interlinear word by word translation of the New Testament. The Preface tells that this was originally issued in parts during 1863-1864 from his print shop in Geneva Illinois but no copies are known. This is the first New York edition of the completed work. After Wilson's death in 1900 the International Bible Students Association bought the rights to his work and began publishing this text in 1902. It continues to be distibuted today by The Watchtower Society a.k.a. Watch Tower Society guaranteeing its continued influence among Bible students. Herbert HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE no. 1950 . Although the Library of Congress has a card covering a first New York edition of 1864 no copy has been located: whereas this copy IS copyrighted 1864 but lacks the statement "Electrotyped by B. Wilson Geneva Illinois." It was issued by Fowler and Wells in 1865". This copy shows only an 1864 copyright date. Only one copy of that Geneva Illinois first book edition is cited in the Book Auction Records and that was in 2023. This is a bi-lingual text with the Greek with an interlineal translation with a readable English text at the right margin. The address of Fowler And Wells is 389 Broadway. A map of the Holy Land was inserted at page 3 before the Appendix. Fowler And Wells hardcover
2008230380Litchfield Arizona: The Bible Museum 2008. The Deluxe Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Thick folio full pulpit size in Italian Fiscagomma leatherette; in a sturdy publisher's slipcase with thick coverd boards: the coat-of-arms of King James is embossed into the top cover. Out-of-Print. Note: weighs 30 lbs itself and may require some additional shipping charge. <br/><br/>This handsome facsimile edition of the 1611 King James Version of the Bible in English celebrates the 400th Anniversary Edition. The King James Bible is the most printed book in the history of the world This volume comes with a frameable Genuine 2-page Leaf from an original copy of this KJV Bible not packaged originally by the publisher: it is a leaf from the Book of JUDGES. Note: most of the KJVs published after 1768 have 14 fewer books and have 400 word changes and other editorial changes. The Bible Museum hardcover
23542Kentfield CA: The Allen Press 1970. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Tall 4to. 56 leaves unnumbered. Finely printed by hand by Lewis and Dorothy Allen ion all-rag handmade Umbria paper made in Italy. Printed damp on an 1846 Columbian handpress. Decorative page heading in Hebrew with sentences from the first chapter of Genesis. Asian green endshets and guards for the illustratioms.<br /> <p><br /> Bound in Fortuna cloth in an Iranian design hand blocked in Venice. <br /> <p><br /> 24 illustrations engraved by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Title in green and brown woodcuts printed in brown; green and orange used for highlights in the text. The endsheets are lightly faded from the adhesive else this is a fine copy housed in the original slipcase.<br /> <p><br /> One of 140 copies. <br /> <p><br /> Allen Press Bibliography No. 35.<br /> <p>. The Allen Press hardcover
101833Schirmer /Mosel Verlag Gm. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition First Printing. Published by Shirmer/Mosel 1995. Quarto. Gray cloth boards stamped in white. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with light shelf wear and light scratches on back panel. A fine copy of this book of 122 full-color photographs by German photojournalist Hans-Jurgen Burkand. Text is in German. 192 pages. ISBN: 388814727. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles libraries collections. Message us if you have books to sell! Schirmer /Mosel Verlag Gm hardcover
1604372251London: Robert Barker 1604. Text in Roman type in two columns. Titles within woodcut borders woodcut illustrations head and tail-pieces. 4 190; 117 i.e. 127; 128-187 i.e 197 omitting 129 as issued and other errors in pagination; 121 11 leaves. Complete with the leaf signed Ai preceding the general title. Bound with preceding the Bible: The Booke of Common Prayer with the Psalter or Psalmes of Dauid. Title in red and black within woodcut border. 46 leaves complete. ESTC S93831. Bound with following the Bible: The Whole Booke of Psalmes. 10 70pp only. Lacking terminal three signatures. 4to. Early mottled calf rebacked brass corner pieces and hinges lacks clasps upper cover detached marbled endpapers gilt edges. Provenance: William James signature and inscription dated 1663 on leaf preceding the general title; Frances Garway inscription on brass plate on covers dated 1701; Thomas Bever armorial bookplate inscriptions on endpaper circa 1748; Francis Hutchinson Synge; Arthur John Snow Paget inscription dated 1851 General Theological Seminary bookplate. Text in Roman type in two columns. Titles within woodcut borders woodcut illustrations head and tail-pieces. 4 190; 117 i.e. 127; 128-187 i.e 197 omitting 129 as issued and other errors in pagination; 121 11 leaves. Complete with the leaf signed Ai preceding the general title. Bound with preceding the Bible: The Booke of Common Prayer with the Psalter or Psalmes of Dauid. Title in red and black within woodcut border. 46 leaves complete. ESTC S93831. Bound with following the Bible: The Whole Booke of Psalmes. 10 70pp only. Lacking terminal three signatures. 4to. An excellent example of the Geneva Bible with Tomson's revised New Testament and Junius' Revelation. The principal Bible of 16th-century Protestantism and the Geneva Bible was used by Shakespeare Oliver Cromwell John Knox John Donne and John Bunyan. This edition contains the famous reading "breeches" in Genesis Chapter III verse 7 which first appeared in 1579. Although Barker's imprint on title of this edition reads "Printer to the Queenes most excellent Majestie" the colophon reads "Printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie" as James I had ascended in March 1603. Darlow & Moole 209; ESTC S159; Herbert 274; STC 2190 Robert Barker unknown
1585372230London: Deputies of Christopher Barker 1585. Text in black letter in two columns. General title and calendar printed in red and black titles within woodblock frames woodcut map on leaf following NT NT-O3 woodcut initials. 17 536 137pp. New Testament title page present. Lacks preliminary blank lacks the general title with a 1588 title supplied in its place lacks NT leaf V1 Titus 2:12 through Hebrews 1:10 preliminaries bound out of order. Folio 15-5/8x10-1/2 inches. Nineteenth century dark purple morocco covers blocked in blind marbled endpapers red edges. Repairs to voids in preliminaries and several leaves in the beginning of Genesis general title supplied and mounted restoration to the terminal five leaves with some losses else scattered minor staining and edge tears. Scattered early marginalia including an early female ownership signature on page 536. Bookseller's label on front endpaper J. Whereat Weston Super Mare. Text in black letter in two columns. General title and calendar printed in red and black titles within woodblock frames woodcut map on leaf following NT NT-O3 woodcut initials. 17 536 137pp. New Testament title page present. Lacks preliminary blank lacks the general title with a 1588 title supplied in its place lacks NT leaf V1 Titus 2:12 through Hebrews 1:10 preliminaries bound out of order. Folio 15-5/8x10-1/2 inches. The Bishops' version the translation overseen by Matthew Parker. ESTC S156; Herbert 188; STC 2143. Provenance: General Theological Seminary bookplates Deputies of Christopher Barker unknown
186249952Glasgow Edinburgh and London: William Mackenzie 1862. Deluxe Edition. Two volumes folio 450 x 330 mm published between 1862 and 1863. 16 1344pp. 57 unnumbered leaves of albumin prints 230 x 160mm mounted on card stock. Crimson morocco over wooden boards elaborately tooled in gilt and blind; edges mounted in brass double brass clasps with thistle motif; covers with a broad blind-stamped border around a recessed central panel with the crowned cipher of Queen Victoria in gilt; gilt tooled spine with 5 raised bands; a.e.g. marbled endleaves with gilt dentelles. Covers with some mild traces of use; single crease in each marbled endleaf partially detached in second volume; occasional light to moderate foxing mostly confined to the plate mounts; albumin prints in fine condition often with foxing extending about 5mm from the edges into the mount. Overall a very good set with a fine series of photographs notable for their technical achievment.<br /> <br /> Deluxe edition one of 170 copies complete with all 57 albumen prints. Produced for the 1862 International Exhibition and dedicated to Queen Victoria then recently in mourning for the death of Prince Albert this work appeared at a time when photography though still a laborious and expensive process was just beginning to become a popular activity. Victoria herself was an amateur photographer and "the royal couple had been enthusiastic supporters of photography in England from the beginning; in 1853 they became founding patrons of the Photographic Society Club" K. Fiedorek. Francis Frith 1822-1898 the devout Quaker whose photographic images grace the present work was one of the best-known photographers to work in the Near East and the most commercially successful photographer of the nineteenth century. Finding his elementary studies tedious Frith left school at the age of ten apprenticed with a grocer and eventually started his own business. He later went into printing sold the grocery business to a competitor at a substantial profit and went on to devote himself to photography. "The growing Victorian interest in the East and its exotic and historic attractions caught the attention of this astute businessman" Perez. Between 1856 and 1860 Frith made three photographic expeditions to Egypt Ethiopia Sinai and the Levant accompanied by the engineer Francis Herbert Wenham who provided technical assistance in mechanics and optics. While Perez notes that Frith's "approach was always a strictly commercial one and his concern was to make truthful and accurate views of the area" he readily concedes that "the technical quality of Frith's photographs is superior." Frith employed the new wet collodion process in which glass plate negatives were sensitized exposed and developed while still wet. While technically demanding the process yielded rich detail and broad tones. "Frith's were the first original wet-plate photographs of Jerusalem and the Holy Land to reach a wide English-speaking audience and his pictures of the small Palestinian towns were most likely the first published anywhere" Nir p.66.<br /> <br /> Perhaps the most novel aspect of this celebrated edition of the Bible and certainly a harbinger of things to come was the way in which the photographer "presented the radical possibility of seeing photographs of the biblical sites alongside related verses of scripture. he sought to defend and promote his faith by conscripting the veracity of science and materialism to his cause and considered photography to be the most effective medium for his campaign" Foster et al. This vision is manifest even in such details as the re-captioning of prints previously offered for sale so that the new descriptions would more clearly reference the King James text. It should be noted that while the printing was still done by hand this was one of the earliest books for which machinery was used for composing. Original publisher's price = 50 guineas. Another version of this work was published at London in 1860-1862 by Eyre & Spottiswoode; sometimes confused with the present work it was issued in 20 parts each containing a single photographic print by Frith.<br /> <br /> K. Fiedorek A Photographic Bible Fit for a Queen NYPL Blog 2014. Foster Heiting and Stuhlman Imagining Paradise pp. 68-69. Gernsheim Incunabula of British Photographic Literature 1839-1875 p.36 no.184. Herbert The English Bible 1940 1217. Y. Nir The Bible and the Image The History of Photography in the Holy Land 1939-1899 esp. chap. 3: "Early Traveling Landscape Photographers". N. Perez Focus East: Early Photography in the Near East 1838-1885 pp.163-165. William Mackenzie unknown
1930253119San Francisco: Printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn for John Howell at the Sign of the Open Book 1930. From an edition limited to 580 copies this is one of 515 copies in the "Colonial Edition. Inserted leaf from the Bible printed by Robert Aitken Philadelphia 1782 from Deuteronomy; and 8 illustrations. 34 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original half leather and paper boards spine gilt. Bottom corners and head and foot of spine rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Very good. From an edition limited to 580 copies this is one of 515 copies in the "Colonial Edition" Inserted leaf from the Bible printed by Robert Aitken Philadelphia 1782 from Deuteronomy; and 8 illustrations. 34 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. From an edition limited to 580 copies this is one of 515 copies in the "Colonial Edition" printed for John Howell Books by the Grabhorn Press and containing an essay by Edwin Grabhorn on typography in America in 1776. This volume contains an original leaf from a copy of the Aitken Bible one of the most celebrated American bibles being the first complete English Bible printed in America. During the colonial era the monopoly on printing English bibles belonged to the Royal Printer and the colonies were supplied entirely with bibles printed in England. The only Bible printed in the British colonies in America was the famous Eliot Indian Bible in Algonquian issued in Cambridge in 1661-63 and reprinted in 1680-85. With the Revolution this monopoly naturally ended and the embargo on goods from England acted to create a shortage. Aitken a Philadelphia printer undertook the task producing the New Testament in 1781 and the Old Testament in 1782. On completion he petitioned the Continental Congress for their endorsement and received it in September 1782. Because of this official endorsement and the reasons behind its production the Aitken Bible is often referred to as "The Bible of the Revolution" Grabhorn Bibliography 131 Printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn for John Howell at the Sign of the Open Book unknown
1638371697London: Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie and by the Assignes of John Bill 1638. A-F8 G4; A-3K8; A-F8 G4. 8vo. Early black morocco tooled in gilt marbled endpapers a.e.g. GTS bookplates at front and rear. Autograph ownership signatures with several additional textual annotations. A few small interior tears with vernacular repairs. 2D2 torn with loss. A-F8 G4; A-3K8; A-F8 G4. 8vo. Includes Robert Barker's 1638 editions of the Book of Common Prayer and the Holy Bible both Old and New Testaments plus Apocrypha along with the 1637 edition of Thomas Sternhold's Whole Book of Psalms printed by G.M. for the Companie of Stationers in London all designated "Cum privilegio." Text in two columns with printed glosses. Three discrete ownership signatures of Richard Jacob are present - two on the versos of the title pages for the Old and New Testaments and one facing the title page for the Whole Book of Psalms - along with several autograph annotations and vernacular repairs. Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie, and by the Assignes of John Bill unknown
192923537London: The Haymarket Press 1929. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Illustrated with four color plates by W Russell Flint. Thin 4to. 47pp. One of 100 copies; this is number 8. Limp vellum spine and upper board with title in gilt. General light soil to the vellum and ties else a very good copy.<br /> <p><br /> The extra suite of plates has been mounted on blank pages leaving a small adhesive discoloration on the margin of the plates and on the supporting page.<br /> <p>. The Haymarket Press hardcover