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196422518London: Max Parrish 1964. First edition of this illustrated alphabet book for adults. Signed by Jones on the front free-endpaper. Some light edgewear otherwise a fine copy. 8vo illustrations most in color original illustrated boards. Some light edgewear otherwise a fine copy. Max Parrish unknown books
193012714Tokyo: T. Hasagawa 1930. Wraps. Near Fine. A lovely example of this uncommon offering in the "Japanese Fairy Tales" series published by T. Hasegawa of Tokyo circa 1930. Clean bright and Near Fine to Fine in its string-tied terrycloth with nicely-reproduced color woodblocks thruout. 64mo text rendered into English by the great Lafcadio Hearn. <br/><br/> T. Hasagawa paperback books
193015121Washington D.C.: Judd & Detweiler 1930. Edition ltd. to 475 copies tall 8vo pp. 2 158; many illus. throughout; orig. cream linen stamped in gilt a little soiled else very good in publisher's slipcase. Designed and directed by Lester Douglas. This copy marked "designer's copy" on the colophon and with Douglas's bookplate designed by Bruce Rogers and with a 23-line autograph note to Douglas signed by Bruce Rogers "B.R." concerning the design of this book modern art architecture design etc. with orig. envelope tipped to a blank flyleaf; also at the back in a separate pocket are the printed comments of among others Carl Purington Rollins and William Kittridge apparently from Douglas's own newsletter. From Rogers' note: "I like . your modernistic book . better as a remembrance than as a book - but I admire all you youngsters' efforts to put "modernism" on the map - and you have almost done so - but not for long. It's getting passe already." <br/><br/> Judd & Detweiler unknown books
189913914New York: American Bible Society 1899. 32mo. 186 pp. <br><br>Publisher's cloth wrappers front cover with gilt-stamped title; silk ribbon placemarker; all edges orange. Owner's signature at front endpaper. Pencilled marginal notations and marks and underlining throughout; notations to back blank pages. Faint offsetting from old paper inserted between several pages. Nice little book. American Bible Society hardcover books
19235300<p>First English edition so stated. 8vo. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Contains "The Hairy Ape" "Anna Christie" and "The First Man". Advance review copy with publisher's slip dated May 4 1923 laid in loose. Atkinson A20-EI-1.a.</p> Jonathan Cape hardcover books
19873184NY: Farrar Straus Giroux 1987. First US edition first prnt. Full cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Signed and dated "14. iv. '88" by Heaney on the front free endpage. Slightest shelfwear on front board lower corner not immediately apparent; otherwise a Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Heaney's seventh collection of poems. . Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Farrar Straus Giroux Hardcover books
1732116744London: Printed for James John and Paul Knapton 1732. Second edition of Tindal's translation of Paul de Rapin's monumental history of England. Folio Volume I. bound in full contemporary calf illustrated with engraved folding maps and genealogical charts headpieces tailpieces and initials. In good condition. French historian Paul de Rapin's History of England as an influential exposition of the Whig view of history on both sides of the English Channel. Initially published in French all volumes of his work were translated to English in a total of 14 volumes from 1727 by the Reverend Nicolas Tindal who added large numbers of informative notes throughout the volumes which were illustrated with engravings maps and genealogical tables of great quality. Printed for James, John, and Paul Knapton unknown books
194735403New York: The Scribe Archway Press 1947. Small 8vo 22.4 cm; 8.75". 41 pp. 1 plate. <br><br>Handsome edition based on a calligraphic text by W.A. Dwiggins expressly for this edition. With decorations by WAD as well. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Agner Books of WAD 47.08. Publisher's gray cloth. Without the slilpcase. Very good. The Scribe, Archway Press hardcover books
18861334713London: George Redway 1886. Hardcover. 10mo; pp 420; G-; grayish yellow spine with gilt text; no jacket; yellow cloth shows some soiling smudges to exterior; minor chipping to spine edges; darkened spine due to age and handling; red borders to front; sturdy boards; text block has slight foxing to exterior edges; slight cracking to front hinge; interior lightly tone; illustrated. 1334713. FP New Rockville Stock. George Redway hardcover books
19171337144New York: Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing Company 1917. Softcover. Octavo; G-/paperback; dark tan spine with black text; previous owner's name to front; covers show noticeable wear to exterior; some staining to spine and edges; several chips to edges; mylar wrap; text block exterior edges have slight age toning; rough-cut edges; broken hinges; mild tone to interior edges; otherwise clean interior; pp 58. 1337144. FP New Rockville Stock. Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing Company unknown books
192620168Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in nicked dust wrapper. Rogers Bruce. 115 pages. 21.5 x 16 cm. Printed in red and black with typography by Bruce Rogers. A vivid glimpse of life in the ninth century; a hitherto scarcely known piece of mediaeval literature. ROGERS 285. Harvard Univ. Press hardcover books
150136730Doway: Laurence Kellam 160910. 4to I: 22.3 cm 8.75"; II: 21 cm 8.3". 2 vols. I: 2 1115 1 pp. 5 leaves supplied. II: 1124 2 errata pp. 5 leaves in facsimile. <br><br>First edition of the first Catholic Old Testament in English editio princeps of the Douai or Douay or Doway Old Testament half of what is commonly known as the DouaiRheims Bible. The New Testament first appeared at Rheims in 1582; at that time the Old Testament was said to be ready for printing but its actual publication was delayed until 1609 due to lack of funds. Both portions were translated from the Latin Vulgate mainly by Gregory Martin with the intensely controversial Old Testament notes done by Thomas Worthington under the supervision of Cardinal William Allen at Douai the center of English Catholicism in exile during Elizabeth's reimposition of Protestantism.<br>Â Â Â Â This translation is important for all not just Catholics as an enduringly influential milestone in Bible history. => One of the foundational works in any collection of Bibles and Testaments.<br>Â Â Â Â Evidence of Readership / Provenance: Vol. I front free endpaper with early inked inscription: "Cloister of Nazareth"; pastedown with inscription in a different hand reading "The holy Bible some pages cut out for modesty's sake thro' ignorance yt. each word hear in sic is sacred & too sacred for such as finds thmselves unfit to read it." Vol. II front pastedown inscribed "Men have many faults / Women have but two / Nothing wright thay say / Nothing good they doo" sic signed by the Rev. Folkins of Derbyshire dated MDCCCX; back pastedown with inked inscription of John Caldwell and pencilled inscription of Thomas R. Kilching. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Darlow & Moule 231; ESTC S101944; Rumball-Petre Rare Bibles 119; STC rev. ed. 2207. Vol. I: Contemporary vellum with yapp edges spine with early hand-inked title; vellum moderately dust-soiled and worn spine with remnants of shelving label. Vol. II: Contemporary mottled calf framed in gilt double fillets spine with gilt rules; rubbed with small cracks in leather overall especially at joints and spine very unobtrusively rebacked. Inscriptions and annotations as above vol. II also with pencilled annotations on front pastedown and bookseller's small ticket on rear pastedown. Sometime after the "immodest" pages in Genesis were removed they were supplied from another copy tipped in so one can readily see what they were!; five lacking leaves in vol. II in appended historical table and index were supplied in facsimile. Occasional minor foxing and smudging; vol. II with waterstaining to some outer and lower edges edges of first and last few leaves slightly tattered. => A landmark Old Testament here in an intriguing copy. Laurence Kellam hardcover books
1769254985Cambridge: John Archdeacon Printer to the University 1769. 2 vols. 12mo. Bound in contemporary green morocco covers with outer dog-tooth roll border surrounding floral roll border spines in five compartments with raised bands a.e.g comb-marbled endleaves light rubbing to extremities binder's blanks removed from both volumes. 2 vols. 12mo. Archdeacon was University Printer from 1766 to 1793. Darlow & Moule 889; t95018. Provenance: Mary Carlton contemporary bookplate; Nancy Barr gift inscription "given her by her aunt Mary Carlton" John Archdeacon, Printer to the University unknown books
1707265207London: Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcombe; G. Croom for the Company of Stationers 1707. Engraved title-page. 8vo. Early 19th-century full diced Russia preserving original 18th-century brass clasps and catches clasps engraved with the initials "R" and "D" rebacked preserving spine a.e.g. Covers lightly worn textblock trimmed touching headings edges of title and first few leaves worn dampstain at lower margin of first few leaves soiling and browning throughout. Engraved title-page. 8vo. An early 18th century Bible belonging to Robert Dewhurst and family with an elaborate full-page calligraphic ownership inscription on the ffep and Dewhurst's initials engraved onto the binding clasps. ESTC N11371; Darlow & Moule 701 with 1708 engraved title. Provenance: Robert Dewhurst b. 1682 initials engraved on clasps calligraphic ownership inscription on ffep Dewhurst family register on versos of New Testament and Psalms title-pages Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcombe; G. Croom for the Company of Stationers unknown books
18318254Boston: Pr. by Stephen Forster at the Boston Press Francis Jenks proprietor for Gray & Bowen 1831. 4to 27.7 cm 10.875". In 2 vols. I: lacking frontis. 2 ff. 915 1 blank pp. II: lacking frontis. 2 ff. 804 1 blank pp. 1 blank f. <br><br>Handsomely and plainly printed in two columns of large type without notes this two-volume Bible is as remarkable for the becoming simplicity of its layout as it is for its handsome binding of red leather gilt.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Boston binding Straight-grained red morocco amply gilt in the Regency style: Front corners with a wide gilt-stamped foliate frame enclosing a narrow blind-ruled frame. Spine with raised bands a broad foliate gilt roll on each band second and fourth compartments gilt-lettered within rest with gilt frames. Gilt inner dentelles and board edges. Red and white silk head bands. Marbled endpapers in a stone pattern. All edges gilt.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Presentation inscription on front fly-leaves: Preston S. and Francis M. Lincoln to their grandmother Hannah Shepard 1835. Small booklabel of Michael Zinman on front pastedown. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Hills 733; O'Callaghan 208. Binding as above edges and joints with minor rubbing front joint of vol. II opening from foot bindings showing a few light or small abrasions; overall clean and attractive. Lacking frontispiece for vol. I and possibly a frontispiece for vol. II: O'Callaghan gives this edition as having a frontispiece for each volume while Hills cites two copies one this size with a frontispiece for vol. I only and a large paper copy with a frontispiece for each volume. A few closed tears into text without loss; some pages especially towards the end of vol. I shallowly chipped without loss of impression; light foxing throughout with occasional darker browning or staining. Inked ownership inscription on the recto of the first fly-leaf of each volume. [Pr. by Stephen Forster at the Boston Press, Francis Jenks, proprietor, for] Gray & Bowen hardcover books
1792WRCLIT76093London: Printed for Bellamy and Roberts 1792. Four volumes bound in six. Quarto. Contemporary unlettered calf marbled endsheets spines gilt. Plates and maps some folding. Institutional bookplate and early gift inscriptions hinges cracked but still holding spine ends chipped scattered foxing and tanning burn scar to lower board of first volume scrape to spine of sixth volume. Still a sound useful set amenable to cosmetics. First edition of Thomas Scott's edition of the English Bible first published in 174 weekly numbers spanning 1788-92. The enterprise contributed to the bankruptcy of the publisher and Scott was saddled with considerable debt but his commentary has been described as "the greatest theological performance of our age and country" - Sir James Stephen quoted by Herbert. The title calls for a Concordance and accompaniments which does not appear in this set -- according to Herbert it is usually the separate 3rd edition of Powell's 1792 concordance and was published as a separate accompaniment in quarto format and in 8vo both as standalones. Given the binding configuration of this set it usually appears in four volumes it is possible that this set was bound up from the parts issue. The New Testament is bound in two volumes with general title in 1st volume only and what usually appears as volume one is here present in two volumes with the general title in the first and the second beginning with Ruth. ESTC locates three sets: BL Newport Central and Washington State. HERBERT 1366. ESTC T95096. Printed for Bellamy and Roberts unknown books
185039772London: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1850. 2 vols. Thick 12mo 4-1/2 x 2-3/4 inches. Bound in full crimson red contemporary morocco heavily gilt all edges gilt. Fine in original full pebbled crimson morocco box. 2 vols. Thick 12mo 4-1/2 x 2-3/4 inches. The Book of Common Prayer is inscribed "Frances Mary Henrietta Hawkesworth from her affectionate Godfather Rich. S. Hawkesworth 27th August" 18 The year has been effaced. A beautiful set. Eyre and Spottiswoode unknown books
176242105Oxford: Printed by Thomas Baskett Printer to the University 1762. With the New Testament title page bearing the name of "Mark Baskett." Herbert says M. only. 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary full crimson morocco gilt panelled spines a.e.g. Fine. Bookplate of Isabella Hildebrand and ownership inscriptions of Charlotte Milles 1767 Margaret Brutoon Isabelle Hildebrand 1912 and Sir Hector Livingston Duff 1936. With the New Testament title page bearing the name of "Mark Baskett." Herbert says M. only. 2 vols. 12mo. Herbert 1145 Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the University unknown books
1811320096Philadelphia: Mathew Carey No. 122 Market-Street 1811. 4 1080 72pp. Complete with 50 illustrations plate at p. 916 is detached and tattered at edges and plate at 932 is detached and with considerably trimmed. Early entries on the family register by the Mingle family. Sectional titles for the OT and NT 1811 Apocrypha and Brown's Brief Concordance as issued. 4to. Contemporary calf. Worn upper cover nearly detached. Foxing. Early inked stamp of P.A. Johnson Bookseller & Stationer Morristown N.J. on front pastedown and with ownership inscription on ffep: "Henry Mingle's Bible bought of Peter A. Johnson in Morristown October 28 1812. 4 1080 72pp. Complete with 50 illustrations plate at p. 916 is detached and tattered at edges and plate at 932 is detached and with considerably trimmed. Early entries on the family register by the Mingle family. Sectional titles for the OT and NT 1811 Apocrypha and Brown's Brief Concordance as issued. 4to. In 1804 Carey first published a new edition of the quarto Bible from standing type and including the Apocrypha. A consummate promoter and bookseller Carey re-issued the Bible on a variety of paper stocks and with various numbers of engraved maps and plates over the next decade. An 1809 advertisement listed 34 variations of his "Family Bible" priced between $3.50 and $12 however none of those listed include more than 30 engraved maps and plates suggesting this issue with 50 engraved maps and plates and including the Old Testament New Testament Psalms Apocrypha and Brown's Concordance to be among the most deluxe version yet issued by Carey. We find no record of Carey's quarto bible with 50 plates as here.<br/><br/>With an early Morristown New Jersey bookseller stamp and provenance to the Mingle family of Warren County New Jersey. Hills 174; O'Callaghan 1810.1. See Clarkin 622 8 plates and 623 1 map 10 plates; this issue not recorded Mathew Carey, No. 122 Market-Street unknown books
181816976Pittsburg: Cramer and Spear 1818. Small 8vo. 792pp. Original publisher's sheep. Signatures sprung from use but attached; pages generally very soiled and with some contemporary markings; old repair to the spine else the binding is in good condition. Ownership name of Dan Smith dated 1828 and later 'Dan Smith His Book'. The New Testament has a separate title page. <br/> <br/>In this copy there is a short note pinned to its verso listing the births of members of the McNees family in the late nineteenth century. <br/> <br/>This is the first Bible printed west of the Allegheny River and the first Bible in English printed west of the Allegheny Mountains. <br/> <br/>Note: this is a well used copy but in good condition. Rare. <br/> <br/>Hills 349; Not in Darlow and Moule Cramer and Spear unknown books
150741458Cambridge: Pr. by John Archdeacon 177576. 4to in 8s 28.8 cm 11.33". Frontis. 639 ff. <br><br>with accompanying volume The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England: Together with the psalter or psalms of David. Cambridge: Pr. by John Archdeacon 1781. 8vo 20.7 cm 8.15". 376 ff. bound with Vickers William. A companion to the altar: Shewing the nature and necessity of a sacramental preparation in order to our worthy receiving the holy communion. London: Pr. for Thomas Beecroft 1783. Frontis. 2 v55 1 adv. pp. lacking half-title or initial blank and with Bible. Psalms. English. Sternhold and Hopkins. The whole book of psalms collected into English metre. Cambridge: Pr. by John Archdeacon 1785. 8vo. 64 ff.<br>Â Â Â Â This striking 18th-century set owned by a wealthy Englishwoman who spent much of her life in Switzerland for more on which see below pairs a handsome Cambridge Bible and BCP in => masterfully designed and executed deluxe matched bindings. The Bible opens with a frontispiece engraved by Charles Grignion after Francis Hayman; the Apocrypha are present in this copy and the New Testament has a separate title-page dated 1776. The BCP is bound with Companion to the Altar "Note This Book is bound up with the Common-Prayers of several sorts printed by the University of Cambridge" as per the title-page; Sternhold & Hopkins bring up the rear.<br>Â Â Â Â Bindings: Contemporary mottled green morocco covers framed in Greek key roll and dentelles composed of urn and flower motifs surrounding central JHS medallions with red morocco inlays and gilt-tooled flames; spines with gilt-tooled compartment decorations Bible spine with gilt-stamped red leather title-label. While the covers of the two volumes are strongly similar overall and "read" as => identical on first glance the details of the design vary slightly between the Bible and the BCP as the size disparity and possibly the time gap between the publication dates necessitated the use of different tools. The spine designs differ more notably but still most companionably with the Bible's spine decorations being built up with foliate and floral motifs and the BCP's with suns and stars. => To engage in minute comparison of these bindings' detail is an entrancing exercise.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Front free endpaper of Bible used for family record: Francis James Barwell de Sandol Roy born in 1793 and died in 1813 "Quel angoisse!"; Henri Guillaume de Sandol Roy born in 1797; and a list of grandchildren: François Sophie Anna and Alfred. The title-page inscription confirms that this set was owned by Sophie Bridget Barwell de Sandol Roy 17691850 daughter of William Barwell a director of the East India Company; her brother Richard became a famously wealthy and scandalous nabob. Dubbed "la belle Anglaise" following her arrival in Neuchâtel Sophie made a great splash in Swiss society and received a proposal from Colonel François Isaac de Sandol Roy sometimes given as Sandol-Roy a proposal which she at first rejected until he subsequently saved her from the guillotine in revolutionary Paris! For more on their story please see Musée Neuchatelois 1923 ed. pp. 24 which includes a reproduction of a portrait of Sophie de Sandol-Roy done by Sir Joshua Reynolds. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Bible: Darlow & Moule 1247; ESTC T88808. BCP: Griffiths Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 1781:1; ESTC T212010. Companion: ESTC T76554. Psalms: ESTC T221010. Bindings as above moderate rubbing to extremities and sides with limited scuffing only; all edges gilt marbled endpapers and original matching dark blue bookmarks present still attached. Bible with small area of waterstaining to lower inner margins of first few leaves including frontispiece; varying faint to moderate foxing; one leaf with small repair to upper outer margin. BCP with a few instances of light foxing pages mostly clean; laid in is a stitched pamphlet which seems to be a record of additional family information involving Albert Victor and Mary although written in a challenging hand. => A gorgeous lavish production altogether with a remarkable arresting provenance. Pr. by John Archdeacon hardcover books
179631848Philadelphia: Pr. by Jacob R. Berriman for Berriman & Co. 1796. Folio 42.2 cm 16.7". 748 pp. 2 final ff. of back matter lacking; 18 plts. <br><br>Bible collector's treasure: the first edition of the Berriman Bible. Noted for its excellent illustrations by several contemporary American engravers including Alexander Anderson Cornelius Tiebout Francis Shallus and William Rollinson this large and handsomely produced lectern-sized folio Bible is printed in two columns with sidenotes including scriptural cross-references and a chronology. The plates include scenes of Adam and Eve in paradise frontispiece the Egyptian midwives drowning the Hebrews' infant sons Judas Maccabaeus slaying Apolloninus and Judas betraying Christ with a kiss; the maps show the presumed historical setting of the Garden of Eden and the Holy Land. One plate in this copy "The Parting of Lot and Abraham" is bound in upside-down.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Title-page with inked inscription in upper margin: "Benjamin Morris to Samuel White Sept. 17th 1826" and with tipped-in typed slip noting presentation to a seminary by the Rev. John Cyrus Madden class of 1893 who had received the book from Charles Reifschneider a descendant of White. Spine with gilt-stamped leather label reading "Deborah Morris to" only! <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Herbert 1402; Hills 53; O'Callaghan 51; Rumball-Petre 175; Wright Early Bibles of America 325; Evans 30065; ESTC W004506. Early 19th-century mottled sheep covers framed in blind roll spine with gilt-stamped title label and compartment decorations; scuffed and rubbed gilt now mostly lost front cover with inkstain front joint cracked but holding and back one holed back free endpaper lacking. Spine head chipped with one label partly cut yes cut away and foot with inked shelving number; other library markings including bookplate pressure- and rubber-stamps and a few typical annotations. Pages age-toned to browned with offsetting and foxing ranging from mild to moderate occasional spotting and smudging some dog-eared corners;some leaves with margins chipped or short edge tears a few with tears extending into text some with loss of a few letters. Two leaves in Jeremiah torn with upper portions lacking one leaf crudely repaired some time ago last leaf tattered; two final leaves last portion of tables section and the subscribers list lacking with scraps of the "Table of Kindred & Affinity" laid in. => Marked by time and use still an agreeable and interesting example of a noteworthy edition. Pr. by Jacob R. Berriman for Berriman & Co. hardcover books
181235967Philadelphia: Stereotyped for the Bible Society at Philadelphia by T. Rutt Shacklewell London and pr. by William Fry 1812. 12mo 17.9 cm 7". 456 45978 481633 1 pp. 1 f. 191 1 pp. <br><br>The first Stereotyped Bible Printed in America. The Bible Society of Philadelphia founded in 1808 with Bp. William White as its first president was the first Bible society organized in the United States. It published this the first stereotype Bible printed in the U.S. from plates imported from London; the B.F.B.S. contributed £500 towards the purchase of the plates and they were admitted to the U.S. free of import duties. The initial run produced 1050 copies of the complete Bible and 750 copies of the New Testament in double columns in very small type.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Signature of Edward H. Mills dated 27 May 1843 on front pastedown. From the collection of Michael Zinman. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 24835; Hills 213; Herbert 1560; O'Callaghan 110; Wright Early Bibles of America 19293; Rumball-Petre 189. Contemporary sheep rubbed with joints opening and leather lost at spine head; wormwork to spine and some margins of text. Volume "soft" with sewing pulling away from spine and a few gatherings separated; text foxed and browned as often; several leaves perhaps two dozen damaged with some loss of text perhaps a dozen more with small tears. Lacking two leaves of the Old Testament all others present. A distressed copy of this important edition and priced accordingly. Stereotyped for the Bible Society at Philadelphia, by T. Rutt, Shacklewell, London, [and pr. by William Fry] hardcover books
18197970New York: American Bible Society stereotyped by E. & J. White; pr. by D. Fanshaw 1819. 8vo 24.2 cm 9.5". 705 1 215 lacking 1/2 1 blank pp. <br><br>Early American Bible Society Bible following its first which appeared in 1816. This stereotyped New York Bible was done from the same plates as Fanshaw's 1818 Long Primer Octavo and this 1819 example is seen institutionally far more often in microform copies than in genuine holdings.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Front cover with blind-stamped logo of the American Bible Society; title-page with inked inscription reading "Mary Ann Lanings word obscured August 24 1823." . <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 47213; Hills 375. Contemporary sheep double-panelled in blind spine with gilt-ruled raised bands and gilt-stamped leather title label; binding rubbed and unevenly faded leather cracking over spine. Foxing ranging from mild to severe; last few leaves waterstained; some dog-earing. One worm track to upper outer margin of a few leaves. New Testament lacking title.<br>Â Â Â Â Well used but not abused; an evocative copy. American Bible Society (stereotyped by E. & J. White; pr. by D. Fanshaw) hardcover books
192320518Boston: R. H. Hinkley 1923. 8vo. 14 vols. 70 plts. <br><br>This handsome and much-sought edition of the King James Bible was printed at the Merrymount Press and limited to 2574 sets: 1000 on wove paper 1000 on laid paper 488 on handmade paper and 86 on Japan paper. This set is #233 printed on handmade paper and contains 70 fine plates usually 5 per volume and mostly photogravures after paintings. The edition was designed for smooth reading and the text is set in ordinary paragraphs without chapter and verse numbers.<br>Â Â Â Â This work has a complicated and as yet not fully explained printing history. It was probably first printed in 1904 with sheets reissued or reprinted at various times in the subsequent two decades. Even the name of the publisher on the title-page varies; "The Grolier Society" sometimes appears in place of Hinkley.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Publisher's quarter tan pigskin spine leather over deeply grained polished bare wooden boards with bevelled edges on the three outer sides in the style of incunable and 16th-century books. Raised bands on spines; spine panels tooled and lettered in blind. Unusual and attractive. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Smith 209; Hills 2155 for the 1904 edition and explanation of reissues. Bound as above with top edge gilt other edges uncut. Spines darkened and some chipped. One cover detached and present. Much enjoyment. R. H. Hinkley hardcover books