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183122266Oxford: Pr. at the University Press by Samuel Collingwood & Co. 1831. 24mo. 528 ff. <br><br>A lovely gift Bible presented in the 19th century to one James Henry Newman by five members of his immediate family.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Contemporary embossed rich cordovan-colored morocco cathedral binding featuring inter alii the Holy Ghost in Pentacostal doveform the Agnus Dei and stained/leaded glass "windows" both pointed and rosette. Spine additionally with gilt-stamped title; turn-ins with blind-roll design. All edges brightly gilt. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in Herbert. Binding as above in beautiful condition. First front fly-leaf with early inked familial gift inscription including an explanation of one brother's having opted out of the group present!; second front fly-leaf with inked dedicatory poem. Pr. at the University Press by Samuel Collingwood & Co. unknown books
183333830New Haven: Durrie & Peck; Sold by Hezekiah Howe & Co. and by N. & J. White 1833. 8vo 23 cm; 9". xvi 907 pp. <br><br>First edition of the Bible in English Authorized Version tailored for American readers by Noah Webster 17581843. "His purpose was to remove obsolete words and those offensive to delicacy" Rumball-Petre Webster himself further stipulating "To avoid giving offense to any denomination of christian sic I have not knowingly made any alteration to the passages of the present version on which the different denominations rely for the support of their peculiar tenets" Preface p. iv. Webster further explains that the purpose of his revisions is to make the language clearer and purer so as to not "divert the mind from the matter to the language of the scriptures and thus in a degree frustrate the purpose of giving instruction" Preface p. xvi.<br>Â Â Â Â Webster considered his work on the revision of the Bible more important than that on the dictionary and was sorely disappointed at the Bible's poor reception among all levels of readers.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: 19th-century ownership signatures of Luther P. Hubbard undated and R.T. Hall 1894; after ca. 1954 in The Howell Bible Collection Pacific School of Religion properly released. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Darlow & Moule 1793; Hills 826; Rumball-Petre 197. Publisher's sheep spine dry and tending to flake; front board once detached and resecured with a cloth tape repair at the hinge inside. Foxing as usual. Priced to encourage better repair to its binding this is a complete sound copy. Durrie & Peck; Sold by Hezekiah Howe & Co., and by N. & J. White hardcover books
1811WRCAM41996Philadelphia 1811. Five volumes. Quarto. Contemporary calf spines gilt leather labels. Boards a bit scuffed corners lightly worn. Spines slightly scuffed and slightly chipped on some volumes. Light scattered foxing and toning. Information about the Storer family inscribed in the first volume. About very good. An impressive early American Bible in five large volumes styled "the second American edition from the second London edition improved and enlarged" presumably referring to Scott's annotations. With information inscribed regarding the Lear and Storer families of Portsmouth New Hampshire. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 22356. hardcover books
1822FF071Oxford:: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collingwood 1822. 1822. 8vo. 1039 pp. Paper lightly browned causing edge painting to look browned. Original dark brown straight grained morocco elaborately stamped in blind a.e.g.; neatly rebacked edges scuffed inner hinges re-enforced. Very good. Leather bookplate of Sydney Sanner. With fore-edge painting of "FOLKSTONE." An early painting date unknown. PROVENANCE: Navy blue morocco bookplate of Sydney Sanner possibly a freemason and if so this could be the copy of Judge James Sydney Sanner 1872-1956 Supreme Court of Montana. He was also involved with inventing mining machinery. He died in Los Angeles. Earlier inscription of "Emily C. Hammersley daughter of my and in another hand: Great Aunt . . . Constance Maria Stopford Ridgeway 1920." Printed at the Clarendon Press, by Samuel Collingwood, 1822. hardcover books
1849FF2452London:: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1849. 1849. 2 volumes. 8vo. Psalms bound into each volume rear: 295 1 pp. Later full dark maroon blind- and gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt decorative endleaves. Fine. With four fore-edge paintings found on these two volumes each painted as a split-double fore-edge painted scenes. THE BIBLICAL SCENES shown are: Moses and the parting of the Red Sea; Noah's ark shown with the animals assembling to enter the vessel; Baby Jesus with Mary two men two horses with an angel facing the baby in the center; the crucifixion march with Jesus bearing the weight of his cross. These scenes painted for Harrington's of London ca. 1998. kMW Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1849. unknown books
1817FF2408Cambridge:: Printed by J. Smith 1817 1816. 1817. 2 volumes. Small 12mo. iv 600; 601-821 1 2; 250 2 pp. Original crimson blind- and gilt-stamped straight grained morocco all edges gilt. Within slip-case bound in red cloth gilt-stamped back "Foredge Paintings" likely the box dates from the time of the fore-edge painting. With two lovely fore-edge paintings painted on the fanned edges; not labeled but the scenes are of British churches. Provenance: Carnegie Book Shop New York Dec 14 1965 - sold to: Roland S. Bond Dallas TX. Probably this is the Louis H. Silver d.1963 Chicago copy sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries Nov. 16 1965 sold to Carnegie Book Shop NY. The volume was described as "one vol. bound in 2 which was an oversight as the 2nd title is deep within the second vol. Silver was a lawyer engineer and Chicago hotel owner Gold Coast Hotels who was a trustee of the Newberry Library. The bulk of his collection was purchased through his agent the noted bookseller John F. Fleming and brought a reported NY Times May 15 1964 price of 2.75 million dollars. / The University of Texas Ransom Center reports: "In June of 1963 Silver was diagnosed with terminal cancer and enlisted Fleming's help in selling his substantial library. Silver had very specific demands for the sale—his library was to be sold en bloc and he should receive no less than $2.2 million for it. Fleming made contact with several auction houses but on October 27 1963 Silver died before any action towards a sale could be completed. Silver's estate represented by Clarence A. Beutel and Silver's wife Amy wanted the search for a buyer to continue according to Silver's specifications. / On November 15 1963 the University of Texas at Austin expressed interest in the collection. Fleming began negotiations with Dr. Harry Ransom Chancellor of the University of Texas at Austin. Within a month Ransom had $2.75 million in cash for the sale. Silver's estate though was feeling hesitant about the sale. The first problem was that they did not want to pay Fleming his $200000 commission. The second was that they felt pressured to keep the Silver Library in Illinois by selling it to the Newberry Library instead. In the end that is what the estate chose to do. On May 13 1964 the Newberry Library bought the Silver Library for $2.75 million. / Under Illinois law Fleming as a property broker should have earned his commission when he produced a ready willing and able buyer. There is no requirement that a sale with that buyer must occur. Since Fleming produced his buyer he requested his commission. When the Silver estate refused Fleming filed a lawsuit in Illinois on August 6 1964. The estate was granted summary judgment and the case was dismissed. The court found that since many of the books were damaged and the University of Texas did not examine the books prior to agreeing to buy them it would not have actually been willing to commit to the sale. Fleming appealed to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. In John F. Fleming Incorporated v. Beutel 395 F.2d 21 the appellate court remanded the case after finding that the lower court was incorrect in granting summary judgment. The appellate court ruled that when one was dealing with older books some damage was par for the course and so the buyer would have been willing to go through with the sale. However rather than continue the court battle Fleming settled out of court for $92000 on December 17 1968. / The Newberry Library took possession of the Silver Library and against Silver's wishes discarded one third of the books as surplus and auctioned them." JWRB Printed by J. Smith, 1817, 1816. hardcover books
1901307515Glasgow: David Bryce and Son; and London: Henry Frowde 1901. Frontispiece and full page illustrations. 4 876 pp. Printed in 2 columns. 45 x 30 mm. Original patterned brown morocco magnifier in pocket at back. Covers starting still a nice example. in JCB folder. Frontispiece and full page illustrations. 4 876 pp. Printed in 2 columns. 45 x 30 mm. The smallest printed bible. Bryce's famous miniature bible originally published in 1896 at the time the smallest complete bible ever printed. The license reproduced in facsimile on the verso of the title page is dated 1901. Spielmann 24 David Bryce and Son; and London: Henry Frowde unknown books
184008829London: British and Foreign Bible Society for Spottiswoode 1840. Full Leather. Very Good. Quarto. Bound in full embossed black leather with marbled edges. Very good with owner inscriptions on endpapers and pastedowns; rear inner hinge cracked ink stamp lower fore-edge; light wear at extremities. Internally clean and bright. A very good collectible example of the "family Bible size" King James Version. <br/><br/> British and Foreign Bible Society, for Spottiswoode hardcover books
185524376New York: American Bible Society Instituted in the Year MDCCCXVI 1855. This edition not in Herbert. Full red pebbled sheep binding with gilt lettering. AEG. Gilt dentelles. PO name gilt stamped to front board. VG some minor rubs & shelfwear to binding/light foxing. PO E. L. Warner genealogical history written on ffep. PO has affixed a 'Kings of Israel and Judah' chart to rear paste-down. 1278 pp. 'Minion' 18mo. 5-7/8" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/> American Bible Society, Instituted in the Year MDCCCXVI unknown books
1851303732<p>12mo. Engraved frontispiece and engraved title page. Bound in at end are "The Psalms of David in Meter." Bound in full contemporary red morocco with wallet style flap a.e.g. rubbing Good. Contemporary signatures of Miss Harriet Hand dated 1852. Printed by C. Sherman.</p> Miller & Burlock hardcover books
1770WRCLIT66987Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill . 1770. Not paginated. A8-3C5 †A8 -†M4 3D8-3S6. Thick octavo. Contemporary unlettered red morocco spine gilt extra covers with gilt roll of vines at edges with oval black morocco central inlay with the sacred monogram and cross within a gilt sunburst a.e.g. marbled endsheets. Vertical crack in spine with shallow losses at crown and toe front binder's blank detached but present rear inner hinge cracking after free endsheet some wear to joints and forecorners; still a good internally fresh and crisp copy. An attractive octavo printing including the Apocrypha. Wright and Gill printed an edition in folio the same year. A highly likely association copy of some interest signed on the front binder's blank "Sarah S. Villiers 1804" probably Sarah Sophia Child-Villiers 1785-1867 Countess of Jersey and with the earlier signature of "Sarah Child 1779" her mother Sarah Anne Child 1764-1793. Sarah Childs married Lord Villiers on 23 May 1804. As heir to Child's Bank and to the property at Osterley Park she brought considerable resources to the marriage and was engaged as an active partner at the bank. She exerted influence in political circles and was prominent socially sufficient to provide models for fictional characters in novels by Disraeli and Lady Caroline Lamb. ESTC T91638. DARLOW & MOULE HERBERT 1206. Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill ... unknown books
1763306680Birmingham: John Baskerville Printer to the University 1763. The third variant of the Subscriber's list with the most names ending with that of the Hon. Charles York Esq Attorney General. 1146 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Bound in full dark blue straight-grained morocco covers tooled in gilt with wide Greek key and drawer handle border with floral cornerpieces narrow gilt filet-bordered rectangles tooled all over with drawer handle and sunburst tools and semé off small dots with central gilt-stamped L with crown spine with six double raised bands titled in one compartment stamped with owner's name "Frederic Powys" in another and the rest richly gilt a.e.g. pink endsheets by Staggemeier and Welcher with their circular pink paper label on front pastedown. Front joint and headcap with conservation repairs of the highest quality light foxing to text. The third variant of the Subscriber's list with the most names ending with that of the Hon. Charles York Esq Attorney General. 1146 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Baskerville's Masterpiece in Staggemeier & Welcher Binding. The 1763 edition of Baskerville's Bible has always been recognised as his masterpiece and is one of the high-points in the history of printing in Britain. This beautiful and monumental binding can be closely dated because Thomas Powys formerly MP for Northamptonshire was created Baron Lilford in 1797 and Staggemeier & Welcher are recorded in partnership on Villiers Street as of 1799. By 1810 Welcher was in business alone at that address. The Hon and Rev. Frederic Powys whose name appears on the spine was the third son of the first Lord Lilford; he married in 1807. Whether the binding was commissioned for his taking holy orders or on the occasion of his marriage can only be conjectured. A landmark of printing in a splendid binding. Nixon p. 184; Gaskell Bibliography of John Baskerville 26; Ramsden p. 135. Provenance: Frederic Powys his name tooled in gilt to spine Lilford Library booklabel John Baskerville, Printer to the University unknown books
1724255482London O.T.; Oxford N.T.: Printed by John Baskett . 1724. Additional engraved title-page by Sturt with Imprint "Printed and Sold by Richard Ware at Ye Bible & Sun in Amen Corner"; 200 engravings on 50 plates engraved by J. Cole. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary black gilt-panelled morocco Cambridge style. Covers worn and scuffed lower cover detached; text slightly darkened and well-thumbed but impressve and intact. Additional engraved title-page by Sturt with Imprint "Printed and Sold by Richard Ware at Ye Bible & Sun in Amen Corner"; 200 engravings on 50 plates engraved by J. Cole. 1 vols. 4to. Bound between THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER Baskett 1724 with engraved portrait of King George and additional engraved title-page of the series of 200 engravings by J. Cole and THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS Baskett 1724. the latter water-stained toward the rear. Holy Bible: ESTC T89252 Herbert 970; The Historical Part of the Holy Bible: ESTC T94971; Book of Ccommon Prayer: ESTC N32783 Griffiths p.150; The Whole Book of Psalms: ESTC T89253 Printed by John Baskett .. unknown books
1763300386Birmingham: John Baskerville Printer to the University 1763. The third variant of the Subscriber's list with the most names ending with that of the Hon. Charles York Esq Attorney General. Unpaginated 1146 pages A2 B-13D2 13E1 a-e2 f1. With A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God 4pp. Eyre and Spottiswoode: London 1859 and 2 pp. of manuscript prayers laid-in. 1 vols. Folio 18-3/4 x 12-3/8 in. Contemporary dark blue morocco covers gilt with wide roll borders surrounding central gilt cross built up from small tools. Some light scuffing and wear to joints and corners very slight staining to outer margin of first few leaves in all a very clean and handsome copy. Provenance: Richard Bellamy b. 1741 Manuscript birth and wedding register on rear free end paper for Richard Bellamy and his wife Elizabeth née Griffiths married in 1760 and their 7 children; John William Burns Kilmahew bookplate. The third variant of the Subscriber's list with the most names ending with that of the Hon. Charles York Esq Attorney General. Unpaginated 1146 pages A2 B-13D2 13E1 a-e2 f1. With A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God 4pp. Eyre and Spottiswoode: London 1859 and 2 pp. of manuscript prayers laid-in. 1 vols. Folio 18-3/4 x 12-3/8 in. Baskerville's Masterpiece. The 1763 edition of Baskerville's Bible has always been recognized as his masterpiece and is one of the high-points in the history of printing in Britain. This copy in a beautiful contemporary binding in the style of the leading Cambridge binder of the day Edwin Moor with multiple border rolls and a central lozenge here a cross made up of small tools all typical of Moor's style. Nixon p. 184; Gaskell Bibliography of John Baskerville 26; Ramsden p. 135 John Baskerville, Printer to the University unknown books
166153527Cambridge: Printed by John Field Printer to ye Universitie 1661. Old Testament only. With Apocrypha in separate volume. With elaborate engraved title page by Vaughan. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary black calf in the 'somber" mode. Bookplate of Daniel M. Friedenberg. Old Testament only. With Apocrypha in separate volume. With elaborate engraved title page by Vaughan. 2 vols. 8vo. Herbert 674 Printed by John Field Printer to ye Universitie unknown books
171733327Oxford: John Baskett 1717. 2 volumes folio. 20 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Engraved frontispiece in vol. I engraved vignettes on general title and New Testament title engraved head- and tail-piece vignettes and engraved initials. Contemporary black panelled morocco gilt the covers with gilt roll-tooled borders around a series of concentric gilt panels with ornamental leafy sprays and corner-pieces central lozenge gilt composed of similar small tooling spines richly gilt in nine compartments morocco lettering piece in the second compartment gilt dentelles marbled endpapers and gilt edges discreet expert repairs at top and bottom of joints<br/> <br/>Provenance: Sir John Hynde Cotton armorial bookplate; William Charles Smith armorial bookplate; Maggs Bros. catalogue 1212 Bookbinding in the British Isles item 86<br/> <br/>First edition of the monumental splendidly illustrated "Vinegar Bible" -- a "magnificent edition" Darlow & Moule here ruled in red and handsomely bound.<br/> <br/>Commonly known as the "Vinegar Bible" from the misprint "the parable of the vinegar" for "vineyard" in the headline above Luke Chapter 20. While a contemporary lambasted Baskett for this and other typographical errors in the text calling it a "Baskett-ful of errors" Oxford historian of printing Harry Carter states that "only Baskerville's Bible is its equal among English Bibles for beauty of type impression and paper" The History of the Oxford University Press 1975 I p. 171 In 1709 John Baskett purchased the exclusive royal patent to print Bibles in England control of which his family retained until 1799. This magnificent edition of the Bible is among Baskett's most important works highly regarded for its large elegant type; its 60 striking copper-engraved vignette head- and tailpieces; and its many delicately engraved historiated initials. Two distinct varieties occur. This copy is Darlow & Moule's issue A with additional engraved general title page depicting Moses writing the first words of Genesis here bound as frontispiece; vignette view of Oxford on the general title page; and vignette title page for New Testament depicting the Annunciation dated 1716. The present example is noted for both its lovely contemporary black morocco gilt binding and for being ruled in red throughout. Similar bindings on this edition of the bible are noted in both the Wardington Collection and in Mirjam Foot's Studies in the History of Bookbinding p. 409.<br/> <br/>Darlow & Moule 735; Herbert 942. John Baskett unknown books
1613D15149London: Robert Barker 1613. First Edition thus. Full Calf. Good. 4to 8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.; 216 x 156 mm. Black letter text in double columns 71 lines to the full column New Testament title in heart-shaped center within woodcut border woodcut initials head-and tailpieces. The First Quarto Edition of the King James Bible in black letter with "he" in Ruth 3:15. "This and many subsequent issues were produced in close imitation of those black-letter quarto editions of the Geneva Bible which had proved so popular." Herbert As they are often found our copy is imperfect bound with additional bits and pieces also imperfect Our copy is lacking preliminary quire A including general title scattered browning and staining throughout two tears just touching text two holes costing a few words. Bound before the Bible: An imperfect and defective copy of the Book of Common Prayer lacks all before quire B; and Speed's Genealogies stained throughout without the map of Canaan. Bound after the Bible: the 1615 edition of Herrey's Concordances last two leaves defective; and Sternhold & Hopkins' metrical psalms lacks title-page quite stained and frayed toward the end. Bound in Eighteenth-century tree calf; worn joints cracked but generally sound. Label to spine states it incorrectly as Geneva Bible. Our copy has an interesting line of provenance as follows: William Albin several signatures dated 1727 1729 and 1732 Theophilus Jones gift inscription to Thomas G. Evans dated 1867 Birth records of the Welsh family Evans 18471874 in one hand on flyleaf Christmas Evans inscription dated 1935; Evans's probable namesake and ancestor was the famous Welsh Noncomformist minister Christmas Evans 17661838 $5500 <br/><br/> Robert Barker unknown books
17636390Cambridge: John Baskerville 1763. Very Good/Printing a grand bible had been Baskerville's cherished ambition but the royal privilege belonged exclusively to Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Consequently Baskerville applied and was elected printer to the University of Cambridge. An innovator a micromanager a workaholic and an exacting perfectionist he threw everything into the bible project. He invented a stiffer blacker ink for it designed the types and the page layout and demanded smoother paper than was generally available. Ultimately he emptied his own bank accounts and borrowed money when the support of subscribers failed. Indeed he was not able to sell the entire edition of 1250 copies and ended up remaindering more than a third of the press run for pence on the guinea to his enormous personal disappointment and financial pain. The book remains a landmark in the history of English printing "one of the most beautiful books printed in the world" according to the bibliographer Frognall Dibdin a sentiment frequently echoed in Great Britain. This copy with the third longest list of subscribers ending with York. . Imperial folio 50 cm; 573 leaves. Text in double columns. In straight-grain blue morocco with gold-tooled border. Rebacked with original gold-tooled spine laid down. All edges gilt. Later reinforcements to joints and hinges. Light foxing on first and last leaves. Old bookplate on pastedown. Extra shipping charges will apply. References: Gaskell "John Baskerville a Bibliography" 26; Rothschild 2640; Darlow & Moule 857. John Baskerville unknown books
123054Cambridge: Printed by John Baskerville Printer to the University 1763. Royal folio 573 unnumbered leaves. A2 1 B-13D2 a-e2 f1. English binding of contemporary full blue-green morocco covers with elaborate gilt border backstrip richly gilt with red morocco lettering pieces stamped in gilt "HOLY BIBLE" and at the foot "BASKERVILLE" gilt edges marbled endpapers. Inevitable slight signs of wear on such a huge book but in all a very good unrestored copy internally flawless. § First edition of Baskerville's masterwork in a magnificent contemporary English binding. Third issue of the subscribers' list as usual. "John Baskerville was a monumental figure in the history of English bookbinding and printing with contemporary accounts of his work ethic revealing a man deeply engaged in virtually every aspect of book production. Yet for most of his life and indeed for many decades afterwards he was decried as a mere amateur. Still other sources show an individual with highly idiosyncratic and paradoxical habits -- he lived with Sarah Eaves for nearly two decades out of wedlock; a devout atheist who was buried in his own backyard without Christian ceremony; a man who 'had wit but always against religion and decency'†F.E. Pardoe in John Baskerville of Birmingham: Letter-Founder and Printer 1975. Paradoxically after taking the position of Printer to the University of Cambridge on 1 December 1758 Baskerville produced one of the few great Bibles. It is a true masterwork expertly printed with impeccable attention to ink type spacing paper quality and ease of use. Published on 4 July 1763 “the adjective that inevitably comes to mind is ‘noble’ and the volume warrants the word. It was conceived and executed on a grand scale… to show that he had now learnt his craft and was able to practice it in a masterly fashion… and the result shows again that Baskerville must be placed in the very top rank of book designers†Pardoe 87. Morison and Day The Typographic Book 1963 write that “Baskerville’s folio English Bible printed for the University of Cambridge is the finest presentation of Holy Writ since Richelieu’s Latin Vulgate printed at the Imprimerie Royal†48. Gaskell 26. Herbert 1146. Morison & Day The Typographic Book 48. Huntington Library Great Books in Great Editions 7. Rothschild 2640. Rumball Petre 145. Printed by John Baskerville unknown books
1634022062London: Robert Barker and Assigns John Bill 1634. Quarto in 8s. 2 34pp. genealogies 3pp. dedication 9 to the reader 1pp. order of books pp. 1-582 Old Testament Apocrypha ends on p. 718; New Testament ends on p. 904; colophon on p. 904. Black letter in double columns. General and New Testament titles within woodcut historiated border. Both title pages state translated out of "Original Greek" with "darknesse" instead of "darkenesse" in Genesis 1:4 undated genealogies bound in at front prior to title page with the Apocrypha without map. Uniquely bound in earlier 19th century polished calf over beveled wooden boards ornately tooled in blind and gilt inner gilt dentelles marbled endpapers all edges red margins trimmed close just entering some headlines or side notes some light marginal soiling very minor worming in blank lower margins of a few leaves in front and middle of book. A very attractive copy from the library of William Otter Gibbs with his bookplate: Gibbs was a 2nd Lieut. 7th Hussars February and Lieut. November 1900. In the South African Boer War served 1901-2 with 7th Hussars in operations in Cape Colony Orange River Colony and Transvaal; awarded Queen's Medal with five clasps. Captain Ap. 1907. Seconded to be Brigade Major of Eastern Mounted Brigade Territorial March 1913-March 1916. In the Great War served in Gallipoli Anzac October-December 1915: in Egypt December 1915-October 1916 Staff Officer Western Defense Force; Brigade Major Coastal Area: in France October-December 1917 as Major 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regt.; in Mesopotamia Ap. 1918-Ap. 1919 with 7th Hussars and in command of them from September 1918. Wounded at Shergat nr. Mosul 28 October 1918. Awarded 1914-15 Star British War Medal Allies' Victory War Medal: Croix de Guerre avec palme: mentioned twice in dispatches 1916 and 1919. Lieut.-Colonel 1919 and in the Regular Army Reserve of Officers from 1920. One of the Exons of the King's Bodyguard of Yeomen of the Guard from 1926. From his family genealogy Herbert 487-b. Robert Barker and Assigns John Bill unknown books
1802FF167London:: John Reeves 1802. 1802. 4to. ii xxi pp. 228 ff. a2 b-d4 e2 A-Z4 2A-Z4 3A-G4. Original dark greenish-blue straight-grain morocco gilt floral ruled borders raised bands with three angels in three compartments a.e.g. The binding is not sign but it is similar to other English bindings of the period possibly Staggemeier & Welcher. The spine foot says "Genesis to Numbers" and "Reeves's - Edition" in gilt. Early armorial bookplate of W. H. Battie-Wrightson Cusworth Yorkshire. Extensively annotated in ink holograph 3 ½ pages on blank endleaves being the record of Thomas de Grey's family births marriages and deaths; he is the second son of Lord Walsingham "a clergyman married Elizabeth Fourth Daughter of the Hon.ble. Brownlow North Bishop of Winchester on the 12th of August 1802 by Special Licence at the Private Chapel at Winchester House Chelsea. . . " Very good. WITH A DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Philadelphia in 1790 and New York in 1820. The scene of Philadelphia shows churches buildings a harbor and shipping scene; on the reverse edge showing "New York" has various harbor buildings. Not signed; likely painted just prior to Leamington's owning this volume thus ca. 1953. The artist is not known. Often an American bookstore would import a volume acquired from an artist or a British bookstore. Provenance: W. H. Battie-Wrightson Cusworth Yorkshire. William Wrightson 1752-1827 of Cusworth Hall Doncaster Yorkshire was a former member of Parliament 1784-1790; his son of the same name lived 1789-1879; it is unclear which person's bookplate the name refers. Brownlow North 1741-1820 former owner family member was appointed Bishop of Winchester in 1781. DNB. More recently a pencil note within the book indicates it was purchased from Leamington Book Shop July 1953. A bookseller's clipped catalogue description appears to be that of Leamington's Price: £18 10s. ca. 1953. A later pencil note 12/98 indicates this book was priced in December 1998 at $1600. John Reeves, 1802. hardcover books
1802FF2474London:: John Reeves 1802. 1802. 5 volumes. Small 8vo. Original full crimson straight-grained morocco spines flat and tooled in gilt all edges gilt; some darkening to covers but a solid binding even now after all these years. Bookseller's ticket of Kerby & Bowdery 190 Oxford Street England. Early ownership signature of Charlotte Handbury. Very good. WITH FIVE FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS painted by the "Dover Painter" of Marks & Company London ca 1920s one of the finest fore-edge artists of their day. On volume 1 Worcester Cathedral; 2 St. Paul's Cathedral; 3 York Minster; 4 Canterbury Cathedral St. Ethelbert's Tower & St. Augustine's Monastery; 5 Gloucester Cathedral. Each piece is labeled in ink in the artist's handwriting. PROVENANCE: pre-fore-edge James Kerby & Bowdery booksellers U.K. – Charlotte Hanbury signature; Marks & Co. London booksellers – where this became a fore-edge painting Edward C. Lowe Birmingham bookseller U.K. sold to: Mrs. Henry B. Brooke Gilpin Winchester 1853- Virginia purchased May 1941 – probably inherited by one of the three Gilpin children: Donald Kenneth Dorothy – an unknown source bought or traded to RL: – Russell Light bookseller Texas personal collection – JWRB. Import license shows seller's and buyer's names dated May 1941. The document was laid into volume II facing signature X3 with offsetting. NOTE ON HANBURY: Charlotte Hanbury could be one in the DNB with dates 1830-1900 born in Stoke Newington her autobiography published in 1901. Henry B. Brooke Gilpin 1853-1929 was vice president of the National Wholesale Drug Association and commodore of the Baltimore Yacht Club Maryland. He married Hattie Newcomer 1861-1942 daughter of Benjamin F. Newcomer president of the Baltimore Safe Deposit and Trust Company on 27 October 1886. SEE: Weber Jeff Annotated Dictionary of Fore-edge Painting Artists & Binders pp. 98-103 "Dover Painter". John Reeves, 1802. unknown books
1630310457London: Robert Barker and John Bill N.T. Bonham Norton and John Bill 1630. Wisdom xix 22: "neither didst thou. Double-page map engraved genealogies. General and New Testament titles within historiated woodcut border. Printed in two columns in black letter; Book of Common Prayer and Genealogies bound before Bible. 4to. Contemporary calf rebacked. Bible lacking 3 leaves Whole Book of Psalmes lacking 3 leaves old dampstaining throughout most pronounced at beginning and end some occasional marginal losses resulting in loss of a few lines of text to four or five leaves margins of H6 trimmed with loss of shoulder notes Booke of Common Prayer without front matter. Wisdom xix 22: "neither didst thou." Double-page map engraved genealogies. General and New Testament titles within historiated woodcut border. Printed in two columns in black letter; Book of Common Prayer and Genealogies bound before Bible. 4to. The King James version in quarto printed in black letter. With a double-page map and engraved genealogies. Darlow and Moule 328; Herbert 429; STC 2nd ed. 2289.5 Robert Barker and John Bill [N.T. Bonham Norton and John Bill] unknown books
163226102London: Robert Barker.by the assignes of John Bill 1632. Folio 34 cm 13.4". 15 507 1 ff. lacking 7 prelim. ff. <br><br>preceded by Speed John. The genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures according to euery familie and tribe. London: F. Kingston 1632. Folio. 2 34 pp. with Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Sternhold & Hopkins. 1632. The whole booke of Psalmes. Collected into English meeter. London: Pr. by R. Badger for the Co. of Stationers 1632. Folio. 2 114 pp. lacking 8 index pp.<br>Â Â Â Â Attractive folio King James Bible set in roman in double columns ruled in red throughout with woodcut headpieces and decorative capitals. Darlow and Moule suggest that this edition was actually printed in early 1633 as a number of copies are recorded as having their title-page dates altered by hand to read 1633 as is the case here.<br>Â Â Â Â The Apocrypha are present with the blank space on the last page of Malachi filled with an early inked "account of the several books in the Apocrypha." => The Psalter following the Bible includes music. The O.T. title-page is engraved and signed very faintly in this example by William here "Guilielmus" Hole and is framed by an elaborate architectural border displaying the coats of arms of the 12 tribes of Israel and portraits of the 12 Apostles. => The recto of the list of books is a full-page engraving of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden surrounded by animals. The New Testament has a separate title-page dated 1632 with an ornate wood-engraved border featuring Justice and Truth along with the British lion and unicorn and various architectural motifs.<br>Â Â Â Â The volume opens with two fly-leaves bearing genealogical records in several different early inked hands with dates ranging from 1743 through 1847. A copy of Speed's Genealogies precedes the Old Testament while the "Description of Canaan" with map that should close the Genealogies has been bound in after the O.T. title-page. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC S122379; Darlow & Moule 359; STC 2nd ed. 2298.5. Speed: ESTC S126191; STC 2nd ed. 23039a.4. Psalms: ESTC S122383; STC 2nd ed. 2633. Recent mottled calf covers fillet-framed and panelled in blind with decorative inner blind roll and blind-tooled corner fleurons; spine with gilt-stamped title and gilt-ruled raised bands. Front cover with two slender scrapes; title-page with date altered in ink to 1633 as above. Front fly-leaves with margins repaired; Description of Canaan with inner margin reinforced. Bible seven preliminary leaves lacking calendar dedication preface and list of books all present; Psalms four final index leaves only lacking; foliation slightly erratic. Varying degrees of age-toning occasional light waterstaining some margins with faint smudging; in fact and in sum a nice volume to hold and work with. Robert Barker...by the assignes of John Bill hardcover books
200835166Litchfield Park AZ: Bible Museum 2008. Folio. Unpaginated. <br><br>A 400th anniversary edition of the King James Bible being an accurate complete full-size facsimile of the "Great He" Bible. This copy is one of 1000 designated "The Subscriber's" version with => two original leaves from the 1611 printing one from the Old Testament leaf Fff2 Psalms 88:6 through 90:5 and one from the New leaf K3 John 8:39 through 9:41. Both leaves are in excellent condition.<br>Â Â Â Â This book is very large and extremely heavy and will require considerable extra shipping charges. Bound in full brown leather and in an open-back slipcase. As new. Bible Museum hardcover books
