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1959251299New York: Kress 1959. Private. hardcover. near fine. 44 color plates. 253 pages. 4to cloth-backed boards t.e.g. slipcase solid but somewhat faded and worn at edges. New York: The Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1959. A near fine copy in very good slipcase.<br/><br/> Kress unknown books
1843WRCAM45615Bombay 1843. 108pp. Later black morocco gilt. Corners heavily rubbed; library markings. Front flyleaf detached. Text clean. Good plus. An early Indian imprint printed for the Bombay Auxiliary Bible Society at the American Mission Press with text in both English and Marathi. Not in Diehl. Scarce - a search of OCLC turns up only three copies at Yale Oxford and the New York Public Library though this copy is marked as a Library of Congress duplicate. 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
1932220539Washington DC Judd & Detweiler 1932. 1932. First edition thus. 4to. 32 line illustrations by Earl Winslow. Original gilt stamped tan cloth t.e.g. Acetate dust jacket. Fine fresh copy. One of 475 numbered copies signed by Winslow. Designed by Lester Douglas and John Davis. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. Washington, DC [Judd & Detweiler] 1932. hardcover 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
2012WRCAM46192ANew Haven; Bryn Mawr; New York 2012. 20; 20pp. text in both English and German plus twenty-five original leaves and six additional illustrated leaves tipped into accompanying folders. Large folio. Fine. In a clamshell box. The German Bible in America has a long and significant history reflective of the European culture which gave it birth; the local conditions of Pennsylvania where it rose to its greatest heights; and the rich German-American culture created by emigrants and their descendants in the 19th-century United States. From the first American edition of a Bible in German in 1743 through the late 19th century numerous printers and publishers issued bibles in various formats ranging from large folios intended for lectern use to smaller versions for personal study. This leaf book celebrates the range and richness of these productions indicative of the world of German culture in America in the 18th and 19th centuries as expressed through its most widely studied text in a series of twenty- five leaves. Each set contains two versions of the descriptive text one in English and the other in German with an introduction by Don Yoder Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies Folklore and Folk-Life at the University of Pennsylvania. Further text describes the printers of each leaf the circumstances under which they were printed and other attributes. Each leaf is enclosed in an individual folder. <br> <br> The German Bible in America is issued in an edition of sixty copies with fifty of the regular series and ten additional deluxe copies containing six extra leaves of illustrations from the illustrated bibles included in the collection. This is one of ten deluxe copies lettered by hand. unknown books
2012WRCAM46192New Haven; Bryn Mawr; New York 2012. 20; 20pp. text in both English and German plus twenty-five original leaves tipped into accompanying folders. Large folio. Fine. In a cloth clamshell box. The German Bible in America has a long and significant history reflective of the European culture which gave it birth the local conditions of Pennsylvania where it rose to its greatest heights and the rich German-American culture created by emigrants and their descendants in the 19th-century United States. From the first American edition of a Bible in German in 1743 through the late 19th century numerous printers and publishers issued Bibles in various formats ranging from large folios intended for lectern use to smaller versions for personal study. This leaf book celebrates the range and richness of these productions indicative of the world of German culture in America in the 18th and 19th centuries as expressed through its most widely studied text in a series of twenty- five leaves. Each set contains two versions of the descriptive text one in English and the other in German with an introduction by Don Yoder Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies Folklore and Folk-Life at the University of Pennsylvania. Further text describes the printers of each of the leaves the circumstances under which they were printed and other attributes. Each leaf is enclosed in an individual folder. <br> <br> The German Bible in America is issued in an edition of sixty copies with fifty of the regular series and ten additional deluxe copies containing six extra leaves of illustrations from the illustrated Bibles included in the collection. This is one of fifty regular copies numbered by hand. A deluxe issue with six additional illustrated leaves is also available for $3500. hardcover books
2012WRCLIT70037New Haven; Bryn Mawr; New York 2012. 20; 20pp. text in both English and German plus twenty-five original leaves tipped into accompanying folders. Large folio. Fine. In a custom clamshell box. The German Bible in America has a long and significant history reflective of the European culture which gave it birth the local conditions of Pennsylvania where it rose to its greatest heights and the rich German-American culture created by emigrants and their descendants in the 19th-century United States. From the first American edition of a Bible in German in 1743 through the late 19th century numerous printers and publishers issued Bibles in various formats ranging from large folios intended for lectern use to smaller versions for personal study. This leaf book celebrates the range and richness of these productions indicative of the world of German culture in America in the 18th and 19th centuries as expressed through its most widely studied text in a series of twenty- five leaves. Each set contains two versions of the descriptive text one in English and the other in German with an introduction by Don Yoder Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies Folklore and Folk-Life at the University of Pennsylvania. Further text describes the printers of each of the leaves the circumstances under which they were printed and other attributes. Each leaf is enclosed in an individual folder.The German Bible in America is issued in an edition of sixty copies with fifty of the regular series and ten additional deluxe copies containing six extra leaves of illustrations from the illustrated Bibles included in the collection. This is one of fifty regular copies numbered by hand. A deluxe issue with six additional illustrated leaves is also available for $3500. unknown books
1969291977Madison.: University of Wisconsin Press. 1969. Red cloth gilt titles. Fine in a severely silverfished dust jacket with some loss to the lower edge and foredge. 28x20.5 cm. Heavy book will require extra shipping. weight: 5.5 lb. University of Wisconsin Press. hardcover books
181920142Ballston Spa N.Y.: Pr. for the Society J. Comstock printer 1819. 8vo. 15 1 pp. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in Shaw & Shoemaker. Removed from a nonce volume. Early private ownership signature on title-page. Very good. Pr. for the Society (J. Comstock, printer) unknown books
19329026550Leipzig: Limited Editions Club 1932. Hardcover. Near fine. Decorations by E.R. Weiss. Introduction by Ernest Sutherland Bates. One of 1500 numbered copies printed by Poeschel & Trepte and signed by the illustrator. Bound in quarter vellum with paper covered boards. Slipcase with printed paper label shows wear at one edge. Former owner's bookplate on front paste down endpaper. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover books
183724118Andover & New York: Gould and Newman 1837. 8vo. 2 vols. I: 584 pp. II: x 2 584 pp. <br><br>From the latest London edition. In two volumes. Publisher's gray ribbed cloth stamped in blind on boards and in gilt on spines. Boards rubbed and bumped. Ex-library: Each volume with call number label on spine bookplate rubber-stamps and charge pocket. Gould and Newman hardcover books
179611489Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson 1796. 4to 27.7 cm 10.9". vii xvi 488 196 pp. 8 ff. <br><br>Three American "firsts" here counting that of our caption! For while being additionally the uncommon first printing in America of the Gospels in English in any translation other than the King James or the Douai-Rheims version this is also the first privately accomplished translation of the Gospels printed in America.<br>Â Â Â Â George Campbell 171996 was a minister of the Church of Scotland theologian and principal of Marischal College. He wrote a number of theological works including a defense of miracles in response to David Hume and was noted for originality of argument as well as charity towards his opponents. This translation of the Gospels was first published in England in 1789; the work consists of a preface and preliminary dissertations the actual translation and the notes with the whole being very scholarly resorting frequently to the Greek in the dissertations and notes.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Title-page and contents leaf with early inked inscriptions reading "Jas. Booth. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC W4383; Evans 30086; Hills English Bible in America 56. On Campbell see: The Dictionary of National Biography. Contemporary treed sheep rubbed and abraded with leather lost at corners; nicely rebacked with original label laid on. Title-page and contents inscribed as described above; endpapers waterstained and pages with light spots of foxing. Paper in many sections faintly blue. Thomas Dobson hardcover books
179923757Philadelphia: Pr. by A. Bartram 1799. 4to. viii xvi 488 pp.; 196 8 pp. <br><br>George Campbell 171996 was a minister of the Church of Scotland theologian and principal of Marischal College. He wrote a number of theological works including a defense of miracles in response to David Hume and was noted for originality of argument as well as charity towards his opponents. This translation of the Gospels was first published in England in 1789; the work consists of a preface and preliminary dissertations the actual translation and the notes with the whole being very scholarly resorting frequently to the Greek in the dissertations and notes.<br>Â Â Â Â Campbell's translation of the Gospels were first printed in the U.S. in 1796 and was the first privately accomplished translation of the Gospels printed in America. This is only the second edition printed in America. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC W4382; Evans 35200; Hills English Bible in America 71. On Campbell see: The Dictionary of National Biography. Publisher's brown leather rebacked board edges refurbished original spine-label reused. Old library pressure-stamps and a bit of pencilling stamped numberwith a properly deaccessioned. Occasional light foxing and with some marginal waterstains. Overall a rather nice copy. Pr. by A. Bartram hardcover books
1932224302Oxford: Clarendon Press 1932. First. hardcover. fine. Printed in red and black. Small folio full red morocco elaborately stamped in gilt & blind with numerous borders enclosing four rectangles also with borders; raised bands with 6 decorated panels on the spine by the French Binders. Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1932.<br/><br/> Printed with the Greek type of Robert Proctor the third book for which the type has been used the others being The Oresteia 1904 and The Odyssey 1909. Two leather bookplates and the dentelles have offset on the flyleaves otherwise fine in a black leather-backed cloth slipcase.<br/><br/> Clarendon Press unknown books
1984278064New York: Ccar 1984. hardcover. near fine/very good. Baskin Leonard. Illustrated and designed by Leonard Baskin. Translations edited by Rabbi Albert H. Friedlander. Introductions co-edited by Rabbi Herbert Bronstein and Rabbi Albert H. Friedlander. xiii 323 pages. Thick folio blue cloth d.w. New Yorki: CCAR Central Conference of American Rabbis 1984/5744. Small dent in dw spine; neat inscription in English and Hebrew on front free endpaper still a near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Ccar unknown books
198471486New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis 1984. hardcover. fine. Hebrew texts English translations introduction and new liturgies. Translations edited by Rabbi Albert H. Friedlander. Liturgies edited by Rabbi Herbert Bronstein. Illustrated and designed by Leonard Baskin. Original frontispiece lithograph signed & dated. 37 watercolor plates. 323pp. Folio cloth d.w. New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis 1984. A fine copy.<br/><br/> New Translations of Ecclesiastes Esther Song of Songs Ruth and Lamentations with explanatory notes. Text in Hebrew and English. One of 175 copies printed on pure rag sheet paper & numbered and signed by the artist.<br/><br/> Central Conference of American Rabbis unknown books
199544341NY: Schocken 1995. Large 8vo pp. xxxi 1024. With suggestions for further reading. The Schocken Bible: Vol. I. Ivory paper over boards cloth spine stamped in gilt. AEG. A nice copy in slilghtly spotted and chipped dj. Heavy. Schocken unknown books
1982226098Santa Cruz The Bood Book Press 1982. 1982. Large 8vo. Woodcut illustrations by Donna Thomas. Original 1/2 brown calf over marbled boards. Original dust jacket printed in red. Fine. No signatures or bookplates. Number 99 of 100 copies on handmade paper by Peter Thomas. Handprinted using Centaur type. The story is Luke 2: 1-18 from the King James Version of The Bible. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Santa Cruz, The Bood Book Press, 1982. hardcover books
2220Philadelphia; 1845-46: Sorin & Ball/Thomas Warddle. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo. With marginal readings together with a copious and original selection of references to parallel and illustrative passages exhibited in a manner hitherto unattempted. Engraved half-title 2 title pages 2 frontispieces illustrated with 6 mapssome folding 7 engravings and 1 folding chart all bound in original green morocco elaborately decorated in gilt raised bands with compartments gilt decorated yellow endpapers all edges gilt. A lovely little copy showing on very minor spots of rubbing to joints and edges and a few ocassional spots of foxing contemporary owner's name. <br/><br/> Sorin & Ball/Thomas Warddle hardcover books
184107886Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait 1841. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 24 Mo. A near fine copy bound in contemporary full black leather with gilt lettering and decoration spine gilt illustration covers gilt inner dentelles marbled edges and endpapers. Engraved frontispiece and title page. A beautiful little bible. viii 587 pp. 190 pp. <br/><br/> Thomas Cowperthwait hardcover books
WRCLIT79387London: Samuel Bagster and Sons 1846. 112.162-1681160pp. Large thick quarto. Title in red and black. Contemporary blindstamped calf spine decorated in blind and lettered in gilt a.e.g. Bookplate scar on pastedown neat scattered pencil annotations in a minuscule hand a few smudges and occasions of light foxing extremities rubbed but quite sound; with. Second edition with a revised introductory "History" occupying through p. 112 -- the "History" in the first edition of 1841 by S.P. Tregelles occupied through page 160. The essay for this edition has been attributed to Christopher Anderson author of ANNALS OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE. A presentation of forms of the "Wicliff 1380; Tyndale 1534; Cranmer 1539; Genevan 1557; Anglo- Rhemish 1582; and Authorised 1611" texts along with the Greek text after Scholz which appears in a panel above the columns of English texts. The 1841 edition is cited in Darlow Moule & Herbert but not this revision. Extra postage charge necessary. OCLC: 1678701. HERBERT 1840 1st ed. Samuel Bagster and Sons unknown books
193026407Chefoo China 1930. Lovely fine example of the Temple Hill Cut-Out books illustrated with eight pages affixed with cut black paper depicting figures plus one cut-out on the title page. Each of the eight cut-outs is accompanied by a delicate glassine on which is printed in English the legend of the corresponding figure. Bound in pictorial woven cloth over flexible boards string-bound with black cord. Laid in is a sheet about the origin of the cut-out books. Small quarto. 18 x 23.5 cm. Temple Hill Cut-Outs of Chefoo China made by the Self-help Department Women's Bible School Presbyterian Mission. Intricate beautiful cut-paper illustrations. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1854291866Philadelphia.: Lippincott Grambo & Co. 1854. Full black morocco raised bands gilt decorations all edges gilt. Very good old ink name to title page. 29x23 cm. Heavy book will require extra shipping. weight: 8.0 lb. Chromolithograph frontis and half-title page 3 engraved plates. Lippincott, Grambo & Co. hardcover books
1913228975<p>First edition. Octavo. 2 color fold-out maps at end. Dust jacket price clipped; few chips; detached. Very good. 381 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p> University Press hardcover books