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1791000015094Worcester Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas 1791. First Thomas edition. Hardcover. Good or better. 4to. 2 3-1310 pp. Contemporary paneled sheep with the spine in six compartments. Illustrated with two engraved frontispieces. Completing the title page: And with the former translations diligently compared and revised by the special command of King James I of England. With marginal notes and references. To which are added an index and an alphabetical table of the names in the Old and New Testaments with their significations. American Antiquarian Society "Isaiah Thomas’s Printing Press: "Old Number One". Darlow and Moule 1353. Isaiah Thomas' printing press first operated out of Boston: producing a newspaper and materials that encouraged American colonists to rebel against the British imperial government. Thomas moved his press to Worcester at the behest of his friends who suspected that it would be impounded by the British authorities. Thomas' Bible was produced in several quarto octavo and duodecimo editions. Darlow and Moule note that Thomas enlisted the help of clergymen and others to compare nearly thirty different editions of the scripture. The Thomas Bible is one of the more attractive productions of early American printing. The clasps largely perished quite a bit of rubbing to the leather's edges. Lacks leaves K3 and K4 the final verses of Maccabees also lacks the endpapers. An armorial bookplate that states "Williams" on the front pastedown an inscription reading Thomas Williams Jr. 1792 on the verso of the Apocrypha title page. Isaiah Thomas hardcover
179939640Worcester Mass.: Isaiah Thomas. Fair. 1799. Hardcover. Contemporary leather well worn. Contains Old and New Testaments. Lacks main title page. Includes New Testament title page. Concludes with "The End" at Chapter 22. Some foxing and stains. PO names on rear blank and inside front cover. Front hinge weak. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall . Isaiah Thomas hardcover
1815008469Walpole New Hampshire: Anson Whipple 1815. Book. Good. Full Calf. First Edition. Thick 8vo. Known as the "Walpole Bible" the first Holy Bible printed in the state of New Hampshire. The publisher Anson Whipple was the son-in-law of Isaiah Thomas the Revolutionary War printer publisher soldier and patriot who owned the press on which this Bible was printed. Good end papers and title page professionally restored hinge opened before final signature original calf binding well worn with label gone. pages toned. The printing took 5 years to complete with 8000 copies printed few of which still survive. A Bible that has seen much use in 200 years. Anson Whipple Hardcover
197055093Barre MA: Imprint Society 1970. Second edn. 8vo pp. xxi 650. Index. Edited by Marcus A. McCorison. Signed by the editor on the colophon. Original leaf from the first edition Worcester 1810 tipped in. Blue cloth stamped in gilt in a box with facsimile of first edition title. Fine. Colophon reads: "Nineteen hundred and fifty copies of this book have been printed from type by The Stinehour Press in Lunenburg Vermont. Roderick D. Stinehour designed the book using Monotpe Bembo and Centaur types. The frontispiece portrait of Isaiah Thomas a copperplate stipple engraved for the "Freemason's Magazine" of Novermber 1811 by W. R. Jones of Philadelphia was pulled from the original plate ow in the American Antiquarian Society. The title page eagle was drawn specially for this book and is based on elements of two type ornaments from the Binny & Ronaldson type foundry in Philadelphia whose types Thomas used in printing this work in 1810. An original leaf from that edition printed by Thomas in Worcester is included in this Imprint edition. The text paper is Imprint made by Monadnock Paper Company. The book was bund by New Hampshire Bindery in Concord New Hampshire. This is copy number 903 Numbered and signed by McCorison. Imprint Society unknown books
1970m3067Barre MA: Imprint Society 1970. Of an Edition of 1950 Copies Printed at The Stinehour Press this is No. 806. It is signed by the editor and includes an original leaf from the 1810 first edition of Thomas’s work. Octavo cloth xxi 650 pp. Near-Fine in slip case. Imprint Society, 1970. hardcover books
1810WRCAM55296Worcester: From the press of Isaiah Thomas Jun. Isaac Sturtevant printer 1810. Two volumes. Five engraved plates two folding. Expertly bound to style in period calf spines gilt with red morocco labels. Very good. Provenance: Timothy Bigelow presentation inscription by the author. "Thomas who began life as a printer's apprentice fought at Lexington and Concord and settled finally in Worcester Mass. in 1778 where he became the country's leading printer putting out more than 400 titles before he retired in 1802 to devote himself to scholarship and first to this book. The source materials were obtained from voluminous correspondence and from his own personal library.Although a printed work it is always considered a primary source and is today the recognized authority on printing in the United States from 1640 to 1800. Much of the material which it contains can be found no where else" - GROLIER AMERICAN HUNDRED. "An interesting and now scarce work" - Lowndes. <br> <br> This copy bears a presentation inscription to founding American Antiquarian Society member Timothy Bigelow who apprenticed to Thomas for two years but ended up becoming a lawyer and politician. HOWES T168 "aa." SHAW & SHOEMAKER 21483. STREETER SALE 4176. GROLIER AMERICAN 100 29. PILLING PROOF-SHEETS 3850. BIGMORE & WYMAN III:9. LOWNDES IV p.2666. From the press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Isaac Sturtevant, printer unknown books
1970Embry 162446Imprint Society Barre. 1970. First edition thus. Fine in near fine faintly soiled publisher's slipcase with one corner slightly bumped. Blue cloth no dust jacket. Number 128 of 1950 copies with a leaf from the first edition1810 tipped in. Imprint Society, Barre. 1970. First edition thus. hardcover books
1975Embry 144030Weathervane Circa 1975. Reprint. Fine in fine faintly toned dust jacket in mylar cover. Weathervane, Circa 1975. Reprint. unknown books
1970WRCLIT75441Barre: Imprint Society 1970. Large thick octavo. Cloth. Portrait. Fine in lightly rubbed slipcase. Edited with a preface by Marcus McCorison. Based on the text of the 1874 second edition. One of 1950 copies with a leaf from the first edition tipped in. As usual with the remaindered copies this copy is neither signed by Marcus nor numbered. Imprint Society hardcover books
19709013897Barre Massachusetts: Imprint Society 1970. Hardcover. Fine condition in a fine slipcase. One of 1950 copies this one unnumbered. Frontispiece portrait of Isaiah Thomas a copperplate stipple engraved for the Freemason's Magazine of November 1811 By W. R. Jones of Philadelphia was pulled from the original plate now in the American Antiquarian Society. An original leaf from the 1810 edition printed by Thomas in Worcester is included in the Imprint edition. A facsimile reprint of the title page is pasted onto the front of the paper covered slipcase. <br/><br/> Imprint Society hardcover books
197526142New York: Weathervane Books n.d. 1975. 8vo pp. xxi 1 650; portrait frontispiece; fine. Reprinted from the Barre Imprint Society edition limited to 950 copies which was printed in 1970. Indispensable and still useful history of the early American printers. <br/><br/> Weathervane Books, n.d. unknown books
197031383Barre MA: Imprint Society 1970. Edition ltd. to 1950 copies tck. 8vo pp. 650 portrait frontis title-p. in red blue & black orig. leaf of Thomas' History of Printing in America 1810 tipped-in; fine copy in orig. blue cloth gilt publisher's slipcase with paper label bookplate of Jake Chernofsky on front pastedown. Revised text of Thomas' second edition with notes. <br/><br/> Imprint Society hardcover books
1970292151New York: Weathervane 1970. hardcover. very good. With a Biography of Printers and an Account of Newspapers. Edited by Marcus A. McCorison from the Second Edition. Frontis. 650pp. 8vo boards d.w. N.Y.: Weathervane 1970.<br/><br/> Weathervane unknown books
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ria9783348106597_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The History of Printing in America - Volume II is an unchanged high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1874. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science travel and expeditions paperback
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