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AITKEN, Robert (printer & publisher). The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly Translated Out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Aitken, 1781-1782. Two parts bound in one volume. [1452]pp., text in two columns. Unpaginated, the Old Testament collates [pi],A-ZZ in twelves, Aaa5. The New Testament collates A-Dd in sixes (including a W signature). Complete with title-leaves to both the Old and New Testaments, along with the certification leaf from Congress. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine ruled in gilt. Boards and joints a bit rubbed. Text lightly tanned with light, scattered foxing and soiling throughout and occasional dampstaining, mostly to the outer edge. Some leaves cropped close with occasional loss to text. Professional paper repairs to lower edge of Old Testament titleleaf and certification leaf. Lower outer corner of New Testament titleleaf torn, with loss to printed border, professionally repaired. Old Testament leaves B6 and B7 and New Testament leaves Gg6 and Gg7 supplied from another copy, with leaf B6 bearing the ink inscription of one Rachel Emerson. Ex-Newberry Library, with bookplate on front pastedown. Small ownership labels on front pastedown and front free endpaper. Contemporary ownership inscription in ink of "Geo. Walton." at the top of recto of leaf A2. Very good. In a gray cloth clamshell box, gilt leather label. The Aitken Bible is 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 first Bible printed in the British colonies in America was the famous Eliot Indian Bible, in Algonquin, issued in Cambridge in 1661-63 and reprinted in 1680-85. The 18th century saw the printing of bibles in German. With the American Revolution, the British monopoly on English-language bibles 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. Becaus.
Publication Date: 1763
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. "(BIBLE). The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New. Cambridge: John Baskerville, 1763. Large, thick folio (13-1/2 by 20 inches), early full black morocco gilt skillfully rebacked with original spine neatly laid down, raised bands, marbled endpapers. $18,000.First Baskerville edition, one of only 1250 copies, an impressive folio production splendidly bound in early full morocco gilt. "This edition 'has always been regarded as Baskerville's magnum opus and is his most magnificent as well as his most characteristic specimen" (Herbert 1146). "His most ambitious undertaking widely acclaimed as his masterpiece" (Art of the Printed Book, 26). "Aesthetically, the highest point in English Bible printing so far was John Baskerville's folio printed at Cambridge in 1763 The Bible uses his types, paper and ink, and shows his characteristic 'machine-made' finish: very smooth and even in color and impression, with glossy black ink on smooth paper. The design is traditional, but the quality of material and workmanship is so high, and the conventions are so delicately modified and consistently applied that the result is extremely impressive" (Cambridge History of the Bible, 464). Beautifully printed in two columns of large type. With Apocrypha. List of subscribers present, in third state. Gaskell 26. Darlow & Moule 857. Herbert 1146. Huntington Library, Great Books in Great Editions 6. Leaf C2 with marginal closed tear, faint marginal staining to leaves 8K1-2, occasional very faint foxing; interior generally quite clean and fine. Very handsome morocco-gilt binding expertly restored. An excellent copy of this landmark fine press Bible.".
(BIBLES). THOMSON, Charles, trans. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Covenant, Commonly Called the Old and New Testament: Translated From the Greek. By Charles Thomson, Late Secretary to the Congress of the United States. Phila.: Printed by Jane Aitkin, 1808. 1st ed. 4 vols. 8vo. No pagination. Period-style 3/4 calf and marbled boards, gilt-ruled spines, red and black morocco spine labels. Light scattered foxing and toning, else a very good copy. Darlow and Moule 1005. Herbert 1514. Rumball-Petre 184. O'Callaghan 1808.2. Wright, p. 113. "Charles Thomson (1729-1824) made the first translation of the Septuagint into the English language, and the first English translation of the New Testament in the western hemisphere. Thomson spent twenty years in making the translation. The books called Apocrypha, which are included in the canon of the Greek Old Testament but not in the Hebrew, were omitted in his translation. After copying the manuscript four times, he had it published at Philadelphia by Jane Aitken, the first woman to print any part of the Holy Scriptures in America, and the daughter of the printer Robert Aitken. It is of interest that the name `Cha. Thomson' appears as the signer of the Congressional resolution in the front of the 1782 Aiken Bible"-Hills 153. Charles Thomson emigrated to America from his native Ireland in 1739. On recommendation of Benjamin Franklin, he served as a tutor at the College of Pennsylvania (later the University of Pennsylvania). He later left teaching for business, in which he prospered. "Because of his reputation for fairness and integrity, he was chosen by the Indians to keep their record of proceedings at the treaty of Easton (1757), and in the following year he was adopted into the Delaware tribe, with a name meaning `man who tells the truth'"-DAB. He was an early and ardent supporter of the Revolution and was unanimously elected Secretary to the Continental Congress, serving in that post from 1774 to 1789. Thomson "was the very man in Philadelphia with whom John Adams, busily probing the minds of all and sundry on the vital questions involved, would wish to have, as he did have, `much conversation.' `This Charles Thomson,' Adams wrote, `is the Sam Adams of Philadelphia, the life of the cause of liberty, they say.'"-DAB. Thomson resigned his post when.
(BIBLES). The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. New-York: Printed and Sold by Hugh Gaine, 1800. [Second title]: The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Newly Translated Out of the Original Greek; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. New-York: Printed and Sold by Hugh Gaine, 1800. 12mo. [696;192]pp. double-columned (per Evans). Contemporary paneled calf, raised spine bands, gilt-ornamented compartments. Lacks front and rear endpapers and much of rear pastedown, else very good. Very rare, Worldcat locates only four copies. Evans 36954. Hills, English Bible in America 73. The only auction record we can find is the Brinley Sale of 1881. Gaine's Bible of 1792 is much more common than this edition. So obscure is this edition, that Paul Leicester Ford did not mention it in his bibliography of Gaine's press. Hugh Gaine ceased printing in 1800, although the bookshop continued to operate into 1804. According to newspaper notices in November of that year, the firm had recently dissolved and the shop's stock was sold. Also during this time, Gaine promoted the formation of professional book trade associations and book fairs. On the verso of the second title page is genealogical information for the family of Jonathan Sexton of Middletown and Ellington, Connecticut.
Published by New Haven: Durrie & Peck. Sold by Hezekiah Howe & Co., and A.H. Maltby, New Haven; and by N. & J. White, New York., 1833
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Special Edition. First edition, thick small 4to (sheets 9 x 5½ ), pp. (4), (i-iii), iv-xvi, 907, (1) blank. Original full sheep, back in five compartments, original gilt calf lettering piece in the second, four gilt raised bands between gilt fillets, marbled endpapers. By hand old sepia ink genealogical records of the Allen, Hulbert, & Mitchell families with birth & death entries from 1800 to 1925 on the blank verso of the New Testament title & continued on a sheet neatly tipped in between pp. 601 & 602. A sheet with Mitchell family records from 1773 to 1921 is folded & laid in. Attractive old sheep in very good+ unusually clean condition with almost no rubbing or wear to the sides, edges & extremities. Corners a little bumped but not worn, joints solid & strong. Upper back panel with old professional repair. Inside endpaper joints not cracked. Sheets unmarked & complete with moderate foxing. Hills 826, Webster was keenly hurt by the indifference of the public to what he considered the most important enterprise of my life , citing Webster Bibliography p. 378-380. Rare & important piece of scholarly Americana. H8095.
Publication Date: 1904
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
(BIBLE). The Holy Bible. Boston: R.H. Hinkley (Merrymount Press), [1904]. Fourteen volumes. Octavo, original full black morocco, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut and largely unopened. $4000.Fine 14-volume illustrated edition of the Authorized (King James) Version of 1611, containing both Testaments and the Apocrypha, with 56 engravings and photogravures after paintings by notable artists, handsomely bound.Unquestionably the most influential of English Bible translations, the Authorized Version's impact on piety, language and literature is incalculable. This edition presents the canonical and apocryphal books without verse numbers and with chapter numbers in the running heads only, allowing readers to experience undistracted the text that, "if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power" (PMM 114). To enhance the classic text, each volume contains an engraved frontispiece and three more engraved plates after classic works by such prominent artists as Bida, Doré, Las Casas, Picart, Raphael, Rubens, Sargeant, Martin and Veronese. A lovely illustrated Bible in excellent condition.
Publication Date: 1668
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
(BIBLE) (BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER). The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New. Cambridge: John Field, 1668. Quarto, contemporary full paneled red sheep, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. $3800.1668 Cambridge "Preaching Bible," with engraved general title page, in handsome contemporary binding."This edition [of the King James Version, first published 1611] is sometimes known as the 'Preaching Bible,' being well adapted for pulpit use; it is printed in small type, with a very full page" (Darlow & Moule 548). Separate New Testament title page dated 1666. Includes Apocrypha. Bound with 1666 editions of Thomas Sternhold and John Hopkins' popular and influential metrical psalter, and of the Book of Common Prayer. Herbert 697. Wing 2277. Griffiths 1666:1 (BCP). Early family notations to endpapers, with last leaf of Psalms with ownership lineage pasted to (blank) verso. Text generally fine, with a bit of mild dampstaining to some leaves of the New Testament, expert restoration to Joints, headcaps, corners, and endpapers.
(BIBLES). The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the Original Tongues: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Trenton: Printed and Sold by Isaac Collins, 1791. Large 4to. Orig. full blind-filleted sheep, raised spine bands. A very good copy. Evans 23184. Felcone 578. This copy contains the Apocrypha which is sometimes lacking. In addition it has separate title pages for the Old and New Testaments, as well as the Concordance. This is the first Bible printed in New Jersey. With the binding ticket of Craig and Lea, binders of Wilmington, Delaware. The firm bound many copies for Collins.
Published by London: Robert Barker and John Bill,, 1630
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Foolscap 4to (9 in x 6.5in). Title (A1) followed by the dedication To The Most High and Mightie Prince James., (A2-3), The Translators to the Reader (A4+8 pp. without signatures), The names and order of all of the Bookes of the Olde and New Testament, with the number of their Chapters (final page of foregoing without signature), The Old Testament, Apocrypha, and The New Testament (with separate title: London: Robert Barker and John Bill, 1630). Printed in English black letter in 72 lines double columns. The first edition of 1611 is in 59 lines double columns. Alfred Pollard, (Records of the English Bible, 1911 p.67) notes that the first change from 59 to 72 was "a folio reprint for church use in smaller type" reducing the leaves need from 732 to 508. According to this source ".a third edition in the largest type was published in 1617, a fourth in 1634, and a fifth in 1640". This copy of the 1630 quarto edition has four signed sheets followed by four unsigned sheets throughout. This copy does not have the 18 leaves of the Genealogies of Holy Scripture and a sheet with a map of Canaan. Pollard notes, "Inserted at the binder's pleasure after the preface.are usually eighteen leaves of the Genealogies of Holy scripture and a sheet containing a map of Canaan with a table.on the reverse. In October 1610 John Speed had obtained a privilege from the king enabling him for ten years to saddle every edition of the Scriptures with his decoratively printed but useless Genealogies so the cost of the book was needlessly increased." (Pollard, p. 63). So clearly the Genealogies and the map are not always present especially after 1621 and are John Speed's products, not inherent parts of the Barker Bible. Original blind tooled polished calf with blind initials IB at the top of the upper side and initials IW at the bottom over original hickory boards. Nailed brass center and corners on both sides, upper and lower sides nailed clasps for leather straps (no longer present). Old but not original endpapers and blanks at each end. Re-backed in brown calf over four original heavy cords. Fine professional re-backing to original blind decorated boards in clean attractive condition but with some minor calf loss at the edges. Brasses have round centers for "jewels", none present, and the leather strap for the clasps are gone. Endpapers and blanks at the front and back are replaced, but the original text begins with the general title (signed A) and ends with "finis" on the recto of the final leaf of the New Testament with the final imprint of Barker and Bill dated 1630 and the verso blank. Old by hand note of marriage of James and Ann Seredy August 9, 1781, on the first page of the dedication (A2) and other family history with dates of 1737-1796 on the verso of A3. Age toning and moderate soil, moderate water stain at the end increasingly fading inward within 10 sheets. General title is mounted on an old sheet. H10301 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Published by Printed and Sold by Isaac Collins, Trenton, 1791
Hardcover. Full brown leather with diced boards, red leather gilt lettered title applied to leather spine. The first Bible printed in New Jersey, the second quarto King James Bible printed in America, and the best known product of the eighteenth-century New Jersey press. For a lengthy and highly detailed account of the printing, binding, promotion, publication, and distribution of the Collins Bible, see Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800, p. 578. / Includes the O.T. Apocrypha./ Includes: A brief concordance or table to the Bible of the last translation . carefully perused and enlarged by John Downame . Trenton : Printed and sold by Isaac Collins. M. DCC. XC. [1790] / New Testament and Brief concordance . each have a special title page./ Includes index. Isaac Collins was a Quaker and native of Delaware. Hills, 31; Heabert, 1354; O'Callaghan, 1791:3/ For collation and full description see O'Callaghan, E.B.A list of editions of the Holy Scriptures and parts thereof printed in America previous to 1860. Detroit, 1966. Rare, and a noteworthy copy which has been professionally preserved. Contains the birth and death records for the Quaker family of Isaac Webb (1737 - 08/20/1808) and Elizabeth Webb (1739 - 06/11/1800) and their children James Webb (10/27/1760 - 07/21/1781), Joseph Webb (04/06/1762 - 01/07/1798), William Webb (03/13/1764 - 03/13/1840), Isaac Webb (05/26/1766 - 04/25/1769), Abner Webb (08/16/1768 - 02/15/1815), Hannah Webb (09/05/1770 - ?), [infant daughter] (09/1772, died four days old), Martha Webb [later Martha Gibbons] (02/13/1774 - 05/29/1839), Elizabeth Webb (06/17/1776 - 11/07/1792), Isaac Webb (09/28/1779 -10/20/1797). Also documents the birth of James Harper Webb (son of Abner and Ann Webb) on 03/24/1797; John Harper Webb (son of Abner and Ann Webb) on 08/02/1799; Isaac Webb (son of Abner and Ann Webb) on 03/02/1804. Bears the booksellers label of C.L. Traver of Trenton, NJ, who specialized in New Jersey History, Genealogy, State Reports, and was located at 108 S. Broad Street. An Index follows the Revelations, then Tables of Scripture Measures, etc., Brief Concardance by Downame. As per Felcone:. VG-, new leather spine, retaining original boards, endpapers and spine label.
Published by Printed for Berriman & Co. By Jacob R. Berriman, Circa, 1800
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Second edition. Contemporary tan leather, 10 x 16 ½ x 2 ½ inches, nonpaginated, illustrated with 12 plates, the frontispiece being "A scheme to the lives of the Patriarchs", includes index, tables and list of subscribers. Fair. Both boards detached, scuffed and chipped along edges, corners bumped with cardboard exposed there and at spots along edges of boards, spine label missing, front endpaper loose and tattered and torn along edges, frontispiece has a 9 inch tear along gutter, title page and several adjoining leaves creased, lightly age tanned, some foxing on and adjacent to plates, rear endpaper gone, last several leaves have creases, tears and chips, with corresponding loss of text, along gutters with evidence of old cellophane tape repairs, early genealogical inscription on reverse side of title page for the New Testament section, otherwise tight, clean, unmarked. Religion.
Published by ew York: George Lane for the Methodist Episcopal Church,, 1839
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New York: George Lane for the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1839-43. Super royal 8vo (10.5 in x 7 in), pp. 953; 1155; 1088; 859; 808. Margaret T. Hills. The English Bible in America #435 list the first 5 volumes complete set of Benson as 1822-24, and lists it as reprinted in 1839 (#1038) and again in 1850 (#1429). However, it is clear that individual volumes were printed and published between those years. The current set is uniformly bound set of volumes 1-5 published in 1841, 1843, 1843, 1839, and 1839 respectively. Full old calf, backs in six compartments, gilt red and black lettering pieces in the second and fifth, five raised band between gilt fillets. Very good solid set with strong joints, some rubbing and wear to corners, edges and extremities. Sheets clean with natural age toning and only occasional very light foxing or spotting, unmarked, complete. Several old sepia ink names and dates. H10049 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping. All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges.
Published by Hugh Gaine, New York, 1792
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition Thus. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 816 pages; New York, Printed and sold by Hugh Gaine, at his book-store and printing-office, at the Bible, in Hanover-Square: 1792. Contemporary calf boards with sympathetic professional rebacking and replaced morocco label at spine. In 12's, printed in double columns. The contents have been carefully inspected with all pages believed present, including original endsheets. Extensive family records in a close hand relating to the families of Daniel Hodgkins, his daughter Betsy Hodgkins and of Sylvanus Sparks, to whom she was wed in 1812. Family history is listed on the blank leaf between the Testaments and on the verso of the title page and blank area of the facing recto. Condition faults are thus: the first 20 or so leaves are rubbed and a little nicked at the front edge, with some shallow chips at the corners. 6 or 7 of those leaves have short partial closed tears starting from the gutter, which have been closed with archival paper repairs. Leaf A9 had apparently detached and is missing a small triangular chip at the top gutter edge with some loss of text. The front edge of the same leaf is missing all of the margin and some minimal areas of text. Small worm hole in the lower margin of signatures M-O, generally not affecting text, but here and there reaching into the terminal line or two. Similar margin worming top front corner same signatures and likewise at top front corner of signature Z. Expected light toning to pages as expected. A tallow type margin stain to the margins of the first several leaves. Front endpage and terminal printed leaf have short archival paper reinforcements to the top edges. According to Hills "the type for this edition is said to have been set up in Scotland and imported in page form, ready for printing. The type was apparently kept standing. In 1803, the forms were sold to Matthew Carey of Philadelphia. Because of the delay on his own school edition, [Isaiah] Thomas is said to have purchased 500 copies of this Bible in sheets in 1792." It also seems likely that the forms were used by William Young of Philadelphia for his 1794 Bible. A rather decent example, with noteworthy provenance, and with an attractive sympathetic rebacking. Hills 40.
Published by Hartford, Connecticut. Printed and sold by Hudson & Goodwin,, 1809
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition of the first Bible printed in the state of Connecticut, thick foolscap 8vo (sheets 6½ x 4 1/8 ), without pagination, The end of the New Testament last line on recto of the final leaf; Finis at the end of the First Table of Order and Conditions of Men on the verso of the final leaf. Original old full sheep, back in four blind fillet separated compartments. Hills, The English Bible in America 168, This is the first Bible printed in the Connecticut and was referred to by the publishers as the School Bible , p. 29. Announced in the Connecticut Courant as this day completed the first edition of the School Bible on October 18, 1809. WorldCat locates 14 copies worldwide. Good in original full sheep with strong joints, back including head-caps intact. Corners worn & rounded. Sheets age toned with some stains, browning & a few short closed tears. The third sheet of the New Testament with tear (1¼ x 2¾ piece lost affecting text & fore edge margin), otherwise complete & unmarked. The second front blank inscribed in old sepia ink: Nancy Lambert s/ book bought/ January/ Nancy Lambert was born/November 14th 1795 Wednesday . H8246.
Published by Philadelphia: National Publishing Co, nd,, 1891
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated Edition. Thick 4to, (12½ x 10 x 5 ½ ), text in double columns, steel engraved frontispiece & 4 steel engraved plates, 13 hand-colored steel engraved plates, chromolithograph frontispiece portrait of Moses & 24 chromolithograph plates including 2 double-sided, 1 silver on red plate, 8 full page color maps, 2 heavy card stock window cut photo mounts for 10 photographs, wood engraved illustrations throughout including dozens full page. Original publisher s gilt extra brown morocco over deeply molded boards, back in six gilt paneled compartments, gilt titled in the second & fifth, gilt corner & center ornaments in the rest. Five raised bands. Beveled sides with elaborate gilt pictorial decoration on five raised & one central sunken panels. Gilt edge dentelles, inner gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Near fine, small chip to the head-cap, slight rubbing to joints. Sheets & plates remarkably clean & fresh, unmarked, complete. H8300. Provenance: 19th century family record with entries for Heffenfinger & Stull families births & mariages.
London. Fair with no dust jacket; Full-Leather; Fisher , Son & Co ; 1821. Full leather with gilt trim, fair, heavy wear to all extremities. Front board on Vol 1 is nearly detatched. Foxing, p.o.n, The preface in Vol I has several torn pages. Includes several fold out maps and black & white plates. This set includes Vol I & II; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Fair with no dust jacket; Full-Leather; Fisher , Son & Co ; 1821.
Published by Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, By William Jackson & William Dawson, Printers' to the University,, 1795
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Thick quarto (10¼ x 8½) . Two manuscript sheets of Cunnington-Ingersoll-Spar-Tuttle families history from 1797 to 1819 bound in at front. Full 19th century black morocco. Gilt roll-tooled frame on upper & lower sides. Gilt back in six compartments, gilt titled in the second, five gilt ruled bands. Very good clean bright solid copy in strong binding with some minor wear at corners & extremities & with two scuffs on the front but strong & sound with caps intact & gilt bright. Sheets age toned & with some foxing, unmarked, complete. H5101.
Published by New York: Kennedy Graphics, 1970
Seller: Jeffrey Blake, Willow Grove, PA, U.S.A.
Condition: As new condition. Color and B&W illustrations (illustrator). Limited edition: no. 25 of 240 copies. No dust jacket, as issued. As new boxed case. Oversized hardback: tan buckram with black leather labels on each board with gilt title and decoration. Last completed works of this noted Lithuanian- born American artist (1898-1969) best known for his works of social realism. Includes 24 impressive full-page black and gold lithographs by Shahn with accompanying black and white illustrations inspired by Psalm 150 from the Bible. Book housed in matching case with black leather label and gilt decoration that includes slightly toned order of the lithographs in the Hebrew inside the case. Book and case still in original shipping box.
Published by Anson Whipple, 1815
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the Original Tongues; and with Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, By the Special Command of King James I, of England, Published by Anson Whipple, Walpole, (N.H.), 1815, 959 pp plus publisher s list, full original leather, 9 x 6 , thick 8vo. In fair condition. Boards are moderately worn with scuffing to surface of leather. Edges desiccated with loss, chipping of leather leaving board exposed. Numerous scratches and scuff marks on each board. Spine creased and dried at bands. End bands are desiccated as well with slight red rot. All edges soiled, heavily foxed. End papers soiled, foxed. Second fly leaf has been sewn into binding with Susanna Richardson her Book may god give her grace therein to Look in old hand. Property of Susanna Richardson Price 2,25 on rear of fly leaf in federal style stamp plate. Interior typically toned with areas of soiling. Finger-soiling to corners from wear. Free of known marginalia. Binding remains intact. Please see photos. First Holy Bible Printed in the State of New Hampshire Printing began in 1756 but this was the first complete Bible. Anson Whipple was the son-in-law of pioneering American printer Isiah Thomas and used Thomas s press for this Bible. The typesetting and printing took five years to accomplish and the press run was 8000 copies. The historic building in which this Bible was printed still exists in the village center in Walpole, N.H. Very scarce.
Published by John Hayes, Cambridge, 1682
Leather. Condition: Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Late 17th Century King James Bible printed at Cambridge by John Hayes, bound together with The Book of Common Prayer, Apocrypha and The Whole Book of Psalms. 1682 John Hayes, Cambridge. Stout royal octavo in presumably 18th century leather boards and a newly rebacked goatskin spine with seven raised bands, unlettered. Armorial bookplate of Robert Chambre Vaughan to marbled front endpage; his ownership at Woodgate in manuscript on the verso. Wing B2333. Darlow & Moule / Herbert 780. The date on the title page has been amended from 1682 to 1683. The New Testament was printed in Cambridge by John Hayes in 1680 and is entered separately as Wing B2684. The Whole Book of Psalms with separate title page is printed by John Hayes, 1679; Wing B2534. Engraved title page present, but with the first several leaves of the Book of Common Prayer lacking; the next printed leaf following the title is the Calendar page for September - December. This leaf with two small areas of edge loss with old paper repair. Light damp staining to the first 20 or so leaves of the Common Prayer text. Edges trimmed tight, occasionally impinging on the headline and to the signatures in the first few leaves. Scattered light soiling, blemishes, marks and reading wear commensurate with age. Some rounding at corners and pages starting at front edge. Earliest ownership indication is a manuscript entry to the verso of the Psalms title page, thus: " Richard J. Humphrys was born the 9th of Sep at nine at night and Baptizs Sep the 19 Anno Dom 1729." Solid and decent, lacking a few leaves from the front of the Book of Common Prayer, but still an attractive and very readable early King James. Good only thus.
Published by Printed for the author, and sold by the booksellers in town and country [through 1740], London, 1739
First Edition
Early Reprint. Complete in two volumes, with numerous copperplate engravings. 4to: xii,13-616,46; [2],619-722,xx,21-390,47-82[pp. 73-76 omitted (as always), but text continuous and complete],[2]pp, with portrait frontispiece (in vol. I) and 89 full-page plates (some with two or four engravings), and numerous head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials. Separate pagination and divisional title in vol. II: A Compleat History of the Holy Gospel. Full contemporary calf, covers framed in double gilt rules and rat's tooth role in blind, spines in six compartments divided by gilt-ruled raised bands, fawn morocco lettering pieces gilt, title pages in red and black. Copper-engraved armorial book plate of G. M. B. Napier, Esq. to front paste-down of vol. II (evidence of book plate removal from front paste-down of vol. I). An excellent example with light scratches and scuffs to boards; bindings square and secure, pages crisp with minor worming to lower corners (far from text) of final 40 leaves of vol. I. Scarce: Literary Hub Discover lists two libraries (Oxford, University of Wales). ESTC (T167595) adds three. Lowndes 472 (for first edition). The Bible interpreted in a manner accessible to lay-people, originally published in 1737. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Published by Holman, Philadelphia, 1875
Seller: THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP, Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: vg. brown padded full leather cover with fleur-de-lys decoration on front cover (please ask for photo, may differ if pictured on site); brass clasp is intact, also has a fleur-de-lys cut-out; gilt tooled decoration along inside edges of cover; 4 raised bands on spine; gilt lettering; all edges gilt; 11.5" tall; family information pp are blank; on b/w fold-out plate; other b/w plates with tissue guards; moire endpages are darkened; reinforced binding; wear to corners of cover; 2 small closed tears to leather on front cover. Hardcover.
Published by Samuel Collingwood and Co., Oxfrod, 1835
Seller: Quaker House Books, Catawissa, PA, U.S.A.
Full-Leather. Good copy. In tooled gilt design on front cover and five bands with gilt design and titleing on spine. All gilt edges with fanned split painting on fore-edge of a sheep and a shepherd and of a Galilean fisherman on his boat. Clean and unmarked text pages. Inscription on front flyleaf that reads " John (Davis?) Sheraton. The gift of his guardian cousin John Yorke Dec. 25-1836". Square and intact binding with a split hinge at the Book of Judges showing thread still holding on. Split shows on spine. Moderate scuffing to leather. Photos upon request. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.
Published by Brattleboro: Brattleboro Typographic Company,, 1838
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. Imperial 8vo (10¼ x 7), pp. 1275, (5) adv, extra engraved title, 18 engraved plates, 5 engraved maps, wood engraved text illustrations. Full recent black morocco, gilt extra back in six compartments, red morocco gilt lettering piece in the second, the rest with gilt ornamentation, five raised bands, marbled edges. Attractive binding in fine condition. Sheets & plates with some foxing & age toning, unmarked, complete. Old pencil name on front free endpaper. H6854.
Leather bound. Brown leather boards, five raised bands on spine, red title block on spine with gilt lettering; 1080, 72 pp, 24 leaves of plates (embellished with 25 maps and historical engravings). The rear 72 pages are titled "A Brief Concordance to the Holy Scriptures, of the Old and New Testaments by Which All, or Most, of the Principal Texts of Scripture, May be Easily Found Out." published in 1818, revised and corrected. Good (Binding is tight, heavy wear to leather boards, corners bumped and overall shelfwear, pages are age toned with foxing spots as expected with age but text is clear.).
Published by M. Flesher, for N. Fussel, London, 1648
1/4 leather. Condition: Very Good-. Second Edition. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1228 pages; 1648 M. Flesher, for N. Fussel, London. 2nd edition. Large stout quarto. [16], 740; 488 pp. Bound in a new polished half-calf leather with marbled paper covered boards; raised bands, blind rules and a black leather gilt lettered label. Engraved portrait of the author faces the printed title page. Extra engraved title pages for each part are lacking. Printed title page with lower corner paper loss and older blank paper repair. Imprint date lost but conforms in all respects to the 2nd edition. Engraved portrait with old ink stains and doodles. Final two leaves with mild marginal loss; some mild worming in the final 200 or so pages. Here and there margins trimmed tight with occasional impingement of the headline. Some minor marks, blemishes and reading wear commensurate with age. Solid and clean in the main. [WingD1506A] About VG thus.
Published by H. & E. Phinney, Cooperstown, NY, 1831
Seller: Russ States, Oil City, PA, U.S.A.
Full-Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1831, 768pp, illus., blindstamped design to cover, births, deaths & marriages listed on the 4 pgs given between the testaments; surname Young, appear to be in the northeastern Ohio area, edge of one pg is missing, very little writing lost, corners slightly bumped, wear to cover, 1" tear at bottom of spine, owner's name to fep, some foxing throughout, a few pgs w/ turned corners, last pg has tears & creases, corner crease to 2nd last pg, previous 2 to that have small piece missing from bottom corner, overall still very readable.
Published by Johnson, Fry and Co., 1850
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. The Holy Bible, Translated from the Latin Vulgate: Diligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek, and Other Editions in Diverse Languages. By John Hughes, et. al. and printed in New York City by Johnson, Fry and Co. C.1850 due to image of Pope Pius IX as frontispiece. 1024 pp, 13 x 10 , hardcover leather folio. In fair condition, with rubbing and wear to edges and corners of board and spine. Some hinge wear at front and back of book. First few end pages detached together and remain included. Remainder of text block is bound well with minor wear. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and rubbing. Includes multiple black-and-white plates throughout. Occasional light marginalia. Signed leather binding. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A beautiful American Catholic bible from the middle of the 19th Century, well preserved over time. COLR1844FKLX-0423-aj0017.
Published by Mathew Carey, 1810
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments: Together with the Apocrypha. Translated out of the Original Tongues. Printed in Philadelphia by Mathew Carey. 1810, 1082 pp plus 77 pp index, 11 x 9.25 , leather folio. In good condition, with rubbing and wear to boards, predominately along edges and corners. Some wear and light cracking to leather on spine. Hinges remain in good condition with minor wear throughout. Text block remains bound well save for slightly loose end pages. Missing frontispiece. Foldout map at start of New Testament remains in good condition. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce early American bible, containing a section of family records and deaths. Contains information on the Sweezy and Gerard families, including Charity Sweezy (1791-1861), who lived in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. A wonderful piece of documented family history.
Published by Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, 1803
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments: Together with the Apocrypha: Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by the Special Command of King James I. of England. Printed in Philadelphia Mathew Carey. 1803, 1152 pp, 10.5 x 8.75 , 4to, hardcover full leather. In fair condition, with rubbing and wear to boards and spine. Cracking to hinges at front and rear of book. Text block remains bound well. Light markings and marginalia at front. Includes handwritten family history. Loss of first map, and with foldout map of Palestine split in 2. Wear and losses to detached section of map. Illustrated with a variety of biblical scenes throughout. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce and very early Philadelphia imprint of the King James Bible, custom bound for the Carter family. Mathew Carey (1760-1839), was an Irish-born American publisher, who relocated to Philadelphia with the help of Benjamin Franklin in 1784. A great example of printing in the early republic. COLR1803HMNG-0224-aj0998.