small 12mo. original turkey morocco over boards, decorated endpaper, fore-edges deckled. 30, (2) pages. First edition. (Parker p.290). Covers detached and worn. Lacking the spine. Some signatures broken. Stevens explains the history of his 1878 reprint of the Caxton Memorial Bible. The reprint of William Caxton's original bible was made for the 1877 Caxton Celebration in South Kensington. Includes a list of the 100 recipients of the 1877 bible. Stevens' history might have been made for friends who did not make this list. Includes reduced facsimiles of two pages from the 1877 bible. original turkey morocco over boards, decorated endpaper, fore-edges deckled. Seller Inventory # 59063

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Title: HISTORY OF THE OXFORD CAXTON MEMORIAL BIBLE|...

Publisher: Henry Stevens, London

Publication Date: 1878

Binding: Hardcover

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