Rev Jamieson E H Bickersteth (4 results)

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. With illustrative engravings on steel. 2 volumes. vol I - Genesis - Esther, vol II - Job - Revelation. Black leather with decorative gilt, gilt closed edges. Hinges weak and cracked, leather scuffed to edges and is starting to disintegrate at edges. Appears to be some minor biological damage to the bookmarking ribbons as small holes to ends, the odd spot of foxing throughout, else internally very good, pp clean and tidy, plates big and bright. May require extra shipping charges due to weight. Size: Folio.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Edition Unstated. Full leather covers with banded spine. Volume has been recased using original covers with original spine laid on. New linen joints and strengthened hinges. Ornate gilt and blind decoration. Bright gilt text block edges. Decorated main title and two plain sub-titles. Blank illustrated family record pages prior to title. Text in two parallel columns plus two parallel notes columns and two parallel columns of notes under the text. Text and notes are framed. Contains very many black and white engravings, mostly with protractive tissue sheets. Leather is lightly rubbed and is scuffed at corners. Binding is sound. Clean marbled end-papers with light wear at edges. Light foxing in margins of text pages. Tissue protection leaves are foxed, plates have foxing in margins. Packed weight approx. 11kg. One volume of the 1-volume set. No dust jacket, as published. Undated by publisher. Estimated date only. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: over 4 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 70218121057. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is much heavier than 1kg, and may incur significant additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good+. Undated Edition, previous owner's inscription on Preliminary page dated 1864. Frontispiece Illustrated with "Miriam" and Title Page Illustrated with "Moses in the Bulrushes". Beautifully Illustrated Bible, Containing the Old and the New Testaments and having 37 Illustrated Plates ( 3 of them Coloured Maps). The Commentary on The Old Testament is by Rev. Robert Jamieson. A Second Illustrated Title Page before the "Poetical Books, starting with the Book of Job, is Illustrated with Our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane. Commentary by Rev. Jamieson and Rev. E. H. Bickersteth. Frontispiece opposite has a lovely Illustration of the Madonna and Child. Small closed tear in lower margin. The New Testament begins with a Printed Title Page stating that the Commentary is by Rev. Edward Henry Bickersteth. Frontispiece Illustrated with The Three Magi following the Star. Text is arranged in Double Columns with References in narrow inner margins. Copious Footnotes. 14 3/4" Tall. Text ends at Revelation XXI. Pages a little age darkened. A little light foxing on plates, mainly marginal. Some edge wear and rubbing to leather (see photos). Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: James S. Virtue, not dated, c1860s, Later Edition overall, First Edition Thus. Full gilt decorated leather binding with gilt titles and decoration to the spine, extensive gilt decorations to the boards together with the name Henry Willis to the front boards. Two volumes with engraved plates throughout, the names of members of the Willis family are mentioned in the Births, Deaths and Marriages section of Vol I. Worn, marked and scratched to both volumes, small crack starting to the base of the front of Vol I, the hinges to both volumes are sound, the gutter is strained to the beginning and end of Vol II. Pagination Vol I viii, 730pp, with 10 engraved plates, engraved title and frontispiece; Vol II 460pp; iv, 424pp with 27 engraved plates, engraved title and frontispiece. Provenance: 'Henry Willis' to the boards in gilt, hand written entries for the family in the name of 'Willis' to the front of Vol I. Approximately 15 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine fair to good condition heavily gilt decorated, worn, marked and rubbed. Joints fair to good condition front joint of Vol II cracked to the bottom 1-2 inches, otherwise worn but sound. Corners fair to good condition bumped and worn. Boards fair to good condition worn, marked and scratched, heavily gilt decorated. Page edges good condition all gilt. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound, gutters to Vol II strained to first few and last few pages. Paste downs good condition. End papers good condition. Title good condition tanned with some foxing and damp staining. Pages good condition tanned with some foxing and damp staining. Binding good condition worn, marked and scratched, attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: c1870s Binding: Hardback.