Bible Self Interpreting by Brown, First Edition (7 results)

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. First Thus. upwards of eight thousand explanatory and critical notes and introductory and concluding observations of each book by the Reverend Henry Cooke. It seems probable that this is the first edition with Cooke's commentary. The title page is dated 1844 and Cooke's introduction is dated 1st March, 1844. Wiki puts 1855 as the first. This is a heavy solid copy with some of the family register filled out relating to the Wisheart and Macgowan families and covering 1804 to 1865. Text is clean and bright with an occasional small closed marginal teat [I found 2]. All the tissue guards between the engravings, maps and illustrations and facing text are present. Each of the maps, engravings and illustrations are foxed. One loser corner is bumped and the joints rubbed. Also scratches on the back. AStill a well preserved early copy. WorldCat locates copies of this date published in Edinburgh but this is the only copy I can find published in Glasgow with Cooke's notes.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition thus. Tall, thick folio; full leather binding. Forty engraved plates. Condition: lacks front cover; rear cover detached but present; spine strip chipped at top & bottom and a bit scuffed; lacks 1st free endpaper & blank leaves; frontispiece plate detached but present. Plates heavily foxed; minor foxing & toning to pages. Internally, good condition.

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. First Edition Thus. Intricately embossed leather covers with hammered brass edgesand brass closing latches. The leather is cracking at the spine but is still together. There is an ink inscription on the flyleaf page, otherwise unmarked and in wonderful condition. Nothing missing or torn. Wonderful color illustrations. Also contains a biography of the Rev. Brown and many types of Biblical analysis.

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-tooled full aniline leather. Raised bands with a red morocco gilt-blocked label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 1 v. : ill., maps ; 31 cm. Subjects; Holy Bible. New Testament. Interpretation. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-tooled full aniline leather. Raised bands with a red morocco gilt-blocked label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 1 v. : ill., maps ; 31 cm. Subjects; Holy Bible. New Testament. Interpretation. 1 Kg.

Sm. folio, First Edition thus, text in broad double column with marginal references, with 20 fine steel engraved plates, maps and plans (plates with mild tide-mark at outer edge not affecting engraved surface), and very numerous engraved head- and tail-pieces, illustrations and decorations in the text, the title and a few leaves are lightly spotted but the majority of the text is remarkably crisp and clean; impressively bound in contemporary full niger calf, boards with elaborate gilt frame border enclosing decorative border and large floral panel all in blind, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments elaborately framed and tooled in gilt, gilt edges, gilt doublures, marbled endpapers, hinges neatly strengthened with maroon passe-partout, boards minimally age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. As often the Family Register, usually placed before title, has been neatly removed. With separate printed titles for the Testaments and illustrated titles to each Book. The maps depict the Journeyings of the Israelites and the World as known to the Ancients. The plans include Noah's Ark and Rome, together with a detailed chrono-genealogical table of the lineal descent of Christ as given by Mark and Matthew. A SPLENDID COPY OF ONE OF THE FINEST AND MOST FAMOUS MID-VICTORIAN FAMILY BIBLES.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Folio. Blank + engraved portrait frontis + title + UNENTERED " FAMILY REGISTER " plate + " TO THE READER " page + unpaginated Bible+ trailing blank. Numerous engraved plates. All edges gilt. Contemporary full dark leather binding, gilt & blind freeze around edges, raised bands + original brown leather label with gilt lettering on spine. Original yellow eps. Covers : front cover lower half of hinge splitting, scratches to covers, rubs to edges/corners else complete & attached & clean & still attractive. Contents : slight foxing to margins of plates, browning to rear of some plates, generally text very clean & unfoxed. Clean very tight copy. Covers would be attractive if split is professionally repaired. VG/VG+ covers & contents.