London & Glasgow: Collins’ Clear-Type Press 1928. 12mo. 444 pp. Printed in red & black. Colour frontisp. numerous colour plates. Calf-backed carved olive-wood boards rounded corners Cross of Jerusalem on front cover gilt lettering on spine w/ original publisher’s box w/ label on lid together with ALS & small photo from George Leonard Holmquist 1907-1981 to Marion Talley TLS from Talley to Holmquist Christmas Card from library of noted opera singer Marion Talley 1906-1983. Early Mount of Olives edition designated by Collins as the Emerald Red Letter Testament which featured wood covers ostensibly produced from olive trees grown on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Holmquist was still a student in 1928 and had become quite smitten with Talley during one of her concert tours. He would later becoming an advertising copy writer and scriptwriter in Los Angeles. Collins’ Clear-Type Press, hardcover
London: Faber & Gwyer Limited 1929. Tall 8vo. xiv 2 397 1 pp. Woodcut decoration on title. Quarter-vellum over burgundy-coloured cloth gilt decoration on front cover gilt lettering on spine t.e.g minor spotting to spine slight sunning to upper front cover VG copy signed & numbered on verso of half-title. First edition signed & numbered 221 of 300 copies printed of this adaptation of the first nine books of the Bible from Genesis to David slaying Goliath by the noted author and poet. De La Mare states in his introduction that the very simplicity and austerity of the Old Testament stories and their English translators can lead to misunderstandings. Striving to communicate the meaning of the text to children he creates scenes that add emotional texture to the stories. This volume was printed on handmade laid paper by Butler & Tanner Ltd. See; Russell Dalton Children’s Bibles in America: A Reception History of the Story of Noah’s Ark pp. 39-42. Faber & Gwyer Limited, hardcover
Columbus OH: The Wartburg Press 1942. Thick 8vo. 1220 pp. Red cloth gilt lettering & ruling on spine slight shelfwear w/ d.j. NF/NF copy. First edition of this monumental work in scholarly exposition based on a verse-by-verse translations of the original Hebrew text with commentary. The Wartburg Press, hardcover
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