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1934Pages 225-264. Features: Cover photos of dramatic Paris rioting and street-fighting; Twelve dramatic photos of Paris street-fighting and its aftermath; Photo of the French "National" cabinet; Photo of Monte Carlo were gold sovereigns and dollars are now used instead of counters on a gaming table; Great photo of M. Martenot and his very early version of an electronic piano; Two photos of the first Munich carnival procession under Nazi hospices Two pages of photos entitled Government "Coup D'état"in Austria - military action against the socialist in Vienna and Linz; Lovely photo of exquisite Irish gold work believed to date from about 700 BC - a magnificent collar; large colour self-portrait by Richard Parkes Bonington; Page of photos of French royalists - there exiled "King", their leaders, and their newspaper; Review of the book "The Book of the Greyhound", by Edward C. Ash; Two pages of photos of wild dogs from around the world; Two pages of photos document the family tree of a new breed of "Boar-Hound", created through German experiments; Fantastic centrefold photo illustrates the courage of "Papa Gastounet" - the veteran statesman in his car in the midst of the crowd on his arrival in Paris to form a national government; Fascinating photos and text describe unknown monasteries of mysterious Tibet visited during a recent journey by the Royal Academy of Italy Expedition; Page of photos illustrates reptile skins and some fashions made from them; Chinese porcelain; Photos of great fissures in the earth in Bihar, India, caused by an earthquake; Interesting page of illustrations explains precautions against Thames pollution - testing water drift with floats; Photos of personalities of the week include Capt. B. E. Miles, Lieutenant Commander R. L. Tufnell, the signers of the Balkan Pact, Washington Singer, Dr. Bernard Hollander, Douglas Freshfield, the Maharajah of Darbhanga, Mary Duchess of Hamilton, Gen. Sir Percy Radcliffe, the young king of Afghanistan Zahir Shah, the constituent Council of the United Ireland party, and Mr. Gillie Potter at the Oxford Union; Nice one page De Reszke cigarette ad; and more. One page loose but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
197690 pages. Features: Christmas Fact and Fantasy; London's Christmas Choirs; Christmas on Duty; Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World; Two Words (short story); The Electric Pen - a hundred years ago a primitive version of the mimeograph provided an unlikely link between Thomas Edison and Lewis Carroll; ; The Tyranny of Things; Seasonal Greetings - tracing the history of Victorian era Christmas Cards - article with lovely colour illustrations; The Model World (fashion model article); Nice colour-photo one-page ad for the Triumph TR7; Camels in America (USA); A True Christmas Story; The Constancy of Coade stone; The Boy Who Stole the Sun (children's story); Toys for Adults; The Carthusian Liqueur; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy of this charming issue. Book
1955Pages 485-528.. Features: Nice colour ad for the Walpamur Co Ltd. inside front cover; One-page Daimler car ad features the Regency Mk. II and Conquest Century; Nice one-page ad for the British Iron and Steel Federation features large illustrations of labourers; One-page ad for the Olivetti Summa 15 adding/listing machine; Nice one-page ad for Standard Cars; Great photos of the Wansdyke underground depository for records and valuables - offering full protection in this H-bomb age; The old U.S. lake steamer "Ticonderoga" makes her last voyage by land; Scenes from nationalist-held Quemoy Island - an armed camp only 5 miles from the Chinese mainland; Nuclear test tower in Nevada; Smoke from the biggest atomic explosion of 1955; Latest version of the B-52 bomber; Maiden flight of the French Super Mystere B-1; Lieut.-Colonel Robert R. Scott and the Thunderstreak jet fighter he flew from Los Angeles to New York in less than four hours; One-page photo portrait of Professor Sir Alexander Fleming; Latest discoveries at Sakkara - article with photos; Two pages of photos illustrate excavation of the Mastaba of the reign of Udimu, fifth Pharaoh of the first dynasty, at Sakkara; Photo of Choe En-Lai, The Panchen Lama, Mr. Mao Tse-Tung, the Dalai Lama and Mr. Liu Shao-Chi at a Peking banquet celebrating the Tibetan New Year; Centerfold photos shows how the Windsor chari may be assembled in ten seconds; Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery mountaineers from plane - his photos are presented; Photos of !3 personalities of the week include Mrs. Wintringham, Hashim Khan, Mr. J.A. Milne, King Tribhuvana and Mr. Imre Nagy; The C.P.R. ferry boat Princess of Vancouver has an electrically-driven bow propeller; Margot Fonteyn; Winston Churchill feeds chicken to zoo lion; Mr. Donald Campbell's turbo-jet hydroplane Blue Bird on Ullswater; Sir Robert Howe with the Prime Minister of the Sudan; Lovely colour ad for the Humber Hawk car inside back cover; Nice colour-ad for Double Diamond on back cover. and.more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
2000Best.-Nr. 008471New York: VERTIGO / DC COMICS 2000. Graphic Novels. Illus. by CORBEN RICHARD. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover - 1st. Print - FINE/FINE - The classic tale of supernatural paranoia and occult horror is adapted in a hardcover graphic novel. Adapted by Simon Revelstoke from the novel by William Hope Hodgson featuring art by Richard Corben. VERTIGO / DC COMICS Hardcover
1989Best.-Nr. 160729Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Bible Publishers 1989. 1009 Seiten. Dünndruck. 8° (17,5-22,5 cm). Orig.-Pappband mit goldgeprägtem Titel auf Deckel und Rücken. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
1984Best.-Nr. 160711Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers 1984. IV, 764 Seiten. Mit 1 Karte von Israel und 1 Karte mit den Reisen des Apostels Paulus auf dem hinteren Vorsatz. 8° (17,5-22,5 cm). Orig.-Kunstlederband mit goldgeprägtem Titel auf Deckel und Rücken. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
1850Best.-Nr. 2100682Glasgow und Edinburgh: William MacKenzie / London: Ludgate Hill ohne Jahr (ca. 1850). XXXV, 1003, (1) Seiten. Zweispaltiger Druck mit umfangreichem Kommentarapparat. Mit zahlreichen Stahlstichen von Greatbach, Stephenson und Anderen nach Martin auf ganzseitigen Bildtafeln. 4° (35 x 27 cm). Lederband der Zeit mit blindgeprägten Deckeln, goldgeprägtem Deckelrahmen und Rückenschild sowie marmorierten Schnitten und Steinmarmorpapier-Vorsätzen. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
1611Best.-Nr. 16409London: Robert Barker 1611. A3 bound backwards. Title page the 2 leaves of the engraved map and the final 2 leaves in excellent facsimile. Additional title page from a later edition bound in behind the facsimile. Gothic and Roman types text double column with 59 lines per column and printed within woodcut rule-border calendar and almanac printed in red and black. General title-page within engraved border by Christian Boel and section title for the New Testament dated 1611 within woodcut border. Full-sheet engraved map of the Holy Land by John Speed after Dr John More 17 leaves of genealogical tables incorporating woodcut illustrations of Adam and Eve Noah’s Ark the Tower of Babel and other Biblical subjects numerous woodcut head- and tail-pieces historiated and ornamental initials. Contemporary calf boards rebacked spine labels; some staining a few leaves with small holes or edges torn away but generally a very good copy. With a notation on the paste-down that the book was “received of William Biggs for the sum of 5 shillings . by me John Lang. Ford Warminster” dated 1747 and with a small but elaborate bookplate of William Thomas Smedley 1858-1920 the noted collector of Elizabethaniana and Bacon; his library was sold in 1924 to Henry Clay Folger and the Folger library collection today includes nearly 1500 volumes formerly owned by Smedley. First edition second issue/state called the “she” Bible because of the reading of Ruth III 15: “she went into the citie”. In addition because of the small hole in C6 Matthew 26:36 it is impossible to tell whether the word Judas or Jesus is printed. The King James version of the Holy Bible is arguably the most important book ever published in English. Preparation of the Royal Version took more than 5 years and was laboriously attended to by over 50 translators and researchers. The final translations were then exchanged and reviewed reaching a final committee of six. Supervision of the printing was carried out by Miles Smith and Thomas Bilson. Although the Royal Version appropriates much from the Tyndale Coverdale Geneva and Bishops’ Bibles it is unquestionably regarded as the greatest literary translation of the Bible ever produced. Herbert 309; Pforzheimer 62; PMM 114; STC 2217. Robert Barker unknown books
1613Best.-Nr. D15149London: Robert Barker 1613. First Edition thus. Full Calf. Good. 4to 8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.; 216 x 156 mm. Black letter text in double columns 71 lines to the full column New Testament title in heart-shaped center within woodcut border woodcut initials head-and tailpieces. The First Quarto Edition of the King James Bible in black letter with "he" in Ruth 3:15. "This and many subsequent issues were produced in close imitation of those black-letter quarto editions of the Geneva Bible which had proved so popular." Herbert As they are often found our copy is imperfect bound with additional bits and pieces also imperfect Our copy is lacking preliminary quire A including general title scattered browning and staining throughout two tears just touching text two holes costing a few words. Bound before the Bible: An imperfect and defective copy of the Book of Common Prayer lacks all before quire B; and Speed's Genealogies stained throughout without the map of Canaan. Bound after the Bible: the 1615 edition of Herrey's Concordances last two leaves defective; and Sternhold & Hopkins' metrical psalms lacks title-page quite stained and frayed toward the end. Bound in Eighteenth-century tree calf; worn joints cracked but generally sound. Label to spine states it incorrectly as Geneva Bible. Our copy has an interesting line of provenance as follows: William Albin several signatures dated 1727 1729 and 1732 Theophilus Jones gift inscription to Thomas G. Evans dated 1867 Birth records of the Welsh family Evans 18471874 in one hand on flyleaf Christmas Evans inscription dated 1935; Evans's probable namesake and ancestor was the famous Welsh Noncomformist minister Christmas Evans 17661838 $5500 Robert Barker unknown books
Best.-Nr. 65384Edinburgh, printed by Sir D. Hunter Blair and J. Bruce 1808, in-8 relié plein cuir, non paginé, texte sur deux colonnes; frottements d'usage à la reliure; bon papier - bon état
Best.-Nr. 51611Oxford: Printed At The University Press. Sold By E. Gardner And Son At The Oxford Bible Wareouse Paternoster Row And By G. B. Whittaker And Co. Ave-Maria lane London; Also By J. And C. Mozley Derby. M.DCCC.XLVIII. 1848 . Lectern Size" bible with interesting provenance. A very good full leather binding by "Hayday". English Medium 4to. 12.5" x 9.75" x 3.75" 34.0cm x 25.5cm x 10.0cm . Weight: 14.3ilbs 6.5kg . Black morocco over thick boards edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Gilt decoration to both boards. Spine with 5 raised bands gilt decorated compartments and gilt title: "Holy Bible". All page edges gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. Original yellow endpapers lightly soiled. Binders stamp to the verso of the front boad: "Bound By Hayday". Closed tears to front free-endpapers. Clean English text in double columns and with marginal references. Separate New Testament title-page. VG. Family history details of the Galbaith family before the New Testament. "Presented to Joseph Allen Galbaith on the occasion of his marriage with Hannah Maria Bredin in the Collegiate Church of St Nicholas Galway on the sixteenth day of July 1850 fifty A.D. by his sincere friend Samuel Haughton". Galbraith Joseph Allen 29 November 1818 � 20 October 1890 professor of experimental philosophy and proponent of home rule was born November 1818 in Dublin the son of Richard Galbraith a merchant and Scottish presbyterian and his wife Rebecca. His father died in the 1820s after which he largely supported himself. Scientific researches into barometric pressure geology and the mathematics of pendulum-motion with respect of the rotation of the earth published in the RIA Proceedings succeeded his appointment as Erasmus Smith's professor of natural and experimental philosophy in May 1854. Together with his great friend Samuel Haughton qv he had previously initiated a hugely popular series of manuals on aspects of mathematics and physics to intermediate and undergraduate level. These were so concise and well structured as to be recommended as textbooks for English schools and colleges by the privy council. They did not go out of print until the 1900s and helped to end Galbraith's financial insecurity. During the Crimean war 1853�6 both friends also made a great reputation tutoring numerous students for the difficult army artillery and engineering exams. He became grand chaplain of the grand lodge of freemasons in the 1850s and worked as treasurer on the management committee of the masonic girls school in Donnybrook." - See Dictionary of Irish Biography. "Edgar Galbraith 16 June 1853 � 16 June 1899 - his son. Was an Irish international rugby union player. Born in Dublin Galbraith was a forward with Dublin University Football Club and gained his solitary Ireland cap in the team's first ever international against England at The Oval in 1875." - See List of Ireland national rugby union players Richard Galbraith 6 Jun 1852 - 7 Dec 1888 - His son - He played for the Ireland national rugby union team. His first international test match was against England on the 15 February 1875. His last test match was against England on 5 February 1877." - See List of Ireland national rugby union players Oxford: Printed At The University Press. Sold By E. Gardner And Son, At The Oxford Bible Wareouse, Paternoster Row, And By G. B. hardcover
1825Best.-Nr. AQ36181Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co. 1825. Unpaginated. Contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain burgundy morocco A.E.G. Rubbed and marked with staining and scoring to boards light wear to extremities. Contemporary ownership inscription of 'Fanny Williams Bridehead 1832' to verso of FFEP. Scattered spotting and staining throughout. A quarto Georgian Bible printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collingwood Superintendent of the University Press and described by writer George Valentine Cox as 'a zealous Dissenter.as well as an excellent printer in which character from the liberal share of the profits granted to him by the University he accumulated a considerable fortune.' Recollections of Oxford 1868. This copy most likely belonged to Frances 'Fanny' Turner wife of banker and politician Robert Williams 1767-1847 who purchased the Bridehead estate of Dorset in 1797. . Quarto. Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co. hardcover
1613Best.-Nr. AQ36763Imprinted at London By Robert Barker 1613. The text is collated and complete bound without the Map which sometimes is included. 1352pp. Signatures: A8 2A-3Z8 A-M8 square brackets as printed. NT has separate title page dated 1613; register is continuous. In this edition Genesis I 11 has: 'bring forth'; Ruth III 15 has: 'she went'. Very small burn holes to text of leaves O5 and O7 short tear to head of leaf Aa2 some loss to lower corner of leaf H8 early ownership inscription to blank verso of leaf K4: 'Edward Pointz his Book 1663'. ESTC S116976 STC 2228. Bound after: SPEED John. The genealogies Recorded In The Sacred Scriptures. London. Printed by John Beale 1613. 2 43pp. Without two terminal leaves. Initial four leaves laid down with substantial loss to title page. ESTC S102017. Bound before: PSALTER - English Sternhold & Hopkins. The booke of psalmes. London. Imprinted at the Company of Stationers 1614 8 93pp 5. Defective without 11 terminal leaves substantial portion of title page torn away final two leaves laid down. Modern blind-tooled calf. Scattered spotting. An early example textually complete and with both title pages of the definitive Anglican text of the Reformation. 'The Authorized Version of the English Bible first printed in 1611.is the most widely-published text in the English language. During many generations large portions of it were known by heart by people on both sides of the Atlantic. With Shakespeare its exact contemporary the Authorized Version has contributed countless quotations and expressions which have slipped hardly noticed into English language and idiom.The book was always printed according to a very precise formula. The lengthy wording of the title-page was unvarying. Every Bible opened with the standard preface to James I 'To the Most High and Mighty Prince James.' beginning 'Great and manifold were the blessings.' The text of the Bible was arranged in strict convention. It was generally laid out in two columns with separate numbered verses. Each chapter opened with a short summary of its content. There were no interpretative notes but there were brief references in the margins to parallel passages or variant readings. 246-249pp HAMEL Christopher De. The Book. A History of the Bible. London 2001. . Authorized Version. Quarto. unknown
1657Best.-Nr. AQ33174Cambridge: Printed by John Field 1657. 1354pp. Title printed within an ornamental border containing the seal of Cambridge University signed: Rob. Vaughan sculp. The New Testament and the Psalms both have separate title pages dated 1657 the register is continuous. Handsomely bound by Gilmour of Salisbury in early nineteenth-century black panelled morocco richly tooled in gilt and blind A.E.G. gilt dentelles. Lightly rubbed some surface loss to upper board. Armorial bookplate of J. L. Jackson with later pencilled inscription 'to Mr. Calcraft. John 1.29. I Thess. v. 23 ' to FEP head of text-block trimmed with occasional loss to running- title small hole to leaf Cc1 with slight loss of text and sense very occasional chipping to margins. A choice example of a Commonwealth era Cambridge-printed King James Bible notorious for its errors from the press of John Field in a finely executed later provincial binding - to a very distinct style - by the Gilmour family Andrew then George of binders and stationers of Salisbury fl.1800 onwards. As was noted by the contemporary pamphleteer William Kilburne in his Dangerous errors in several late printed Bibles London 1659 part of a series railing against the poor-quality Bible printing work of Henry Hills and John Field this edition omits Psalms Ch.143 v.4 in its entirety 'and there are many other faults as I am well informed of very great notoriety'. Provenance: With the bookplate of James Leonard Jackson 1777-1854 rector at St. Mary's Church Swanage; presented by him to a male member of the Calcraft family of Wareham most likely John Hales Calcraft 1796-1880 Member of Parliament for Wareham. ESTC R38638 Herbert 656 Wing B2252. 8vo. Printed by John Field unknown
1823Best.-Nr. AQ19315Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co. 1823. Unpaginated. With additional engraved title pages for both the O.T. and N.T. and a further 27 engraved plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary blind-stamped black straight-grain morocco lettered in gilt A.E.G. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Manuscript records of births deaths marriages etc. of the Trueman family to front blank fly-leaves very occasional light spotting. . Quarto. Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co. unknown
1611Best.-Nr. 16409London: Robert Barker 1611. A3 bound backwards. Title page the 2 leaves of the engraved map and the final 2 leaves in excellent facsimile. Additional title page from a later edition bound in behind the facsimile. Gothic and Roman types text double column with 59 lines per column and printed within woodcut rule-border calendar and almanac printed in red and black. General title-page within engraved border by Christian Boel and section title for the New Testament dated 1611 within woodcut border. Full-sheet engraved map of the Holy Land by John Speed after Dr John More 17 leaves of genealogical tables incorporating woodcut illustrations of Adam and Eve Noah’s Ark the Tower of Babel and other Biblical subjects numerous woodcut head- and tail-pieces historiated and ornamental initials. Contemporary calf boards rebacked spine labels; some staining a few leaves with small holes or edges torn away but generally a very good copy. With a notation on the paste-down that the book was “received of William Biggs for the sum of 5 shillings . by me John Lang. Ford Warminster” dated 1747 and with a small but elaborate bookplate of William Thomas Smedley 1858-1920 the noted collector of Elizabethaniana and Bacon; his library was sold in 1924 to Henry Clay Folger and the Folger library collection today includes nearly 1500 volumes formerly owned by Smedley. First edition second issue/state called the “she” Bible because of the reading of Ruth III 15: “she went into the citie”. In addition because of the small hole in C6 Matthew 26:36 it is impossible to tell whether the word Judas or Jesus is printed. The King James version of the Holy Bible is arguably the most important book ever published in English. Preparation of the Royal Version took more than 5 years and was laboriously attended to by over 50 translators and researchers. The final translations were then exchanged and reviewed reaching a final committee of six. Supervision of the printing was carried out by Miles Smith and Thomas Bilson. Although the Royal Version appropriates much from the Tyndale Coverdale Geneva and Bishops’ Bibles it is unquestionably regarded as the greatest literary translation of the Bible ever produced. Herbert 309; Pforzheimer 62; PMM 114; STC 2217. Robert Barker unknown
1585Best.-Nr. 477London: Christopher Barker 1585. Good. 10 1/4 x 15 inches text block only. Folio. Lacks leaves before leaf 8. Bible begins at leaf 8 - 536 OT & Apocrypha 137 NT. A4 B 6 leaves par. 6 leaves 2par. 2 leaves A - Tttt 6 leaves Uuuu 8 leaves OT & Apocrypha A - Z 6 leaves NT. Small text loss to lower margin/corner of leaf 8 288 293 391 438 OT and 5 80 NT closely cropped on foremargin with slight loss to some notes more particularly at bottom. Psalter gospels and epistles rather soiled and worn with closed marginal tears and old repairs. Occasional ink to the margins. Edges soiled. Also lacks 17 18 290 OT 75 76 NT lower half of 291 OT lower one-third of 292 297 OT 33 106 121 NT. Increasing wear to margins towards the end of the New Testament with 9 leaves following Y3 title of Revelation lacking and a few leaves at the end loose. Separate title pages to Psalter and New Testament complete outer half of Apocrypha title lacking. Herbert 188; ESTCS156. Boards present though detached and with numerous repairs and losses. Spine absent. A good though imperfect reading copy of the only edition after 1572 to contain the Psalter of the 1568 folio Bishops version rather than the BCP version. Christopher Barker unknown
1990Best.-Nr. 514685Cambridge University Press 1990. Leather. VERY GOOD. Fine Binding in White French Morocco Leather India Paper silver gilt lettering and silver edges. Presentation page inscribed but text entirely clean and unmarked bit of scuffing to the edges. With original slip-case box. Cambridge University Press unknown
1653Best.-Nr. AQ27507London: Printed by John Field. Printer to the Parliament 1653. 599ff including the terminal blank Ddd12. With an engraved title page. Closely trimmed to margins with regular shaving of headlines occasionally touching text; Uu2 with lower corner torn away with loss of text to 9 lines of text of Luke XXXI and XXXII. Eighteenth-century inscriptions some scribbled out to front fly-leaves - which like the title and the following leaf also have some foxing and chipping with a small hole. Bound with: PSALTER. The whole book of psalms: Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others. Set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches. London. Printed by John Field Printer to the Parliament 1654. 48ff. Closely trimmed to margins with regular shaving of headlines occasionally touching text. Small printing flaw to D6 with loss to 5 lines of text. ESTC R40771. Wing B2455. Likely eighteenth-century elaborately gilt-tooled black morocco brass clasp. The gilt decoration largely worn away some loss to corners a little rubbing to extremities. Gauffering to gilt edges the clasp has slightly damaged the fore-edges towards the end where it has evidently dragged along the text block. A handsome copy of the 'Pearl' Bible with just a few minor flaws printed by John Field during the rule of Cromwell's Commonwealth at the behest of Parliament. Although produced in large numbers Darlow and Moule suggests in excess of 20000 their diminutive size the small volumes were designed to fit into the pocket of the British souls and poor quality of paper means that few survive in such condition: . Conforming to the Authorised King James Version the Field Bible was printed with a haste unheard of in Bible production and is thus notorious for its wildly varying inaccuracies and misprints. In this copy the three errors noted by Darlow and Moule to John IX. 21 Romans VI.13 and1 Corinthians VI.9 have all been corrected but three further to Matthew VI. 24 John II.10 and III.21 identified by Lee Wilson are all incorrrect. Darlow and Moule 637. ESTC Wing B2238. 'Pearl Bible'. 24mo. Printed by John Field. Printer to the Parliament unknown
Best.-Nr. 123536London Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1854. . 4to 29 x 22.5 cm; excised bookplate from front pastedown; contemporary pebble-grain black morocco covers panelled in gilt gilt spine in 6 compartments all edges gilt a little rubbed very good. A well-preserved mid-Victorian King James Bible in the original black pebble-grain gilt-panelled morocco binding. London, Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1854. unknown
Best.-Nr. 123842Cambridge Printed by J. Smith Printer to the University 1815. . Stereotype edition; large 8vo 23 x 15 cm; foxing to title moderate spotting throughout ownership inscription in pen to title MS notes in pen to free endpapers related family history notes loose to rear later endappers gutter-margins reinforced; contemporary straight-grained end morocco covers ruled in gilt and blind rebacked original gilt spine in 6-compartments laid down gauffered edges slightly rubbed with loss to corners and edges. A stereotype edition of the King James Bible bound in contemporary red morocco gilt. 'William Ged 1690-1749 the inventor of stereotyping obtained in 1731 a contract for printing Prayer Books and Bibles for Cambridge University. But he completed only two Prayer Books and surrendered his lease in 1738. Thwarted at every turn by trade jealousy he failed in all his attempts to establish a business. "Subsequently Andrew Wilson the Earl of Stanhope's practical man starting where Ged left off worked out the plaster-of-Paris plan that preceded the papier-mâché system which has established stereotyping in its present position"' Herbert. Cambridge, Printed by J. Smith, Printer to the University, 1815. unknown
1920Best.-Nr. 514000Cambridge University Press / James Pott and Co 1920. Leather. NEAR FINE. Undated but ca. 1920 -- title page states Printed by J. B. Peace whose term as Printer at Cambridge lasted from 1916-1922. 4x5.25' Amethyst setting dual columns with center refs. Smyth-sewn binding with overcast stitching in Black 'French Morocco' leather with 3/4 yapp all edges Art Gilt. 4 1119 153 Concordance pp. 12 color lithograph maps. Some trivial wear to the edges with a few short tears some separation at both outer gatherings--an 'inherent vice' kind of flaw with overcast-stitching bindings. Otherwise an exceedingly clean and sharp copy with crisp fresh pages and nice supple leather. Cambridge University Press / James Pott and Co unknown
Best.-Nr. 123826Edinburgh Printed by James Watson one of Her Majesty's Printers. Sold at his shop next door to the Red-Lyon opposition to the Lucken-Booths 1714. . 12mo 15 x 9 cm; engraved title-page woodcut headpiece and ornaments; nineteenth-century purple calf covers with blind-tooled barbed-rectangle centrepiece within gilt roll border gilt spine contrasting black morocco lettering-piece all edges gilt slightly rubbed spine a little faded very good. A handsome pocket-edition of the King James Bible from the last year of the reign of Queen Anne 1665-1714 bound with a metrical psalms in a blind-tooled purple calf binding of the nineteenth-century. Edinburgh, Printed by James Watson, one of Her Majesty's Printers. Sold at his shop next door to the Red-Lyon, opposition to the unknown
Best.-Nr. 123861London Printed at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie: and by the assignes of John Bill et al. 1639-1640. . Three works bound in 1 vol.; 8vo 19 x 12.5 cm; NT title dated 1639 ruled in red throughout woodcut general and NT titles to the Bible and Book of Common Prayer woodcut vignette of Adam and Eve before Genesis woodcut initials head and tailpieces 19th-century endpapers with extensive manuscript genealogy in pen dampstaining particularly affecting opening quire of the Bible and quires F through to I the occasional tear with minor loss to text; 19th century diced calf covers with flower and leaf gilt roll rebacked original spine laid down corners rubbed with loss very good. This edition marked a 'new form of octavo Bible in somewhat larger type with 72 lines to the full page' Herbert. A pleasing example of this mid-seventeenth-century octavo King James Bible ruled in red throughout with the biblical Apocrypha and bound with The Book of Common Prayer and The Whole Book of the Psalmes. ESTC S102186; Herbert 546; DM 423. London, Printed at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie: and by the assignes of John Bill et al unknown
Best.-Nr. 124311London Printed at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most excellent Majesttie and by the Assignes of John Bill 1632-1633. . Four works in 1 vol.; folio 35.5 x 23.5 cm; engraved general title signed 'Guilielmus Hole' partially burnished out as noted by ESTC with date in imprint altered to read '1633' on the plate engraved NT title dated 1632 full-page woodcut illustration of Adam & Eve to verso of A10 final f. of preliminaries note ff A7-8 with incorrect printed signatures as A6-7 woodcut initials head and tailpieces further illustrated with Speed's genealogies and double-page map of Canaan occasional toning final f. of Psalmes laid down title of Common Prayer affixed via stub Speed map with loss to central portion of design with final f. reinforced to verso at gutter margin and tape repair to margin A1 of Old Testament with closed tear crudely repaired lower margin of Adam & Eve woodcut with tape repair not affecting design some further closed repairs throughout later endpapers; contemporary calf gilt lozenge device to covers bisecting the initials 'I' and 'E' gilt faded upper brass clasp in working order remnants of the lower clasp joints and corners expertly restored very good. A very well preserved folio edition of the King James Bible complete in the original clasped calfskin binding with Speed's Genealogies including his double-page engraved map of Canaan The Book of Common Prayer and Sternhold & Hopkins' Psalmes. The elaborate title border is that engraved by William Hole d.1624 which had been used before in the folio Geneva Bible of 1607. 'As a copperplate-engraver Hole remained a specialist in engraving maps music and lettering. and he stands at the head of the seventeenth-century tradition of engravers who worked for writing-masters. He engraved the plates to Martin Billingsley's The Pens Excellencie or The Secretaries Delighte of 1618 the first important English engraved copybook dedicated to Charles as Prince of Wales and he was also responsible for the first engraved plates of music made outside Italy: the famous Parthenia of 161213 which contained music by William Byrd John Bull and Orlando Gibbons and Angelo Notari's Prime musiche nuove of 1613' ODNB. Our example a variant with the date in the imprint of the engraved general title altered on the plate to read '1633'. ESTC S122379 variant; Herbert 466; DM 359. London, Printed at London by Robert Barker, Printer to [the] Kings most excellent Ma[jes]ttie and by the Assignes of John Bill, unknown
