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1853Best.-Nr. 69294Philadelphia: Isaac Leeser 1853. BIBLE IN ENGLISH; LEESER Isaac. LEESER Isaac translator. The Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures. Carefully translated according to the Masoretic Text on the Basis of the English Version after the best Jewish Authorities; and supplied with short Explanatory Notes. By Isaac Leeser. Hebrew "For it shall not be forgotten out of the mouth of his seed." Dent. xxxi 21. Philadelphia: Isaac Leeser 1853. Full Description: BIBLE IN ENGLISH. LEESER Isaac translator. The Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures. Carefully translated according to the Masoretic Text on the Basis of the English Version after the best Jewish Authorities; and supplied with short Explanatory Notes. By Isaac Leeser. Hebrew "For it shall not be forgotten out of the mouth of his seed." Dent. xxxi 21. Philadelphia: Isaac Leeser 1853. First edition of the first complete translation of the Old Testament by a Jewish translator into English building upon Leeser's 1845 translation of the five books of the Pentateuch translation in 1845-1846. Folio 10 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches; 275 x 212 mm. Original full brown morocco. Boards ruled and elaborately stamped in gilt. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Binding with some restoration along joints and edges. A bit of foxing mainly to the preliminaries. Some occasional light dampstaining. Overall a very good copy. "Having published a five-volume Pentateuch-cum-haftarot lections from the Prophets translation in 1845-1846 as well as a complete vocalized and accentuated Hebrew Bible in 1848 the first such edition published in the U.S. he proceeded from April 1852 to September 1853 to extend his translation efforts to the entire Hebrew Bible. The result was his Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures the first translation of all of Tanakh into English by a Jew complete with short explanatory notes. Leeser explained in the preface to his magnum opus that he undertook the project in order to provide Anglophone Jewry with a vernacular version of the Bible "which has not been made by the authority of churches in which they can have no confidence" pp. iii-iv. The book achieved wide popularity among English-speaking Jews and even some Gentiles especially in America and went through multiple editions." Sotheby's "The translation of the Bible was Leeser's great literary achievement and represented many years of patient labor and devotion to a task which he considered sacred. Leeser was not fully equipped for this work for he was no specialist in Hebrew philology nor a master if Jewish learning in general and he was quite conscious of his shortcomings but he was inspired. He says in his preface: 'I thought in all due humility that I might safely go to task confidently relying upon that superior aid which is never withheld from the inquirer after truth.' He made good use of the various German translations by Jews of the collective commentary known as the Biur vol. III sec. 81 and of other Jewish exegetic works. As a result his translation though based in style upon the King James version can be considered an independent work for the changes he produced are numerous and great. His prime concern was to supply the traditional interpretation when necessary and the retention of the Jewish spirit at times even at the expense of beauty of style. The translation went through numerous editions and until the new Jewish Publication Society version was issued in 1917 it was the only source from which many Jews not conversant with Hebrew derived their knowledge of the Bible in accordance with Jewish tradition" Waxman History of Jewish Literature 1090. HBS 69294. $12500. [Isaac Leeser] unknown books
1763Best.-Nr. 69256Cambridge: Printed by John Baskerville 1763. BIBLE IN ENGLISH; BASKERVILLE John. BASKERVILLE John. The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New. Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches. Cambridge: Printed by John Baskerville 1763. Full Description: BIBLE IN ENGLISH. The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches. Cambridge: Printed by John Baskerville 1763. First edition with the list of subscribers in the third state ending with "The Hon. Charles York Esq; Attorney General." Two large folio volumes in one 19 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches; 480 x 311 mm. Complete with 573 leaves. Text ends on leaf 13E1 and is followed by an Index and Tables a-e f1. List of subscribers bound in after title-page and dedication. Text in double columns. Beautifully bound in early 19th-century full diced tan calf. Boards elaborately ruled and tooled in gilt and blind. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Front board lettered in gilt reading "John Miles/ West End/ Hampstead." Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Gilt dentelles. Back board with some very mild scuffing and a tiny bit of worming to head of board and at top and bottom of outer hinge. Some light foxing to first title-page and preliminary leaves but text is very clean. With the dates of births and deaths of the Miles family in old ink manuscript on the front free endpaper. Overall a very good clean copy. Originally priced four guineas in sheets for subscribers "the edition consisted of 1250 copies of which 556 were remaindered in 1768 and bought by the London bookseller R. Baldwin at 36s. each.Baldwin was offering copies at three guineas in sheets in 1771" Gaskell. "One of the most beautifully printed books in the world" Dibdin. This edition "has always been regarded as Baskerville's magnum opus and is his most magnificent as well as his most characteristic specimen" T.B. Reed A History of the Old English Letter Foundries p. 279. Gaskell declared that the title-page to the New Testament is "a perfect page of fine printing." Although the Baskerville Bible is now recognized as one of the greatest Bibles of all time it was initially a financial failure. Costing £2000 to print the remaining stock about half of the edition was remaindered five years after publication to a London bookseller. It was Baskerville's last great book. "Aesthetically the highest point in English Bible printing so far was John Baskerville's folio printed at Cambridge in 1763. To achieve his ambition to print a folio Bible Baskerville had to become University Printer on not very advantageous terms. The Bible uses his types paper and ink and shows his characteristic 'machine-made' finish: very smooth and even in colour and impression with glossy black ink on smooth paper. The design is traditional but the quality of material and workmanship is so high and the conventions are so delicately modified and consistently applied that the result is extremely impressive" The Cambridge History of the Bible: The West from the Reformation to the Present Day p. 464. Darlow & Moule 857. ESTC T93106. Gaskell Baskerville 26. Herbert 1146. Huntington Library Great Books in Great Editions 6. HBS 69256. $15000. Printed by John Baskerville unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 158054Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. The members of a gold expedition in the jungle are inadvertently drawn into the evil schemes of a scientist seeking to create an indestructible being. American International Pictures recycled the monster design from their 1956 film "The She-Creature" to create the Voodoo Woman character with a redesigned face and sporting a blonde wig. The final film of actress Marla English. Red titled wrappers noted as copy No. 7. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present undated with credits for director Edward Cahn and actors Marla English Tom Conway Mike Connors and others. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a tide mark on the top left corner bound with a silver prong. Housed in brown wrappers with the film's title lead actors and release date noted on a label. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1956Best.-Nr. 156169N.p.: Farbfilm 1956. Vintage program for the 1956 Austrian film. Text and titles in German. Two landowning families plan to unite their estates through the marriage of their children but the eldest son loves the maid an orphaned woman named Maria. Shot on location in Heiligenblut am Großglockner and Virgen. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. Farbfilm unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 156225N.p.: N.p. 1983. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1983 film. One photograph with a small label with manuscript ink annotations affixed to the verso. Sally Potter's directorial debut an avant-garde film about the experiences of two women as they seek to escape capitalism and objectification in a dystopian world. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1939Best.-Nr. 146184Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1939. Draft script for the 1939 film. With a few manuscript pencil annotations on the title page. An unpopular college student pushes for the establishment of a crew boat racing team in order to win back his ex-girlfriend by receiving a letter in a sport. White titled self wrappers noted as production No. 1218 dated March 25 1939. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 119 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with fading and edgewear on the front binding bound with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1944Best.-Nr. 146004Hollywood: Republic Productions 1944. Shooting script for the 1944 film. Single manuscript pencil notation on the front wrapper. A physician researching life-after-death is possessed by the spirit of an executed murderer who uses the doctor's body to exact vengeance on those involved in his death. A Jekyll-and-Hyde-style supernatural horror B-movie unusual for Republic Productions who were better known for their Western pictures. Tan partial titled wrapper noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper noted as production No. 1463 dated October 3 1944 with credits for screenwriter John K. Butler. Title page integral to the first page of text dated October 3 1944. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 10/14/44. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with splashes on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Republic Productions unknown books
1580Best.-Nr. 68068London: Christopher Barker Printer to the Queenes Maiestie 1580. BIBLE IN ENGLISH; BARKER ChristopherHERREY Robert F. A Rare First Edition of Herrey's "Concordances" BIBLE IN ENGLISH. BARKER Christopher. HERREY Robert F. compiler. Tvvo right profitable and fruitfull concordances or large and ample tables alphabeticall. The first contayning the interpretation of the Hebrue Caldean Greeke and Latine wordes and names scateringly dispersed throughout the whole Bible with their common places following euery of them: and the second comprehending all such other principall words and matters as concerne the sense and meaning of the Scriptures or direct vnto any necessarie and good instruction. The further contents and vse of both the which tables for breuitie sake is expressed more a large in the preface to the reader. Collected by R.F.H. London: Christopher Barker Printer to the Queenes Maiestie. 1580. First Edition. One of two issues of the same year priority unknown. Our year based upon the issue points as shown by the British Library: "with The "A" of signature mark "A4" under the "t" of "the" ESTC S125409. Quarto 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches; 236 x 185 mm. 92 leaves. A8-L8 M4. With preface signed "Thine in the Lord Robart F. Herrey" and dated "xxii of December. An. Domini. 1578." We could find no other complete copies of this first edition of "Concordance" at auction in the past 50 years. Although this comes separately The Herrey "Concordance" is generally found issued with a Barker Geneva Bible starting with the date 1580. There were several printings of this "Concordance" starting in 1580 and going into the next decade however only the present copy and one other printing were issued with the two versions of the Barker Bibles of 1580. Present copy with Signatures: A-L M and with The "A" of signature mark "A4" under the "t" of "the". This version was issued with the 1580 Bible Darlow & Moule 123. Another version of the same year with Signatures: A-C D-V was issued with the 1580 Bible Darlow & Moule 124. Bound separately in modern full brown morocco. Covers ruled in triple blind and with a central "Cross" devise in blind on both covers. Newer endpapers. Some occasional ink small hand marginalia. Edges of leaves a bit frayed. A stain to bottom margin of leaves H2-H3. A paper repair to bottom margin of final leaf M4 not affecting text. Overall very good. According to Herbert and Darlow & Moule " The Concordances which form an essential part of the volume of the Bible were compiled by Robart F. Herrey who is identified with Robert Harrison the Norfolk Brownist 9d. 1585" Darlow & Moule 123. ESTC S125409 . Herbert 165. STC 13228b.1 . HBS 68068. $2850. Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes Maiestie unknown books
1955Best.-Nr. 128288Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1955. Draft script for the 1955 film. A crew of Air Force soldiers are called in for a difficult bombing mission on the border of Manchuria and North Korea and while the mission is successful in the end it takes a hefty toll on the group. White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Gries. 155 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1944Best.-Nr. 130722Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1944. Shooting Script for the 1944 film. A thriller completely dominated by the formidable Stephanie Bachelor. The statuesque sophisticated Republic leading lady is cast as Muriel the scheming widow of the fabulously wealthy Hartford Chaney 3rd. Muriel's husband has disappearance under mysterious circumstances freeing her to marry her playboy paramour Frederick St. Clair George Meeker. Hal Erickson AllMovie Goldenrod titled wrappers with the original title written in manuscript ink and changed in manuscript pencil noted as Shooting Script on the front wrapper as production No. 1258 dated April 4 1944. 77 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Republic Pictures unknown books
1937Best.-Nr. 140071937. BIBLE. ENGLISH. A Leaf from the 1611 King James Bible with "The Noblest Monument of English Prose" by John Livingston Lowes & "The Printing of the King James Bible" by Louis I. Newman. San Francisco: Book Club of California 1937. Folio. 2. xxii 2 p. Printed in red and black. Tipped in is a leaf from the 1611 "He" Bible Chronicles I:23-24. Cloth-backed boards publisher's unprinted white dust jacket. A fine copy. Prospectus laid in. One of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press with a lovely leaf from the 1611 "He" Bible--the first edition of the King James Bible. Grabhorn Bibliography 275. unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 59721976. DORWART JEFFERY M. and PHILIP ENGLISH MACKEY. Camden County New Jersey 1616-1976: A Narrative History. Camden Co. 1976. xiii 388 p. Illus. Cloth. A good modern one-volume history of Camden County. unknown books
1934Best.-Nr. 130403Berkeley Heights NJ: The Oriole Press 1934. Hardcover. 36p. limited to 200 copies only original cloth slightly edge worn with traces of soiling otherwise very good condition inscribed "To Cassius V. Cook With cordial greetings from Pearl Johnson Tucker." Pearl Johnson was the long time companion of Benjamin Tucker. Cassius V. Cook was a noted anarchist including contributions to Mother Earth. In San Francisco he organized a defense committee and raised bail for Emma Goldman when she was busted in San Francisco in 1909. The Oriole Press hardcover books
1620Best.-Nr. 378216London: Imprinted.by Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill 1620. 512 pp. Complete; leaf Yy1 bound between leaves Yy7 and Yy8. With the Apocrypha. Elaborate woodcut title pages; New Testament has separate dated title page listing Robert Barker and Iohn Bill as printers and continuous register. 4to. Later three-quarter morocco over pebbled cloth raised bands and gilt title to spine marbled renewed endpapers. Rubbing to extremities rear hinge just starting at head front free endpaper separating at head. Moderate toning and occasional light soiling to text block. Bible: Tears to leaves A1 D2 F1 and 3P8; leaves 2I4-5 trimmed close at fore-edge and lightly edgeworn; some loss to text. Psalms: Crude cloth tape repairs to last three leaves affecting text with loss. Book of Common Prayer: Large tear to lower right corner of leaf A2 with loss. Genealogies: Crack in text block between leaves of double-page map; final leaf and rear free endpaper loosening slightly but secure. Provenance: General Theological Seminary bookplates. 512 pp. Complete; leaf Yy1 bound between leaves Yy7 and Yy8. With the Apocrypha. Elaborate woodcut title pages; New Testament has separate dated title page listing Robert Barker and Iohn Bill as printers and continuous register. 4to. An early edition of the King James Bible which was first issued by Robert Barker in 1611. As Darlow & Moule note "many of these Bibles were issued in a mixed state. It is practically impossible to distinguish between all the various editions" which were issued under many different combinations of the names of Robert Barker Bonham Norton and John Bill due to disputes over the royal warrant. They are also frequently incomplete. The supplementary works probably issued with the Bible or bundled for sale later are appended as follows: 1. Two Right Profitable and Fruitfull Concordances or Large and Ample Tables Alphabeticall. London: Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill 1619 i.e. 1620. 164 pp. ESTC S108679. 2. The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers 1619. x 91 13 pp. ESTC S108681. 3. The Booke of Common Prayer. London: Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill 1621. 82 pp. ONLY. Lacking all before leaf A2. ESTC S124273. 4. Speed John. The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures according to every Familie and Tribe. London: printed by John Beale 1619-1621. ii 34 4 pp. Woodcut tables; concluding double-page woodcut map of Canaan. ESTC S123044. ESTC S90505; Darlow & Moule 1968 rev. 365 Imprinted...by Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill unknown books
1796Best.-Nr. 378767Lancaster: J. Bailey and W. and R. Dickson 1796. 300pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf worn small losses and top and tail of spine. Foxing and minor staining minor worming. 300pp. 12mo. All pre-1800 American printings of the New Testament are rare. Hills in his seminal bibliography of American editions of the Bible notes the existence of this edition but could not locate an extant example. ESTC however locates two examples Library of Congress and Lehigh. The present Bailey and Dickson 1796 edition printed in Lancaster had its origins in the seminal 1787 edition printed in Octoraro Pennsylvania located just outside Lancaster. That edition was a joint effort by Francis Bailey Jacob Bailey's brother and John Steele 1758-1838 Francis Bailey's brother-in-law a veteran of the American Revolution Society of the Order of Cincinnati co-founder and printer from Lancaster County. "General Steele with his own hands cast the type which he and his wife set up the first American edition of Dillsworth's Spelling Book and a copy of the New Testament publishing edition after edition. Subsequently General Steele removed to a paper manufactory which he established on the Octoraro River in Steelville; there also he multiplied copies from his standing types and occasionally repaired them by casting the defaced letter anew" Frazer. It would seem that the standing type for the New Testament passed to Jacob Bailey who first published an issue in 1791 not in Hills or Evans but see Library Company of Philadelphia Am 1791 Bibl NT Eng 110761.D. Next in partnership with William and Robert Dickson he issued a New Testament in 1792 not in Hills or Evans but see Library Company of Philadelphia Am 1792 Bibl NT Eng 113226.D and again in 1793 Evans 25191; Hills 45. The present edition followed with a another printing in 1797. All editions are from the same setting of type as the Octoraro 1787 edition save for the title page. Hills 55; Evans 30080; ESTC W17993; O'Callaghan p. 53; Wright p. 388. Frazer Susan C. "General John Steele" in Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volumes 23-25 1919. pp. 20-23 J. Bailey and W. and R. Dickson unknown books
1800Best.-Nr. 376225New York: Hugh Gaine 1800. 816pp. A-2L¹². NT with separate title. 12mo. Contemporary calf recased badly worn with losses. Internally relatively clean. Provenance: General Theological Seminary perforated stamps other markings. 816pp. A-2L¹². NT with separate title. 12mo. Scarce Gaine standing bible. According to Hills this Gaine small format Bible is printed from the same setting of type as the 1792 edition: "The ruby type for this edition is said to have been set in Scotland and importee in page form ready for printing. The type was apparently kept standing. In 1803 the forms were sold to Matthew Carey of Philadelphia." Of this 1800 edition ESTC locates only one other example at NYPL ESTC also locates a copy at AAS but it is the NT only; Hills cites a copy at the Library of Congress. Evans 36954; Hills 73; ESTC W474356 Hugh Gaine unknown books
1803Best.-Nr. 373879Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring for Thomas & Andrews and Manning & Loring 1803. 333 1; 287 1pp. Titles within ornamental border. 8vo. Contemporary calf covers with gilt roll tool border flat spine gilt in six compartments marbled endpapers gilt roll tool along the turn-ins minor wear and rubbing. Minor browning staining and offsetting. Bookbinder's ticket on front pastedown T. H. Burnton Exeter NH. 333 1; 287 1pp. Titles within ornamental border. 8vo. A lovely early American binding by T. H. Burnton in which the ornamental border of the title is likely used as inspiration for the tooling on the covers. According to Papantonio and Spawn & Kinsella the binder T.H. Burnton was active in New York from 1800-6 and later removed to Providence RI; neither note a sojourn in Exeter NH. Shaw 3814. On Burnton see Papantonio 40 and Spawn & Kinsella 316 Printed by Manning & Loring, for Thomas & Andrews, and Manning & Loring unknown books
1791Best.-Nr. 373037Worcester: Isaiah Thomas 1791. First Edition. 48 engraved plates complete. 1310 2 89 3pp. Separate OT and NT titles. The family register between the Apocrypha and NT unaccomplished. Royal quarto. Contemporary calf covers ruled in gilt spine gilt with raised bands red morocco lettering piece marbled endpapers joints cracked but cords holding worn at extremities spine a bit abraded with some loss at top. Foxing a few leaves with short tears or small voids. Provenance: Ebenezer Byles signature on verso of the OT title. Housed in a blue cloth clamshell box. First Edition. 48 engraved plates complete. 1310 2 89 3pp. Separate OT and NT titles. The family register between the Apocrypha and NT unaccomplished. Royal quarto. Thomas' quarto bible was published in three distinct issues: with 2 copperplates only i.e. frontispieces to the Old and New Testaments; with two copperplates and John Brown's 89-page concordance in the rear; and the rarest and most deluxe form as here with 48 copperplates and the concordance. Of this last issue according to Thomas's catalogue the work was published "in elegant binding." The explanation for the work being complete with 48 plates rather than the 50 plates of the folio Thomas bible of the same year is easily explained: the frontispieces used for the folio bible plates I and XXXIII were too large for the quarto edition and thus were omitted with plates XXIX and XLVIII used as frontispieces of the quarto bible instead. A very difficult edition to find in a contemporary unsophisticated binding. Evans 23185; Hills 30; ESTC W4496 Isaiah Thomas unknown books
1791Best.-Nr. 373866Worcester: Isaiah Thomas 1791. First Edition of Isaiah Thomas's Folio Bible. 50 engraved plates. 4 460; 2 461-1012pp. Text in two columns. 2 vols. Folio. Contemporary calf panelled in gilt and blind spine with raised bands in six compartments tooled in gilt on either side of each band red and black morocco labels expert repairs. Moderate to heavy foxing repaired tears to text leaves and plates. First Edition of Isaiah Thomas's Folio Bible. 50 engraved plates. 4 460; 2 461-1012pp. Text in two columns. 2 vols. Folio. "The two Thomas Bibles of 1791 were without doubt far in advance of any other publications of the same kind that had appeared in America in point of typography excellence of paper binding and general execution" Wright. Dubbed "the Baskerville of America" by Benjamin Franklin Isaiah Thomas issued a folio and a quarto Bible almost simultaneously. Published immediately after the ratification of the Bill of Rights the folio edition arguably his magnum opus opens with a note from Thomas situating it as an important accompaniment to this national development: "The civil authority hath set an example of moderation and candor to all Christians by securing equal privileges to all; and it must be their ardent and united wish independently of foreign aid to be supplied with copies of the sacred Scriptures the foundation of their Religion - a religion which furnishes motives to the faithful performance of every patriotic civil and social duty." In preparing the work Thomas compared the language of "not less than eight" significant English Bibles most but not all of which were printings of the King James translation and then had every page of the present edition examined by "the Clergymen of Worcester and . other capable persons." In keeping with his patriotism all the plates are by American engravers an expensive undertaking: the majority by Joseph Seymour with others by John Norman Samuel Hill and Amos Doolittle. It is unusual to find complete copies with all fifty plates. The plate list often lacking is present in this copy. The work was issued either in one volume or in two volumes as here the latter including an additional general title page for the second volume bound in as a cancel. A celebrated American Bible from one of the young country's most important printers. Evans 23186; Hills 29; ESTC W4497; Sabin 5172; Wright Early American Bibles pages 74-88 Isaiah Thomas unknown books
1924Best.-Nr. 371052London: Nonesuch Press 1924. Deluxe edition one of 75 copies on Arnold unbleached rag paper no. XXXIV. First vol. printed ad hominem for H. Malcom Hubbard with ink note below "Transferred to Ion Buchanan Pritchard F. Meynell. Each volume with an engraved title page head piece and tail piece by Stephen Gooden. 5 vols. Folio. Full brown crushed niger by Best with gilt rule borders and spine relatively unadorned raised bands a.e.g. on the rough. Book ticket of Philip Duschnes. Ex-library with labels from General Theological Seminary Rare Book Room to front paste-downs of each volume. Faintest traces of rubbing to board edges spines of vols. I & 3 slightly darkened from smoke interior fine. GOODEN Stephen. Deluxe edition one of 75 copies on Arnold unbleached rag paper no. XXXIV. First vol. printed ad hominem for H. Malcom Hubbard with ink note below "Transferred to Ion Buchanan Pritchard F. Meynell". Each volume with an engraved title page head piece and tail piece by Stephen Gooden. 5 vols. Folio. One of the great early books of the Nonesuch Press and Stephen Gooden's second book commission after the Nonesuch Anacreon of 1923. The copies on fine paper were offered at 5 guineas bound in full niger or full vellum. The name of the subscriber was printed in the first volume; this copy printed for railway magnate H. Malcolm Hubbard bears a note from Francis Meynell recording the transfer to Ion Buchanan Pritchard another railway executive. Uncommon and attractive. Dreyfus 21 and 20. The Nonesuch Century 21 and 20. Ransom Selective Check Lists pp. 163-164 nos. 20 and 21. Rumball-Petre 125 "a beautiful work of a famous press". Tomkinson p. 136 nos. 19 and 19a Nonesuch Press unknown books
1809Best.-Nr. 375196Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin 1809. Text in two columns. 816pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf red morocco lettering piece minor staining. Minor foxing early owner's inscription on the endpaper. Text in two columns. 816pp. 12mo. First edition of the first Bible printed in Connecticut. An October 18 1809 advertisement in the Connecticut Courant reads: "Hudson and Goodwin have the satisfaction to announce to the public that they have this day completed their first edition of the School Bible. The type is entirely new imported at heavy expense . and the paper is so good a quality that it is asserted with confidence to be the best of the kind offered for sale in this country." "This is supposed to be the earliest edition of the Bible printed in Connecticut. "It was set up in Nonpareil smaIl 12mo making I believe 68 forms 34 sheets put in chases corrected and shipped from the foundry of Wilson and Sons Glasgow to Hudson and Goodwin at a cost as I have understood of 6000 crowns. The type was sold for old metal about the year 1837" O'Callaghan. Shaw 16998; Hills 168; O'Callaghan 1809.6 Hudson and Goodwin unknown books
1791Best.-Nr. 373974Worcester: Isaiah Thomas 1791. First Edition. 2 engraved plates complete. 1310pp. Separate OT and NT titles. The family register between the Apocrypha and NT accomplished by Thomas and Lydia Newton Bond. Royal quarto. Contemporary calf spine with raised bands ruled in gilt on either side of each band. Foxing and toning front endpaper detached. First Edition. 2 engraved plates complete. 1310pp. Separate OT and NT titles. The family register between the Apocrypha and NT accomplished by Thomas and Lydia Newton Bond. Royal quarto. "The two Thomas Bibles of 1791 were without doubt far in advance of any other publications of the same kind that had appeared in America in point of typography excellence of paper binding and general execution" Wright Early American Bibles pages 74-88. Thomas' quarto bible was published in three distinct issues: with 2 copperplates only i.e. frontispieces to the Old and New Testaments as here; with two copperplates and John Brown's 89-page concordance in the rear; and the rarest and most deluxe form with 48 copperplates and the concordance. A very difficult edition to find in a contemporary unsophisticated binding. Evans 23185; Hills 30; ESTC W4496 Isaiah Thomas unknown books
1789Best.-Nr. 373872Boston: John W. Folsom 1789. 31711; 265 1 xii pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf minor wear. Provenance: Anna Duryee inscription on front endpaper dated 1791. 31711; 265 1 xii pp. 12mo. The Psalms unrecorded by Evans are an edition of Mycall's revision with all references to Great Britain and the King removed to make it more palatable to the nascent United States first printed in 1781. A scarce edition with only a handful of institutional holdings of either the Psalms or Hymns printed by Folsom here bound together. Evans 21687 Hymns; ESTC W4418 Psalms and W25174 Hymns John W. Folsom unknown books
1780Best.-Nr. 1278931780. ADULTERY. Collection of Adultery Trials. London: various circa 1780-1808. Octavo contemporary full tan calf gilt raised bands marbled endpaper and edges. $3500.A collection of reports of 11 adultery trials from the late 18th and early 19th centuries combined with 30 engravings of scandalous encounters.Published accounts of adultery trials were very popular in late-18th/early 19th-century England a way to indulge a taste for the erotic and the scandalous under the thin veil of condemnation. Included here are the trials of Robert Gordon for adultery with the wife of Joseph Seymour Biscoe Rev. Mr. Cooper with the wife of Lord Cadogan Sir John Bennett Piers with the wife of Lord Cloncurry ""Thomas Theaker Coachman for Adultery with Mrs. Gregson"" Thomas Sheridan with the wife of Peter Cambell Captain Elwin with the wife of Sir George Brograve J. Hacket with Mrs. Mansergh R. J. Fergusson with the Countess of Elgin Lord Borringdon and Sir A. Paget ""for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife"" Colonel T.R. Powlett and Lord Sackville with another plaintiff's wife and Ralph Benson with the wife of Thomas Parr The collection of 30 engravings bound at the back of this book are taken from Trials for Adultery: or a History of Divorces a multivolume work published beginning in 1779. First two trials without title pages; ink marks to a few early pages; expert repair to contemporary binding. hardcover books
1790Best.-Nr. 374001New York: Hugh Gaine 1790. 336pp. Text printed in two columns printer's device on the title. 12mo. Contemporary sheep minor wear. Tear to front endpaper else very good. 336pp. Text printed in two columns printer's device on the title. 12mo. The second NT printed in New York preceded only by the prior edition by Gaine dated 1789 known in but one extant example at NYPL and evidently from the same setting of type as this edition. The complete Bible was not published in New York until 1792. Evans 22359; Hills 27; ESTC W4679 Hugh Gaine unknown books
