Oxford: The University Press, 1866. Leather bound. Sixmo size, with working clasp. A lovely, leather-bound 1866 copy of the English Book of Common Prayer, with a working clasp engraved "M.L. / to S.G. (?) M.L. / Easter / 1869" in an elegant script. ___DESCRIPTION: Full brown leather, both boards with embossed... More about The Book of Common Prayer; And Administration of the Sacraments
London: The Reed Pale Press [printed by the Da La More Press], 1934. Limited Edition. Vellum. No. 88 of 250 copies, quarto size, [19] pp. A lovely, and uncommon, printing of the Book of Ruth; read during the holiday of Shevuot, with some contemporary readings viewing it as a celebration... More about The Book of Ruth
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Erie, Pa: Chas. F. Adams, ca. 1885. Hardcover. Folio size, 894 pp., in German. This impressive Bible, printed prior to 1890, is replete with engravings and chromolithographs, illustrating the text throughout; the engravings have a wonderful depth and detail of line, exquisite renderings of the characters that populate the Old... More about Heilige Schrift [Holy Bible
San Francisco: Printed for The Book Club of California by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn, (1927). Angelo, Valenti. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 89 of 250, thirty-twomo size, [42] pp. The second edition of The Book of Ruth printed by the Grabhorns, the first being in a larger format and printed the... More about The Book of Ruth
[Harrow Weald, Middlesex]: The Raven Press, Printed by Robert Ashwin Maynard and Horace Walter Bray, 1931. Bray, Horace Walter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 20 of 275, octavo size, 35 pp. The Book of Tobit is part of the Apocrypha, generally included in Catholic and Orthodox biblical canons, but not those... More about The Book of Tobit, from the Apocrypha, According to the Authorised Version
[San Francisco]: [Printed by John Henry Nash "for his friends"], [1917]. Coyle, Ray F. Limited Edition. Sewn binding. No. 112 of 200 copies, folio size, [8] pp. John Henry Nash (1871-1947) was one of the pre-eminent printers in the early part of the 20th century, printing high-quality editions at his... More about The Sermon on the Mount
Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, (2010). d'Arbeloff, Natalie. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 12 of 60 copies, folio size, [56] pp., signed by the artist. From the web site of The Old Stile Press: "These drawings were published almost half a century before the idea of publishing them in a book... More about Scenes from the Life of Jesus
(New Brunswick): (Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking), (1993). Feldman, Walter. Limited Edition. Folio in a case. No. 7 of 18, folio size, seven unbound folio sheets, signed by Walter Feldman. Walter Sidney Feldman (1925-2017) received numerous awards and critical praise spanning a lifetime achievement over seven decades; his paintings were... More about The Creation
Greenbrae, California: The Allen Press, 1984. Forgeois, Michèle. Limited Edition. Softcover. One of 140 copies, quarto size, 49 pp., with prospectus. The stories of Jonah, Judith, and Ruth have inspired numerous works of art and literature, and have been rendered in lovely editions such as this work from the Allen... More about Jonah Judith Ruth; Three Stories From the Old Testament, King James Authorized Version
Waltham St. Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Gill, Eric. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 86 of 750 copies, quarto size, 45 pp. Eric Gill (1882-1940), English sculptor and printmaker, perhaps best known for his wood engravings, illustrated numerous fine press books; he designed and printed many wood engravings for The... More about The Song of Songs, Called by Many the Canticle of Canticles
Winona, Minnesota: Sutton Hoo Press, [2002]. Hanka, Ladislav. Limited Edition. Original wraps. One of 100 copies, duodecimo size, 33 pp. This printing of the Book of Ruth is the Thanksgiving 2002 release by the Sutton Hoo Press. A precursor to other biblical texts the Press intends to print, this lovely... More about The Book of Ruth, King James Version
London: The Haymarket Press, 1928. Flint, W. Russell. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 79 of 100, quarto size, 66 pp., signed by W. Russell Flint. The famous story of the headhunting heroine whose bold act has inspired painters, poets, sculptors and writers for centuries. This version was finely printed by The... More about Judith; Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha
(France): Trianon Press, 1957. Blake, William. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 219 of 506, Atlas Folio size, 82 pp. In his "Life of William Blake" (1863) Alexander Gilchrist warned his readers that Blake "neither wrote nor drew for the many, hardly for work'y-day men at all, rather for children and angels;... More about William Blake's Illustrations to the Bible
London: Joseph Cundall, 1850. Cadogan, Lady Augusta. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 27 pp. This publication of the Book of Ruth is illustrated by Lady Augusta Sarah Cadogan (1811-1882), who was the daughter of the third Earl of Cadogan, and Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Cambridge, to whom she dedicates... More about The Book of Ruth
Paris: Chez Saintin, 1811. First Edition. Hardcover. Twenty-fourmo size, 234 pp., in French. The biblical story of Ruth and Naomi, two women who leave the land of Moab to return to Naomi's native land of Bethlehem, is a story of love, devotion, and loyalty; it is a story of strength... More about Ruth et Noemi; ou Les Deux Veuves, Sujet Episodique
New York: The Limited Editions Club [printed at the Thistle Press], 1968. Miller, Edgar. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500 copies, quarto size, 65 pp., signed by Edgar Miller, with LEC Monthly Letter. The Book of Ecclesiastes, part of both the Christian Old Testament and the Hebrew Bible, offers... More about The Book of Ecclesiastes; In the Revised King James Version
[Waltham Saint Lawrence]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Rooke, Noel. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 259 of 370 copies, octavo size, 44 pp. This volume comprises a portion of text from the Book of Saint Luke, telling of the birth of Jesus Christ; printed by The Golden Cockerel Press, this publication... More about The Birth of Christ; from the Gospel according to Saint Luke
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England: Golden Cockerel Press, [1944]. Braby, Dorothea and Buckland-Wright, John. No binding. Quarto size, [2] pp. Prospectus only for "The Ninety-First Psalm" and "Hymn to Proserpine", with two wood-engravings, one each by Dorothea Braby and John Buckland-Wright. ___DESCRIPTION: A single sheet, announces publication on one side of "The Ninety-First Psalm", "to... More about Prospectus Only] Whose Dwelleth... [The Ninety-First Psalm] and [Hymn to Proserpine
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Paris: L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, [1925]. Szyk, Arthur. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. First edition with Arthur Szyk illustrations, no. 260 of 775, octavo size, 1134 pp., in French and Hebrew. Polish-Jewish artist Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) was known for his book illustrations and political caricatures; he was incredibly outspoken on... More about Le Livre d'Esther [The Book of Esther]; From the translation by Robert Schmidt