The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacrements . The Psalter or Psalms Of David. BOUND WITH - Hymns Ancient Modern . . BOUND WITH - Helps to the Use of Hymns ancient & Modern . .

CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Verlag: Oxford : Printed at the University Press and sold by John and Edward Bumpus Booksellers to the King . Small Pica 24mo; London: William Clowes and Sons, . No date; Oxford: printed at the University Press, . . No date.

Three books bound together. 24mo. 149mm. Pp. [2] iii - xxxvi,1 - 699 [1] ; [4], 1 - 591 [1] ; [2] 3 - 63[1]. All printed on India Paper. All edges gilt. Title page of the Book of Common Prayer printed in red and black as are sections of the text and capital letters. Contents clean, India Paper leaves occasionally very lightly creased, as usual. Elegant and superbly crafted black morocco binding, corners very slightly bumped. The covers with an outer triple thin fillet gilt frame enclosing an adjacent floral frame of stems of small dots and circles. The spine with five raised bands and similar designs in the five gilt double thin fillet compartments. The title is lettered direct. Watered silk endpapers , the front pastedown with the turn-in enclosed by a similar outer frame as the covers , and in the centre a gilt printed presentation inscription - 'Rosemary Graham on her confirmation from Gertrude Harris July 22. 1910. the year of the Great War.' The front turn in is signed, printed - J & E Bumpus Ltd 350 Oxford St.' at the lower end The front endpaper is chipped around the edges. The rear pastedown has a similar turn-in to the front but no inscription. Overall, very good plus copy. The firm J. & E. Bumpus, established in 1838, had a reputation for producing book bindings of the highest order but never actually bound a book themselves ! The work was sub-contracted out to the most gifted binders of the time which included Morrell, Riviere, and Sangorski and Sutcliffe etc. The Book of Common Prayer is not located in Griffiths. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000804

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Titel: The Book of Common Prayer and Administration...
Verlag: Oxford : Printed at the University Press and sold by John and Edward Bumpus Booksellers to the King . Small Pica 24mo; London: William Clowes and Sons, . No date; Oxford: printed at the University Press, . . No date.
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good