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No Binding. Zustand: Good. KAMEHAMEHA IV. (1834-1863). Fourth King of the United Kingdom of Hawaii (1855-1863). Exceedingly-rare Autograph Manuscript, in pencil, Unsigned. One page, full legal folio. [Approximately 8 ½ x 12 inches] No place [Hawaii] No date [circa 1862]. In about fine condition. The king s translation reads: ''He Kalate a Pula paha no kea no okanoho anon a kanaka a pan E hanaia I no wa a pan I helu Re ia I a ka Litain Eke Akua ka horkuma me ka mea matama I na Kanaka pan, Ke noe haahan aku mei hakoa la O, no na Ano a pa ma ka noho ana a pan a Kamaka, a I Ohioho hor oa ika horke ana I koa man asao ia lakorame ka haari mai hoi I kon hooha olia ohi ana I na lakuikanaka a pana Ake paha mon loa akin nei ane maken no ken oho ponisirai ana a kai Ekalisia Katohkai I alakai lai pia a hooponspono Is la kooi Uhane maikai, a pololei ho ka paa a pan halo pura ka I hoolla a papa iho ia loakon he pae Kerikians ma na la o ka Oiaio, a paa pono ia hoi ka manaoio, ihoko o ka lokahi a ka maoko, Ke Afoia I ka maluhia, a iloko hoi o ka pono o ka alo ana. A, ano poi ke waiko aken nei makon no kon nana karana mai, I ka pan a pan I kanmaha a pilikia paha ma ka na an, ke kino, a me ka hoho ana * poe I noi mai nei a poela I a no lakoin a I ohiohe hio oe I ka hoohioho me ke korua moir ia lakon, elike me ko lakon pelikoa, me kahaai aur mai hoi iko hoomananamoiiloko a ka ehaeha, a me ka hoopakala loa in hoi mai to lakon man Kanmaha. Oa keika makon a noi aku ne me a dio Kristo la Amene. *Eoi loa naa hoi no ka Epule is reia man mua re noir a mai e kakahi ka pule ia ano lakon.'' Pen notation in another hand on verso reads: ''translation of the Prayer for all estates of men in King Kamaehmeha IV s own handwriting.'' Additional three line notation on verso is illegible. King Kamehameha IV and his wife, Emma, were Christian rulers who encouraged the building of Christian schools and hospitals, and whose work contributed greatly to the spread of Christianity among the Hawaiian people. Fearing American political influence, King Kamehameha IV turned away from American missionaries already in Hawaii during his reign, instead inviting the Church of England, whose services had impressed him while visiting England, to send missionaries to Hawaii. While the King s support of the Church of England was somewhat politically motivated, his Christian faith was unwavering. Both he and his wife, Emma, were religious people who devoted themselves to the material and spiritual welfare of the Hawaiian people. To this end, the King personally translated the Book of Common Prayer and much of the Hymnal into Hawaiian in preparation for the arrival of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Nettleship Staley, the first Bishop of Honolulu, in October of 1862. Producing a direct translation of the 1662 version of Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England, Kamehameha IV s work, with an introductory preface by the King in both English and Hawaiian, was first distributed just weeks after the Bishop s arrival, marking the first time that ''The Morning Prayer'' appeared before a congregation of entirely native Hawaiians. Our manuscript of ''The Prayer for All Estates of Men'' is most likely an early working draft of the prayer as it was to appear in the first Book of Common Prayer (1862-63) to be written in the Hawaiian language. In our many decades of dealing in the finest historical documents, we can recall no other item quite like this. Simply rare and wonderful!.

Four works bound in one volume. 8vo. (17 x 11.5 cm). Contemporary English full black morocco by the "Squirrel Binder"*, sides and spine intricately tooled with gilt foliate, insect, and scroll motifs, gilt inner dentelles, traces of two pairs of ties, all edges gilt. Bound in the following order: 1) The Booke of Common Prayer and Administrations of the Sacraments: And other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England. Engraved title-page within border, printed in two columns, red ruled throughout; unpaginated but A-F8, G4 complete. Title-page loosening; a few rust spots, else very good. [ESTC 93880, STC]. 2) The Genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, according to every Family and Tribe. The The Line of our Saviour Jesus Christ, observed from Adam to the blessed Virgin Mary. by J.S. cum privilegio. Title-page within border, unpaginated but A-B8, C2, D2 complete, including double-page engraved map of Canaan by John Speed with inset plan of Jerusalem. [STC 123008]. 3) The Holy Bible, Containg the Old Testament and the New. Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues, and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised: by his Majesties speciall Commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches. Both engraved title-pages within borders, red-ruled throughout. Unpaginated but A-Kkk8 complete. Two small tears in upper margin of OT title-page; paper flaw in margins D3, G1, L1, S2, Nn2, Qq1 and 2, Aaa4, Ccc1, Kkk3; small tear Pp8 but no loss; some pale stains at the bottom of some gutter margins and, occasionally, the printed notes in gutter margins; printer's small ink stains Nn4b and Pp8b partly affecting a few words. [STC 90518]. 4) The Whole Book of Psalmes: Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Hebrew, with apt notes to sing them withall. Title-page within border, red ruled throughout, signed A-F8, G4. Pagination: [x], 91, [3] complete. Paper flaw in margin C4; short tear without loss D1; printer's ink blot F2 partly obscuring one word. [STC 1198]. Anonymous round wood-engraved armorial with the head of a bull and the motto 'Non Nobis Nati' (Born not for ourselves) to front pastedown. Upper inner hinge splitting with some surface loss but holding strongly on cords, tips of corners bumped and rubbed, some slight surface cracking of spine, lacking ties. A later issue of the so-called Wicked Bible, first published by Robert Barker in the same year, this copy with 'not' reinstated. "Nearly all (copies of Bibles of this date) differ in parts from one another, but probably the majority are mixed copies" (Darlow & Moule/edited by A.S. Herbert 449). This issue has the error at Exodus XX.14 ("Though shalt not commit adultery") corrected, and the other points mentioned. *The tools of this binding, especially the scroll and "yin yang" foliate device, can be attributed to Nixon's "Squirrel Binder", who was active from 1610-1635 working for English nobles and members of the royal court, including James I and Charles I; he has also been identified as being Lord Herbert's and John Bill's binder (Mirjam Foot). The Squirrel Binder produced marvellous bindings in the style of sixteenth-century French bindings "à la fanfare." In addition to the sixteen bindings recorded by Nixon, Mirjam Foot records another 37 examples from the same shop, of which at least sixteen were made for the royal family ("Lord Herbert and the Squirrel Binder", The Henry Davis Gift, i, pp.51-58). The tooling on this binding includes several distinct examples, most notably the scroll and seven petal floral devices, which can be most closely matched with another devotional volume bound by the Squirrel Binder in the British Library (The Booke of Common Prayer, 1607, also bound with Bible and Psalter), which forms part of the Henry Davis Gift (Shelfmark Davis 97). Similarly, both books also display the traces of silk ties. As Nixon points out, the accounts of the Earl of Northumberland reference to 'Bill, the bookbinder' should not be taken "as conclusive evidence that he had his own binding staff working on his premises", but given the frequency with which John Bill is associated, as publisher, with attributed Squirrel Binder examples one has to wonder if Bill commissioned bindings for presentation, or perhaps even for sale on the market as luxury copies. H.M. Nixon in 1970, "English Bookbindings 62: A London Binding by the Squirrel Binder, c. 1620", The Book Collector, Spring 1970.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 8 volumes, 6.25 inches - 13.5 inches tall. A magnificent and unique collection of devotional works belonging to Nicholas Robinson, Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 1828-1829. On his becoming the Bailiff of Liverpool in 1818 he had the 4 great devotional works bound in uniform full black morocco with gilt raised bands, superb gilt tooling to the panel and boards, dentelles and all edges. On becoming Lord Mayor he had another set of the 4 works bound in even more sumptuous uniform full red morocco. These have gilt raised bands, extra gilt panels, glorious gilt flourishes to the boards, gilt dentelles and all edges. These volumes also have watered silk doublures and free endpapers. All 8 volumes have his autographed armorial bookplates and his gilt embossed inscriptions on the upper boards. There is minor rubbing and scuffing, otherwise all the volumes are in superb condition. An extraordinary collection.

London: printed by John Baskett, and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, 1715. Folio, [380], 23, [3] pp. unpaginated (text ends on Aaa4 as per ESTC). Engraved frontispiece by Loggan after Caspars. Title-page printed in red and black, ruled in red throughout. Contemporary red morocco, covers tooled in gilt with a wide scrolled border, central gilt block of the arms of the Duke of Chandos, backstrip richly gilt, gilt edges, a lovely binding of the period in the style of Mearne skillfully restored at head and foot and along joints. Armorial bookplate of John van Hatten. § Lovely prayer book, bound for James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1674-1744). It once rested on an embroidered cushion in the Duke and Duchess's private pew in his magnificent chapel at Cannons, described by the architect Gibbs as "the finest in England." The centerpiece of the elaborately-tooled binding is the Duke's gilt arms supported by two otters beneath a ducal coronet. Four other bindings with the block are recorded by the British Armorial Bindings database. Full description and provenance available on request. ESTC T81463.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Full morocco, 14 inches tall. Extraordinary decoration with a silver Christ on a brass cross with drops of blood. represented by garnets, dripping into silver chalices. Large rock crystal bosses on each corner magnifying JHS. The brass clasps are fully functioning. This is the celebrated 'Black Letter' edition printed for William Pickering, being a reprint of The Common Prayer printed by Whitchurch for Edward VI. This magnificent volume is reputed to have been commissioned by John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute.

148 x 185 mm. (5 3/4 x 3 1/4"). Two volumes. VERY FINE RED MOROCCO, INLAID AND GILT, BY HAYDAY (stamp-signed on verso of front free endpapers), covers with central inlaid green morocco oval surrounded by black morocco inlays, each corner with L-shaped black and yellow morocco inlays, all ruled in gilt and embellished with numerous gilt dots, raised bands, spine compartments with green, black, or yellow inlaid strips tooled in gilt and surrounded by gilt rules and floral tools, gilt-rolled turn-ins, EDGES GILT AND ELABORATELY GAUFFERED, EACH EDGE WITH A PAINTED SCROLL SURROUNDING A GREEN BRANCH, each scroll with a different saying: "Thy word is true," "Search the Scriptures," "Thy word is pure," "Watch and Pray," and "Pray always." Printed in red and black. â Perhaps a breath of rubbing to extremities, faint offsetting to free endpapers from turn-ins (as expected), but IN NEARLY PRISTINE CONDITION INSIDE AND OUT, the bindings especially lustrous. This is an exceptionally pretty set with extremely ornate edge decoration, and offered here in remarkably fine condition. One of the most prominent and productive English binders of the 19th century, James Hayday (1796-1872) first appeared in the London directories in 1825, and a dozen years later, he was employing a staff of between 30 and 40, including 10 finishers. He was known for his decorative work, using high quality leather and being very liberal with gilt embellishment. The sculpted gilding and painting on the edges here in very similar to the work being done by the firm of Thomas Fazakerley, who operated in Liverpool from 1835-77. One is inclined to wonder if the artisan responsible for creating this had trained in Fazakerley's workshop. In any case, the charming volumes, with their remarkable lustrous leather, are almost compellingly attractive.

"BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments. London: John Baskett and the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, 1723. Tall folio (10-1/2 by 16 inches), contemporary full mottled calf expertly rebacked with original spine neatly laid down, corners and spine panels with gilt device of the crown of King George I, raised bands, renewed endpapers, all edges gilt. $8250.Beautiful early 18th-century tall folio edition of the venerable Book of Common Prayer the treasury of ritual, prayer and Scripture that has indelibly shaped the piety and literature of the English-speaking world with fine engraved frontispiece, handsome in nicely restored contemporary calf featuring the gilt device of King George I in the corners and spine panels.Born of Thomas Cranmer's desire for liturgical texts upon which all of Europe's Protestant, English-speaking churches could agree, the beautiful and dignified language of the Book of Common Prayer, first issued in 1549, has considerably influenced not only ecclesiastical practice but also literature in English. "The language of the Prayer Book is now part of the whole language and as a source of spiritual inspiration, it is for most Englishmen second only to the Bible" (PMM 75). This 1723 London edition is handsomely bound in full mottled calf, with King George I's gilt monogram cipher in each corner of the boards as well as in each spine panel. Ornamented with fine engraved frontispiece (dated 1710), decorative headpieces and woodcut initials. Griffiths 1723:1. A few ink corrections and marginal annotations.A few short wormtraces; text clean. Evidence of cloth ties, corners expertly restored. A very handsome volume.".

Full Calf. Zustand: Very Good. Book measures 33x22.cm. Large 8vo, possibly quarto. First work. The booke of common prayer, with the Psalter or Psalmes of Dauid, of that translation which is appointed to be vsed in churches. Signatures complete A4 B-G6.In two columns, roman.ESTC Citation No. S123397. Second work. The Bible that is, the holy Scriptures contained in the Old & New Testament. [4], 294, 294-299, 301-361, [1], 359-362, 361-444, 135, [7] leaves : ill., maps (woodcuts). Signatures complete [par.]4 A-3L6 3M-3O8 3P-5E6 5F4. ESTC Citation No.S122320. Third work. The vvhole booke of psalmes Collected into English meeter by Thomas Sternhold, Iohn Hopkins and others, conferred with the Hebrewe, with apt notes to sing them with all. Set foorth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, and after morning and euening prayer, as also before and after sermons: and moreouer in priuate houses, for their godly solace and comfort, laying apart all vngodly songs and ballads, which tend onely to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth. Collation, [2], 114, [6[, Signatures: A-K6 L1, LACKING L2. Some pagination errors, but the first two works appear to be complete, the third work lacking the last leave. Bound in period or early full calf, panelled boards, raised bands, ornate gilt tooling within compartmets, full gilt edges, marble endpapers. At some time the binding has been repaired, retaining most of the original spine, repair to boards. Generally a very attractive early binding. Internally, occasional minor blemish or tear. Pages in very good clean condition. A very nice Bible. Size: Large 8vo.

First thus. Folio measuring 17.5" x 11.5", over 2" thick. Contemporary calf over new leather spine in eight compartments, elaborately ruled in gilt, black title label lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Text ruled in red with engraved headpieces. Very Good+, sturdily bound with wear to calf, dulling to gilt, a few ink stains to fore edge, corner crease to prelims, former owners' names written on front free endpaper (dating up to 1850); small ink number written on page facing table of contents and a single inked number in margin of another page, contents otherwise unmarked. Scarce in commerce, as later printings and editions of this work printed by Grierson have shown up at auction but none of the original 1721 edition have since 1932. Called "the finest" Book of Common Prayer that "had been printed in Dublin" by The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland in 1920. One of the Irish artist James Gwim's greatest works was the frontispiece. Around 1755, he left Dublin for London where he worked for John Brooks as a designer of snuff-box lids at the Battersea Enamel Works, living in seclusion. An eccentric, he refused to leave his room for long periods of time, and was found dead in it after a brawl with a friend about his agoraphobia in 1769. The Book of Common Prayer was the first book printed in Ireland. Benton 275.

[362]pp. plus 8pp. of music. Lacks the errata leaf. 12mo. Contemporary calf, original endpapers. Binding crackled, chipped at spine ends, rear board detached. A few leaves trimmed close, four leaves with edge wear resulting in minor loss to a few letters. Leaf Gg3 a bit rumpled, with a closed horizontal tear. Withal, a good copy, in unsophisticated condition, with the contemporary ownership signature of "George Bickham" on the front free endpaper, titlepage, and contents page. In a gilt morocco solander case, spine richly gilt. The American Protestant Episcopal Church was founded after the American Revolution as an adaptation of the Church of England in the new United States. The church was founded at a convention in Philadelphia in 1785, at which it was agreed to create a separate prayer book. The present title is the result, and it caused great controversy upon its publication. Among the ill-considered revisions were "changes and omissions of such drastic nature as among other things the deletion of the Nicene and Athanasian Creeds. The Proposed Book proved unwelcome to clergy and laity, even its suggestion of a prayer for the Fourth of July being taken exception to. Its use was brief and not general" (Page). "This edition, contains the alterations which were intended to adapt the Book of Common Prayer, of the Church of England, to the changed political conditions of this country; and is the result of a convention held in Philadelphia, in 1785, presided over by the Reverend William White. The proposed Prayer Book met with much criticism and opposition in the church, owing to its radical changes, and was never adopted" - Evans. Rare. EVANS 19940. PAGE, THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER 51. GRIFFITHS 1786, 9. ESTC W29995.

A handsome binding made for the Bible trade in contemporary red morocco. This style is sometimes called "Chippendale", acknowledging the contemporary trend towards the use of decorations on bookbindings resembling those popular in other forms of decorative art. This copy has been extra-illustrated with a complete suite of 59 engraved plates, The Liturgy of the Church of England, London, printed by Edward Ryland, 1755. The designs are by Samuel Wale (1721? 1786), one of the most prolific book illustrators of the 18th century, this suite being mentioned in Wale's biography in ODNB, though not listed in ESTC. Among the engravers was the eldest of the copperplate printer Edward Ryland's seven sons, William Wynne Ryland (1733-1783), a highly skilled engraver who was hanged for issuing two forged bills drawn on the East India Company. Provenance: John William Beaumont Pease, Lord Wardington (1936-2019), bookplate; Sotheby's, Wardington Library of English Bibles, 12 July 2006, lot 126. ESTC T81296. Large quarto (275 x 210 mm). Contemporary red morocco, spine gilt all over within six compartments between raised bands, sides richly decorated in gilt with wide border of rococo scrollwork, flowers, and insects, enclosing a central green morocco onlay enclosing the Sacred Monogram ("J.H.S."), surrounded by an oval red morocco onlay tooled with stars and dots, within an oval onlay of blue morocco tooled with cherubs' heads, stars, dots, and swags, the whole surrounded by a gilt gloriole, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Extra-illustrated with a suite of 59 plates, including title, engraved by François Ravenet, Charles Grignion, Louis Gérard Scotin, Walker, and William Wynne Ryland, after Samuel Wale. Bookplate of Jeremy & Penny Martin. Small areas of rubbing to joints, sig. A4 with marginal tears at upper inner corner and outer edge neatly closed, I4 with closed tear at foot entering 10 lines of text but without loss, a few minor blemishes, still very good overall.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). Illustrated throughout and with beautifully detailed engraved folding maps, this collection of three theological works is bound in a striking full morocco with metal clasps, and was once in the possession of the Freeman family of Antigua. Three very scarce late eighteenth century editions of these theological works bound together in a striking full morocco, illustrated and with folding maps. With the fascinating provenance of an Antiguan sugar plantation owning family.The first work present is a 1786 edition of 'The Book of Common Prayer, and Administrations of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David'.The second work is a 1783 edition of 'The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues'. This work features an illustrated title page, general title page, and individual title page for the New Testament. Collated, illustrated with four large folding maps, and 132 plates.The final work here is a 1770 edition of 'The Whole book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre'.With the collation: [8] A-N4; A2, A-5K4, +A-2+A4, 5L-6Y4, 6Z3; A-G4ESTC reference for the Book of Common Prayer: N66721; ESTC reference for the Holy Bible T183597; ESTC reference for the Psalms: T231352To the front pastedown is an armorial bookplate with the words 'Fortune Favours the Bold' in Latin, and a contemporary owner's inscription of Thomas Inigo Wickham Freeman, 'born Sept 2nd 1794'. The Freeman family owned the highly profitable sugar plantation 'Freeman's Upper' in Antigua. With over 200 acres, they owned over 160 slaves at a time.To the rear pastedown is a lengthy insight into the Freeman family, written in Antigua on November 25th 1789. The note reads: 'Thomas Freeman the son of Thomas and Ann Freeman born Oct. 19, 1756. Married August 9. 1785 to Christian Ffrye daughter of Francis Ffrye and Dorothy his wife, born the 23. March 1766'. This is followed by information on the births, deaths and baptisms of ten individuals over the course of the following century, concluding with Caroline Freeman, who died at Bath Jan 23rd 1857.Loosely inserted is a leaf of paper detailing the births of the Mack family, detailing seven individuals, beginning with Louisa Mack, born October 15th 1758 in Leicester, to Henry Mack, born August 7th 1773 in the Parish of Songwood.A beautifully bound collection of very scarce Anglican works with an important family provenance and connection to the Slave Trade. In a full morocco binding, with gilt detailing and mental clasps. Clasps in full working order, with boards lightly warped to aid in their closure. Light rubbing to boards, with leather exceptionally bright. Front hinge starting, with board holding firm. Contemporary owner's bookplate and label to front pastedown, and family details to rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with instances of light spotting throughout, and some light offsetting to pages facing plates. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very Early Edition. VERY EARLY EDITION, 1663. From the the 1662 revision of The Book of Common Prayer. Griffiths 1663.4. 22 cm. ESTC R40760. Dual columns with red border, unpaginated, but 188 pp. Title page is red and black. Bound with the Whole Book of Psalms also published by Field in 1663 - it is 106 pp. paginated followed by 12 unpaginated pages. Complete title of second part is: The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Hebrew. CONDITION: At over 350 years old, this copy is in absolutely remarkable condition. Rebacked spine and binding are strong and solid. The most significant flaw is a scar present at the bottom right corner of the cover, and some erosion at the top right corners, yet not unreasonable at its age. Leaves turn effortlessly, are delightfully and evenly toned, and are in fine reading condition. Pages are completely unmarked except for several previous owner's names written on the title page from the period, one dated 1723. Some occasional worm holes throughout, yet they do not compromise the integrity of each physical page. A remarkable, sacred, beautiful copy, steeped in reverence. This Book of Common Prayer will be delivered with "adult signature required". Full refund if not satisfied.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. GEORGE II's PRAYER BOOK FROM THE ROYAL CHAPEL. 1 vol., 16" x 10-1/2", folio in 4's unpaginated, engraved frontis, complete, text ruled in red, bound in contemporary full black morocco over cords, covers ruled and with full gilt borders, in the middle of each cover are the Arms of George II, and on the front cover only the words "St. James's Chapel, 1749,", spine panels with royal crowned monogram repeated seven times, all edges gilt, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, lacking the original silk ties, hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, internally clean and bright, A VERY GOOD COPY WITH A WONDERFUL ASSOCIATION/HISTORY. Highly likely the same copy that appeared in Maggs Catalogue 650 (May 1937) that was issued to commemorate the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as they note "St. James's Chapel, 1749" gilt above the crest. It?s also interesting to note that Maggs had listed it for £10.50 and RBH records it being sold at Sotheby?s in 1936 for £4.05. We have located 2 other folio Book of Common Prayer with the crest of George II. Both are later editions and neither have "St. James's Chapel, 1749" gilt above the crest.

140 x 83 mm. (5 1/2 x 3 1/4"). [216], [48] unnumbered leaves. VERY APPEALING CONTEMPORARY VELLUM OVER BOARDS, ALMOST CERTAINLY BY EDWARDS OF HALIFAX, covers bordered by a Neoclassical pentaglyph and metope roll against a blue wash, center of each board with large gilt-bordered medallion containing the gilt monogram "M L C" on a blue background, flat spine divided into panels by gilt pentaglyph and metope border (the one at the bottom over blue wash), panels with classical urn centerpiece and volute cornerpieces, second panel with gilt titling on a blue background, turn-ins with gilt chain roll, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. WITH A FINE FORE-EDGE PAINTING, VERY PROBABLY BY EDWARDS, depicting Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire. IN THE ORIGINAL (rubbed and soiled, but quite intact) soft green LEATHER SLIPCASE. Title page with ink ownership inscription of M: L: Carey. Griffiths 1783/6. â Spine decoration a bit faded in places, rear turn-in lifting just a little at one corner, title and a couple of gatherings with moderate foxing, but still quite an excellent copy, the binding showing virtually no wear, the text clean and fresh, and the painting well preserved. This is an extremely pleasing little book in period vellum produced by one of the most important families in the history of English bookbinding. The Edwards of Halifax bindery was founded by William Edwards (1723-1808) and continued by several of his brothers, half-brothers, and sons (by far the most important of the sons being Thomas, who lived from 1762-1834). This famous firm produced a number of important innovations in binding design, the most significant being the idea of concealing a painting under the gilt of the fore edge. This hidden treasure could be revealed, once the edge was fanned out, as a special surprise element of the volumes they bound--typically in Etruscan calf, or, as in the present case, in vellum decorated with gilt and blue wash. The painting here is rendered in the subtle hues typical of Edwards paintings--soft grays and greens, in this instance--and the scenic ruins are one of the favored Edwards subjects. For these reasons, we speculate that it may well have been done at or near the time of publication. In any case, our painting is particularly pleasing for its sense of depth, partly accomplished both by clever use of shadow and by considerable finely painted three-dimensional architectural detail.

[28],566,[2]pp. Folio. Original heavily gilt decorated vellum over boards, with brass fore-clasps, t.e.g., others untrimmed, ribbon marker. Printed in red and black, with floriated borders by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, title in black letter. Binding a bit dust soiled, with bruises to foretips and small chip from lower corner of front pastedown, front inner hinge cracked, but webbing sound, some occasional dust and finger smudging to the margins of the early leaves, bookplate and small label on front pastedown, some bleed-through on the title from the array of original ink signatures on the verso, otherwise about very good. Copy #12 of the limited issue of the revised Book of Common Prayer, overseen by D.B. Updike, and signed in ink on the verso of the title of many of the principals associated with the revision approved at the 1892 General Convention, including financier J.P. Morgan, who helped fund the edition's publication. The limited edition was prepared in several variants, one being this form, intended for distribution to each diocese and jurisdiction within the Church, with original signatures on the verso of the title and with a variant title, all in black letter, without border. The standard limited edition of 500 copies on handmade paper has the signatures of the principals in printed facsimile, and a foliated border around the title resembling those around the main text, and the central "Laudate Dominum" device, and the two lines: "Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David." Updike comments at length on this project in his introduction to NOTES ON THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS, and about his role in the attempted rescue of an ill-conceived attempt to produce a decorated edition from the plates of the 1892 printing: "The best things about the book were the cover and charming end-papers which Goodhue designed for it. Sad to relate, the edition had an immediate and resounding success! We were congratulated, and we blushed. Our shame was taken for modesty and we were congratulated more! While the book is indeed a strange one, it is by no means so strange as the designs originally made for it" (see pp. 9-10). Nonetheless, the experience was an important prelude to the production in 1928 of Updike's own edition, widely regarded as his finest work. Laid into this copy is a photocopy of the 4pp. leaflet, ON THE DECORATIONS OF THE LIMITED EDITION OF THE STANDARD PRAYER BOOK OF MDCCCXCII. GRIFFITHS 1893.6.

An imposing early Georgian lectern bible, together with the Prayer Book, both preserved in matching contemporary reversed calf bindings, and unusual thus. Baskett monopolized English bible production for decades, with his folio editions the grandest and most imposing, designed for use in churches. His great bible of 1717 was a truly impressive edition, of which Harry Carter, the historian of Oxford printing, writes "only Baskerville's Bible (Cambridge, 1763) is its equal among English Bibles for beauty of type, impression, and paper" (The History of the Oxford University Press, 1975, I, p. 171). ESTC T90374 & T216675; Bible: Darlow & Moule, 1042. 2 works, folio (Bible: 464 x 288 mm; Prayer Book: 400 x 246). Contemporary panelled reversed calf. Engraved frontispiece in Prayer Book. Divisional title for New Testament with verso recording births and deaths in the Holgate Family in Whixley from 1809 to 1913. Both with minor repair at foot. Bible: front free endpaper affixed to pastedown, light peripheral wear, staining to fore margin, some worming in gutter of sigs. B and C in the New Testament (not affecting text). Prayer Book: slight rubbing and minor wormholes at head of spine. Handsome copies.

Hardcover. First Edition. Thick folio (9-3/4" x 13-3/4") in publisher's oxblood pigskin leather stamped in black, top edge gilt; xli, 611 pages. Beautifully printed in black and red on English hand-made rag paper by D. B. Updike in an edition of 500 copies of which only 250 were for sale at the cost of one hundred and fifty dollars in 1930. Updike's magnum opus and one of the most beautifully designed American books of the twentieth century. Printed for the Joint Commission on the Revision and Enrichment of THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER and financed by the banker J.P.Morgan, Updike was well-suited to printing the work being a staunch Episcopalian and familiar with the text; it took two years to produce. This copy was presented to the Archbishop of Nova Scotia with a partly hand-written printed sheet laid in. "For Updike it was the culmination of everything he believed in and understood, and every facet of his personality and sensibility was called upon to produce this masterpiece of print and spirit" (A CENTURY FOR THE CENTURY 25); PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 173. A title notorious for wear and weak hinges, this is a tight, Near Fine copy with light edgewear and minor marks to the spine and front cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Full morocco, 12 inches tall. A fabulous late 18th century binding with gilt bands and exceptional gilt tooling to the panels and boards. The boards are framed withing double fillets, garlands and a series of masonic tools. At the centre of the upper board is the name of the original owner 'Lord Spencer Chichester'. All edges gilt. A remarkable copy of 'The Book of Common Prayer' in an exceptional binding in fine condition.

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden A Superb Fore-Edge Painting by the 'Double-Line Painter' FORE-EDGE PAINTING. DOUBLE-LINE PAINTER, artist. BIBLE IN ENGLISH. The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David. Oxford: Printed by W. Jackson and A. Hamilton, 1790. With a very fine early twentieth century fore-edge painting by the "Double-Line Painter" depicting the Expulsion of Adam & Eve from the Garden of Eden. Large quarto (11 1/2 x 9 1/8 inches; 292 x 231 mm.). 206 un-numbered leaves (including title-page). Some occasional and very minor toning, otherwise near fine. Full contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco, covers panelled in gilt with gilt corner fleurons. Smooth spine elaborately ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments, decorative gilt board-edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Silk ties missing otherwise near fine. Housed in an early twentieth century fleece-lined, blue cloth slipcase, spine lettered in gilt. Ink notation on front blank "Eugene Field/Chicago, Dec. 6th. 1893". Ink notation on verso of rear blank leaf: This book came from the library/of my father, Eugene Field./Nov 9-1931/ Eugene Field II." The "Double-Line Painter" was an English artist, name unknown, possibly active in the 1920s. The most identifiable feature of this artist's work is the label for the painting. The artist labels his own paintings on the the front fly-leaf. If you look carefully you will see a neat light penciled double-line above and below the written title (like an architect would do). The painting title itself is also neatly written in tiny letters. This artist is highly skilled painter with high productivity." (Jeff Weber. Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Painting Artists & Binders, pp. 95-96). Jeff Weber cites eight example of the "Double-Line" artist in his book on pp. 96-97. Provenance: Eugene Field Sr. 1893; Eugene Field II, 1931; Swann Galleries, April 18th, 1991, lot 79 - Randall Moscovitz,

Leather bound. Zustand: Good. Very Rare 18th Century Edition of the Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacrements, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church. Beautifully bound in contemporary full red morocco gilt. The volume's contemporary morocco binding, in the "Harleian" style, bears on-laid black Morocco centerpieces outlined with gilt sun rays and gilt-stamped with the initials "JHS" (Jesus Hominum Salvator). Engraved frontispiece portrait of George II, additional engraved title-page after John Sturt for Richard Ware ("at ye Bible & Sun in Amen Corner"). Bound with: - The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments - Oxford: John Baskett, 1738. Additional engraved half-title, 3 folding maps and 132 illustrations on 33 leaves by after John Sturt. - The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. London: John Baskett, 1738. Engraved folding maps and 72 illustrations on 18 leaves after John Sturt. - A Brief Concordance or Table to the Bible. carefully Perused and Enlarged by John Downame, B.D. London: R. Ware, 1739. A handsome volume aptly augmented by John Sturt's (1658-1730) illustrations probably based on his plates for his edition of Samuel Wesley's versifications of the Bible (Old Testament, 1704 and New Testament, 1715). In good period condition with some damage to the binding in places and at the corners. Some wear and tear in line with the age of the book can be found on some pages such as light browning or spotting, small folds or tears may be found on a couple of page. John Sturt the man behind the book John Sturt(1658 - 1730) was an Englishengraver,he engraved the most important of his books oncalligraphy. He is popularly known as an illustrator ofThe Pilgrim's Progress. He was born in London on 6 April 1658, and at the age of seventeen was apprenticed to Robert White, in whose manner he engraved a number of small portraits as frontispieces to books. Sturt at one time kept a drawing school in St. Paul's churchyard in partnership withBernard Lens II. He died in London, poor, in 1730. Sturt executed the illustrations to many of the religious and artistic publications of the time. He also engraved theGenealogy of George I, in two sheets,1714;Chronological Tables of Europe, 1726; and a plate of theSeven Bishops, from a calligraphic drawing by Thomas Rodway. Sturt was the inventor of the class of prints known as "medleys", the first of which he published in 1706. His last employment was upon the plates toJames Anderson'sSelectus Diplomatum et Numismatum Thesaurus. In association with John Ayres, Sturt engraved the writing-master's books on calligraphy. He engraved theLord's Prayerwithin the space of a silver halfpenny, the Creed in that of a silver penny, and an elegy on Queen Mary so small that it could be inserted in a finger-ring. Sturt's most spectacular production of this kind was theBook of Common Prayer, executed on 188 silver plates, all adorned with borders and vignettes, the frontispiece being a portrait of George I, on which were inscribed, in characters legible only with a magnifying glass, the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, the Commandments, the prayer for the royal family, and the twenty-first psalm. This was published in 1717, and in 1721 he engraved, in a similar manner, theOrthodox Communicant.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. a 7 X 9.5 inch book bound in leather cover boards with columned spine and gold gilt decoration, contents of book is divided into 30 sections of unnumbered pages with kalendars and charts, per inscription dated 1779 this book was gifted by Mary Riland of Sutton to Maria Riland of Birmingham, a bookplate bearing the Riland coat of arms has been applied inside rear cover board, the Riland (Ryland) family are of some note in England and around 1670 William Randolph of Warwickshire son of Elizabeth (Ryland) Randolph emigrated to the British colony of Virginia raising a family on Turkey Island with descendants including Thomas Jefferson & Robert E. Lee, there is also the bookplate of R.G. Harries applied inside the front cover board, gold gilt to all 3 page decks, cover boards are tenderly held in place by clear tape.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Printed for the Commission, 1928 [i.e., 1930]; xli, 611, [1] pp.; thick folio. Original full maroon pigskin from Edward & James Richardson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England; title blind-stamped in black on the upper cover and spine. Housed in a custom maroon cloth-covered, lined clamshell box with black leather label on spine with gilt titling. One of 500 copies printed on Kelmscott Hammer and Anvil paper by Daniel Berkeley Updike at the Merrymount Press; t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. Printed in black and red throughout from handset Janson type. W. A. Dwiggins designed the lettering for the first two lines of the title page and the two-, three-, and four-line initials throughout. J. Pierpont Morgan underwrote the costs of production. This Book of Common Prayer is indisputably the magnum opus of the Merrymount Press. It "exhibit[s] the elegance, superb design, scholarship and printing which represent the best of American work" (Hutner, Century, xii). "Its beauty comes from its balance of color - black and red to white - the proportions of the text on each page and the lustre and evenness of the printing" (Hutner, Making of the Book of Common Prayer, p. 59). A very good copy: interior is bright and fresh; the binding remains solid and firm, with some rubbing at the hinges, top edge and lower cover tips. Griffiths 1930/3; Grolier Club, A Century for the Century 25.

[206] leaves (printed in double columns) plus fifty-nine full-page engraved plates. Extra- illustrated with fifty-nine full-page engraved plates. Tall quarto. Contemporary black morocco, almost imperceptibly rebacked with original backstrip laid down, elaborately gilt, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g., contemporary marbled pastedowns and free endpapers. On the front cover the center of the diamond-shape design is lettered "The Honorable Samuel Rous Esq. Barbados," surrounded by a stylized fern border. On the rear cover, the center of the diamond-shape design is lettered "One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Two," also surrounded by a stylized fern border. Two corners rubbed and two corners almost imperceptibly repaired, otherwise in fine condition. A few minor dampstains on a few leaves at front and rear and occasional minor foxing, absolutely not affecting text or images. [bound with:] Brady, N., and N. Tate: A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID, FITTED TO THE TUNES USED IN CHURCHES. London: H. Woodfall, 1768. [26] leaves (printed in triple columns). A fine copy. A magnificently bound and extravagantly extra- illustrated copy of The Book of Common Prayer, prepared for presentation to, or perhaps commissioned by, Samuel Rous, President of His Majesty's Council and Commander-in-Chief (i.e. governor) of Barbados, from 1766 to 1768. He also served again in 1772, the year indicated on the rear cover. The Rous family, Quakers residing in Barbados, were leading planters on the island since the late 1630s. The fifty-nine plates bound in this volume to complement the text were originally executed for THE LITURGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; ILLUSTRATED WITH FIFTY NINE HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY SCULPTURES, ENGRAVED BY MESS. RAVENETT, GRIGNION, SCOTIN, CANOTT, WALKER, AND W. RYLAND, printed in London in 1755 by Edward Ryland. According to the titlepage, included here as one of the extra-illustrated plates, this work was published according to an act of Parliament on May 1, 1755. However, no copies of this 1755 title are recorded in OCLC or ESTC. In addition to The Book of Common Prayer and the engravings from THE LITURGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, this copy also contains a 1768 edition of A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID, first printed in 1698. Considering the recipient and the combined contents of the volume, these two texts and the extensive suite of engravings are bound in an appropriately sumptuous binding. Prepared for Samuel Rous, who served as governor of Barbados, the binding is a marvelous example of later 18th-century British bookbinding, with extensive gilt decoration on the covers and spine as described above. A fine copy of an elaborately decorated and illustrated volume, with a remarkable colonial-era provenance. GRIFFITHS, BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER 1769.5.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England, Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, And the Form & Manner of Making, Ordaining, & Consecrating of Bishops, Priests and Deacons [with] The Whole Book of the Psalms London, Printed by John Baskett, , And by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Mills, , 1715; London, Printed by John March, ,1729. £3500 Folio. No pagination and foliation; ff. ii, a-c 4 A-Z4 Aa-Zz4 Aaa4 A-O2 . Pages ruled in red throughout, double-column text. Roman and Italic letter, sporadic black letter. Title in red and black, beautiful floriated and historiated woodcut initials from various sets and of different sizes, and capital spaces with guide-letters; large head- and tail-pieces, signed engraved frontispiece of a church rotunda with inscription Domus Orationis and several figures (originally designed by John Baptist Caespers and realised by David Loggan). Tables containing the calendar of movable and immovable feasts, in red and black ink, and prayer times. Extensive paper repair to C2 not affecting the text and to lower blank margin of C3 and 4 (The Litany). Bound in late C19th brown morocco with double fillet gilt along cover edges and to turn-ins. Giltruled spine in six compartments with raised bands and gilt-stamped title. Large gilt leather cuttings, probably from the original calf binding, attached to the marble pastedowns, showing ownership of the barrister and treasurer Sir George Cooke (1676-1741): GEORGIUS COOKE MILES THESAURARIUS MDCCXXIX with the emblem of the Inner Temple (Pegasus on an armorial shield) underneath. An attractive and outstanding copy. Born of Thomas Cranmer s desire for liturgical texts upon which all of Europe s Protestant, English-speaking churches could agree, the beautiful and dignified language of the Book of Common Prayer, first issued in 1549, has considerably influenced not only ecclesiastical practice, but has served as a source of spiritual inspiration for most Englishmen second only to the Bible (PMM 75).

4to (228 x 170mm). Bound in handsome late 18th century red calf by Kalthoeber, gilt borders to covers, five raised bands to the spine decorated gilt, lettered gilt to spine. All edges gilt. With a large and accomplished fore-edge painting of Norwich Cathedral and the picturesque riverside around it (likely 19th c., measuring 110 x 288mm fanned). With a 19th century broadside, beginning "Reader, search the scriptures", printed by W. Fox of St. Neots, pasted to the front endpaper (160 x 115mm). A near fine copy, the binding very well preserved indeed, with only the faintest rubbing to its extremities, internally fresh. Known as The Preacher's Bible, owing to its suitability for use at the pulpit, Field's 1668 Bible was printed in the last year of his life. Between 1655 and his death in 1668, John Field dominated the field of Bible production in England. A wonderful combination of a significant edition of the Bible, a fine 18th century binding, and an attractive, early, fore-edge painting. ESTC R18074 (Bible); ESTC R4628 (Common Prayer); ESTC R25715 (Index Biblicus); ESTC R17943 (Psalms).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England, Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, And the Form & Manner of Making, Ordaining, & Consecrating of Bishops, Priests and Deacons. London, Printed by John Baskett and Robert Baskett, , 1742; Printed by James Roberts, , 1739. Folio. No pagination and foliation; ff. ii, [a]4 b-c 4 A-Z4 Aa-Zz4 Aaa1 A-O2 . Double-column text. Roman and Italic letter, sporadic black letter. Title in red and black, attractive floriated and historiated woodcut initials from various sets and of different sizes, and capital spaces with guideletters; large head- and tail-pieces, signed engraved frontispiece of Saint Paul s Cathedral (by artist James Mynde). Tables containing the calendar of movable and immovable feasts and prayer times. Prayers referring to the royals were cut out from a late C19th edition of the BCP and glued on the matching passages A4v and B1r (Morning Prayer), B3v B4r (Evening Prayer) and C2r (The Litany) as a sort of update for the Victorian subject and faithful. B3 and C2 with small tears to lower margin, Hh1 with large clean tear from lower margin towards centre; large ink stain to margin of D2. Sumptuous contemporary full panelled green morocco gilt, elaborately gilt decorated spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers with bookplate of Margaret Trotter , a.e.g. Bound with a 1739 edition of Sternhold and Hopkins metrical psalter. Occasional soiling and thumb marks, especially to lower corners. Lightly rubbed on covers, minor chips to hinges and edges. A very impressive volume. Griffiths 1742:1.

An attractive Oxford prayer book in a characteristic red morocco binding of the period. A closely related binding is recorded in Davis Gift 143, with a similar overall design and also with small stag stamps, which is identified as a London binding from c.1693. The design is similar to those employed by the Spaniel Binder. ESTC T87322 & T87301; Griffiths, BCP 1708/4. 2 parts in one volume, octavo (197 x 118 mm). Contemporary red morocco, sides elaborately gilt including stags and small urns with flowering stems, spine similarly gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, edges gilt and gauffered. Text ruled in red. Extremities slightly rubbed, headcaps pulled at ends; occasional light browning, quire S in first work brittle with a few small holes and tears (slight loss of text to lower outer corner of sig. S5), a few small marginal tears elsewhere, very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. BOUND BY PHILIP SMITH. 1 vol., 5-7/8" x 3-7/8", bound in full blue morocco, multi-color morocco onlays to spine and front cover, title gilt to spine, gilt decoration of people in gilt and blind around gilt stars and suns, blue paper pastedowns, pastedowns and endpapers with gilt stars, all edges gilt, housed in an open ended multi colored felt lined slipcase, Philip Smith's binders stamp to upper edge of front pastedown dated 1963, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, spine slightly darkened, internally clean and bright, no previous ownership markings, inscriptions or bookplate, A VERY GOOD COPY. Born in 1928, Philip began his career in bookbinding and book art in 1949, graduating from the Royal College of Art in London with First Class Honours in 1954. He was an internationally renowned designer bookbinder and book artist. He designed and created intricate and fascinating bindings for well over 50 years and was awarded gold and silver medals in several international competitions. In 2000 he was awarded an MBE for services to Art. Philip was a great innovator, having invented and pioneered several ground-breaking and influential techniques and structural developments. His work is represented in many private collections and can be seen in several public collections overseas and in the UK including the V&A National Art Library and the British Library.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [EDWARDS OF HALIFAX, binder and artist]. BIBLE IN ENGLISH. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David Paris: Printed by P. Didot Sen. and sold by W. Edwards and Sons, Halifax, 1791. A Superb Early Edwards of Halifax Vellum Binding with an Edwards Fore-Edge Painting Twelvemo (5 5/8 x 3 3/8 inches; 143 x 86 mm.). [ii, title-page, verso blank], [xxii, preface & table), [408] pp. With a fine contemporary fore-edge painting by Edwards of Halifax. The scene is St. Martin's Church, Canterbury and shows the single figure of a cemetery worker seated on the ground and behind him a row of grave stones Full contemporary vellum, covers bordered in dark blue with Greek key pattern enclosing a decorative gilt border. Smooth spine elaborately decorated in gilt with dark blue stained spine labels lettered in gilt. Gilt decorated board edges and turn-ins, pink marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A wonderful example of an Edwards of Halifax ' Fore-Edge' painting on a book originally bound and sold by Edwards of Halifax. Neat ink gift inscription on second front blank "Eliz. Buckle. / April 2, 1818." Provenance: Elizabeth Buckle; Tony Hattersley. Tony Hattersley was a renowned English antiquarian bookseller, who retired to a giant granite mansion hidden up the valley behind Whitby, Dracula's landing place. His books were sold by Bonham's in two parts. Part 1 11/09/07.