New York: Norton, 2009. Illustrated in black and white. Unpaginated, about 230 pages. 4to, gilt stamped black leatherette, d.w. New York: Norton, (2009). First Edition. Fine in a fine dust wrapper. The Book of Genesis depicted as a graphic novel using Robert Alter's 1996 translation. More
Torrance: Oakwood, 1993. Illuminations by Vladislav Andrejev, English calligraphy by Sue Talley. 103pp., thin folio, red cloth with gilt lettering and small color illustration inlaid on front cover, a.e.g. Torrance: Oakwood Publications, (1993). A near fine copy. More
New York: Newman Press, 1960. 354 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed blue boards. New York: Newman Press, (1960). A near fine copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
London: Sotheran, 1906. 11 plates, mostly folding. 104pp. 8vo, blind & gilt stamped cloth, gilt spine, lightly rubbed. London, Henry Sotheran & Co., 1906. Very good. Bestermann 1-2, 440. More
Olten: Urs Graf-Verlag, 1962. Totius Codicis Similitudinem Prelo Expressam. [El Apocalipsis de Gerona; Die Apokalypse von Gerons; The Apocalypse of Gerona; L'Apocalypse de Gerone]. 2 folio volumes, full pictorial leather & leather-backed boards; matching board slipcase. Profusely illustrated throughout in b/w and mounted color plates. Olten & Lausanne: Urs Graf-Verlag, 1962. Sole distribution in the United States by Philip C. Duschness, New York. Leather spines are just a bit worn, otherwise a fine copy of this extremely rare facsimile, number..... More
Paris: Editions Medialogue, 1987. Text in French, English, German, Spanish, and Italian. Illustrated with color reproductions throughout. (Paris): Editions Medialogue, (1987). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Waltham: Brandeis University Press, 1968. Color frontispiece and 158 other plates. 141pp. of text. 4to, white leatherette. Waltham, Brandeis University Press, 1968. Very good (+). Catalogue of an exhibition to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Brandeis University. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1924. xiv + 452 pages. 8vo, green cloth; rubbed and a bit worn at spine ends, pages toned. New York: Columbia University Press, 1924. A very good(-) solid copy. More
Boston: Bazin & Ellsworth, 1821. Translated, and now first collected into one volume, with prefaces and tables, and various notes and references. 290 pages. 8vo, original blind-stamped black cloth. Boston: Bazin & Ellsworth, [1821]. Printed from the last [i.e. 2nd] London edition. last pages lightly dampstained and some signatures starting, but still firmly sewn. More
Amsterdam: Hendrick & Rotterdam, 1704. Beautiful copperplate engraved title page (lightly soiled). Very thick 4to, original mottled calf covers, professionally re-cased in similar leather; inner hinges strengthened. Dordrecht & Amsterdam: Hendrick-Jacob & Pieter Rotterdam, 1704. A very good(+) attractive copy. More
Philadelphia: Harding, 1876. Steel engraved plates with tissue guards and woodcut illustrations in the text. Rubricated title, very thick 4to, full brown calf with heavily gilt and carved covers and spine, all edges gilt, metal clasp. Philadelphia: William Harding, 1876. A very good (+) copy. More
New York: American Bible Society, 1850. 4 volumes. Short slim 4to, full blind-stamped decorative brown calf, all edges gilt; text printed in double column. New York: American Bible Society. 1858. A very good(+) attractive set. More
Boston: Hinkley, 1904. Numerous illustrations with tissue guards and colored frontispieces. 14 volumes, tall 8vo, 3/4 brown calf, raised bands with blind stamped design, marbled boards, top edge gilt. Boston: Hinkley, no date, circa 1904. Limited Edition. A very handsome set. Very good(+). Limited and extra illustrated edition. One of 500 numbered copies designed by D.B. Updike and the Merrymount Press. More
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. Magnificent frontispiece and elaborate border decorations on every page by William Wilke. Printed throughout with Gothic text and borders in black, headings in red & initials in blue. Slim folio, bound in full vellum. A fine press book. San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. Spine just a bit rubbed and sunned, still fine. A lovely edition of the Psalms of David -- one of 300 copies for private circulation, printed on fine heavy paper..... More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1867. Text in double columns. 1156pp., 4to, contemporary black calf, elaborately blind tooled, a.e.g. Llundain (London): Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1867. Reprint of the first quarto Welsh Bible issued by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1841. It is commonly used as a pulpit Bible in Wales. Front flyleaf and following blank page partially loose, front outer hinge cracked and repaired. Scattered light soiling to text. Very light wear to edges of covers. On three preliminary..... More
New York: Ccar, 1984. Illustrated and designed by Leonard Baskin. Translations edited by Rabbi Albert H. Friedlander. Introductions co-edited by Rabbi Herbert Bronstein and Rabbi Albert H. Friedlander. xiii + 323 pages. Thick folio, blue cloth, d.w. New Yorki: CCAR (Central Conference of American Rabbis), 1984/5744. Small dent in dw spine; neat inscription in English and Hebrew on front free endpaper, still a near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Bergamo: 1935. With 160 plates, 17 mounted and in color. Interior is nice and clean. Thick small folio, rust cloth rubbed; one signature loose. Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, (1935). Very good(-). More
New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1984. Hebrew texts, English translations, introduction, and new liturgies. Translations edited by Rabbi Albert H. Friedlander... Liturgies edited by Rabbi Herbert Bronstein... Illustrated and designed by Leonard Baskin. Original frontispiece lithograph, signed & dated. 37 watercolor plates. 323pp. Folio, cloth, d.w. New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1984. A fine copy. New Translations of Ecclesiastes, Esther, Song of Songs, Ruth and Lamentations, with explanatory notes. Text in Hebrew and English. One of..... More
New York: Kress, 1959. 44 color plates. 253 pages. 4to, cloth-backed boards, t.e.g., slipcase (solid but somewhat faded and worn at edges). New York: The Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1959. A near fine copy in very good slipcase. More
New York: American Bible Society. Set of 31 slim booklets in a cloth box. A complete Bible with most volumes being single Books but with several in combination. The 12mo booklets (between 50 to 170pp each) are staple-bound in the original flexible maroon cloth. New York: American Bible Society, (no date, circa 1915). A fine set in a good box. More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1979. In the King James Version. With 11 watercolor illustrations by Chaim Gross. 121pp. Short folio, white calf-backed brown cloth; publisher's slipcase. N.Y.: The Limited Editions Club, 1979. A fine copy. One of 2000 numbered copies signed by the artist. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. 379pp. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Hugh Gaine, 1794. according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David. [364], 171, [5] pp. Thick 18mo, contemporary calf, spine and edges of corners worn, corners bumped, endpapers and title page lightly soiled, some pages with very light foxing. New-York: By direction of the General Convention, printed by Hugh Gaine, 1794. In 1789, the Episcopal Church of the United States approved the use..... More
London: Constable, 1923. Edited by Clement Shorter. 16 volumes, 8vo, 3/4 blue leather, gilt-decorated raised spines, top edges gilt. London and New York: Constable & Gabriel Wells, 1923. Very good. Norwich edition, number 645 of 775 copies. More
London: J. & J. Marsh, 1768. 216 pages, 32 mo, (3 x 5 inches). contemporary red calf, elaborately gilt, with raised bands & dentelles; a.e.g. London: J. & J.Marsh, for the Company of Stationers, 1768. Fine. The metrical version of the Psalms, first published in 1696. Despite early objections by some clergymen that the work was "too poetical" it attained almost universal use in England during the 18th century. "Brady's share in the work was sneered at by Swift in..... More
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