New York: Delacorte, 1991. frontispiece and text decorations by Leo and Diane Dillon. xviii + 171 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Delacorte Press, (1991). Fine in fine dust wrapper. Signed by both illustrators on title page. 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
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
London: Robert Scholey, 1809. 2 volumes. Engraved frontispiece & title page in first volume; text in double column. Tall 8vos, full contemporary red straight-grained morocco; raised bands, gilt spine, all edges gilt, with fore-edge paintings. London: Robert Scholey (1809). Bindings rubbed but still a near fine pair, preserved in cloth slipcase. The fine fore-edge paintings depict four London scenes with surrounding borders: Whitehall, Regent's Park Crescent, Regent Street & Lincoln's Inn Fields. More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1996. Translated from the Hebrew by Robert Alter. Original two-color frontispiece etching by Michael Mazur, signed by the artist. Original purple handmade paper wrappers, purple cloth chemise and slipcase. Largo folio, printed in red and black on handmade paper. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1996. Slipcase is just a bit faded, else a fine copy. No. 25 of 200 copies, signed by the translator at the foot of the colophon. "Designed as a large folio, the Arion..... 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
Franklin Center: The Franklin Mint, 1974. Old & new Testaments. Full-page color illustrations throughout, reproductions from the 14th century Queen Mary's Psalter held in the British Library. 1250 pages +69 page encyclopedic dictionary and biblical reference guide. Very thick 4to, handsomely bound in ornately sculpted sterling silver covers (12 Troy ounces of silver); silk moire endpapers; all edges gilt. Safely housed in original burgundy clamshell drop front box with red velvet cushioning cloth. Includes supplementary notes as well as a...... More
London: 1914. Illustrated with 10 color plates after F. Caley Robinson, protected with lettered tissue. 89 pages. Slim 4to, linen-backed boards with paper labels on spine & cover; uncut edges, top edge gilt. London: Philip Lee Warner/Medici Society, 1914. Limited Edition. Fine. Limited edition -- number 324 of 500 copies printed at the Riccardi Press. 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
Lexington: Anvil Press, 1955. 4 volumes. Folding woodcut frontispiece in each volume. 16mo, off-white boards with printed spine labels; uncut and unopened, on hand-made paper. (Lexington: Anvil Press, 1955). Limited editions. Near fine. One of 300 sets, laid out by Victor Hammer. The Gospel of S. Luke has light staining on the covers, otherwise a fine set. More
Bergamo: 1935. With 160 plates, 17 mounted and in color. Interior is nice and clean. Thick small folio, rust cloth (shaken & well-rubbed with extremities worn; one gathering loose). Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, (1935). A good copy. 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: Limited Editions Club, 1947. From the Translation Prepared at Cambridge in 1611 for King James I. With a Preface by Mary Ellen Chase and Illustrations by Arthur Szyk. 8 mounted color plates, gilt title and initials. 44 double pages. Tall 4to, 3/4 cream leather, with gilt-stamped cover, top edge gilt. (New York): The Limited Editions Club, 1947. A very good(+) copy in gold foil board slipcase (scuffed). One of 1950 numbered copies, signed by Szyk. 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: 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
Garden City: Doubleday, 1982. 2 volumes. 1208 pages (total). 8vo, red cloth, d.w. for first volume only. Garden City: Doubleday, (1982). Very good(+) copies--light edgewear to boards; first volume wrapper is very good with sunned spine and chipped foot; ownership names. More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1982. Replete with 60 color plates, and over 200 black and white illustrations. 304 pages. Thick 4to, beige cloth, d.w. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1982. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, lacking the plain cardboard slipcase. Includes the Bible of late antiquity, Carolingian, Mozarabic, Franco-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon and Ottonian examples, and a catalogue of descriptive information on 150 important Bibles. More
Ithaca: Cornell University, 1983. 158 black & white plates. 4to, burgundy cloth, d.w. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983. Fine. Authoritative introduction to the illuminated manuscripts used by the Christian Church in the Middle Ages. More
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