Description: The Authorized (King James) Version of the BibleThe "Great He" Bible First Edition, First Issue Orignal EngravedNew Testament Title Page London, 1611 [BIBLE IN ENGLISH]. LOWES, JOHN LIVINGSTON, AND LOUIS I NEWMAN.A Leaf from the 1611 King James Bible with "The Noblest Monument of English Prose" by John Livingston Lowes & "The Printing of the King James Bible" by Louis I. Newman. Printed for the Book Club of California by the Grabhorn Press, 1937. Folio. App. 15.75 x 11 inches. Hand-illuminated initial letters in red, blue and gold. Text in double columns. With a tipped in leaf from the first edition of the King James Bible, the 1611 "He" Bible. .Some light foxing and wear to boards and some toning to edges. A very good copy. The leaf in this copy is the original Engraved New Testament Title Page.LIMITED EDITION. Handset in Franciscan type on machine made paper. Quarter tan cloth, cloth sides, printed paper spine label titled in red; binding square and tight."An extremely handsome book which drew praise from both contributing essayists and many [Book] Club [of California] members, some of whom found in this volume a relief from the Western Americana theme which had predominated in the Club's publications of the [previous] five years." Magee. REFERENCES: De Hamel and Silver, Disbound & Dispersed, No. 72; Heller & Magee, Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1915-1940, No. 275; Magee, The Hundredth Book, No. 51.
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Location: Birmingham, Alabama
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Publisher: Robert Barker
Modified Item: No
Subject: Religion & Spirituality
Place of Publication: London
Topic: Christianity, Bibles
Year Printed: 1611
Publication Year: 1611
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Book Club Edition, Collector's Edition, Limited Edition
Original/Facsimile: Original
Binding: Hardcover
