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London: Robert Barker, and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1633 [1634]. (Herbert 486, but no Concordance in this copy.) A handsome volume, defective in these particulars: (i): the Genealogies have their title page, but lack both the map of Canaan and the first page - with the families of Japhet and Noah; (ii): both the general engraved title to the Bible and that for the New Testament have a large edge chip which has been made good; two damaged corners in the text have also been made good, losing a little of Psalm CXIX and Joel chs.III & IV; (iii): the first page of the New Testament (Matthew I - III:9) has been torn out(!), leaving only a stub, which has been made good. Otherwise: Headlines and catchwords shaved, and sometimes cropped. Page condition generally good, with occasional minor soiling or brown ink curlicues in the margins, but a few pages are heavily soiled (viz B5, Ff4), and a few damaged or torn edges have been professionally repaired. Small worm hole to inner margin, chiefly visible in Genesis. Two blank leaves preceding the N.T. record a few early 19thC births. N.B: in this edition the title pages are dated 1633, the colophon 1634. Quarto, overall size 220 x 180 mm, in a 17th- or 18th-century binding of panelled calf: gilt-decorated spine with five raised bands and a red label, chipped at the head but recently restored with Japanese tissue. A very attractive Bible. Very Good.
[Heavy Item]

Price: £480.00

London: Printed for W.Rogers... and J Pemberton, 1710. First edition. [4], xxvi, [2], lxxv, [1], 324. Upper corner of front free endpaper is clipped: unaffected by this is a 1770 gift inscription in Latin. Neatly written in an early hand are also a note beside Clagett's name on the title page, a small note on p268, and a couple of sums on the back pastedown. Faint tide mark to the title, dedication and to a few leaves of the preface, otherwise pages very clean and fresh. Octavo, in the original boards, re-covered in recent full calf with five raised bands ruled in gilt, with a red lettering piece. Exceptional copy of a scarce book. Near Fine.

Price: £260.00

London: Printed by J. Bettenham, 1724. First English Edition. Ex-library copy in recent fine binding. (24), 552, (40), plus the 2 frontis portraits. Frontis and title slightly browned, upper corner of title patched, with library stamps at its base, and more stamps on the verso. Small stamps also on the backs of the two portraits, and one or two in the text. Contents otherwise very clean. 22.5 x 13.5cms, all edges red. In recent tan half calf with delicately marbled boards: spine with 5 raised bands ruled in gilt, and red lettering-piece. A very attractive copy (with the possible added interest of the library stamps). VG+.

Price: £320.00

London: Printed for the Authors; And sold by J. Harrison, No.18, Paternoster Row; the Booksellers of Oxford and Cambridge; and all other 1779. Presumed first and only edition. *** A conundrum *** (see below). Unpaginated: illustrated. OT & Apocrypha: [iv], [916]; NT: [213], [3]; plus a frontis and 49 other engravings. Some browning and offsetting to title page, there are a few patches of foxing (viz Chronicles 2, and a few of the plates), with occasional minor spotting elsewhere, and there is some offsetting from the illustrations to the New Testament. Three of the final leaves have damaged edges, now repaired, but losing a little text. Pages perhaps slightly toned, but contents otherwise clean and in very good order. Although many of the plates have integral titles in English, the engravers, where given (no artists' names present) all appear to be French, except in the NT. In his one-page Preface, the author writes, after asseverating the importance of the Bible: '..a few Words may also be expected respecting this Edition of the Bible, and the Annotations that we have given: But how judiciously soever this Work may appear to be executed, the Public must not consider it as the sole Fruit of the Author's own Genius and Learning, or that of his learned Associates; but as the Comments and Annotations of the most ingenious Men of every Age and Nation. He has called in the Aid and Assistance of every valuable Writer. He has compiled from the Talmudical and Rabbinical Writers among the Jews, and has carefully consulted the Ancient Fathers, and the best Modern Divines, among the Christians..' (etc). In view of the scale and nature of the project, it is perhaps noteworthy that there are only 142 subscribers listed, and that, of these, none are titled, and only 10 are Reverends, although there are a few Esquires. This copy belonged to one of the subscribers, Nathaniel Langborne of Whitby, of whose family and successors there are extensive entries, occupying the verso of the frontis and five blank pages at the back, the latest date recorded being 1903. Square folio (10.5 x 8.5 ins), in the original decorative full calf gilt, rubbed but restored: boards ruled in blind and decorated in blind and gilt, somewhat eroded, newly reconditioned and rebacked with four raised bands, with sections of the original very eroded decorated gilt spine laid down between them. *** N.B.: *** This work is something of a conundrum. There is no record of it in Herbert or the ESTC, or on Copac or WorldCat, or at Lambeth Palace. The 'Rev. Charles Stanhope' does not appear in the The Church of England Clergy database, and there is no record of any Stanhope having been Rector of Brinkworth. However, someone calling himself the Rev. Charles Stanhope does appear as the author of 'The New Polite Tutoress, or, Young Ladies' Best Instructor' of c.1786, as well as having overseen the publication of 'The New Lady's Magazine, or, Polite and Entertaining Companion' which began publication in 1786. Both of these were published by Alexander Hogg, of 16 Paternoster Row, ie: next door to Harrison, the publisher of the present work, reinforcing the likelihood that they are further, if less elevated, endeavours of the same Stanhope. Very Good.
[EXTRA Heavy Item]

Price: £2,500.00

London: Baldwin, Cradock , and Joy, 1816. First edition. xxxvi, [9]-392. Some spotting to final few pages: contents otherwise very clean, with a foxed armorial bookplate: text block firm. Edges sprinkled. In full contemporary calf, ruled in blind, spine with four raised bands, decorated in gilt, and with two labels. Some scuffing. Very scarce in the original edition. Vol I only, very good firm copy. Very Good+.

Price: £250.00

London: T. Jones, 1836. First edition thus. [vi], 112; (iii)-xviii, 252; (iii)-viii, 267. Embellished with Engravings drawn on the wood by W.H. Craig, Esq. Contents very good and clean. Some creasing and soiling to front free endpaper. In contemporary grained cloth boards decorated in blind, with a new cloth spine with paper label. A very fresh copy. Scarce. While Parts II & III are reprints of Challoner's work, the Memoirs of the Clergy in Part I appear to have been collected from various sources by an unnamed editor. The many woodcut illustrations appear to be new to this edition. Very uncommon, and a very nice copy. Near Fine.

Price: £320.00

London: Taylor and Walton, 1843. Fourth edition. xxiii,187pp. Preceded by [8] pages of publishers' advertisements. 1847 ownership name to front free endpaper. This and the first advert leaf have some repaired damage, and the first page of the Preface (vii-viii) has been torn out, losing also some of the bottom margin of the following leaf. Contents otherwise in good order. In original publishers' boards with green cloth spine and printed paper label. Binding firm but soiled and very knocked, label largely eroded. G-.

Price: £50.00

Dublin: Thomas Tegg, 1846. Reprint. xix, [3], 316; (v)-xi, [1], 382: decorative blue endpapers with publishers' advertisements. The author has some difficulty with himself (as he did with his critics) in his tortuous attempt to reconcile the recent discoveries of Geology with his adherence to the Biblical account of origins, but is convinced that 'the sacred records have nothing to fear from advancing science'. Some foxing found at Vol I p.99 and adjacent pages, contents otherwise very clean. Octavo, in the original binding of red blind-stamped cloth, rebacked, with the original gilt pictorial spine laid down, and new hinges. Negligible soiling to cloth: a very nice bright, firm copy. Very Good+.

Price: £120.00

London: W. White, 1856. Second Edition (stated). 156pp. Ffe bears a 1908 gift inscription, and laid in is a lucid letter from A.Taylor Innes discussing the book and also dated 1908. Original patterned endpapers slightly browned, and five pages have lost a few mm at the tips of the upper corners, but contents otherwise very good. In contemporary binding of smooth green cloth lettered on front in gilt. Firm and fairly clean and bright, slightly knocked. VG.

Price: £30.00

London: The Sunday School Union, [1896]. 270, [2] adverts. Extensive and thoughtful articles: with a group photo frontis, and a number of illustrations in the text, mostly portrait photographs. Front free endpaper soiled and has the ownership names of two delegates from Blackheath. Pages clean but for some having pencil emphases in the margins. Corners splaying a little. Firm, in the original binding of limp ochre cloth, titled in black: a little rubbed and soiled, with slight fraying of edges. Good.

Price: £45.00