$2,400
A group of 5 Bibles. Basel: Emanuel Thurnensen, 1767. Folio, full leather, 5 raised bands, 2 metal clasps. Hinges are starting; one clasp lacking; backstrip separating; light foxing throughout; bookplate tipped-in front pastedown; otherwise sound. Washington: The Library of Congress, 1949. Folio, leather-backed cloth boards, in dustwrapper. 1 of 1100 copies. Wear to edges of boards; otherwise fine in light faded and soiled dustwrapper. San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. Folio, marbled boards, in slipcase. Backstrip separated; otherwise fine in fine slipcase. Philadelphia: A. T. Holman, 1890. 4to., full leather, gilt-decorated boards and backstrip. Front hinge starting; wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; backstrip separating; otherwise sound. By William Fulke. London: The Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1589. 4to., full leather, 5 raised bands. Front and rear boards and first few leaves separated; wear to binding; otherwise a sound copy.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2007-06-14
