The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Printed As They Are to be Sung or Said in Churches
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Bensley, Cooke, and Collingwood, 1815. Hardcover. Near Fine. Stereotype edition. Octavo. 406 pp. Bound in full black straight grain morocco, ruled and decorated in gilt, central armorial device with a crown over initials (A.A.?), spine with five shallow raised bands, titled and decorated in the compartments in gilt. Two bookplates, and an early engraved bookplate on the pastedown, and a later religious one on the front fly, contemporary binder's ticket of Hering of Newman Street, slight nick at the corner of the top of the spine, and corners a little rubbed, still a handsome, near fine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68161
- Title
- The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Printed As They Are to be Sung or Said in Churches
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed at the Clarendon Press by Bensley, Cooke, and Collingwood
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1815
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book of Common Prayer;
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
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