Search Results: Authors starting with V from St. Wulfstans Books

London: Christopher Barker, 1585. Good. 10 1/4 x 15 inches (text block only). Folio. Lacks leaves before leaf 8. Bible begins at leaf 8 - 536 (OT & Apocrypha) + 137 (NT). A4 + B (6 leaves) + [par.] (6 leaves) + 2[par.] (2 leaves) + A - Tttt (6 leaves) + Uuuu (8 leaves) (OT & Apocrypha) + A - Z (6 leaves) (NT). Small text loss to lower margin/corner of leaf 8, 288, 293, 391, 438 (OT) and 5, 80 (NT), closely cropped on foremargin with slight loss to some notes, more particularly at bottom. Psalter, gospels and epistles rather soiled and worn with closed marginal tears and old repairs. Occasional ink to the margins. Edges soiled. Also lacks 17, 18, 290 (OT), 75, 76 (NT), lower half of 291 (OT), lower one-third of 292, 297 (OT), 33, 106, 121 (NT). Increasing wear to margins towards the end of the New Testament, with 9 leaves following Y3 (title of Revelation) lacking, and a few leaves at the end loose. Separate title pages to Psalter and New Testament complete, outer half of Apocrypha title… Read More

Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, 1736. Leather Bound. Very Good. 8 x 10 1/2 inches. 4to. 3 ffep (1 marbled) + a (8 leaves) + A - F (8 leaf quires) + G (4 leaves). Printed in two columns. Griffiths 1736/3. Bound with: The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments [(Authorised (King James) Version]. Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, 1736. A - Rrr (OT & Apocrypha) + Qqq - Iiii (in 8s) (NT) + a - d (in 8s) (Index). Not in Herbert or ESTC. Separate title page for New Testament dated 1735 and stating location as London. Also not in Herbert or ESTC. Bound with: Sternhold, Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre. London: Printed by T. Wood and E. Palmer, for the Company of Stationers, 1732. A - G (8 leaf quires). Printed in two columns. ESTCT90365. Gift inscription from Maria Rice to Lucy Rice dated 1773, and later gift inscription dated 1855. Occasional loss at edges. All page edges gilt. Bound in beautiful full black morocco with light surface and corner… Read More

London: Printed by B[onham] Norton and J[ohn] Bill, 1629. 3/4 leather. Very Good. 7 x 8 3/4 inches. 4to. A2 - A6 + B - H (8 leaf quires). Title page lacking. Printed in two column Roman type. Margins of first two signatures a little grubby with closed tears, and a few pages with marginal losses affecting a few letters of text. Otherwise, pages lightly soiled. G8 with closed tear and old repair with no loss of text. Griffiths 1629/4. ESTCS93878. Bound with: The Holy Bible, contayning the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall commandement [Authorised (KJV) version]. London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1629. [6] (introductory material) + 32 numbered pages (genealogies lacking 1, 2, 5-8, 15-16, 21-22). Printed in two column Roman type. Loss to lower quarter of pages 31 and 32. A - Ffff (8 leaf quires). Light soiling and close cropped, but otherwise nice. P2 bound after P3. Lacks… Read More

London: Printed by Robert Barker and the Assignes of John Bill, 1630. 3/4 leather. Very Good. 7 x 9 inches. 4to. 84 (of 92) pages. A (8 leaves) + B (10 leaves) + C - E (8 leaves). Printed in two column black letter. Lacks title page (title page for The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Collected into English meetre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and others. . . dated 1600 bound before BCP) and preliminaries. Griffiths 1630/7. ESTCS123192. Bound with: The Bible: translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. [Geneva/Breeches version]. London: Robert Barker, 1602. [2] +434 + [4] + 441 - 554 leaves. Printed in two column black letter. Title page with old tissue repairs to margin and lower portion of text. Closed tears to 335 and 462, loss to top corner of 9-11, 32, 324, and 392. Loss to bottom of 131, 145, 198, 210, 235, 248, 454, 458, 459, 486, and 546, and to top half of 165. Lacks 50 (G2), 220, 252, 253, and 289. Several pages misnumbered.… Read More

London: Printed by Robert Barker, 1615. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 7 x 8 1/2 inches. 4to. B (10 leaves) + C-E (in 8s). Lacks preliminaries. Begins with Communion. Griffiths 1615/4. Bound with: The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages; with most profitable annotations vpon all hard places, and other things of great importance [Geneva/Breeches version]. London: Robert Barker, 1615. Collates as *(4 leaves of NT Preliminaries before BCP) + A-Hhh (in 8s) + Iii (2 leaves) + Kkk-Yyy (in 8s) + Zzz (10 leaves). General title lacking. Bible text complete with light dampstain throughout. A few pages with old ink marks or stains, tears or repairs without loss of text. Top margin closely cropped on some pages. NT title page and preliminaries bound before BCP. Herbert 340/341. Bound with: R[obert] H[errey], Two Right Profitable and Fruitfull Concordances, or Large and… Read More

London: Robert Barker, 1611. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 9 x 13 1/4 inches. Folio. [78] (of [80]) pages. Lacking title page. Griffiths 1611/2. Bound with: The Bible: That is The holy Scriptures contained in the Old & New Testament. London: Robert Barker, [1612]. [4] + 362 (OT) + 361-444 (Apocrypha) + 135 (NT) + [7] (tables) leaves. Collates as A (4 leaves) + A-Lll (in 6s) + Mmm - Ooo (in 8s) + Ppp - Eeee (in 6s) + Ffff (4 leaves). Engraved title page with old repair to closed tear at bottom. Full page woodcut of Garden of Eden present,with loss to lower outer corner of image. B6 with old manuscript repair to loss at outer corner. Lacks 2Z3.4 (Isaiah 17:13-24:18). Herbert 312. STC 2218. NT with separate title page dated 1611. Printed in two column Roman type. Bound with: Sternhold, Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Booke of Psalmes: Collected into English Meeter. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1612. 114 + [6] (of 8) pages. Collates as A-K (in 6s) + L (1 of 2 leaves, lacking… Read More

London: Printed by Christopher Barker, 1585. Leather Bound. Very Good. 7 x 9 inches. 4to. ¶3 - ¶8 + A - E (8 leaf quires) + F (5 leaves). Lacks title page and following leaf. Scattered stains and soiling, mostly at margins. Small darker stain at top margin. Loss to lower forecorner of B8 affecting about 12 lines of text. Kalendar printed in red and black. Colophon at end with ownership inscription of John Purkiss dated February 1, 1768. Griffiths 1585/3. Bound with: The Holy Bible [Geneva/Breeches version]. London: Printed by Christopher Barker, 1585. A-3H (8 leaf quires) + 3I (2 leaf quire) + *(4 leaves) + 3K-3Y (8 leaf quires) + 3Z (10 leaf quire). Printed in two column black letter type. Occasional small closed tear with no loss and a few marginal notes shaved (esp. 3O). Lacks preliminaries and 3P4&5. 18th Century notes regarding Purkiss family on verso of NT title page. Herbert 187 (following Herbert 165 and Herbert 170). Bound with: [Herrey, Robert F.]. Two right profitable and… Read More

London: Robert Barker and Assignes of John Bill, 1633. Leather Bound. Very Good. 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches. Folio. 2 ffep + A - b (4 leaf quires) + B - H (6 leaf quires) + I (4 leaf quire). Title page cropped and relaid with loss to imprint. Marginal loss to A3 not affecting text. Griffiths 1633/2. Bound with: The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New [Authorised/KJV version]. London: Robert Barker and Assignes of John Bill, 1633. [10] + 327 numbered leaves (OT) + 328-403 (of 404) (Apocrypha) + 406-507 (NT). Engraved title to Bible closely cropped at fore-edge. Lower half of last leaf of preface (A8) lacking. Folio 1 of OT with lower marginal loss affecting text. 163 with loss of lower quarter. Old repairs to marginal tears on a few pages. Occasional closed tear or marginal loss with no loss of text, and minor soiling and old marking. Folio 108 misnumbered 118, 117 as 61, 148 as 184, 152 as 154, 216 as 215, 224 as 223, 225 as 226, 232 as 231, 233 as 237, 234 as 238, 235 as 246, then… Read More

London: Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1864. Leather_bound. Very Good. 3 x 4 1/2 inches. 16mo. A-O in 16s + P (7 of 8 leaves). Lacks final blank and one leaf in A signature. Old neat ink inscription dated 1866 to ffep. A few closed tears and light soiling, but otherwise clean and free of marking and stains. First quires slightly extended. Bound in simple full brown calf. A couple areas of lightening on spine (old tape?). Corners slightly rounded and covers lightly scuffed with minimal loss. Modern recasing. Not in Herbert. A very nice copy of an unrecorded and well printed Victorian New Testament in a simple, possibly American, binding. A nice book.

New York: n.p., 1925. First edition. Paperback Original. Very Good. 5 x 7 1/8 inches. 257 pages with 7 full page photographic illustrations. Contains interesting contemporary reports on missionary efforts among Indians in South Dakota, "Industrial Education" and ministries among foreigners, boys and girls. Bound in original blue cardstock which is lightly soiled. From the library of the family of Samuel Hart. From the library of the family of Samuel Hart, which experienced a fire that damaged a number of books. As a result, items from Hart's library are extremely rare. Samuel Hart (1845-1917) was dean of the Berkeley Divinity School, the (un)official "middle way" seminary of the Episcopal Church at Middletown, Connecticut. In 1886, he became the third custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. In 1892, he became secretary of the House of Bishops. In 1898, he became the fourth historiographer of the Episcopal Church. He served in all three of these offices until his… Read More

Leipzig: Otto Spamer, 1859. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches. 295 pages. 16 full page illustrations with many more smaller illustrations. Scattered light to moderate foxing. Otherwise, pages clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Prize inscription dated 1868. Binder's ticket ("L. Schwarz Buchbinder"). Bound in contemporary green cloth with embossed borders to both boards. Covers lightly soiled and worn. Hinges starting to split at top, though both boards firmly attached. A highly illustrated period account with interesting astronomical, geological, and ethnographical details.

New York: Merrill & Baker, [c. 1890-1897]. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 7 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches. Full page map colored in red and blue. Very lightly toned. Evidence of binding along left (inner) margin. A very nice map, originally appearing in one of the "History Series" By Mary Elise Thalheimer, and early female American historian and hymn writer. . John Clark Ridpath (1840-1900) was an American educator, historian and editor. He was a descendant (through his mother) of Samuel Matthews, a colonial governor of Virginia. In 1869, he was elected Professor of English Literature at Asbury College, where he served as faculty member and later vice-president, and was largely the originator of the measures by which that institution was placed under the patronage of Washington C. DePauw, from which it takes its current name (DePauw University). His volumes of history were popular and reissued many times by Merrill & Baker (1890-1897) and The Jones Brothers Publishing Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio… Read More

New York: Merrill & Baker, [c. 1890-1897]. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 7 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches. Full page map colored in red and blue. Very lightly toned. Evidence of binding along left (inner) margin. A very nice map, originally appearing in one of the "History Series" By Mary Elise Thalheimer, and early female American historian and hymn writer. . John Clark Ridpath (1840-1900) was an American educator, historian and editor. He was a descendant (through his mother) of Samuel Matthews, a colonial governor of Virginia. In 1869, he was elected Professor of English Literature at Asbury College, where he served as faculty member and later vice-president, and was largely the originator of the measures by which that institution was placed under the patronage of Washington C. DePauw, from which it takes its current name (DePauw University). His volumes of history were popular and reissued many times by Merrill & Baker (1890-1897) and The Jones Brothers Publishing Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio… Read More