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Michael S. Kemp, Bookseller, Sheerness, KENT, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Heritage Bookseller
AbeBooks member since 1996
Miniature book, 55 x 45 mm [2.2 x 1.9 inches]. pp. x, [2], 192; plates. Contemporary sheep, worn, and split on the spine. Internally a little browned throughout but generally very good. A scarce American miniature book which I have been unable to trace in any institution. Seller Inventory # 40031
Title: A History of the Bible.
Publisher: Providence R.I.: no publisher or printer, 1832.
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Period brown full calf binding. [2 (blank)], v, [6] - 167, [3 (blank)] pp. Divisional t.p., "History of the New Testament", p. 77. "Appendix" t.p., p. 135. "Psalms" t.p., p. 151. 2-1/2" x 1-1/2" The first miniature book published in Ohio, and quite rare in the trade- at the time of cataloguing, RBH records the last appearance as in a 1964 Midland catalogue [this copy?]. Modest wear to binding, with boards a bit splayed. Some browning & ageing to paper, with the occasional short edge tear to a leaf [no text affected]. A Good - VG item. 1st Edition (Adomeit A34; American Imprints 34917; Bradbury, p. 63; Welch 861.2). Not in Rosenbach, nor Welsh. Seller Inventory # 42873