Hardings Edition Holy Bible (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Jesper Harding & Son, Philadelphia, 1857. Hardcover. 4to ; Very ornate red mahogany morocco gilt, aeg, 12" by 10.5" by 3" thick, plates. **Hills #1639. This copy has a color plate frontispiece and title page of both testaments. Hills calls for illuminated title pages without mention of color plates. The covers are gilt stamped with the scene of "The Last Supper." within a triple ruled border containing a foliated field. Some water staining to first few blank pages.Both color Frontis plates present as our the many engravings with tissue overlays. Some foxing throughout. Record of marriages, births and deaths of George Rily King and Diantha Samantha (Parker) King Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Double frontis-piece, [2], 774pp, 116pp, double frontis-piece, [2], 777-1032pp, 41pp, [1], 22pp, embellished with tissue-guarded plates, bound in full, blind stamped leather, raised bands on gilt decorated spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, binding and hinges tight. Name of Mary W. Titus stamped in gilt, on the front cover. Leather rubbed along the edges, small split to the lower edge of the spine.

30.3x24 cm. Original gilt-stamped full leather paneled leather. Boards detached. Binding is well rubbed, corners bumped. 5 raised bands. AEG. Title page and first leaves chipped at fore edge. 915, 2, 116, [6], 277, [12], 42, 22 pp. Family record pages are unused. For ABEbooks customers: Heavy book will require additional shipping charges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. illustrated with numerous engravings (illustrator). 12 1/2" x 11" embossed & enameled leather w/brass lock, in good working order. Boards are clean & bright w rubbing to edges & one small tear at head of spine. Endpapers are soiled, gracefully retaped. One dog-eared page. Off-setting from engravings & from a wedding (?) bouquet, which had been pressed between multiple pages (all flowers removed). Some family names recorded on Birth/Death pages, otherwise neat sharp pages throughout.

11100 JESPER HARDING & SON - WILLIAM W. HARDING 1860 EDITION - HARDINGS' FINE EDITION. THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES, TOGETHER WITH THE APOCRYPHA, CONCORDANCE, AND PSALMS, AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED - OVER SIZED HARD COVER, LEATHER BOUND (BOTH BOARDS DETACHED AND PEELED SPINE) FAIR/POOR CONDITION (BS-685).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. [Hubbard Family Bible.] Bound in publisher's ornately tooled and beveled calf. Thick Quarto. Minor shelf wear, rubbing. All edges gilt. Numerous illustrations. Genealogical information: Charles Lyman Hubbard (B. June 8, 1843, Wakefield NH; M. 1872 to Hannah Marcia Hilliard of Georgetown, Mass, b. Oct 20, 1848.). Daughter Eva Maud Hubbard, b. Feb. 13, 1875, Georgetown, Mass. Charles and Hannah's daughter Eva Maud died when she was only 8 years old (Georgetown Mass, Feb 26, 1883). There is a contemporary pin with a small note about "Suffering" next to her death notice. I believe her mother wrote her death into the this Bible. Charles died in Nov. 8th, 1908. Hannah died on June 3, 1918, at 11 Davenport St, Haverhill, Mass. Includes family ephemera, such as a hand made bookmarks, a few notes, etc.