Holy Scriptures, Signed (12 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Signed by editors, moderate wear, underling in pen on some pages, binding good. WR. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Cash. Inscribed by the author to his cousin. Light reader wear and rubbing to the edges, corners, covers, and pages. The book is in great condition! Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. Inscribed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 4to size 2 volumes in one. Pebbled cloth boards with gold embossed lettering. Slight wear to covers else quite good. 2nd American edition. 464, 493 and 197 pages. 2 vols. + addenda. Contents very clean and no markings in book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This author signed book was dedicated: "With Devoted Filial Affection to Mrs. CYRUS H. McCORMICK, Senior". Written under the author's signature is: "Mamma read to me from the chapter on inerrancy - one of the last days before her illness - Harold McCormick". A New York Times newspaper clipping, dated May 26, 1923, was pinned to the half-title page of the book. [I removed the pin] The date of the article verifies this as a first edition, probably first printing, But the article is extremely interesting in its own right. Here's a portion of the text of the article: " KELLY AND MACREADY FLY BACK TO EL PASO --Army Aviators make 640-Mile Trip from San Diego in 7 hours and 55 minutes - Lieutenants Kelly and Macready , flying the T-2, arrived at the Fort Bliss Field .on the first leg of their return transcontinental flight from San Diego. Lieutenant C. L. Chennault of the Twelfth Observation Squadron left the field five minutes before the airplane came in sight from Fort Bliss and escorted the visiting plane to the landing field.". Both Lieutenants [Colin] Kelly and [Clair] Chennault are well known for their WW II exploits. Signed by Author(s).

Leather. Condition: Poor. vi + 338pp. Interior good and clean, front board together with title page detached, rear board detached. Small tear without loss to edge of title page. Gift inscription from the author dated 1811 to Gertrude Woodd. No printing date shown, but c1811. Marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Please see pics attached for better idea of condition of this scarce work. Signed by Author(s).

Soft Copy. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Part I. Doctrinal - 1894 Part II Historical 1897 with an Appendix. Original grey paper cover, inscribed by author on front cover. Soft rubbing and faint crinkling to cover. 1 cm split to head of spine. A few tiny rust lines to head & rear cover by spine. Couple of spots to edge. Clean content, binding tight. 85p. Inscribed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: vg. Revised. Signed on title page by the editor-in-Chief of the Translation team, Harry Orlinsky: A Reform Jew, he participated in a number of major translations of the Bible, including the Revised Standard Version, the New Revised Standard Version, and the New Jewish Publication Society translation. In 1969, he wrote a set of notes on his translation of the Pentateuch and his theory of translation which provide a fascinating insight to his thought process. Small 4to. 123pp. Followed by three (empty) pages for notes and one page listing translation team. Black cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Translation of the Book of Genesis, the first Book of the Hebrew Bible, into English. Chapter headings in Hebrew, according to "Parashat ha-Shavua" [weekly Bible portion read in synagogues]. Otherwise, the book is in English only. Very minor age wear. Clean and tight. In English, with some Hebrew (see above). Very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH DEDICATION dated August 1960. 235x175mm. 160 pages. Quarter-cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Brown lettering on front cover. Gilt spine. Jacket yellowing and dirty. Jacket edges and corners wrinkled/worn. Cover somewhat curved. The book is in : English.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. [Undated but published in 1830 or 1840]. 2 leaves + 98 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Front board has blind tooled: "Public Libraries, London. "Several purple rubber stamp markings: Whitechapel public library. That library had a massive flood a few decades ago and thereafter their entire collection of both common and rare books alike, was sold to the public. Stained. Inscribed "by the author" on title page. Bookplate of Metropolitan Borough of Stephney Public Libraries. The Whitechapel Public Library and Museum. Reference Department. WorldCat: Number of libraries worldwide that own a copy: 3. Dr. Richard SAUMAREZ. Born: 13 Nov 1764 in Guernsey, Channel Isles. Died: 28 Jan 1835 at age 70. Death Place Bath, England. Occupation Surgeon At Magdalen Hospital, Streatham. 2nd Great Grandfather of actresses Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine, and of aircraft inventor Sir Geoffrey de Havilland. Name commonly printed as Richard Saumarez (the "De" and the second "S" appears and disappears from records of the De Sausmarez family name). Per L. James Marr, "Richard Saumarez applied for admission to the London Hospital as a medical student and on completion of his studies was admitted a Member of the Surgeon's Company on 7 Apr 1785. 1786 married Martha, the daughter of John Le Mesurier, 'Hereditary Governor' of Alderney. In 1788 Richard Saumarez took up an appointment as Surgeon at the Magdalen Hospital in Streatham, remaining there for nearly 17 years. resigned in March 1805, made Honorary Governor of the institution, went into private medicine, built up a large and lucrative London practice. He also emerged as a prolific and polemical writer, with advanced ideas concerning medical education and the duties of medical corporations to their constituents. . A memorial tablet to Richard, his first wife Martha and their two sons, Admiral Richard Saumarez, R.N. and Captain Thomas Saumarez, R.N., may be seen in Bath Abbey. James Saumarez was second in command to Nelson at the Battle of the Nile, was the victor in many important naval battles, was honoured by his country Sir Thomas (1760-1845) served in North America during the American Revolutionary War, became President and Commander in Chief of New Brunswick in 1813, promoted to General in 1838. Inscribed by Author(s).

Text in Roman type in two columns. Titles within woodcut borders, woodcut illustrations, head and tail-pieces. [4], 190; 117 [i.e. 127]; 128-187 [i.e 197] [omitting 129, as issued, and other errors in pagination]; 121, [11] leaves. Complete with the leaf signed Ai preceding the general title. [Bound with, preceding the Bible]: The Booke of Common Prayer, with the Psalter or Psalmes of Dauid. Title in red and black within woodcut border. [46] leaves [complete]. ESTC S93831. [Bound with, following the Bible:] The Whole Booke of Psalmes. [10], 70pp, only. Lacking terminal three signatures. 4to. An excellent example of the Geneva Bible, with Tomson's revised New Testament and Junius' Revelation. The principal Bible of 16th-century Protestantism, and the Geneva Bible was used by Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan. This edition contains the famous reading "breeches" in Genesis Chapter III, verse 7, which first appeared in 1579. Although Barker's imprint on title of this edition reads "Printer to the Queenes most excellent Majestie" the colophon reads "Printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie" as James I had ascended in March 1603. Darlow & Moole 209; ESTC S159; Herbert 274; STC 2190 Early mottled calf, rebacked, brass corner pieces and hinges, lacks clasps, upper cover detached, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Provenance: William James (signature and inscription dated 1663 on leaf preceding the general title); Frances Garway (inscription on brass plate on covers dated 1701); Thomas Bever (armorial bookplate, inscriptions on endpaper circa 1748); Francis Hutchinson Synge; Arthur John Snow Paget (inscription dated 1851) General Theological Seminary (bookplate) Text in Roman type in two columns. Titles within woodcut borders, woodcut illustrations, head and tail-pieces. [4], 190; 117 [i.e. 127]; 128-187 [i.e 197] [omitting 129, as issued, and other errors in pagination]; 121, [11] leaves. Complete with the leaf signed Ai preceding the general title. [Bound with, preceding the Bible]: The Booke of Common Prayer, with the Psalter or Psalmes of Dauid. Title in red and black within woodcut border. [46] leaves [complete]. ESTC S93831. [Bound with, following the Bible:] The Whole Booke of Psalmes. [10], 70pp, only. Lacking terminal three signatures. 4to.

Condition: Very Good. The Jewish Publication Society of America Philadelphia 1917 Binding: Hardcover Personal Holy Scripture Book of George H. Richmman, containing certificate of confirmation signed by practicing Rabbi of The Temple in Cleveland, Ohio, 1917.