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Price: US$20.05 + shipping
Description: Single fold, 4 pp., reproducing in collotype the original copperplate engraving by Stephen Gooden, 2 specimen pages of text, full page advertisement for the Nonesuch Bible.; 30.3 cm. x 19.7 cm.; lightly creased and soiled a trifle creased; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1924. See McKitterick 20 and 21 [The Nonesuch Bible].
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
. Prospectus for the Nonesuch Press Edition of The Apocrypha.. Nonesuch Press, 1924.
Price: US$49.61 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1924. Pamphlet. .Printed Wrappers as issued.4pp. . . . .
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
. Bible--The Apocrypha. Nonesuch Press, London, 1924.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: 237 numbered pages. "Twelve hundred and fifty copies, numbered 1 to 1250, have been printed on japon vellum for England and America; and seventh-five copies, numbered I to LXXV, on Arnold unbleached paper. This is number 807." Short tear at top on either side of backstrip. Backstrip somewhat discolored. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller: Village Booksmith, Hudson Falls, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$61.57 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nonesuch & Dial Press 1924 printed on japon vellum
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Price: US$94.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto. (5 f.), 237 pages. Untrimmed. Gilded paper-covered boards. Small stains on a few pages. Copy on Japan vellum, no. 714/1250. Copperplates designed and engraved by Stephen Gooden.
Seller: DACART Livres rares & manuscrits (ALAC), Saint-Lambert, QC, Canada
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated with engravings by Susannah Gooden, including a the ornate title page and chapter headings throughout. [8], 238, [4] pages. Slim 4to, full gilt-stamped parchment (spine sunned; worn at head and rubbed at extremities; pages are uncut and unopened). London: The Nonesuch Press, 1924. A very good copy of this handsomely printed book.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.24 + shipping
Description: A fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. In original publishers slip case. ; 237 pages; Description: 237 p. ; 31 cm. Subjects: Apocryphal books (Old Testament) --Hebrew literature, Medieval --Samaritan literature --Folklore --Jews --Folklore. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Edition limited to 1325 copies, this no. 625 of 1250 copies on japon vellum; folio, pp. [4], 237, [5]; engraved title page, head- and tail-piece, printer's ornaments; near fine in original full gilt-stamped parchment. Printed by Frederick Hall, printed to the University, at the Oxford University Press, the copperplates designed and engraved by Stephen Gooden, the typography arranged by Francis Meynell.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Description: A fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. In original publishers slip case. ; 237 pages; Description: 237 p. ; 31 cm. Subjects: Apocryphal books (Old Testament) --Hebrew literature, Medieval --Samaritan literature --Folklore --Jews --Folklore. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$153.93 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nonesuch/Dial Press three volume set on japon vellum covers covering three volumes of the Holy Bible Gensis to Ruth, Samuel to Psalms & Proverbs to Malachi. The Aprocypia is sold seperately. Orgionally 5 volume set so missing the New Testament
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
APOCRYPHA, THE.. Reprinted according to the Authorised Version 1611.. 1924, 1924.
Price: US$167.07 + shipping
Description: London: The Nonesuch Press, 1924. Tall 4to. Orig. boards. Gilt (slightly rubbed). (iv, 242pp.). With illust. title-page, and head & tail-piece illusts. Ed. lim. to 1250 numbered copies, printed on Japon vellum. Uncut and partly unopened.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
[Nonesuch Press]. The Holy Bible and The Apocrypha [5 volumes]. The Nonesuch Press, London., 1924.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The Nonesuch Press, London. Different volumes are from 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927. Five hardcover volumes. Tan boards with gold gilt decoration. Title, year of publication, and decorations in gold gilt on the spine. Elaborately illustrated title pages and illustrations throughout. Loose tissue laying over several of the illustrated pages. The five volumes are: The Bible, Genesis to Ruth. 1925, 378 pages. Spine has a 6 inch tear on its lower half, and a 2 ½ cm. tear on its crown. Some rubbing and bumping on the spine, edges, and corners. Some rubbing on the boards as well. There are some tape remnants on the front free endpaper, and part of the first layer of paper is torn off that page as well. The tape marks are visible on the other side of the page. All pages are lightly toned. Strong and tight binding. No writing or marks. Beautiful black and white illustrations throughout. The Bible, Samuel to Psalms 1925, 418 pages. Spine has a 2 cm tear at its crown. Crown/foot have some bumps and small tears, as well. Corners and edges have some slight bumps. Light rubbing on the boards. All the pages are lightly toned. The binding is strong and tight, and the pages are free of marks and writing. Beautifully illustrated. The Bible, Proverbs to Malachi. 1926, 327 pages. Crown of the spine is torn by 2 cm and 1 cm on its side, crown and foot both have bumping. Corners and edges have bumping as well. Light rubbing on the boards. Pages are lightly toned. The binding is tight and strong, and the pages are free of marks and writing. As with the other copies, this book has beautiful illustrations throughout. The Bible, The New Testament - 1927, 309 pages. Bumping along the edges, corners, crown and foot of the spine. Spine has 7 inch and 7 ½ inch tears at its top. Boards have some rubbing and the front has a small scratch mark. Pages are lightly toned. The binding of this copy is tight and strong, and the pages are clean and unmarked. The Apocrypha - 1924, 328 pages. 3 cm tear at the crown of the spine. Bumping around the crown/foot, edges, and corners. 1 cm snag on the front board. Boards are slightly loose, stitching shows somewhat. The pages all are lightly toned, but free of marks and writing. A very pretty copy. These lovely books were printed by Frederick Hall at Oxford. The copperplates were designed and engraved by Stephen Gooden, and the typography was arranged by Francis Meynell. This complete set is part of the limited edition printing, with only 1000 copies printed on Japon Vellum and 75 copies on Arnold unbleached rag paper.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$410.48 + shipping
Description: One of 1,000 (1,075) sets printed by Oxford University Press in Monotype Plantin, with recut descenders and new ligatures, on Japon vellum. Engraved title-page, headpiece at the beginning of the text and tailpiece by Stephen Gooden in each volume, printed from the copper. Cream paper-covered boards, blocked in gold with Granjon type ornaments and rules; spine titles gilt. Boards just a little curved. A very good to fine set. The first volume published was the Apocrypha in 1924 and of this there were 2,150 copies. (See: Dreyfus 20 & 21)
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
[NONESUCH PRESS]. The Holy Bible and the Apocrypha [5 volumes]. Nonesuch Press, 1924.
Price: US$442.55 + shipping
Description: Limited edition, published 1924-1927; printed on japon vellum; bound in buff parchment with gilt. Apocrypha: 1924, no.1205 of 1250 copies; Old Old Testament (3 volumes), 1925, edition limited to 1000 copies; New Testament, 1927, 1 of 1000 copies. Bookplate on front pastedown of each volume; free end papers of Apocrypha browned; all spines brown, with light wear at head & foot. This is a very heavy set (almost 9kg packed); additional postage may be required
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$484.88 + shipping
Description: 310mm x 210mm (12" x 8"). 238pp; 328pp; 418pp; 327pp; 309pp. Copperplates including title pages, head and tail pieces by designed and engraved by Stephen Gooden. Published 1924-1927. Typography arranged by Francis Meynell. Printed by Oxford University Press on Japon Vellum. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. VG: in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Covers rubbed and marked. Spines darkened. Some pages uncut Cream/gilt hardback decorated vellum cover
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$544.50 + shipping
Description: Limited editions, the Apocrypha number 1024 of 1250, the others one of 1,000 unnumbered copies; 5 vols; copper engraved pictorial titles, head and tailpieces by Stephen Gooden, tissue guards, faint spotting to endpapers, otherwise fine; publisher's decorated boards, faint spotting to upper cover (vol. III only), slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, toned, otherwise very good. The second Nonesuch commission for the engraver Stephen Gooden (after the Anacreon of 1923), and one of the most significant productions of the Nonesuch Press. Sensitively illustrated by the often under rated Stephen Gooden, one of the leading British line-engravers of the 20th century, most renowned perhaps for this work and the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine; he was also a prolific bookplate designer and even had banknote designs taken up by the Bank of England in the 1930s & '50s.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: _____Complete five volume quarto-sized set. _____ Each is in the original individual slipcase and is uncommon thus. _____ One of 1000 sets on Japon vellum in thin parchment bindings. _____ The first volume is hand numbered 32 at the colophon. _____ The Apocrypha / Reprinted According to the Authorized Version 1611; 1924; 238pp._____I._____ Genesis to Ruth; 1925; 328pp._____II._____ Samuel to Psalms; 1925; 418pp._____III._____ Proverbs to Malachi; 1926; 327pp; There is splitting to the spine edges._____The New Testament; 1927; 309pp. _____ ._____The illustrations are the headings beginning each volume by Stephen Gooden. _____ Scattered unopened page pairs. _____ The spine edges of the books are fraying as is usual in this set. _____ ___HEAVY__VOLUME__EXTRA__POSTAGE__CHARGES__WILL__APPLY___
Seller: Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$766.17 + shipping
Description: Fine copies in the original gilt-blocked parchment over boards. Small nick to the upper spine of the Samuel to Psalms volume. Remains an exceptional set; scans and additional data on request. Physical description; 5 v. : ill. ; 31 cm. Notes; Includes the Apocrypha. Title varies.New Testament has colophon: "This book has been printed by John Johnson, printer to the University, at the Oxford University Press, where the proofs have been read. It completes in June of the year 1927 the edition of the Bible put out by the Nonesuch Press in 5 volumes, of which that containing the Apocrypha was published in December, 1924; Genesis to Ruth in May, 1925; Samuel to Psalms in December 1925; Proverbs to Malachi in August, 1926. The copperplates have been designed and engraved by Stephen Gooden. The typography has been arranged by Francis Meynell. The edition is limited to 1,000 copies on japon vellum and 75 copies on Arnold unbleached rag paper for sale in England and America. Contents; [1]. The Apocrypha -- [2]. Genesis to Ruth -- [3]. Samuel to Psalms -- [4]. Proverbs to Maccabees -- [5]. The New Testament. Colophon of v. 1: This book has been printed . at the Oxford University Press . The copperplates have been designed and engraved by Stephen Gooden. The typography has been arranged by Francis Meynell. The edition is limited to 1,000 copies on Japon vellum and 75 copies on Arnold unbleached rag paper.This set is supplemented by a volume containing the Apocrypha, published by the Nonesuch Press in 1924."This book has been printed by Frederick Hall, printer to the University of Oxfor Press, where the proofs have been read. The copperplates have been designed and engraved by Stephen Gooden. The typography has been arraged by Francis Meynell. The type is a modern rendering, redesigned for this book, of a letter used by Plantin. Twelve hundred and fifty copies, numbered 1 to 1250, have been printed on japon vellum for England and America, and seventy-five copies, numbered I to LXXV, on Arnold unbleached rag paper. This is number 485" Printed at end of Apocrypha. 10 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$844.00 + shipping
Description: Fine copies in the original gilt-blocked parchment over boards. Small nick to the upper spine of the Samuel to Psalms volume. Remains an exceptional set; scans and additional data on request. Physical description; 5 v. : ill. ; 31 cm. Notes; Includes the Apocrypha. Title varies.New Testament has colophon: "This book has been printed by John Johnson, printer to the University, at the Oxford University Press, where the proofs have been read. It completes in June of the year 1927 the edition of the Bible put out by the Nonesuch Press in 5 volumes, of which that containing the Apocrypha was published in December, 1924; Genesis to Ruth in May, 1925; Samuel to Psalms in December 1925; Proverbs to Malachi in August, 1926. The copperplates have been designed and engraved by Stephen Gooden. The typography has been arranged by Francis Meynell. The edition is limited to 1,000 copies on japon vellum and 75 copies on Arnold unbleached rag paper for sale in England and America. Contents; [1]. The Apocrypha -- [2]. Genesis to Ruth -- [3]. Samuel to Psalms -- [4]. Proverbs to Maccabees -- [5]. The New Testament. Colophon of v. 1: This book has been printed . at the Oxford University Press . The copperplates have been designed and engraved by Stephen Gooden. The typography has been arranged by Francis Meynell. The edition is limited to 1,000 copies on Japon vellum and 75 copies on Arnold unbleached rag paper.This set is supplemented by a volume containing the Apocrypha, published by the Nonesuch Press in 1924."This book has been printed by Frederick Hall, printer to the University of Oxfor Press, where the proofs have been read. The copperplates have been designed and engraved by Stephen Gooden. The typography has been arraged by Francis Meynell. The type is a modern rendering, redesigned for this book, of a letter used by Plantin. Twelve hundred and fifty copies, numbered 1 to 1250, have been printed on japon vellum for England and America, and seventy-five copies, numbered I to LXXV, on Arnold unbleached rag paper. This is number 485" Printed at end of Apocrypha. 10 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Nonesuch Press. The Holy Bible and the Apocrypha. The Nonesuch Press 1924-7, London, 1924.
Price: US$891.52 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A beautiful edition of the Holy Bible with the Apocrypha, a limited edition complete in five volumes, decorated by Stephen Gooden. A beautiful limited edition of the authorised King James Holy Bible and the Apocrypha by the Nonesuch Press, complete in five volumes. This edition limited to one-thousand unnumbered copies printed on Japon vellum, the Apocrypha only limited to twelve-hundred, printed on Japon vellum, and numbered three-hundred-and-eighty-two. Published between 1924 and 1927.Comprising the Apocrypha; Genesis to Ruth; Samuel to Psalms; Proverbs to Malachi; The New Testament. The text is reprinted according to the authorised version of 1611.Each volume decorated by Stephen Gooden, this being his second book commission after the successful Nonesuch Anacreon of 1923. Each volume features impressive illustrated title pages as well as head and tail pieces designed and engraved by Gooden.Stephen Gooden was an English artist, illustrator and engraver, as well as a designer of banknotes. His best known works are some remarkable designs on copper, often described as finely engraved, witty, and inventive. His work with the Nonesuch Press is highly praised and sought-after.In uniform paper vellum bindings, with decorative gilt to the boards. A lovely set. In the original publisher's uniform paper vellum binding, with decorative gilt to the boards. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, some darkening to the spine. Minor rubbing to the rear board of 'Genesis to Ruth.' A minor chipping and closed tear to the upper and lower joints of the volume 'Samuel to Psalms'. Internally, firmly bound. A minor staining mark to the lower corner of the inner gutter affecting only the first few leaves of 'Genesis to Ruth', not affecting any of the text. Odd spotting to the odd leaf, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Each volume featuring an illustrated title page and head and tail pieces designed and engraved by Stephen Gooden. Tissue guards protective of the engravings, lacking to the title page of the firs two volumes as well as to the title page and head and tail pieces of 'Proverbs to Malachi' and title page and head piece of 'The New Testament.' Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
NONESUCH PRESS; BIBLE. The Holy Bible. Nonesuch Press, London, 1924.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Reprinted according to the Authorised Version, 1611. Engraved title & vignettes by Stephen Gooden. 5 volumes. Tall 4to, paper vellum boards decorated in gilt, uncut. London: Nonesuch Press, 1924-27. Includes the Old and New Testaments & the Apocrypha. One of 1000 copies on Japan vellum. An especially unblemished set.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$6408.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5 volume set. Minor shelf wear to brown leather hardcovers. End papers have a bit of foxing. Otherwise these are tight, unmarked volumes. Published 1924 - 1927. One of 75 copies printed on Arnold unbleached rag paper. File copy of publisher.
Seller: The Bookseller, Edmonton, AB, Canada
(Bible) Gooden, Stephen. The Holy Bible. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1924.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: Gooden, Stephen. One of 75 copies on Arnold unbleached paper. Each volume with an engraved title page, head piece, and tail piece by Stephen Gooden. Printed at the Oxford University Press by Frederick Hall (The Apocrypha, Genesis to Ruth, and Samuel to Psalms) and John Johnson (Proverbs to Malachi and The New Testament). Typography by Francis Meynell. 329; 418; 327; 309; 238 pp. 5 vols. 4to. A superior copy, one of 75. One of the great early books of the Press, and Stephen Gooden's second book commission, after the Nonesuch Anacreon of 1923. A superior copy. Dreyfus 21 and 20. The Nonesuch Century 21 and 20. Ransom, Selective Check Lists, pp. 163-164, nos. 20 and 21. Rumball-Petre 125 ("a beautiful work of a famous press"). Tomkinson, p. 136, nos. 19 and 19a Bound in full original vellum, edges rough gilt. Some natural variation of skins. Fine Each volume with an engraved title page, head piece, and tail piece by Stephen Gooden. Printed at the Oxford University Press by Frederick Hall (The Apocrypha, Genesis to Ruth, and Samuel to Psalms) and John Johnson (Proverbs to Malachi and The New Testament). Typography by Francis Meynell. 329; 418; 327; 309; 238 pp. 5 vols. 4to One of 75 copies on Arnold unbleached paper.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.