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Hassall, W.O.. The Holkham Bible Picture Book. Dropmore Press, London and Delaware, 1954.
Price: US$109.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. 191 pp + colophon, top edge rimmed o/w uncut, faint markings on front pastedown, some light browning to endpapers, very good in original half red mor. gt, raised bands, blind stamped vertical vellum bands. some faint sun fading to spine, top of spine lightly bumped, small splash mark at top of spine, otherwise very good, only very light shelfwear. please see photos. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Tombland Bookshop, Norwich, NFLK, United Kingdom
Price: US$115.94 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Slightly faded red boards decorated with vertical, embossed vellum bands partly stained yellow; the spine, lettered in gilt, faded and discoloured, with five raised bands.Internally slight foxing to end papers and a bookplate on each front paste down. Remaining contents unsullied.
Seller: Hugh Hardinge Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Price: US$115.94 + shipping
Description: Half-morocco (spine and fore-edges) and blindstamped vellum boards, fore-and lower edges uncut, 36 cm, vii, 191 pp, 84 plates. Printed on Arnold & Foster "mould-made vellum" paper. The Holkham Bible Picture Book, now in the British Library collection, is one of the most idiosyncratic of the great fourteenth-century English manuscripts. Dating from about 1320-40, it contains some eighty pages of coloured drawings illustrating Genesis, the Life of Christ and the Apocalypse. Each scene is described in a brief commentary in Anglo-Norman French. From the introduction by W.O. Hassall: "The book has no contemporary title, and is not in fact intended to be an illustrated Bible. It is a pictorial representation of the Creation and Fall and the need of a Redemption. Then comes the story of Christ, leading up to the Passion, Resurrection and Ascension, interspersed with apocryphal incidents. Finally come the Signs of the End of the World and the Last Judgement, a terrifying antidote to an excessive confidence in the greatness of God s mercy. It is in fact the story of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. The theme turns round the three advents of God, at the Creation, at the Incarnation and at the Doom." Vellum somewhat darkened and slightly spotted, leather a little faded on upper front board, top edge of textblock slightly spotted, contents Fine.
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
HASSALL, W.O.. The Holkham Bible Picture Book.. London: The Dropmore Press,, 1954.
Price: US$126.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Introduction and commentary by William Owen Hassall. The facsim. is reproduced from the 14th century Anglo-Norman ms. in the British Museum (Ms. Add. 47680). 355 x 255 mm. vii, [iii], 191, [3] pp., [42] leaves of plates, 8 in colour]. Printed on hand-made vellum paper, top edge trimmed, other edges roughly cut. Marginal toning to endpapers, bound in full red niger morocco, very slightly rubbed and marked. A very good copy
Seller: David Strauss, FOLKINGHAM, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Hassall. THE HOLKHAM BIBLE PICTURE BOOK. Dropmore Press, 1954.
Price: US$128.76 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second edition. Facsimile edition of the Holkham Bible. Half Niger leather with 5 raised bands to spine and gilt lettering. Japanese vellum to boards. Untrimmed mould made paper to side and bottom. vii, Pages from bible illustrated in b&w and colour. Wear to leather at top corner as in photograph. Very good clean condition. Ex library with plate to fep.Library stamp and number to reverse title. Part top library sheet to rfep and card holder to rep. Very heavy volume and at 4kg post and packing will be more than quoted by abe.
Seller: Chris Barmby MBE. C & A. J. Barmby, Kent, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Folio Plate Reproductions and Commentary
Seller: Caveat Emptor Used and Rare Books, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
W. O. Hassall.. The Holkham Bible Picture Book.. The Dropmore Press, London, 1954, 1954.
Price: US$161.03 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second edition Very good indeed. Half red morocco has scattered slight rubbing, vellum slightly mottled, top lightly sun-faded. With facsimile reprints of the 14th century manuscript. Hardback. Please be aware that this volume is very heavy and therefore extra postage may be requested.
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
W. O. Hassall. The Holkham Bible Picture Book. The Dropmore Press, London, 1954.
Price: US$199.00 + shipping
Description: The Dropmore Press, 1954, facsimile vii, 191 pp. Illustrated with numerous reproductions, some in color. 35.5x24.7 cm (14x9¾"), half morocco over vellum boards, raised bands, spine tooled in gilt; top edge cut, other edges deckled. Ex-libris call sign is written on spine in white, ink stamps and stickers on endpapers, half-title and copyright page. Spine sunned, flaking and light soiling to vellum boards; very good. With facsimile reprints of the 14th century manuscript. 1954 facsimile of 14th cent. manuscript.
Seller: Rare Books Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
HASSALL, W. O.. THE HOLKHAM BIBLE PICTURE BOOK. ). Dropmore Press,, London,, 1954.
Price: US$206.12 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second Edition. Hardback. HOLKHAM BIBLE PICTURE BOOK. With Introduction and Commentary. 34.5 by 25.5cm. Folio, Original binding of half red niger morocco, the covers with a vertical central vellum panel blocked in blind, the spine lettered in gilt, plain end leaves, uncut edges.). Blind stamped large church image on cover and flying bird on rear.Reproductions of the 84 folios, 8 of them in colour and the remaining 76 in monochrome, with introduction and commentary consisting of 160 pages of text together with a glossary of obsolete French terms and a complete index. An old catalogue entry reads: ' It is not often that a manuscript of the importance and rarity of the Holkham Bible Picture Book can be made available to the general public in such complete and luxurious form as this edition published by the Dropmore Press. The original manuscript, which has survived for six centuries, until recently formed part of the famous collection of manuscripts at Holkham Hall, Norfolk, the seat of the Earl of Leicester. The manuscript is now national property and is at the British Museum. Only the willing co-operation of the Earl of Leicester and, more recently, that of the British Museum authorities, made it possible for this historic document to be reproduced in its entirety in book form. Dr. Hassall, after many years of patient research and enquiry, has written a masterly analysis of the manuscript, consisting of an introduction covering its early history, together with a page-by-page commentary on the plates, with copious footnotes and references. The manuscript consists of 84 illustrated parchment folios, each measuring 11 by 8 ins., all of which have been reproduced to the same scale by a special process developed by the Oxford University Press.' This book is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. About fine.Very faint tanning to vellum. Bookplate of Richard Barber of the Boydell Press.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
HASSALL, W. O.. Holkham Bible Picture Book. , 1954.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: HASSALL, W. O. The Holkham Bible Picture Book. Original 1/2 red niger morocco with leather foredge and vellum boards, raised spine bands. London: The Dropmore Press, 1954. 4to. First edition. Spine lightly sunned, front outer hinge strained, else a very good copy.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
W. O. Hassall. The Holkham Bible Picture Book. Dropmore Press, London, 1954.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: [ix], 191, [2] pp. + 42 leaves of plates; folio, half red niger morocco with fore-edge of the same morocco, parchment sides; five raised bands, gilt title on spine, textblock fore-edges uncut. The plates (several in color) were printed at the University Press, Oxford. A finely printed facsimile of a fourteenth-century manuscript from the collections of the Earl of Leicester. The original work was not intended to be an illustrated Bible, but rather deals with the overarching theme of the three advents of God: at the Creation, at the Incarnation, and at the Doom. "It is a pictorial representation of the Creation and Fall and the need of a Redemption. Then comes the story of Christ, leading up to the Passion, Resurrection and Ascension, interspersed with apocryphal incidents. Finally come the Signs of the End of the World and the Last Judgement" (from the Introduction). A very good/near fine copy, with just a touch of rubbing at the tips and a little fading to the spine; pages clean and bright.
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
HASSALL (W. O.). The Holkham Bible Picture Book.. London: The Dropmore Press, 1954.
Price: US$225.45 + shipping
Description: Small folio, vii, [3], 191, [3]pp., 84 plates (8 coloured), cont. red half morocco over decorated vellum boards, five raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, uncut, a nice copy. Complete reproduction in facsimile of the 14th century MS with its important corpus of illustrations of English medieval life, formerly owned by the Earl of Leicester and now in the British Library. The facsimile, printed on hand made paper by O.U.P., was originally intended for publication by the Roxburghe Club.
Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$251.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First trade edition of this facsimile reproduction of a fourteenth-century illustrated collection of biblical and apocryphal stories produced by an unidentified Dominican friar, originally held in Holkham Hall, Norfolk and now owned by the British Library. 4to. 191pp + xlii plates. Printed on mould-made vellum paper and bound in half niger morocco with a leather fore-edge, five raised bands and blind-decorated parchment sides. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. The facsimile plates printed by the Oxford University Press. A little wear to the tips of two upper corners, and a touch of light further chafing to one other extremity. Very good indeed.
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$289.86 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Set in Monotype Walbaum and printed on Arnold & Foster mould-made vellum. 84 plates (eight coloured). Half red niger with leather fore-edge and parchment sides decorated in blind. A fine copy. A facsimile of a famed fourteenth-century manuscript formerly owned by the Earls of Leicester and now in the British Library.
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$354.27 + shipping
Description: Half red morocco gilt. Large folio, text uncut, binding just lightly marked here & there. C.pp200 Intro &c + 84pp facsimile plates [8 in colour]. Very handsome book. Fine Limited Edition. Facsimile of this outstanding Medieval Block Book of c.1325 : the 231 striking picture stories illustrate the Creation & Fall : Life of Christ : and The End of the World & Last Judgement. **** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question.
Seller: Adam Mills Rare Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
HASSALL (W.O.). The Holkham Bible Picture Book. The Dropmore Press, London, 1954.
Price: US$360.71 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 84 plates (eight coloured). Folio. [355 x 255 x 40 mm]. vii, [iii], 191, [3] pp. Original binding of half red niger morocco, the covers with a vertical central vellum panel blocked in blind, the spine lettered in gilt, plain endleaves, uncut edges. (Small brown stain and minor insect damage on rear vellum panel). A very good copy of a fine facsimile of a famed 14th century manuscript formerly owned by the Earls of Leicester and now in the British Library. It is accompanied by a learned text, and was printed on hand-made paper, with the plates printed by the Oxford University Press.
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
W. O. Hassall. The Holkham Bible Picture Book. London: The Dropmore Press, 1954.
Price: US$528.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, April 29 (sale item)* limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by the author; small folio, vii, 191, [1] pp., plates; illustrated full red leather by W. M. Smith & Son, top raised band bumped and now lacking the leather covering, else near fine. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$690.56 + shipping
Description: Finely and sumptuously bound on full crushed aniline calf. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance : Bookplate of W & PJ Kupper. Physical description; vii, 191 p., 42 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims. ; 36 cm. Notes; Bound in half red niger morocco with leather fore-edge and parchment sides. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 'This is copy no. 39 of 100 copies which have been specially bound and signed. Subjects; Holkham Hall. Library. Bible Manuscripts Facsimiles. Bible Illustrations. Bible Picture Bibles. 3 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$760.00 + shipping
Description: Finely and sumptuously bound on full crushed aniline calf. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance : Bookplate of W & PJ Kupper. Physical description; vii, 191 p., 42 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims. ; 36 cm. Notes; Bound in half red niger morocco with leather fore-edge and parchment sides. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 'This is copy no. 39 of 100 copies which have been specially bound and signed. Subjects; Holkham Hall. Library. Bible Manuscripts Facsimiles. Bible Illustrations. Bible Picture Bibles. 3 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$805.16 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition no 13 of 100 signed copies in full red morocco, blind stamped decorative illustrations on both covers. This copy in Fine condition and without the usual fading to the spine. In a removable acetate protector. An outstanding example, by some distance the best we have seen.
Seller: Finecopy, Westbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$925.36 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Holkham Bible Picture Book. Introduction and commentary by W. A. Hassall, M.A., D. Phil. F.S.A. This copy is number 51 of one hundert copies wich have been specially bound and signed by W. O. Hassall. 35,5 x 26,5 cm, 193 pages. This book was designed and printed at The Dropmore Press London. Of the two editions, 100 numbered copies only were printed on Arnold & Foster hand-made vellum specially bound in full red niger Morocco and signed by Dr. W. O. Hassall. The type used was 14 point Monotype Walbaum. The plates were printed by The University Press at Oxford. Completed at the Dropmore Press Limited during May 1954. This fine copy without the usual fading to the spine.
Seller: Lightmotif, Vésenaz, Switzerland