Item #125140 A LEAF from THE 1611 KING JAMES BIBLE; With “The noblest monument of English prose” by John Livingston Lowes and “The printing of the King James Bible” by Louis I. Newman. John Livingston Bible in English. Lowes, Louis I. Newman.
A LEAF from THE 1611 KING JAMES BIBLE; With “The noblest monument of English prose” by John Livingston Lowes and “The printing of the King James Bible” by Louis I. Newman.
A LEAF from THE 1611 KING JAMES BIBLE; With “The noblest monument of English prose” by John Livingston Lowes and “The printing of the King James Bible” by Louis I. Newman.

A LEAF from THE 1611 KING JAMES BIBLE; With “The noblest monument of English prose” by John Livingston Lowes and “The printing of the King James Bible” by Louis I. Newman.

1937. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1937.

Slim folio, [i], xxii, [2] pp., original leaf from Nehemiah chapters 7 and 8 tipped in between pages 16 and 17. Double columns printed in red and black throughout, initials hand-illuminated in red, blue, yellow, and gold. Original quarter cloth, paper backstrip label. Slightly worn and corners bumped.

§ One of 300 copies. “An extremely handsome book which drew praise from both contributing essayists and many Club members, some of whom found in this volume a relief from the Western Americana theme which had predominated in the Club's publications of the past five years.” Magee 51. Item #125140

Price: $600.00