first edition Hardcover
2017 · New Castle, DE
by Patkus, Ronald
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 260pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/4 red cloth with light gray printed paper over boards, and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Light soiling to the boards. From the Publisher- "The Privately Printed Bible is the first book to offer a broad survey of the history of private and fine press printings of biblical texts. Author Ronald Patkus focuses on English-language examples from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and North America, and includes more than 500 works in his study. He begins with the late nineteenth century revival of printing which took place in England under the influence of (truncated)