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The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Together with The Psalter, or Psalms of David
by [Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America]
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
Boston: I[saiah] Thomas & E.T. Andrews, 1800. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 4 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches. 2 ffep + 189 unnumbered leaves + 1 blank. Library stamp of Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass., to title page and small tear to lower margin at Psalm 140 affecting two letters of text, else fine. Griffiths 1800/11. Bound with: The Whole Book of Psalms in Metre; with Hymns, Suited to the Feasts and Fasts of the Church, and Other Occasions of Public Worship, Boston: I[saiah] Thomas & E.T. Andrews. 1800. 70 numbered pages + 1 unnumbered leaf (table) + 2 rfep. Text of both works printed in two columns, with light scattered foxing and age toning. Bound in full brown modern calf with blind rolled borders on both boards and six gilt lines to spine, and red morocco spine label with gilt "Common Prayer. A scarce and unusually well preserved example of the only BCP printed by Isaiah Thomas, whom Benjamin Franklin praised as "the American Baskerville." A scarce edition.
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- Bookseller
- St. Wulfstans Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 133
- Title
- The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Together with The Psalter, or Psalms of David
- Author
- [Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America]
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- I[saiah] Thomas & E.T. Andrews
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1800
- Keywords
- Common Prayer BCP Protestant Episcopal United States America hymns 19th
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About the Seller
St. Wulfstans Books
Biblio member since 2009
Fayetteville, Arkansas
About St. Wulfstans Books
St. Wulfstan's specializes in antiquarian religious books, especially Bibles, Prayer Books, and other texts in the Catholic, Anglican, Episcopal or Presbyterian traditions. We are known for our extensive inventory of liturgical texts (such as the Book of Common Prayer) and related books.The inventory ranges from historically significant and very rare texts to affordable copies of prayer books from the U.S. and Great Britain.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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