BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
by Book of Common Prayer
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. New York: New York Common Prayer and Book Society, 1853. First edition thus. Original full sheep, gilt, morocco label, gilt. Worn, but a solid copy in the original publisher's binding. Twain arrived in New York City after leaving St. Louis and went to work as a type-setter at John Gray's firm on Monday, August 29, 1853 and stayed there until mid-October, when he left for Philadelphia. He wrote home to his mother on August 31, saying that he and forty other type-setters set type for an "immense" number of books and several magazines like The Knickerbocker, New York Recorder, Choral Advocate, Jewish Chronicle, Littell's Living Age, and the Irish American. Most of the books published by Gray in 1853 were religious pamphlets and some anti-slavery texts; this is one of the few substantial books he published that year. Gray's four story building was next-door to the huge Harper Brothers (pre-fire) complex and it is possible that they were also farmed out work by Harper for publications without using their own printer's slug.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mac Donnell Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22909
- Title
- BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
- Author
- Book of Common Prayer
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- TWAIN, MARK , CLEMENS, S L , GRAY, JOHN A. , HOLY BIBLE , TYPE-SETTING , COMMON PRAYER
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Mac Donnell Rare Books
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Austin, Texas
About Mac Donnell Rare Books
The owner of Mac Donnell Rare Books is a former rare book librarian and widely published bibliographer with more than 40 years experience in rare books. We maintain a fine rare book inventory of 19th and 20th century American and English literary first editions, association copies, and autographs, with a specialty in Mark Twain. We also offer qualified tax and insurance appraisals, and library development consultation.
Glossary
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...