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The Holy Bible, Containing The Old And New testaments... / The Book Of Common Prayer, And Administration Of The Sacraments....
by MATCHING VICTORIAN BIBLE AND PRAYER BOOK WITH BRASS EDGING AND CLASPS IN THE ORIGINAL LEATHER BOX .:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sudbury, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: Printed at the University Press. Sold by E. Gardner and Son, at the Oxford Bible Warehouse, Paternoster Row, London; And by J. and C. Mozley, Derby. M.DCCC.LVIII. [ 1858 ]. A very good matching full leather Bible and Prayer Book. Prayer book published in 1860. The original leather case measures: 6.0" x 4.25" x 3.5". Black morocco, edges rubbed and bumped. Large engraved armorial bookplate laid down to one panel: William Smith Nicholson, Christ Church, Oxford". Each book measures 5.75" x 3.75" x 1.5". Ruby 24's. Polished black calf with gilt titles. Each board with brass edging and central brass clasp (in full working order), Each spine with 5 raised bands and gilt titles. All page edges bright gilt. Clean yellow endpapers. Binder's blind-stamp to each front endpaper: "Masters, 78 Bond St.". Dedication to each front free-endpaper: "George Harvey Nicholson. From His God-father H. F. N. - Feb. 22. 1863." Clean text throughout, except for two verses blocked in blue biro (I. Corinthians XVI. Verse 13-14 ). VG. ** Joseph Masters & Co., Printer & Stationer, 78 New Bond St, London. *** Family history records show George Harvey Nicholson CB CMG. Born 5 Dec 1862 in Hoo, Kent, England. Son of William Smith Nicholson and Elizabeth (Johnston) Nicholson. Brother of George Harvey Nicholson, Mary (Nicholson) Balguy, Stuart Nicholson CB MVO DL, Maud Nicholson, Edith (Nicholson) Meade and Agnes (Nicholson) Lewes-D'Ashwood. Husband of Blanche Wilhelmina Dorothea (Annesley) Nicholson � married 1 Jun 1892 in Bareilly, Bengal, India. Father of Geoffrey Nicholson. Died 13 Jun 1942 at age 79 in Winchester, Hampshire, England . He was educated at Mr Ratcliffe's School at 42 Sandgate Rd, Folkestone and later at Sandhurst Military Academy. By 1887 he was serving in India as a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment. He married Blanche Dorothea Annesley at Bareilly, Bengal on 1 June 1892. By 1901 he was serving in Ireland. On 14 January 1916 he was gazetted temporary Brigadier General. A photograph from 1917 is available in the National Portrait Gallery. **** H.F.N. is believed to be Henry Frederick Nicholson born on 24 October 1835, brother of William Smith Nicholson and a Navy Captain.
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- Bookseller
- Chilton Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50558
- Title
- The Holy Bible, Containing The Old And New testaments... / The Book Of Common Prayer, And Administration Of The Sacraments....
- Author
- MATCHING VICTORIAN BIBLE AND PRAYER BOOK WITH BRASS EDGING AND CLASPS IN THE ORIGINAL LEATHER BOX .:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford: Printed at the University Press. Sold by E. Gardner and Son, at the Oxford Bible Warehouse, Paternoster Row, London; And
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 47666 Joseph Masters & Co; Printer & Stationer 78 New Bond St, London OXFORD psalms psalter E. Gardner and Son common PRAYER BOOK bible Field 65 Regent St 0
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Chilton Books
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About the Seller
Chilton Books
Biblio member since 2004
Sudbury, Suffolk
About Chilton Books
Chilton Books are secondhand and antiquarian booksellers Established in 2017 we sell all kinds of antiquarian and second-hand books. We have around 16,000 books on-line and still more titles on-site. We are principally mail order and internet traders without a high street shop front, but visitors are welcome to see our stock housed in a large purpose built store room. We are situated on the outskirts of the old town of Sudbury in the Suffolk Countryside. Please call first.
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