New York: Simon & Schuster, 1936. The "Authorized Version" of the King James Bible, including the Old and New Testaments, "Designed to be read as Living Literature." This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition Thus, edited and arranged by Ernest Sutherland Bates. Large octavo. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine; illustrated endpapers. Clean and bright text. The dustjacket, not often seen, is complete, with some tearing and chipping mainly confined to the spine. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Bookseller: Quercus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001202
Title: The Bible (Authorized Version)
Author: Bates, Ernest Sutherland (Editor)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Thus.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1936
Bookseller catalogs: Religion;

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Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.

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