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- Book of Common Prayer
Boston, Printed for The Commission (by D. B. Updike at The Merrymount Press), 1928 (1930). First Edition. Hardcover. Thick folio (9-3/4" x 13-3/4") in publisher's oxblood pigskin leather stamped in black, top edge gilt; xli, 611 pages. Beautifully printed in black and red on English hand-made rag paper by D. B. Updike in an edition of 500 copies of which only 250 were for sale at the cost of one hundred and fifty dollars in 1930. Updike's magnum opus and one of the most beautifully designed American books of the twentieth century. Printed for the Joint Commission on the Revision and Enrichment of THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER and financed by the banker J.P.Morgan, Updike was well-suited to printing the work being a staunch Episcopalian and familiar with the text; it took two years to produce. This copy was presented to the Archbishop of Nova Scotia with a partly hand-written printed sheet laid in. A title notorious for wear and weak hinges, this is a tight, Near Fine copy with light edgewear and minor marks to the spine and front cover For Updike it was the culmination of everything he believed in and understood, and every facet of his personality and sensibility was called upon to produce this masterpiece of print and spirit" (A CENTURY FOR THE CENTURY 25); PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 173.
USD 5000.00 [Appr.: EURO 4635.75 | £UK 3981.25 | JP¥ 782284] Booknumber: 021423
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USD 5000.00 [Appr.: EURO 4635.75 | £UK 3981.25 | JP¥ 782284] Booknumber: 021423
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Total: USD 5000.00 [Appr.: EURO 4635.75 | £UK 3981.25 | JP¥ 782284]
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