Title: The Bible of the Revolution. Signer's Edition, containing original leaves of both Old and New Testaments & an essay concerning it by Robert R. Dearden, Jr. and Douglas S. Watson.
Author: Dearden, Robert J. and Douglas S. Watson
Description: [ii], 34 pp. Two inserted facsimiles; two original leaves from the Aitken Bible (1782); one original leaf from Benjamin Franklin's printing of The Confession of Faith (1745). 10½x7, full red morocco, spine lettered in gilt. One of 50 copies of the Signer's Edition.One of the scarcest of the Grabhorn leaf books. GB 129.
Heading: (Grabhorn Press - Leaf Book)Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher: John Howell
Date Published: 1930
Author: Dearden, Robert J. and Douglas S. Watson
Description: [ii], 34 pp. Two inserted facsimiles; two original leaves from the Aitken Bible (1782); one original leaf from Benjamin Franklin's printing of The Confession of Faith (1745). 10½x7, full red morocco, spine lettered in gilt. One of 50 copies of the Signer's Edition.One of the scarcest of the Grabhorn leaf books. GB 129.
Heading: (Grabhorn Press - Leaf Book)Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher: John Howell
Date Published: 1930
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Spine faded, a few light scuffs to leather; else fine.
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Collection of Fine California Press Books
1:00 PM PT - May 8th, 2008
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