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9 BIBLE; English; Authorized. The Holy Bible; [bound after] The Book of Common-Prayer; [and before] The Whole Book of Psalmes. London: Printed by Henry Hills; Printed by John Bill, and Christopher Barker; Printed by A.M. for the Companie of Stationers, 1660; 1662; 1658 A very attractive copy, uniting late Commonwealth and Restoration-era editions of the Common Prayer book, King James Bible (both Old and New Testaments), and Psalms, preserving its contemporary binding, and abundantly extra- illustrated with 146 copper plates by the Dutch engraver Jacob Floris van Langeren, the most-widely available biblical illustrations in England during the 1640s and 1650s. The practice of binding pictures with the English text of the Bible was theologically suspect in the eyes of many, attacked as popish and idolatrous at the trial of Archbishop Laud, and, again, by the bookseller Michael Sparke in the 1650s. It is fitting therefore that they should be bound here with the Bible printed in the Restoration year by Henry Hills, who many scorned as a turncoat, one who “ever made it his business to be of the rising side”. Despite having printed at least two editions of Eikon basilike , Hills thrived during the interregnum through a close personal relationship with Cromwell. In March 1656, with John Field, Hills secured a monopoly in printing English Bibles and psalms,
First edition, signed by the author on the title page. The novel followed Ballard’s controversial, and descriptively named, exhibition “Crashed Cars”, staged at the New Arts Laboratory in 1970. Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Discreet ownership stamp to rear free endpaper. A fine copy in jacket that is not price-clipped, laminate lifting a little at head of spine and front panel joint, slight creasing to edges, still near-fine. ¶ Pringle A114. £3,750 [155082] 8 BECKETT, Samuel. Waiting for Godot. New York: Grove Press, 1954 NOTHING HAPPENS, NOBODY COMES, NOBODY GOES First edition in English of Beckett’s most famous work, originally published in France as En attendant Godot in 1952, with the full text translated into English by Beckett himself for this edition. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver and gilt, covers lettered in blind, red endpapers. With dust jacket. With 4 plates from photographs. Contents lightly toned, else a fine copy in very good jacket, a little toned with minor rubbing and chipping at extremities, price intact and without repair. ¶ Federman & Fletcher 373. £2,500 [155120]
privileges that formerly belonged to the king’s printers and the Stationers’ Company respectively. The two men continued to profit as printers to the government until the Restoration. Hills appears to have harboured Catholic sympathies from at least as far back as the 1660s; shortly after the accession of James II, he formally converted to Catholicism. 3 works bound in 1 volume, octavo (170 × 116 mm). Contemporary English morocco, gilt in compartments, gilt double-rule border to covers with floral cornerpieces, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Old Testament extra-illustrated with 41 copper engravings, New Testament with 104 copper engravings, Common Prayer with 1 copper engraving; together comprising 146 (of 149) of the engravings of Jacob Floris van Langeren, produced for insertion into Bibles, and not integral to this or any edition. Bound into the Bible is an additional Apocrypha , not found in all copies and not called for by ESTC (though reported by Darlow and Moule); a contemporary addition to the contents page notes its presence. Initial endpapers with early transcripts of prayers, 17th-century ownership inscription, and note of price “February the 2nd 1663. Pr. 1l–10s–0d”; terminal blank of Bible with manuscript list of biblical figures and their dates, in a contemporary hand, with red ruling; Victorian prayer card, and 20th-century note, loosely inserted. Joints and extremities neatly restored, a few leaves expertly re-inserted at front. Front free endpaper and initial few gatherings a little nicked and frayed at extremities, Bible with loss to corner of one plate, Prayer Book with a few very minor peripheral short tears. Generally still in excellent condition. ¶ ESTC R28924 ( Bible ); ESTC R35356 ( Prayer Book ); this edition of Psalms not in ESTC (collates complete A–E8). £3,000 [153812]
All items are fully described and photographed at peterharrington.co.uk
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