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Dominic Spencer wrote: > I don't know if this is really the right place to ask, ...rec.collecting.books would have been more appropriate... > but I have a 1615 > edition of the "Breeches" Bible, in good condition apart from the cover, > which is hanging; I also have a 1752 edition of "The Holy War" by John > Bunyan, and wondered if anyone could tell me whether there might be any > value in them. Any info at all would be appreciated. Thanks. The first port of call to try to determine the value of items like this is ABE (http://dogbert.abebooks.com/abe/BookSearch). There are several Breeches Bibles of about the period you mention currently listed, at prices ranging from around $870 to $2500. Condition is very important. So too is the size (basically, the bigger the better!), and the number of woodcuts and/or other illustrations. The Short-Title Catalogue (not available online) lists 4 entries for Bibles published by Barker (I assume it's Barker, though you don't say so) in 1615. COPAC (http://www.copac.ac.uk/copac/wzgw?f=f&form=A%2FT&id=240868) has 30 entries. Here's a likely candidate: The Bible: that is, the Holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. With most profitable annotations upon all the hard places, and other things of great importance. London : Printed by Robert Barker, 1615. 4to. (New Testament has separate title page.) This is a quarto volume, though I believe a larger, folio, edition was also published in that year. As for the Bunyan, there's a Glasgow edition of 1752 on ABE at around $250 (good seller, can recommend!) and a London edition of the same year at $220. Again, condition and the number/quality of woodcuts are going to make a big difference. Just bear in mind that the prices on ABE are *asking* prices, not records of actual sales; some of those asking prices may never, in fact, be met. -- John http://rarebooksinjapan.com
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