Re: Breeches Bible and John Bunyan book

Thanks John for your lengthy reply.  I have had a look at the links you
provided, and have found them very useful.  I think I might hang on to these
two books as a future gift for one of my children.  Do you think they will
appreciate much in value over, say 15 years?

Dom Spencer
"John Yamamoto-Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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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
>