The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David
by [Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America]
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Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
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Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868. Velvet and metal. Very Good +. 4 x 6 inches. 680 numbered pages. Decorative end papers, coated stock, embossed with leaf design. Gift presentation on ffep dated 1876. Engraved frontispiece. Not in Griffiths. Bound with: Selections from the Psalms of David in Metre; with Hymns, Suited to the Feasts and Fasts of the Church, and Other Occasions of Public Worship. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868. 286 numbered pages. Hymns with separate title page and continuous pagination. Bound with: Additional Hymns set forth by the House of Bishops, at the Request of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. In General Convention, October, 1865. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1869. 56 numbered pages. Pages clean and bright. All page edges gilt. Bound in contemporary full blue velvet with metal edges, spine ends and devices, including one on spine engraved with title. With working metal clasp and catch. Velvet rubbed. An excellent American BCP in an unusual American velvet binding.
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- Bookseller
- St. Wulfstans Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 685
- Title
- The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David
- Author
- [Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America]
- Format/Binding
- Velvet and metal
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- Common Prayer BCP Protestant Episcopal United States America velvet binding hymns 19th
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About the Seller
St. Wulfstans Books
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Fayetteville, Arkansas
About St. Wulfstans Books
St. Wulfstan's specializes in antiquarian religious books, especially Bibles, Prayer Books, and other texts in the Catholic, Anglican, Episcopal or Presbyterian traditions. We are known for our extensive inventory of liturgical texts (such as the Book of Common Prayer) and related books.The inventory ranges from historically significant and very rare texts to affordable copies of prayer books from the U.S. and Great Britain.
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- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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