EP LE The King James Bible 1611 Edition

Limited to 400 copies @ $596. An incredibly large and heavy volume, it needs a table or pulpit to display it properly. This volume is nicely built as the early limiteds have been with the beveled board edges. It also has three ribbon markers, which is common to bibles, but not to EP books. Dimensionally (10 1/4" x 15 1/2" x 4", 19.9 pounds, 1,496 pages) it is about the same size as the Crusades volumes. The slipcase is a nice touch, but I don't store the book upright, as you would end up with text block sag, so it takes up a whole shelf unto itself. I have moved the photos to the album, click the pic:

I'm a bit disappointed that this expensive book has so many spelling errors. ;P

Looks great, can't wait for mine to arrive.

Let me guess ... You got copy #1 of this one as well?

Naw, somewhere in the middle like I always get, #215 or something.

Very nice. Thanks for posting.

Now I think it is time for you to take the plastic off your poor neglected copy of Last of the Mohicans. You do know that comes off, right?

I will, when I get the time to read it. Actually, I remember that FS is doing a really nice copy of it this year, so I might not unwrap it and just let it go to a nice home.

Thanks for the pictures, I am not in the market for one myself but I always like to see pictures of EP editions.

And of course its HUGE, probably has an alternative usage as a personal defence weapon if needed....if one is strong enough.

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vut do you mean? :)

I always get a kick out of reading the dedication to such old books (such as The Faerie Queene), but in this case we have "To the most high and mighty prince, James, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, defender of the Faith, etc." Royalty sure are full of themselves, that's for certain :)

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Well, he does have a Bible named after him (he and that "Holy" guy).

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Very impressive. You had better reinforce the floor of your library. That book must weigh a ton.

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Don't be reckless Hamletcamero. We know what doing that does to the resale value of EP books. The plastic wrap is the most valuable part of the package.

It's a beautiful tome, thanks for posting the pictures, Wootle.
At about 1.5 times the size of the EP Rembrandt Family Bible it's really impressive.

By the way: the Rembrandt Bible also has three ribbon markers: a red, white and black one.

I think the likely reason for the 3 ribbons comes from the typical Catholic or High Anglican liturgy which includes a reading from the Old Testament, the Epistles, and the Gospels at each mass.

Photos updated. Still a great early DLE.

Beautiful and thanks for going through the effort to upload pictures