A Leaf From the 1611 King James Bible. With "The Noblest Monument of English Prose" by John Livingston Lowes [and] "The Printing of the King James Bible" by Louis I. Newman" [Leaf book]. Lowes, John Livingston and Louis I. Newman Limited Editions, Fine Printing

Folio, original gray boards with cream cloth spine; [xxv] pp. text; tipped in leaf from the first edition of the King James Bible. Estelle Doheny's copy with her Chester Place, Los Angeles bookplate to front fixed endpaper. Estelle Doheny (1875-1958) was the wife of oil baron Edward L. Doheny. She was an avid book collector whose collection included a Gutenberg Bible. Edition of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press consisting of 265 regular copies and 35 special copies with a leaf opening a book of the bible. This a "Special" copy with leaf containing Chapter 1 of the Epistle of Paul to the Colossians. BCC #275 Covers moderately worn and with faint staining. Text fine and originall leaf quite presentable