The Book Of Common Prayer, And Administration Of The Sacraments & Other Rites & Ceremonies Of The Church, According To The Use Of The Church Of England; Together With The Psalter of Psalms Of David, Pointed As They Are To Be Sung or Said In Churches; & The Form And Manner Of Making, Ordaining, And Consecrating Of Bishops, Priests, And Deacons

Chipping Camden, London & New York: M. Walter Dunne, 1904. First American edition. leather_bound. Crushed purple morocco rebacked with most of original spine laid-down. Fine in fine blue cloth clamshell box. 387 pages. Folio, 36 x 28.5 cm. One of a small number of copies printed on vellum for the American market, The Trinity Edition with a hand illuminated presentation leaf to Anna L. Wilson tipped-in. With an eight page Supplement to the American Edition laid-in: "Showing Variants From The Prayer Book Of The American Church," which includes an image of Teddy Roosevelt and a prayer for him. Deluxe binding by the M. Walter Dunne bindery, gilt lettered (truncated) spine, gilt bordered covers with center Royal crest surrounded by four crown and fleur-de-lis emblems decorated in pink, white and blue with suede doublers, silk moire endpapers, and silk marker ribbon. Proofs were corrected by Dunne and printed at the Plimpton Press, Norwood, Mass. (Inventory #: 21727)