Unusual Bibles revisited

I have a very unique Bibe. I has no date printed in it, but on the flyleaf is written "to ny darling, 1893." It is KJV, Oxford, printed at the University press in London.
At the back it has at least 400 pages of variuos helps that range from all the plants, animals, birds, etc. of the Bible, to an index, and a good concordance. Also various "plates" of different MSS and "bust" of individuals such as Caesar (Nero) and others of that time.

The most unique feature of this Bible is that between every page there is another bound page of lined paper meant for the owner to take notes. And yet it is not a loose-leaf Bible. Nor is it overly large compared to todays study Bibles--a little thick but not too big. That doesn't matter; its not the Bible I use everyday anyway .
DHK

 

Ziggy: There should be *no* ASV edition available prior to the 1901 copyrighted edition.

TC: Sorry, but you are wrong. The title page to the New Testament reads as I posted previously with this notation at the bottom of the page: "A.D. 1900." The NT and OT together were published in 1901 but the NT was available in early 1900.

Please check again, Doc, the copyright page in particular, and not the title page.

I have several editions of the ASV 1901, including NT only versions as well as the entire OT+NT. They all agree on the copyright date as being 1901.

While the NT title page on my various copies *does* say that the NT is "Newly Edited by the New Testament Members of the American Revision Comnittee, A.D. 1900, Standard Edition", the page *following* the title page (which contains the copyright information) should say clearly, "From the American Standard Edition of the Revised Bible, Copyright, 1901, by Thomas Nelson & Sons. To insure purity of text."

Although the title page may correctly state that the revision work was completed in 1900, the copyright date (and thus the actual date of publicaton) is clearly 1901.

 

Remarkably it is relatively unused--only about half a dozen pages are written on, and that in the most exquisite hand-writing.