REDUCED FROM $12,500 TO $9,995 GIANT CLEARANCE SALE!!! EVERYTHING MUST GO!   SEE MY OTHER ITEMS OR YOULL BE SORRY! CLICK BELOW, SOME ARE ENDING SOON! http://stores.ebay.com/THE-WORD-Antiquarian-Books     THIS AUCTION IS FOR TWO (2) BOOKS! FIRST, ... THE ASTRONOMICALLY RARE & SCARCE 1833 FIRST-EDITION HOLY BIBLE BY THE FAMOUS NOAH WEBSTER (The First Ever American Revision of the King James Text), AND SECOND, ... THE 1834 FIRST EDITION COMPANION BOOK TO THE BIBLE: "VALUE OF THE HOLY BIBLE AND EXCELLENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION" THIS INCREDIBLY RARE SET IS THE ONLY ONE FOR SALE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!!!   BOTH ARE IN SPECTACULAR SHAPE WITH ORIGINAL BINDINGS!    BOTH ARE 100% COMPLETE AND 100% ORIGINAL!   THE FIRST EVER AMERICAN REVISION OF THE KJV TEXT!   [Two Book / Volume Set] [Both First Editions] 1833 "THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, IN THE COMMON VERSION (King James) WITH AMENDMENTS OF THE LANGUAGE" By Noah Webster. New Haven: Published by Durrie & Peck. Printed and Sold by Hezekiah Howe & Co. 1833. First-Edition! (1ST-ED!!!) Large Thick Octavo, measuring 9" x 5 3/4" and Quite Thick! Bound in its Original Full Calf Leather Binding, rebacked making the inner margin tight. With 907 printed pages plus Original blanks front and rear (100% COMPLETE!!!) ALL PAGES ARE CLEAN, CRISP AND FRESH! With the Bookplate of the Famous Arthur Gardiner Merriam! Author and Printer of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary! Also Signed / Autographed on front blank by Palmer G. Brown. ....... [SECOND BOOK] .......... 1834 "VALUE OF THE BIBLE, AND EXCELLENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION" By Noah Webster, LL.D. New Haven: Published by Durrie and Peck. Printed by Hezekiah Howe & Co. 1834. First Edition. Octavo, (8vo) measuring approx. 6" x 4" and bound in its Original Binding of 1/2 Calf Leather with marbled boards! With 180 printed pages (100% COMPLETE!!!) Also has its Original Blanks front and rear!!! All pages are Clean, Crisp and Fresh with Original Wide Margins! IN SPECTACULAR COMPLETE CONDITION INSIDE AND OUT!   NOAH WEBSTER'S BIBLE: While Webster's association with the dictionary is common knowledge, it is not so widely known that Noah Webster produced his own modern English translation of the Bible in 1833. Though an excellent and highly accurate translation, Webster's Bible was not widely accepted, due to the continued popularity of the ancient King James version. It was, however, was the most significant English language translation of the scriptures to be done since the King James version of more than 200 years earlier. The "Webster Version" of the Bible has actually enjoyed a recent increase in popularity in electronic and "online" formats because it is one of few modern English translations of the scriptures which may be freely used without paying any royalty, as its age makes it public domain material.   NOAH WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY: Noah Webster published his first dictionary of the English language in 1806, and in 1828 published the first edition of his An American Dictionary of the English Language. The work came out in 1828 in two volumes. It contained 12,000 words and from 30,000 to 40,000 definitions that had not appeared in any earlier dictionary. In 1840 the second edition, corrected and enlarged, came out, in two volumes. He completed the revision of an appendix a few days before his death, which occurred in New Haven on the 28th of May 1843. Webster changed the spelling of many words in his dictionaries in an attempt to make them more phonetic. Many of the differences between American English and other English variants evident today originated this way. The modern convention of having only one acceptable and correct spelling for a word is due mostly to the efforts of Webster, in standardizing spelling. Prior to this, the popular sentiment toward spelling might have best been summed up by Benjamin Franklin who said that he "had no use for a man with but one spelling for a word." Webster's dictionary was so popular that "Webster's" became synonymous with dictionary to many Americans. As a result, the Webster's name lost trademark protection and is now used by numerous publishers in the titles of their dictionaries. Among these, the Merriam-Webster's dictionary is considered to be the most direct descendent of Noah Webster's lexicographical tradition, the Merriam brothers having purchased the rights to revise the dictionary from Webster's heirs upon his death.   NOAH WEBSTER: was born on October 16, 1758, in the West Division of Hartford. Noah's was an average colonial family. His father farmed and worked as a weaver. His mother worked at home. Noah and his two brothers, Charles and Abraham, helped their father with the farm work. Noah's sisters, Mercy and Jerusha, worked with their mother to keep house and to make food and clothing for the family. Few people went to college, but Noah loved to learn so his parents let him go to Yale, Connecticut's only college. He left for New Haven in 1774, when he was 16. Noah's years at Yale coincided with the Revolutionary War. Because New Haven had food shortages during this time, many of Noah's classes were held in Glastonbury. Noah graduated in 1778. He wanted to study law, but his parents could not afford to give him more money for school. So, in order to earn a living, Noah taught school in Glastonbury, Hartford and West Hartford. Later he studied law. [Additional fact: in 1784 Connecticut started the first law school in America, which graduated Noah Webster]. Noah did not like American schools. Sometimes 70 children of all ages were crammed into one-room schoolhouses with no desks, poor books, and untrained teachers. Their books came from England. Noah thought that Americans should learn from American books, so in 1783, Noah wrote his own textbook: A Grammatical Institute of the English Language. [Additional fact: In 1783 Noah also produced what is considered to be the first dictionary created in the US] Most people called it the "Blue-backed Speller" because of its blue cover. For 100 years, Noah's book taught children how to read, spell, and pronounce words. It was the most popular American book of its time. Ben Franklin used Noah's book to teach his granddaughter to read. In 1789, Noah married Rebecca Greenleaf. They had eight children. Noah carried raisins and candies in his pockets for the children to enjoy. The Websters lived in New Haven, then moved to Amherst, MA. There, Noah helped to start Amherst College. Later the family moved back to New Haven.   [Additional fact: Dec. 9, 1793 Noah Webster founded New York's first daily newspaper.] When Noah was 43, he started writing the first American dictionary. He did this because Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced and used words differently. He thought that all Americans should speak the same way. He also thought that Americans should not speak and spell just like the English. Noah used American spellings like "color" instead of the English "colour" and "music" instead " of "musick". He also added American words that weren't in English dictionaries like "skunk" and "squash". It took him over 27 years to write his book. When finished in 1828, at the age of 70, Noah's dictionary had 70,000 words in it. Noah did many things in his life. He worked for copyright laws, wrote textbooks, Americanized the English language, and edited magazines. When Noah Webster died in 1843 he was considered an American hero. *** A ONE OF A KIND FIRST EDITION SET! ***   TERMS: PAYPAL. Insurance is available up to $5,000 for Priority Mail and up to $25,000 for Registered Mail in the United States only. All Items must have Insurance paid for by the buyer. All funds must be paid within 7 days. Insurance claims are the responsibility of the buyer and copies of insurance slips will be provided upon request. We are not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged items. This is a Born Again Christian business and I strive to honor Christ in every transaction. I am happy to answer any questions you may have and Items may be returned within 7 days if significantly not as described. 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