REDUCED FROM $6,500 TO $3,995 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       1791 RARE FIRST EDITION ISAIAH THOMAS EARLY AMERICAN HOLY BIBLE PRINTED IN COLONIAL MASSACHUSETTS! WITH THE 1794-1800'S "COLBY FAMILY" HISTORY FROM NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS!   [King James Version] "THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS" Worcester,Massachusetts: Printed by Isaiah Thomas, 1791. Huge Thick Royal Quarto, measuring 11.75" x 10.50" Bound in its Original Colonial American Full Calf Leather Binding, boards detached but present! block is split in several places and could stand a rebinding. Contains the Complete Old and New Testaments with the Apocrypha (bound in many early King James Bibles but later officially removed), plus multi page index in the rear! The pages are in GREAT shape with only 2 defects that I can find, one is the General Engraved Frontis which is detached and torn with loss to the inner margin and boarder, the other is one text page with a clean tear with NO loss and NOT affecting any text. 100% COMPLETE AND ALL PAGES ARE PRESENT!!! This Rare Colonial American Holy Bible is really in Great Complete Shape inside but just needs some binding work. A RARE FIND INDEED! ISAIAH THOMAS: Was born in Boston January 19, 1749, Isaiah Thomas was the youngest of five children. His father died young , leaving Thomas' mother, Fidelity, in difficult financial circumstances. According to Thomas, she kept a small shop to help support the family, but made the common error of selling property for continental paper money, further impoverishing her family. Consequently, when Isaiah was six, he was indentured as an apprentice to Zechariah Fowle, a printer. Fowle left as much of the work as possible to young Isaiah. Fortunately for the child, Samuel Draper, Fowle's partner from 1758 to 1761, taught Thomas a great deal about printing. By the age of sixteen, Thomas was virtually running Fowle's shop, but after a "serious fracas" with Fowle he set off in pursuit of better training and a more attractive situation. Ranging from Nova Scotia to Boston (and a brief reunion with Fowle) to South Carolina, his wandering returned him to Boston in 1770 with a new wife. Shortly after the wedding, Thomas learned that his wife, Mary Dill, had borne an illegitimate child and entertained the affections of several men before marrying him. He divorced her for subsequent infidelity in 1777, and happily married Mary Thomas Fowle in 1779. After Mary's death in 1818, he married Rebecca Armstrong, but separated from her three years later. Thomas was known by some to be "a tall, attractive man, well-mannered, neat, an excellent printer, popular with his contemporaries, especially the women." Others described him as contentious, and he went through numerous business partnerships. Nevertheless, he made his own success by a mixture of skill and good business sense. In 1770, he began printing the Massachusetts Spy, which began neutral but became a radical patriot newspaper of the American Revolution. In this regard, he upheld family tradition; his great-great-grandfather, Evan Thomas, protested customs duties and sold beer above the crown's set price. Isaiah's personal revolutionary tendencies were strong: when he worked in Nova Scotia, he crossed the royal authorities by printing criticism of the Stamp Act. Yet, ever the businessman, Thomas continued to print popular material despite the fact that the Spy had the largest circulation in New England. From 1784 to 1802, Thomas built his Worcester-based publishing company into the largest and probably the best in America. He produced more than 900 books in his lifetime, including over 100 titles for children. At its height, the company operated sixteen presses, printing The New England Primer, various editions of the Bible, Massachusetts Magazine (one of the most highly regarded literary publications of its time), Mother Goose's Melody, and myriad other European reprints, new books, popular titles, and government documents.   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 question you may have and Items may be returned within 7 days if significantly not as described. God Bless You and thank you for viewing these many blessings of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.   SEE MY OTHER ITEMS OR YOULL BE SORRY! CLICK BELOW, SOME ARE ENDING SOON! http://stores.ebay.com/THE-WORD-Antiquarian-Books

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