Some new reader auction listings for you! J. Shelton Smith is "thinning the herd," as they say, and plans to auction a number of nice editions in the near future. To begin with, he's listed three that are worth checking out, especially if you enjoyed today's piece on red Bibles, because two of the items in my stack photo are up for bid (well, two copies of the same thing -- you know what I mean):
Also, David Farlow continues to break the heart of every dreamer who's ever wanted to walk into an empty bookstore and find a wall of vintage Bibles on the shelf. He's listed a beautiful grey pigskin Ruby Text KJV, so check it out:
Nice looking Bibles.. especially the grey pigskin - tottally unique. BTW, I've got 4 nice Cambridge KJV/RV Interlinears with black goatskin up for auction myself on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270360204849
Happy bidding everyone! Seems like auctions for nice vintage Bibles are really picking up around here and on eBay. I will be adding 3 or 4 beautiful vintage Bibles (Cambridge, etc) within a week or two - I'll let Mark know when they are up so he can post the links!
Posted by: Nick Potratz | March 20, 2009 at 11:39 AM
The REB is perhaps the most readable translation out there, and almost certainly the best for reading aloud. And as a proud owner of the red REB New Testament (the only reason I'm not in a bidding war for the one mentioned), I can attest to what a superb little volume it is. Its leather is hands-down the softest and most pleasing of any Bible I've seen, very flexible. Though small, the print is easily readable--more readable in my view than the Pitt Minion ESV. The single column works very well with the small pages. The winner of this auction is truly in for a treat.
Posted by: Alex | March 21, 2009 at 06:55 AM