Longing for Vintage Cambridge?

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Written By J. MARK BERTRAND
How about some vintage Cambridge goodness -- complete with the original gold and black boxes! This eBay seller has three unique, new-in-box finds. Two brown KJV wide margins and a KJV in blue water buffalo calf. Even if you're not in the market, it's worth having a look at the photos:

KJV Concord Wide Margin in Saddle Brown Calfskin

The same same seller is also offering a KJV Presentation Reference in black goatskin that's worth taking a look. It's in the Cambridge spires box from the post-gold/pre-blue era. I have one from back in the day, and they're quite nice.

I was asked recently why I still like the KJV. In addition to the highbrow answers about cultural influence and aesthetics, there's also this: that's the translation most of the vintage goodies come in.
J. MARK BERTRAND

J. Mark Bertrand is a novelist and pastor whose writing on Bible design has helped spark a publishing revolution. Mark is the author of Rethinking Worldview: Learning to Think, Live, and Speak in This World (Crossway, 2007), as well as the novels Back on Murder, Pattern of Wounds, and Nothing to Hide—described as a “series worth getting attached to” (Christianity Today) by “a major crime fiction talent” (Weekly Standard) in the vein of Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, and Henning Mankell.

Mark has a BA in English Literature from Union University, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston, and an M.Div. from Heidelberg Theological Seminary. Through his influential Bible Design Blog, Mark has championed a new generation of readable Bibles. He is a founding member of the steering committee of the Society of Bible Craftsmanship, and chairs the Society’s Award Committee. His work was featured in the November 2021 issue of FaithLife’s Bible Study Magazine.

Mark also serves on the board of Worldview Academy, where he has been a member of the faculty of theology since 2003. Since 2017, he has been an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. He and his wife Laurie life in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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