Auction Surprise
Mr J. G. Milner, a retired farmer of Heath, Derbyshire, was recently looking for bargains in books at a Chesterfield auction when he made a purchase that will excite the envy of many book-lovers and collectors. A bid of five shillings secured for him a copy of an old Bible. It proved to be a genuine “Breeches Bible,” printed in 1608 by R. Barker, printer to James I. The margin contains numerous annotations in faded ink.
Copies of this freak edition of the Bible are rare and are often valued at several hundred pounds.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 6, 1 July 1949, Page 5
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96Auction Surprise Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 6, 1 July 1949, Page 5
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