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Epistles General of St. John.With a Preface by the Rev. W. Marsh. Groom, T. Islington-Row. Birmingham. [between 1830 and 1840?].
Epistles General of St. John.With a Preface by the Rev. W. Marsh. Groom, T. Islington-Row. Birmingham. [between 1830 and 1840?].
Epistles General of St. John.With a Preface by the Rev. W. Marsh. Groom, T. Islington-Row. Birmingham. [between 1830 and 1840?].
Epistles General of St. John.With a Preface by the Rev. W. Marsh. Groom, T. Islington-Row. Birmingham. [between 1830 and 1840?].
Epistles General of St. John.With a Preface by the Rev. W. Marsh. Groom, T. Islington-Row. Birmingham. [between 1830 and 1840?].
Epistles General of St. John.With a Preface by the Rev. W. Marsh. Groom, T. Islington-Row. Birmingham. [between 1830 and 1840?].
Epistles General of St. John.With a Preface by the Rev. W. Marsh. Groom, T. Islington-Row. Birmingham. [between 1830 and 1840?].
Epistles General of St. John.With a Preface by the Rev. W. Marsh. Groom, T. Islington-Row. Birmingham. [between 1830 and 1840?].
Epistles General of St. John.With a Preface by the Rev. W. Marsh. Groom, T. Islington-Row. Birmingham. [between 1830 and 1840?].

Epistles General of St. John.With a Preface by the Rev. W. Marsh. Groom, T. Islington-Row. Birmingham. [between 1830 and 1840?].

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63 printed pages. Printed by J. Moore, Birmingham. All edges gilt. Contemporary pencil ownership signature on front paste-down endpaper. Provenance: D. Brown. 53 x 65 mm.   Original publisher's full black calf. Spine in three compartments with gilt anthemion devices and double gilt horizontal rules; covers gilt blocked titling and with single filet gilt borders and front cover with gilt titling. Bondy, 130 (for similar titles/same publisher). Not in Spielmann. Welsh, 829 (mentions three copies). OCLC, 39208988. WorldCat locates 4 copies worldwide (Virginia, Indiana, Washington/St.Louis, and Harry Ransom University Libraries). Extremely uncommon provincially printed miniature book in near original condition, virtually 200 years old.  These were designed to fit easily into a pocket or the palm of a hand, reflecting the 19th-century demand for portable, personal devotional texts -  for intimate, personal meditation, or as a thoughtful, pocket-sized gift, often used by laypeople in their daily life. Rather than being produced by a large, well-known London religious society, this edition was published by T. Groom, a small printer located at Islington-Row in Birmingham. This reflects the active, local production of religious literature in provincial industrial cities during the period, and is now a specialized, niche collector's item.