AuctionsJ. MARK BERTRAND21 Comments

David Farlow's Excellent eBay Auctions

AuctionsJ. MARK BERTRAND21 Comments

David Farlow has built up an amazing collection of Bibles, and -- good news for those of you searching for hard-to-find editions -- he's decided to offer some for auction. Three of his auctions are already up. A beautiful vintage Eyre & Spottiswoode KJV in red morocco and two out-of-print Allan's editions, an NLT and an NIV. Very nice stuff, so have a look:

Eyre & Spottiswoode - Fine Grain Morocco Goatskin red Leather Bible



If you're wondering what else he's going to part with, don't worry -- we have photos! Take a look, and I'll include the list of what's what after each picture. 


Leftstack

Above, top to bottom:

Allan NLT Black Goatskin

Queens Golden Jubilee "Today’s King James Version" by Bible First

Cambridge RSV 343 Single Paragraph Study Bible

Allan NIV Bold Print full yapp Black Kid Goatskin Leather Bible

The Discovery Bible NASB NT Single Paragraph

Collins KJV Brown Leather Family Bible

New Cambridge Paragraph Bible in French Morocco

Rightstack

Above, top to bottom:

Eyre & Spottiswoode Bijou New Testament – Keyford Edition Genuine Leather with Hallmarked silver cover

“Finger” New Testament

Zondervan 1973 NIV Tiny Testament, black calfskin

Oxford Onyx New Testament & Psalms Black French Morocco Leather Semi Yapp

Eyre & Spottiswoode Ruby Text Bible Black French Morocco

Cambridge Ruby with Flap Red Calfskin

Cambridge Royal Ruby Blue - Silver Jubilee Ltd. Edition

Cambridge KJV Cameo New Testament Psalms British Tan Berkshire Leather

Cambridge Sapphire Bible Red calfskin zip fastener 23 carat gold edges

Cambridge Pitt Minion – "Bristol Blue" Berkshire Leather

Oxford Brevier Clarendon Red French Morocco

Oxford Brevier Clarendon Tan Calfskin

Cambridge Standard text in Black Calfskin

Eyre & Spottiswoode – Red Fine Grain Morocco Goatskin Bible

Allan NLT Tan Goatskin

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.