![]() ![]() Jasongjordan on The Best ESV Bible Ever M…Ĭraigdespain on The Best ESV Bible Ever M… The ESV Deluxe fits nicely between the SRC (which has smaller print and is a bit thicker) and the Large Print edition which has no references, and very little margin space for notes. It’s a commercial venture…if it doesn’t sell they will discontinue it.” He was correct, so he bought several in order to be prepared when the day came to “axe” it. Wide margin bibles are wonderful tools for inductive study and indepth analysis. I asked him why he believed it would go out of print and he responded, “There are not enough ‘note-takers’ (serious students) to justify the expense in the eyes of the publisher. Just over three years ago he predicted it would go out of print and he was right. It has very manageable print, wide margins (about an inch), great paper, center column references, black letter text, a good concordance and maps, and the calfskin binding is fabulous! A friend of mine bought 4! He uses one and the remaining three copies are on a shelf in his office. The ESV Heirloom Deluxe Reference is indeed the best edition of the ESV that Crossway has published to date. ![]() Trying to replace all my notes and a Bible that is no longer in print would be quite the task. It has been difficult to find a proper replacement for the Heirloom Reference Edition with either the Single Column Reference or the Large Print Edition, in fact to ensure the longevity of my HRE, I rarely take it out of the safety of my house. The calfskin edition is harder to come by but the bonded leather and the hardback can still be had for ridiculously low prices. The calfskin edition is also Smythe sewn allowing to open freely and flatly, it can also be folded over unto itself which is not possible in most other large Bibles. The calfskin edition is bound in thick, tough yet soft leather that has been aging amazingly well. Well, they are not true wide margins at around 1″ wide but with the use of a very thin pigment liner are quite usable. The best feature in this edition are the wide margins. It is a double column paragraph format with center column references, a concordance, maps and presentation pages. The font size is 10.2 which is the largest print available in a non-Large Print edition. Thicker means more opaque, there is little to no bleed through and holds up quite well to the 05 tip of a pigment liner. 0020″ thick making it thicker than the paper used in either the SCR or LP. The paper is among the heaviest paper used by Crossway for any of their editions. It is slightly larger than the SCR but it is a little thinner, making this edition easier to carry. The Heirloom Reference measure in at 6.5″ x 9.25″ x 1.5″. Or maybe the HRE was a poor seller… I do not know. Crossway are not a large publisher and there may have been features that overlapped between these large format editions and maybe they decided to continue forth with new the new editions that would contain the updated ESV text. ![]() It is possible that the HRE fell into a black hole between the Single Column Reference and the Large Print Bible. I do not know when the decision was made by my friends at Crossway to nix the Heirloom Reference Edition they decided to no longer print this edition again once their stock was depleted. Is it possible that the best ESV Bible has already been made? Best, is of course purely subjective but this is my blog and according to me, the best ESV ever made, is no longer being made. ![]()
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