Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-332) and index.

The Bible in English -- The commissioning of the King James Version -- Translators and translating -- The translation -- The first edition -- The seventeenth century -- The eighteenth century -- The nineteenth century -- The Cambridge paragraph Bibles -- The Bible in America -- The Revised Version -- The early twentieth century -- The King James Version in the modern world -- Appendix 1 : the companies and later revisers -- Appendix 2 : the preliminaries to the KJV.

Illustrated with reproductions from early editions of the King James Bible, Bible: The Story of the King James Version offers an authoritative history of this renowned translation, ranging from the Bible's inception to the present day.--From publisher description