▁Fail ing ▁to ▁interest ▁a ▁publish er , ▁Pur ver ▁sold ▁the ▁manuscript ▁for ▁£ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁Dr . ▁John ▁F other g ill ▁who ▁published ▁the ▁Bible ▁at ▁his ▁own ▁exp ense . ▁The ▁two ▁volumes ▁sold ▁for ▁four ▁gu ine as . ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁evidence ▁of ▁any ▁volume ▁of ▁sales . ▁This ▁was ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁English ▁Bible , ▁which ▁was ▁back ed ▁before ▁publication ▁by ▁the ▁main stream ▁Church es ▁in ▁Great ▁Britain ▁and ▁Northern ▁Ireland ▁( including ▁the ▁London ▁Year ly ▁Me eting ▁of ▁the ▁Relig ious ▁Society ▁of ▁Fri ends ), ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁built ▁in ▁user ▁base . ▁Sales ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁" road ▁tested " ▁by ▁the ▁sales ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 . ▁Un like ▁the ▁Pur ver ▁version ▁the ▁New ▁English ▁Bible ▁was ▁launched ▁with ▁nation wide ▁public ity . ▁In ▁ 1 7 6 4 , ▁the ▁Pur ver ▁version ▁was ▁a ▁novel ty , ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁Century ▁there ▁was ▁only ▁one ▁translation ▁which ▁held ▁the ▁field , ▁and ▁that ▁was ▁the ▁King ▁James ▁Version . ▁The ▁New ▁English ▁Bible ▁followed ▁on ▁from ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁versions , ▁not ably ▁the ▁Re vised ▁Standard ▁Version . ▁Despite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁Pur ver ▁b ible ▁had ▁no ▁other ▁compet itors ▁as ▁an ▁alternative ▁to ▁the ▁King ▁James ▁Version , ▁the ▁b ible ▁was ▁not ▁successful ▁and ▁although ▁Pur ver ▁prepared ▁a ▁second ▁edition , ▁it