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‎Thomson, James; Stockdale, Percival.‎

‎THE SEASONS, BY JAMES THOMSON; With his Life, an Index, and Glossary. A Dedication to the Earl of Buchan, and Notes to the Seasons, by Percival Stockdale.‎

‎pp. xxiv, 221, (19) [Notes to the Seasons of Thomson], 223-227 [Index and Glossary] + Engraved Portrait Frontis + Engraved Title Page. Apparently lacks the printed title. Each poem has an engraved headpiece and tailpiece. Four full page engravings. One engraving of a nude has a childish outlining. Foxed. Booklabel of James W. Paul, Jr. on front paste down. Early inked manuscript ownership of Thos. Rodman on fly leaf. Includes an interesting Subscribers List. 245mm. Original full worn leather binding. Front board detached. Spine very worn with loss. The center of each board is sprinkle decorated in such a way as to show a memorial urn. Binding is worn but quite unusual. James W. Paul Jr. was a wealthy bankermarried to socialite Fanny Drexel (1855-1892). Their estate (Woodcrest) had a Horace Trumbauer designed 51-room, half-timbered mansion for banker. It took just two years to build, but the mix of medieval and Georgian styles was intended to make it look like it had evolved over generations. It is now on the grounds of Cabrini College. POETRY BX 3‎

‎Gray, Thomas.‎

‎POEMS AND LETTERS.‎

‎pp. xvi, 415 + Four mounted photographs (albumen prints) including: a reproduction of an oil portrait of Gray, and three landscape or architectural views. With a biography of Mr. Thomas Gray. (By the Hon. Horace Walpole.). Printed on wove paper. 4to. 285 mm. Thomas Gray (1716-1771) was a significant poet, classical scholar, historian, and professor at Cambridge University. He was a close friend of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-1797), was a art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and important politician. The first Chiswick Press edition came out in 1863. In addition to this issue, there is an unillustrated large (laid) paper issue. A famous book illustrated with actual mounted photos. SE 1/1‎

‎Browne, William (1590-ca. 1645); Brydges, Sir Egerton.‎

‎ORIGINAL POEMS, NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM BROWNE, Of The Inner Temple, Gent. Author of "Britannia's Pastorals". With A Preface And Notes, By Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart. K.J.‎

‎(1) [Title page], 7 [Advertisement], 2 [Appendix to the Preface], (1) [Contents], 152 + Facsimile title page of the 1613 edition printed on very light paper, dampstained on inner corners. Mounted title page ruled and printed in red and black. Printed off-white paper with an engraved pictorial inset (showing Lee Priory?). Wide margins. Penciled manuscript margin notations. Ruled in black throughout. Illustrated with engraved initials and small drawings. All edges gilt. 295mm. Disbound. Though not stated, this is a Limited Edition. Less than 100 copies were printed (some sources indicate that there were as few as 10). The collection includes a series of fourteen sonnets to 'Celia,' in which the writer seems to refer to the death of his wife and to his second wooing; some tender epistles and elegies; six 'Visions,' on the model of Du Bellay. DNB. Sir Egerton Byrdges (1762-1837) was an English bibliographer, antiquary, genealogist, Member of Parliament, and one of the original members of the Roxburghe Club. At his home he set up the Lee Priory Press in 1813 and enticed Johnson (the author of 'Typographica') & Warwick, who had worked for Bensley, to work for him to produce "reprints of some of the most curious tracts of former days, in which there shall be an attempt to add beauty of typography and wood-engraving. the books have an agreeable elegance, and at the time of their publication they were highly admired." - Roderick Cave. Hardbound. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! LOC W42‎

‎Roscoe, William.‎

‎THE LIFE OF LORENZO DE' MEDICI, CALLED THE MAGNIFICENT. Eight Edition, Revised by His Son, Thomas Roscoe.‎

‎pp. 364, 32 [Publisher's catalogue] + Portrait Frontis. Very XLib. Binder's ticket of Burn, Hatton Garden on rear paste down. Front and rear hinges cracked. 185mm. Original full cloth binding, decorated and embossed in blind. Loss at head of spine. Bohn's Standard Library. BIO BX 2‎

‎Burke, Peter.‎

‎THE PUBLIC AND DOMESTIC LIFE OF THE RIGHT HON. EDMUND BURKE.‎

‎pp. xvi, 315, (4) [Publisher's catalogue] + Frontis. Numerous text drawings. XLib stamp on title page and elsewhere. Bookplate of Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary on front paste down. Small 8vo. 195mm. Original full patterned cloth boards. Spine and corners repaired with tape. Hardbound. Good. ENGLAND BX 4‎

‎Wilson, G. H. (Compiler).‎

‎THE ECCENTRIC MIRROR: Reflecting A faithful and interesting Declineation of Male and Female Characters, Ancient and Modern, Who have been particularly distinguished by extraodinary Qualifications, Talents, and Propensities. Every Instance of Singularity.‎

‎Four Volumes. Individual pagination for each character studied. Numerous full page illustrations. Text foxed. Printed booklabel of J. Wheeler on all front paste downs. 175mm. Original full leather bindings, very worn with some boards detached. First edition. A great resource for tales of remarkable individuals, including: dwarves; misers; transvestites; con-artists; circus curiosities; actors; &c. VERIA BX 2‎

‎Macaulay, Thomas Babington.‎

‎CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS, CONTRIBUTED TO THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. In Three Volumes.‎

‎Three Volumes. Marbled endpapers. Amorial bookplate of Lewis Loyde in all volumes. All edges gold gilt. Fly leaves foxed. Contents clean. 220mm. 8vo. Polished leather ruled in gold. Spines decorated in gold; with red and black leather spine labels. Small loss of leather on third band of Volume One and slight rubbing at head. Slight wear on corners of all three volumes. Handsome set. Hardbound. Very good. Included among the essays and studies are those on: (I): Milton, Machiavelli, Hallam, Southey's Colloquies, Mr. Robert Montgomery, Civil Disabilities of the Jews, Moore's Life of Lord Byron, Life of Johnson, John Bunyan, John Hampden. (II): Burleigh and his Times, War of the Succession in Spain, Horace Walpole, William Pitt Earl of Chatham, Sir James Mackintosh, Lord Bacon, Gladstone on Church and State. (III): Sir William Temple, Lord Clive, Von Ranke, Leigh Hunt, Lord Holland, Warren Hastings. Thomas Babington Macaulay, (1800-1859) was an important nineteenth-century English poet, historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer, and on British history. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W54‎

‎Quick, Dorothy.‎

‎CHANGING WINDS.‎

‎103 p. 8vo. 205mm. Original green cloth spine over paper covered boards. Edges of boards slightly faded. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. Dorothy Quick (1900-1962) was a member of a small group of young girls that Mark Twain called his "little fish" and the "Aquarium Club." He liked being with these pre-pubescent girls and amusing and teaching them. Of all these "little fishes" Dorothy seemed to be the most satisfying and promising to Twain, and he taught her all he could about becoming an author. POETRY BX 1‎

‎McGoogan, Ken.‎

‎ANCIENT MARINER. The Arctic Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Sailor Who Inspired Coleridge's Masterpiece.‎

‎334 p. Illustrated. Map endpapers. 235mm. Original binding, slightly soiled. Original priced dust jacket, crisp. Hardbound. Near Fine. Samuel Hearne (1745-1792) was an English explorer, fur-trader, author, and naturalist. He was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Ocean. In 1774 Hearne built Cumberland House for the Hudson's Bay Company, its first interior trading post and the first permanent settlement in present Saskatchewan. POLAR 3/4‎

‎McClure, Alexander; Morris, Charles.‎

‎THE AUTHENTIC LIFE OF WILLIAM MCKINLEY. Together With a Life Sketch of Theodore Roosevelt.‎

‎504 p. Numerous full page photographs and drawings. Inner hinges cracked. 230mm. Original full cloth binding, worn at edges. Front board lettered and decorated in gold with oval photograph of McKinley framed by the flag in red, white and blue. Photograph rubbed. William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901) was the 25th President of the United States. He was assassinated by an anarchist, Leon Frank Czolgosz, at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, in 1901. He was succeeded by his Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. AMER PRES BX 3&4‎

‎Piozzi, Mrs. (Thrale); Hayward, A.‎

‎AUTOBIOGRAPHY LETTERS AND LITERARY REMAINS OF MRS. PIOZZI (THRALE). Edited With Notes and An Introductory Account Of Her Life and Writings by A. Hayward. Two Volumes. Second Edition.‎

‎Two Volumes + Frontis. Top edges gold gilt. 190mm. Virtually disbound. This set would be a good a candidate for rebinding. Second edition. Hester Lynch (Salusbury) Thrale Piozzi (1741-1821) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important and fascinating source of information about Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century life. BIOGRAPHY BX 2‎

‎Ingram, John Henry (1842-1916).‎

‎CLAIMANTS TO ROYALTY.‎

‎pp. xii, 259. Very XLib. 225mm. Original full cloth binding. Spine darkened. Scarce first edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! VERIA BX 1‎

‎McCabe, James D.‎

‎OUR MARTYRED PRESIDENT. The Life and Public Services of Gen. James A. Garfield. Together With the History of His Assassination.‎

‎768 p. + Two Engraved Portrait Plates of Garfield and Chester A. Arthur (the Vice President who suceeded him) and Full page drawings. Floral endpapers. Title page loose. 8vo. 205mm. Original full cloth binding. Front board ruled in a black border with stars. Center of front board title and portrait in heavy gold. Spine decorated in black and lettered in gold. Very small hole on spine. Hardbound. Very good. James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) was the 20th President of the United States. His presidency was cut short after he was shot by Charles J. Guiteau while entering a railroad station in Washington D.C. on July 2, 1881. He was the second United States President to be assassinated. AMER PRES BX 3/4‎

‎Goodnow, Edward A. (1810-1905).‎

‎A SOUVENIR SKETCH OF EDWARD A. GOODNOW.‎

‎67 p. + Portrait Frontis and full page photographs of Institutions he that benefited from his philanthropy. 210mm. Original full cream cloth binding, soiled. Front board lettered and decorated with two flowers embossed in silver. Hardbound. Very good. Second Edition. Scarce. BIO BX 1‎

‎Lindbergh, Anne Morrow.‎

‎LISTEN! THE WIND. With Foreword and Map Drawings by Charles A. Lindbergh.‎

‎pp. xii, 275 + Map. Map endpapers. Bookplate of Mrs. Clinton N. Myers (of the famous Hanover Shoe family) on first fly leaf. 8vo. 210mm. Original full red cloth binding. Spine slightly faded. Anne (Spencer) Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001) was a pioneering American aviator, author, and the spouse of fellow aviator Charles Lindbergh. WOMEN BX 2‎

‎Montague, Lady Mary Wortley.‎

‎LETTERS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY M--Y W--Y M--E: WRITTEN DURING HER TRAVELS IN EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA,. Accounts of the Policy and Manners of the Turks, Drawn from Sources that have been inaccessible to other Travellers. A New Edition.‎

‎pp. viii, 311. Inked ownership of R. L. Edwards. Lacks fly leaves. 145mm. Original full leather binding very worn. Loss on spine, top of front board and all corners. Very scarce. Of this edition, OCLC records only the example at Harvard. The Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) was an English aristocrat and writer. She is today chiefly remembered for her letters. TRAVEL BX 5‎

‎Goldsmith, Oliver.‎

‎THE POEMS AND PLAYS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH. With Introductory Sketch, Biographical and Critical, by William Tirebuck.‎

‎pp. l, 286, (8) [Publisher's catalogue]. Uncut. 145mm. Original full blue cloth binding. Original paper spine label with loss. The Canterbury Poets, edited by William Sharp. Hardbound. Very good. Oliver Goldsmith (1730- 1774) was an Irish writer, poet, and physician. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POETRY BX 2‎

‎Goldsmith, Oliver.‎

‎RETALIATION; A POEM. CONTAINING EPITAPHS ON David Garrick, Edmund Burke, Dr. Cumberland, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Dr. Douglas, Dean of Derry, etc.etc. By Doctor Goldsmith. The Eighth Edition, With Large Additions. To Which Is Added, Some Account Of His Life.‎

‎pp. viii, 40 + Half title price, Two Shillings. With Inked ownership of Wm. E. Porter. Wood engraved vignette on title page, published as the act directs / 18th April, 1774. Very foxed and age stained. 245mm x 200mm. Disbound. Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) was famous an Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician. POETRY BX 3‎

‎Cummings, E. E.‎

‎EIMI.‎

‎pp. xix, 1431. Evergreen paperback. Wraps soiled. BIO BX 1‎

‎Cohen, Joel H.‎

‎HAMMERIN' HANK OF THE BRAVES.‎

‎176 p. Illustrated with photographs. 175mm. Softbound. Scholastic Book Services paperback, priced. Covers creased and slightly soiled. Second printing. SPORTS BX 5‎

‎Cooke, Alistair.‎

‎SIX MEN.‎

‎205 p. Illustrated with portraits. Sm. 4to. 240mm. Original full cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket. Book of the Month Club. These biographical memoirs make good reading. BIO BX 2‎

‎Edgeworth, C. Sneyd.‎

‎MEMOIRS OF THE ABBE EDGEWORTH; Containing His Narrative of the Last Hours of Louis XVI.‎

‎pp. iv, 223 + Engraved Mezzotint Medallion Portrait Frontis of Abbe Edgeworth, Confessor to Louis XVI, by A. Cardon after De St. Aubyn. Frontis foxed with offsetting onto title page. Fly leaves foxed. Inked ownership of Wm. M. Heyward, 1815, on title page. Text in English and French. Includes in pagination "Extrait D'une Collection De Portraits. De Louis XVI. London, 1er Septembre, 1812". 200mm. Original full diced calf binding embossed in a diamond pattern. Corners and edges worn with slight loss. Front board fragile. Raised bands. Spine decorated and lettered in gold. Head and tail of spine worn with slight loss. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! FRENCH/ENG BX 4‎

‎Fielding, Henry.‎

‎THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE MR. JONATHAN WILD THE GREAT. To which is added The Life And Actions of Jonathan Wild by Daniel Defoe. With an introduction by Wilson Follett.‎

‎pp. xxiii, 322. 8vo. 205mm. Original full cloth binding. Bound and printed by Plimpton Press. Limited to only three thousand copies. BIO BX 2‎

‎Eastman Kodak Company.‎

‎FRANK W. LOVEJOY. The story of a practical idealist. Published as a memorial tribute to its long-time employee, its fourth president, and beloved friend by the Eastman Kodak Company.‎

‎52 p. Plus full page photographs and one portrait photograph tipped in. 210mm. Original full cloth binding, edges faded. Scarce. BIO BX 1‎

‎Bynner, Witter.‎

‎JOURNEY WITH GENIUS. Recollections and Reflections Concerning the D. H. Lawrences.‎

‎pp. xv, 361 + Frontis and full page photographs. Frontis soiled. 8vo. 215mm. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. Very good. Harold Witter Bynner (1881-1968) was an American poet, writer and scholar, known for his long residence in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at what is now the Inn of the Turquoise Bear. He developed a long-lasting relationship with D.H. Lawrence and his wife Frieda. This memoir is not just about the Lawrences, but about a whole era in the intellectual and artistic life of the American Southwest. LIT BX 8‎

‎Roberts, Thomas P.‎

‎MEMOIRS OF JOHN BANNISTER GIBSON, Late Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. With Hon. Jeremiah S. Black's Eulogy; Notes From Hon. William A. Porter's Essay Upon His Life and Character Etc.‎

‎247 p. + Illustrations. Morocco cloth binding. Lightly XLib. Bookplate and ownership of Peter Geick. Impressive biographical history that deals with the major figure of Pennsylvania law in the 19th century. Gibson (1780-1853) served on the PA Supreme Court from 1816 to 1853. He heard over 6000 cases, and delivered opinions (that were usually independent, original, and masterful) in more than 1200. PA 19‎

‎Smith, S. R.‎

‎LEADERS IN THOUGHT AND ACTION. An Appreciation.‎

‎195 p. + Appellative index + Photo illustrations. 8vo. Some leaves brittle and loose. Original blue cloth binding; worn. A fine record of the leading citizens of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Scarce. PA 15‎

‎Barrow, John.‎

‎A MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF PETER THE GREAT.‎

‎320 p. + Engraved Portrait Frontis. 160mm. Original full cloth binding. Front board slightly spotted. The (Harper's) Family Library No. 65. Nice copy. Hardbound. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! RUSSIA BX 1‎

‎Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention; Meredith Memorial.‎

‎PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND OBITUARY ADDRESSES on the Occasion of the Death of Hon. Wm. M. Meredith, of Philadelphia, PA. September 16th, 1873.‎

‎pp. 76 + Engraved frontis. Each page framed in a black mourning border. Thin 8vo. Original full black cloth binding. Bevelled boards. Some loss at a corner. Hardbound. Very good. William Morris Meredith (1799-1873) was a Philadelphian lawyer and politician. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1812, and was was admitted to the bar in 1817. He served in the Pennsylvania General Assembly (1824-1828), and was president of the Philadelphia City Council (1834-1849. He was also United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1841. President Zachary Taylor, wanting a Pennsylvanian Whig for his cabinet, appointed William M. Meredith to be the 19th Secretary of the Treasury. He began his term in office in March 1849. Meredith strongly opposed the free trade legislation passed the year before. He felt that there was a need to protect the American workman, who was subject to competition from poorly paid European labor. He was the state attorney general of Pennsylvania (1861-1867). In 1870, Meredith served as a member of a commission working out the settlement of the Alabama claims. He died while attending the PA Constitutional Convention in 1873. PA 15‎

‎Smith, Edgar Fahs.‎

‎LIFE OF ROBERT HARE AN AMERICAN CHEMIST (1781-1858).‎

‎508 p. Illustrated with a portrait in color and four doubletones. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding, rubbed and slightly worn. Hardbound. Very good. Robert Hare was a justly famed early American chemist and Spiritualist. Edgar Fahs Smith (1854-1928) was a great historian of American chemistry. PA 13‎

‎Farley, Dr. Eugene Shedden.‎

‎ESSAYS OF AN EDUCATOR. Selected and Arranged by Esther B. Davidowitz, Mary G. Gale, and Alfred S. Groh.‎

‎262 p. Illustrated. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Very Good. Dr. Farley (1899-1973) was President of Wilkes College, and these essays and speeches form a fine history of his era. PA 11‎

‎Armstrong Cork Company.‎

‎H. W. PRENTIS, JR. 1884-1959.‎

‎51 p. + Illus. Original full cloth binding; soiled. A biography of one of the presidents of an important Lancaster, PA industry that provided flooring for the world. PA 12 x2‎

‎Stevens, Sylvester K.‎

‎PENNSYLVANIA - The Heritage of a Commonwealth. Three Volumes.‎

‎Three volumes. Illustrated. Some light foxing. 4to. Original full red cloth bindings. Fine modern historical and biographical work that will replace many older "classics" of the genre. Volume I includes: Pennsylvania's geography and resources, and a history of the state from the earliest Indian occupation to Pennsylvania's actions in the Civil War era. Volume II details the state's industrial growth from the late 1800s to the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, the changing pattern of Pennsylvania life since 1865, and 20th century Pennsylvania politics to World War II. Volume III contains a number of important documents and special feature articles. This set without the Biographical Volume IV. PA 4 Rear‎

‎Wilson, Bird.‎

‎MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF THE MOST REVERENT WILLIAM WHITE D.D. BISHOP OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.‎

‎pp. [4], 450, [2] + Engraved plates. Foxed. Tall 8vo. 245 mm. Original full cloth binding; spine perished. AI / American Imprints 49272. First Edition. The Most Reverend William White (1748-1836) was the first and fourth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA (1789; 1795-1836), the first Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania (1787-1836), and the second United States Senate Chaplain (appointed December 9, 1790). He also served as the first and fourth President of the House of Deputies for the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. (1785, 1789). He was extremely influential in the development of politics and religion in the early American republic. PA 12‎

‎Schantz, Rev. F. J. F.‎

‎REV. BENJAMIN WILLIAM SCHMAUK. IN MEMORIAM. Read at the Meeting of the Lancaster Conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, at Ephrata, Penn'a, May 7, 1901.‎

‎16p. Illustrated. Deckled edges. XLib. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps. Original string tie. This original edition from 1901 is rather scarce. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 12.‎

‎Eddy, Mary Baker; Christian Science Journal.‎

‎MARY BAKER EDDY. A centennial appreciation.‎

‎115 p. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding lettered in gold. Hardbound. Very good. "A series of articles reprinted from The Christian Science Journal, January to December - 1966". Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) founded the Christian Science movement. BIOGRAPHY BOX 1.‎

‎Hutterian Society of Brothers.‎

‎ARNO TELLS ABOUT HIS LIFE AND HIS MEMORIES OF EBERHARD.‎

‎16p. 8vo. Original printed wraps. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 15 BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY‎

‎Hutterian Society of Brothers.‎

‎AUGUST AND FREDA TELL HOW THEY CAME TO THE BRUDERHOF. Woodcrest May 1 and 8, 1976.‎

‎37p. Illustrated with drawings. 8vo. Original printed wraps. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 15 BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY‎

‎Riis, Jacob A.‎

‎THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN.‎

‎pp. xiii, 443, (2) [Publisher's catalogue] + Portrait Frontis and full page drawings. Numerous text photographs and drawings. Sm. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, stained. First published 1901. Hardbound. Good. Jacob August Riis (1849-1914), was a Danish American social reformer, muckraking journalist, and social documentary photographer. He is known for his dedication to using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City, which was the subject of most of his prolific writings and photography. BIOGRAPHY BOX 1‎

‎Moore, Thomas.‎

‎THE LIFE, LETTERS AND JOURNALS OF LORD BYRON. New and Complete Edition.‎

‎pp. xix, 735 + Engraved Portrait, Engraved Half Title and full page plates. First few leaves including half title and portrait dampstained bottom margin. Ruled in black throughout. Double column. 235mm. All edges red. Original full cloth binding decorated in blind. Spine decorated and lettered in gold. Corners worn with slight loss. Head of spine worn and torn. Hardbound. Good. BIOGRAPHY BOX 1.‎

‎Madsen, Axel.‎

‎GLORIA & JOE.‎

‎328 p. + Photographs. Tall 8vo. Original cloth spine over lavender boards. Original priced dust jacket. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. Gloria Swanson's unfinished film Queen Kelly (1929) [directed by Erich von Stroheim] was produced by Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., father of the future President John F. Kennedy. Apparently they had a three year adulterous affair. BIOGRAPHY BOX 1‎

‎Rogers, Cameron.‎

‎THE MAGNIFICENT IDLER. The Story of Walt Whitman.‎

‎312 p. Decorations by Edw. A. Wilson. Illustrated title page. Book label on first fly leaf. Illustrated endpapers. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, stained and dust spotted. Decorated paper title labels on spine and front board. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. LOC BIO 1‎

‎Wythe, Rev. Jos. H.‎

‎THE AGREEMENT OF SCIENCE AND REVELATION.‎

‎pp. 290, (10) [Publisher's catalogue]. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding, worn and soiled. Small loss at head and tail of spine. RELIGION BOX 9‎

‎Wilson, L. C.‎

‎THE HISTORY OF SPRINKLING. With an Introduction by J. H. Painter.‎

‎xiv, 152, (5) [Alphabetical Index] + Portrait Frontis. All edges red. Penciled inscription on front fly leaf "Property of Abram H. Royer, Talmage, Lanc., Co., Pa. Dec. 10, 1898". 12mo. Original full purple cloth binding lettered in gold. Homemade metal corners, lacks one. Third edition. "Being a Compilation of the Best Thoughts of Standard Authors, Historians and Lexicographers of Ancient and Modern Times, Together With Reflections by the Author. Designed to Prove That "Sprinkling For Baptism" Is Not Authorized By the Bible, Making a Valuable Ready Reference Book for the Young Preacher". A rather remarkable work. RELIGION BOX 7‎

‎Wilson, Warren H.‎

‎THE CHURCH OF THE OPEN COUNTRY. A Study of the Church for the Working Farmer.‎

‎pp. xiv, 238, (3) [Mission Study Courses] + Portrait Frontis and Full Page Photographs. Small 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding lettered in white. Spine faded. Small loss at head of spine. Hardbound. Very good. First Edition. RELIGION BOX 3‎

‎Wimberly, C. F.‎

‎BEHOLD THE MORNING! The Imminent and Premillennial Coming of Jesus Christ.‎

‎224p. 12mo. Original full royal purple cloth binding decorated and lettered in white. Spine faded. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. RELIGION BOX 5‎

‎Wise, Daniel.‎

‎THE CHILDREN'S CENTENARY MEMORIAL, Or Exhibition Book.‎

‎pp. 117, (2) [Publisher's catalogue] + Engraved Portrait Frontis. All edges red. Inked ownership of Wm. F. Krecker, January 29th, 1867. 15 cm. Original full brown cloth binding. Front board and spine decorated and lettered in gold. Front board slightly soiled. Hardbound. Very good. RELIGION BOX 8‎

‎Year Incorporated.‎

‎YEAR PRESENTS A PICTURE-HISTORY OF THE BIBLE AND CHRISTIANITY IN 1000 PICTURES. With the inspiring stories of all the World's Great Religions.‎

‎192p. Profusely illustrated. Large 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, chipped and soiled. Introduction by Dr. Albert Schweitzer. Forewords by Leaders of the Major Faiths. Hardbound. Very good. RELIGION BOX 11‎

‎Smoker, Dorothy; Eshleman, Merle W.‎

‎GOD LED US TO SOMALIA.‎

‎32p. Illustrated with photographs and a map. 12mo. Original pictorial wraps. Binding slightly darkened and worn, but still Good. Paul N. Kraybill (Editor). Mennonite Missionary Memoirs. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED RELIGION BOX 11‎

‎Smoker, Dorothy; Wenger, Chester L.‎

‎GOD LED US TO ETHIOPIA.‎

‎64p. Illustrated with photographs and a map. 12mo. Original pictorial wraps. Nice copy. Paul N. Kraybill (Editor). Mennonite missionary memoirs. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED. RELIGION BOX 11 x3.‎

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