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1850réf. List2859Newbury Ohio 1850. Six letters. Excellent. John Marvin Bacheldor 1826–deceased was born in Newbury Ohio and attended Williams College in Williamstown Massachusetts. He would later run the Rural Home Family School for Boys in Pownal Vermont and then Bacheldor’s Business College in York Pennsylvania. His parents Sarah 1800–1876 and John Bacheldor 1786–1858 were New England farmers who moved to Ohio sometime before 1825. Offered here are six letters from Sarah and John to John Marvin from the latter’s time as a student at Williams. The letters are mainly updates on the family farm and on the various illnesses spreading throughout the region – at the time smallpox and scarlet fever were epidemic though Sarah Bacheldor also notes several cases of “brain fever.” She mentions an intriguing county-wide school meeting: “3 schools met at Centre Church I suppose the 4th Fuller Town Sc think us so joined to slavery they dare not even meet in the same house with us O when will people cast out the before they say brother . Perhaps those who are branded as pro slavery would do as much to liberate the slaves as their accusers I dont think we need to go down South to find something to differ about”. September 10 1847 Though Ohio was an early abolisher of slavery and famously a stop on the Underground Railroad the issue was far from settled among its residents. Sarah also mentions but does not elaborate on some strife with both the Baptist and Methodist churches: “You may wish to know something about our religious prospects they are not very encouraging The Baptist Association met at the Centre but I guess they had more strife & contention than ardent desire for the salvation of souls & there was no blessing. The Methodists had a quarterly meeting the last of June & yet we were not revived It is a time of great stupidity in all this region truly”. July 14 1848 Overall a look at life and attitudes in rural Ohio in the mid-19th century. unknown books
1688réf. 009843London: London: Publisher not identified: Printed for J. Roberts near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane 1688. Book. Good. Leather. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Three Letters . "I. Relating to the affair of Molinos and the Quietists. II. Relating to the Inquistion and the state of religion. III. Relating to the policy and interests of some of the states of Italy :being a supplement to Dr. Burnets letters." 22 192 pages lacking the first 2 and any blank leafs. Written in 1687 publ. 1688. Bound with: A Romish Ecclesiastical. Printed for J. Roberts near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane 1714. 7 preliminary leaves xii vi 167 1 pages frontispiece illustration text of pp.79-80 not repeated on 81-82. . Two separate titles bound in contemporary leather Good top cover broken lacking any pages before title page of Three Letters contemporary writing on front paste down including prior owners light internal toning. Rothschild 1955. [Publisher not identified]: Printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, Hardcover books
1739réf. 009866Paris: Jean Desaint 1739. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 2 xvj 542 3 pages. Printer's address p. 541 transl. from the French "From the Printing Office of Jean-Baptiste Christophe Ballard Sole Printer to the King for Music & Notator of His Majesty's Chapel". Only the title page and the chapter headings are in French the rest is in Latin. Printed notated music. Bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards marbled end papers with woodcut arms to title-page.Very Good tear to leather at head of spine joints rubbed prior owner name in ink front end page scattered minor toning contemporary ink inscription in Latin rear end page. The Desaint edition RARE OCLC locates a single copy in Lyon France. Jean Desaint Hardcover books
1825réf. 2504Mexico 1825. Very good. Small broadside approximately 8x6 inches. Light even tanning and mild dust soiling. Minor loss at upper right corner not affecting text. Untrimmed. Attractive illustrated verse broadside that praises the Virgin of Guadalupe for delivering independence to the Mexican people. Printed within a woodcut border on the sheet are a woodcut of the Virgin and a sonnet whose initial stanza reads " Quíen sino tú dulcísima María / Libró con mano fuerte al Mexícano / del acero feróz de su Paisano / Qué cual á un estrangero lo veía" The Virgin of Guadalupe became associated with the cause of Mexican independence following the use of her image on the banners of the insurgent army raised by Father Miguel Hidalgo in 1810. An interesting confluence of Mexican verse revolutionary sentiment and popular piety with only a small handful of copies in OCLC. unknown books
1940réf. 156893N.p.: N.p. 1940. Two New York Colored Baptist State Convention Annual Session and the Women's Auxiliary Annual Session pins from 1938 and 1940. The 1938 pin lavender with blue type is for "The N.Y. Colored Baptist / State Convention / 43rd Annual Session / and the / Women's Auxiliary / 37th Annual Session / with / Shiloh Baptist Church / October 18-21 1938.' The location of Shiloh Baptist Church is unknown and is possibly the First Shiloh Baptist Church in Buffalo New York. The second pin pink with blue type is for the "45th Annual Session / of the / N.Y. Colored Baptist / State Convention / 39th Annual Session / Women's Auxiliary / at Morning Star / Baptist Church / Albany N. Y. / Oct. 22-25 1940." The New York Colored Baptist State Convention began as the Baptist Church Union an organization consisting of several African American clergymen from churches from across New York state and was held in August 1895. In 1897 the name was officially changed to the New York Colored Baptist State Convention and in 1901 the first Women's Auxiliary was organized. In 1948 the convention was officially renamed the Empire Baptist Missionary Convention of New York State. Round pinbacks 1.75 inches. Very Good plus with light scuffing and soiling to the laminate. N.p. unknown books
1957réf. 87726Bangkok: Prachandra Press 1957-8. Nos. 1-3 are second printings; Nos 4-7 are first printings. Seven thin octavo pamphlets 19cm x 13.5cm in uniform pictorial card wrappers; each 20pp. Mild aging to wrappers else uniformly Near Fine. Each cover photo-illustrated with descriptive caption on verso. Series of doctrinal tracts by the Head Priest of the Mahayana Sect in Thailand; the works were translated into English and distributed by Pu-Cheng's disciples. It is not certain how many pamphlets were issued in the series; the current seven booklets are numbered consecutively on rear covers. The titles are as follows: No. 1: Buddhism in Mahayana Doctrine Reprint 1958 No. 2: The Six Paths of Metempsychosis Reprint 1958 No. 3: The Panchadha Karma Reprint 1958 No. 4: Buddhism No. 5: The Prayer & Meditation in Buddhism No. 6: The Buddhist Dharma & its Substantial Laws No. 7: Marana-Upaya in Buddhism. Prachandra Press unknown books
1990réf. 159664N.p.: N.p. 1990. Vintage flyer from the San Francisco area circa 1990. Artist unknown. Featuring an amusing image of Jesus Christ followed by the rhyme "Well it's time / To Dance and Shout! / PEACE ON EARTH / HAS broken out. / A situation / We call Win Win. / ALL / Now find / The Divine Within." 8.5 x 11 inches. Pinholes to the corners else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1754réf. 56749Venetiis Venice: Apud Nicolaum Pezzana 1754. Folio 37cm. Three volumes rebound in early twentieth-century half-vellum with tan paper over boards titles in gilt on orange-painted spines; later plain endpapers; vol. I: lxxvi380pp; vol. II: 308pp; vol. III: 438pp. Title page of vol. I printed in red and black. Ex-library with stamp "Biblioteca Seminario Cividale" to vol. II t.p. and call number labels to base of spines. Stamp of unidentified Archbishop showing galero with 10 tassels to title pages. Sturdy copies with minor general wear and scuffing to boards endpapers discolored contents clean apart from occasional minor foxing: Very Good. Vol. I: 2o: a4 b-e8 χ2 A-Z8 2A6. Vol. II: 2o: A-T8 χ2. Vol. III: 2o: A-S8 T-V6 X-2D8 2E-2F4. Detailed work on marital sexuality written by a Jesuit priest and casuist to guide other priests hearing confessions about sexual behavior. Sánchez "depicted human nature as strongly sexualized and proclaimed that a wide range of sexual pleasures could be enjoyed in marriage without being tainted by mortal sin" Watt. The Church disagreed with his permissive stance on some activities and caused some passages to be expurgated in 1610. Later in 1666 and 1679 multiple Popes placed the third volume on the Index of Prohibited Books. Nonetheless the work was frequently reprinted from its first appearance in 1602-1605 until this 1754 edition. Sánchez whose other well-known work discussed lying and mental reservation is also recognized as "one of the greatest casuists" FRAXI i.e. Ashbee Bibliography of Prohibited Books II p.81. See Watt Review of Fernanda Alfieri Nella camera degli sposi Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance LXXIII.1 2011. Apud Nicolaum Pezzana unknown books
1901réf. 70838Roanoke VA: The church Lookabill's Ptg. House Roanoke 1901. Program for the service. Bifolium title verso of first leaf a four-verse each eight lines "greeting" adapted from "Our Firemen by Rev. Dr. Vedder" and four officers of the Junior Hose Company printed recto of integral leaf. Very good. The church (Lookabill's Ptg. House, Roanoke) unknown books
1988réf. 007439New York: Harry N. Abrams 1988. Poster. Fine. Poster. First Printing. 15 5/8"w x 23 5/8"h. Publisher's promotional poster 15 5/8"w x 23 5/8"h featuring an illuminated leaf from " The first complete and exact facsimile edition of the most famous and splendid Illuminated Manuscript in the world". Fine as issued printed in Switzerland. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. Harry N. Abrams unknown books
1986réf. 007437New York: Abbeville Press 1986. Poster. Near Fine. Poster. First Printing. 25" w x 19" h. Publisher's promotional poster 25"w x 19"h featuring the map "Beatus of Liebana and Valcavado World Map compiled ca. 776 copied ca.1060". Near Fine faint creases at corners. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. Abbeville Press unknown books
1890réf. 35457Gonzales TX: Reese & Beach book and job printers 1890. 8vo. 17 pp. Original printed yellow wrappers some marginal staining not affecting text; chip in final leaf not touching text a good copy. First edition for this year. An uncommon Gonzales imprint. Reese & Beach, book and job printers unknown books
1924réf. 010342Jerusalem : Supreme Moslem Council 1924. Book. Near Fine. Printed Wrappers. 1st Edition. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. The 1924 First Edition printed by Moslem Orphan Printing Press the 1925 2nd ed. printed by the Franciscan Printing Press as stated on rear wrappers. No other textual differences although the 1924 is approx. 1/4" taller and perhaps 1/8" narrower than the 1925and the wrappers a shade different in color. Both 16 pages with 7 photo illustrations each. Each with top corner rear wrappers torn along perforation and with docket stamp as needed for admission. Each Near Fine small corner creases and shallow edge chips. RARE in the First Edition and in lovely condition. . Supreme Moslem Council Paperback books
1939réf. 008523London: Printed for the Government of Ireland by Eyre and Spottiswoode 1939. Book. Very Good. Portfolio. First Thus. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. RARE OCLC locates 7 library holdings none found in commerce and none found in auction records at RBH. Cream colored portfolio with title front cover in gilt publication information at bottom of rear cove One page of text printed verso front cover and 3 tissue-guarded color facsimiles tipped to inside rear cover as issued. The portfolio Very Good large triangular chips bottom corners edge tears and creases 6" tear at spine fold bottom edge 2" tear top edge at spine fold. The three reproductions Near Fine small corner crease bottom right corners not affecting imagery. Considered the finest example of Irish monastic illumination in 1939 these three facsimiles were considered the best yet made. They measure 14 3/4" x 10 3/4" and include the "famous monogram page containing the opening words of the Gospel of St. Matthew i 18 --'"XPI Christi autem generatio"-- which either as calligraphy or decoration is perhaps the most elaborate page to be found in any book." from the text. Printed for the Government of Ireland by Eyre and Spottiswoode Paperback books
1957réf. 229431957. Muller June. Tim's Temper 1957 presents an illustrated Christian instructional narrative centered on African American childhood and family life within mid-twentieth-century religious publishing. Produced in Wichita Kansas the booklet supports research into African American visual representation Christian pedagogy and postwar cultural constructions of Black family and moral development. At a time when Black figures were often marginalized or stereotyped in religious media the work places a Black child and his घरेलestic environment at the center of moral storytelling aligning spiritual instruction with everyday lived experience. Muller June. Tim's Temper: An Illustrated Gospel Story Booklet. Wichita Kansas: Living Stories Inc. 1957. Octavo. Illustrated wrappers. The booklet consists of sequential full-color illustrations depicting a young Black boy in domestic and interpersonal settings including a portrait view sweeping a floor reading aloud to an older woman seated in a rocking chair and interacting with another boy in scenes of conflict and reconciliation. A concluding composition presents two boys with an adult woman in a frontal grouping emphasizing family authority and resolution. The imagery focuses on gesture posture and facial expression to convey emotional development and behavioral correction while interior settings and clothing situate the figures within a working- to middle-class domestic environment. The narrative structure integrates moral instruction with scenes of literacy discipline and play. Illustrated booklet. Original wrappers. Octavo format. Light edge wear and surface soiling; overall good condition. Produced during a period of expanding but still limited representation of African Americans in children's and religious print culture the booklet provides direct visual evidence of efforts to incorporate Black childhood into evangelical teaching materials offering value for the study of race religion and visual culture in the United States. unknown books
1772réf. 6141Mexico City: August 6 1772. About very good. 3 leaves. Small folio. Stitched at left margin. Previously folded. Light edge wear and foxing. An official manuscript document dated August 6 1772 granting license from Mexican religious and civic authorities to a small parish in what is now the state of Hidalgo for the celebration of Mass and other official sacraments in their newly constructed chapel. The initial Spanish text reads "En atencion delo que se representa en esta Consulta concedemos uno permiso para que esta Capilla de la hacienda ò rancheria nombrada Xigui se celebre el santo sacrificio dela Misa en todos los dias festivos del año." The main body of the text goes on to describe the chapel the parish residents and the specific permissions it has for rites it can perform. Of particular note the text says that the resident population of the hacienda is only native Mexicans and numbering eight hundred people of all ages -- "Siendo el Numero de sus Moradores solamente de Indios y conforme a el Padron General llega su Numero asta ocho cientoas Personas de todas Edades." The name of the hacienda Xigui likely makes its location the modern-day farming community Santa Maria Xigui in central Hidalgo. A very interesting record of the administration of Catholic Indian worship in rural 18th-century Mexico. August 6 unknown books
1816réf. 6178Mexico City: Typis Sacrorum Librorum 1816. Very good. 24224pp. Quarto. Contemporary marbled calf spine gilt ruled with leather label marbled endpapers. Head of spine rubbed scattered scuffing to boards minor edge wear. Light even tanning and scattered faint foxing. A scarce breviary for the liturgical readings and offices to be performed on Catholic feast days across the calendar year printed in Mexico in 1816. The title indicates that included here are the rites as they are performed in Spain and that the present work contains revisions and additions recently mandated by the Pope. The printing is accomplished attractively in two columns with interesting ornaments and drop capitals used throughout and is housed in plain but well preserved contemporary calf binding. The title page bears an engraving of the Virgin of Guadalupe printed in red. We locate six copies of this text in OCLC of which only two are in U.S. institutions at Columbia and Texas A&M. A nice copy. Typis Sacrorum Librorum unknown books
1938réf. 550656Baltimore Maryland: United Baptist Missionary Convention of the State of Maryland 1938. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 52pp. plus fold-out chart of "Total Contributions from all Sources Including Church Sunday Schools & Missionary Societies." Orange wrappers. Lightly soiled along edges near fine. Unrecorded by OCLC. Text includes the "Constitution of the United Baptist Missionary Convention" "Report from the Baptist Young People's Convention" "Proceedings of the Women's Auxiliary of the United Baptist Missionary Convention" "President's Annual Address" by Pres. George A. Crawley" a "Journal of Proceedings" "Annual Report" etc. United Baptist Missionary Convention of the State of Maryland unknown books
1888réf. 3032Guanabacoa 1888. About very good. Broadside approximately 12 x 17 inches. Previously folded. Contemporary manuscript rubric and small ink stamp. small patch of ink burn causing separation along rubric line. A few tiny wormholes slightly affecting text. Light tanning minor foxing. An otherwise unrecorded 19th-century Cuban broadside decree announcing the rules for celebrations in Guanabacoa during "las fiestas de su Patrona" taking place on August 14 & 15 1888. The patron saint of Guanabacoa then a small town just outside Havana and now an outlying district of the city is Our Lady of the Assumption and August 15 is the Feast of the Assumption. This broadside prints eight articles the first of which allow games and "diversiones públicas" but prohibit games of chance and gambling of any kind and authorize the erection of food and drink stalls in public places that do not impede public traffic. Permission must be obtained from the municipal magistrates for balls and parties in private houses; shooting guns rockets and fireworks is still strictly forbidden but the lighting of torches is allowed during the saint's procession. Other rules regulate vehicular traffic cafés and restaurants horse races ball games and theatrical performances. A very interesting document of municipal regulation for popular religious events in Cuba during the late-19th century. unknown books
1938réf. 519656Baltimore Maryland: United Baptist Missionary Convention of the State of Maryland 1938. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 52pp. plus fold-out chart of "Total Contributions from all Sources Including Church Sunday Schools & Missionary Societies." Orange wrappers. Wrappers are moderately dust soiled short chip on top corner on front wrapper light soiling on a few pages of text else a very good copy. Unrecorded by OCLC. Text includes the "Constitution of the United Baptist Missionary Convention" "Report from the Baptist Young People's Convention" "Proceedings of the Women's Auxiliary of the United Baptist Missionary Convention" "President's Annual Address" by Pres. George A. Crawley" a "Journal of Proceedings" "Annual Report" etc. United Baptist Missionary Convention of the State of Maryland unknown books
1982réf. 384809Los Angeles: No Publisher 1982. Unbound. Very Good. Photomechanically reproduced handbill flyer on 5.5." x 4.25" pink paper. Faint spotting and notations on the verso else very good. An original flyer promoting summer shows during 1982 at The Barn in Los Angeles featuring T.S.O.L. Wasted Youth Crucifix Bad Religion and Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys 1978 - 1986 were a West coast hardcore band known for blending music experimentation with satirical lyrics written by their infamous front man Jello Biafra. TSOL True Sounds of Liberty were a punk band usually associated with hardcore but who experimented with metal in the late 80's. [No Publisher unknown books
1985réf. 380765Los Angeles California: no publisher 1985. Unbound. Fine. Photomechanically reproduced light blue sheet. Measuring 8.5" x 5.5". Fine. An original flyer promoting a gig at Sun Valley Sportsman's Hall in Los Angeles featuring Bad Religion Social Unrest No Mercy and BKK. "No Age Limit. No Nazis. No Fights." A collage of Nazis skulls and Reagan. [no publisher] unknown books
1985réf. 380764Los Angeles California: No Publisher 1985. Unbound. Fine. Photomechanically reproduced flyer on 8.5" x 5.5" cream paper. Fine. An original flyer promoting a gig at Sun Valley Sportman's Hall in Los Angeles featuring Bad Religion Social Unrest No Mercy and BKK. "No Age Limit. No Nazis. No Fights." A collage of of Nazi's skulls and Reagan. [No Publisher] unknown books
1982réf. 380815Los Angeles: No Publisher 1982. Unbound. Fine. Photomechanically reproduced handbill flyer on 5.5." x 4.25" yellow paper. Fine. An original flyer promoting summer shows during 1982 at The Barn in Los Angeles featuring T.S.O.L. Wasted Youth Crucifix Bad Religion and Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys 1978 - 1986 were a West coast hardcore band known for blending music experimentation with satirical lyrics written by their infamous front man Jello Biafra. TSOL True Sounds of Liberty were a punk band usually associated with hardcore but who experimented with metal in the late 80's. [No Publisher unknown books
1982réf. 380819Los Angeles: No Publisher 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Photomechanically reproduced handbill flyer on 5.5." x 4.25" green paper. Fine. An original flyer promoting summer shows during 1982 at The Barn in Los Angeles featuring T.S.O.L. Wasted Youth Crucifix Bad Religion and Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys 1978 - 1986 were a West coast hardcore band known for blending music experimentation with satirical lyrics written by their infamous front man Jello Biafra. TSOL True Sounds of Liberty were a punk band usually associated with hardcore but who experimented with metal in the late 80's. [No Publisher hardcover books
