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2002réf. 412036Chesapeake Virginia: Maximilian Press Publishers 2002. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Octavo. 63 1pp. illustrated. Illustrated wrappers. Fine. Apparently self-published autobiography of an African-American WWII veteran and pastor of a Norfolk Virginia church. OCLC locates three copies. Maximilian Press Publishers unknown books
1819réf. 59962Paris: Chez Arthus Bertrand 1819. First edition in French first published in English London 1816. 8vo. 4 volumes: 4 lxxiv 309; 4 346; 4 432; 4 517 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait to volume one. This work contains a portion of the king's autobiography the original of which is now lost. Some controversy exists over who actually wrote the book and it is variously attributed to a number of authors; Clarke 1766-1834 the biographer of Lord Nelson was certainly involved in its publication. James 1633-1701 the second surviving son of Charles I served as James II King of England and Ireland and James VII King of Scotland 1685-1688 when he was deposed by the Glorious Revolution. Some foxing but a very good copy. Somewhat later French green calf spine faded uniformly to brown gilt ornaments and labels on spine marbled endpapers and edges. 7210. Chez Arthus Bertrand unknown books
1720réf. 3945n.p.: Arnould Bronckart 1720. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. VERY SCARCE OUTSIDE OF LIBRARIES: The Reverend Pere Jacques Coret was a Jesuit priest who lived from 1631-1721. The title translates in English to "The Second Adam Suffering For The First Adam And For All His Descendants. Jesus Dying For The Sins Of Men. Preached In The Form Of Meditations." In French. First edition appears to be from 1692. This is probable 5th Edition. Date of publication not stated but the 4th edition was published in 1709 and the 6th edition in 1731. Final page includes a Privilege from the Society of Jesus dated 1714. Thus publication date was between 1714-1731. A 1.75 inch square cut out of top right corner of title page yet title letters untouched except for a missing "D" at the end of Second. Intricately detailed engraved frontis. Octavo. Rebound with modern black leather spine and cloth covered boards. Five raised bands and gilt title to spine. Title on spine is misprinted as "Le Secon Adam" consistent with missing letter on title page. Laid paper interior rippled from water damage along top margin throughout most of the book. The dampstaining extends to cover more of the page towards the end of the book. The text remains bright. Occasional spots of foxing. 492 pages. FRE/3153. Arnould Bronckart hardcover books
1971réf. 501382Denver Colorado: Black Crusade the Education Division of The Church of the Black Cross 1971. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Volume I all published. Wrappers illustrated from two black and white photographic portraits by Bill Peters of the The Denver Post. Octavo. vi 70pp. Edges lightly toned a bit of light soil on the lower wrap about fine. The lower wrap shows a portrait of the author who is the Consultant-in-Chief of the Church of the Black Cross. The cover shows a beautiful young woman Ola Williams holding a Bible with a bit of verse from the Song of Solomon ".Black But Comely.". The book is dedicated on the title page to "those blacks who have always known certain Biblical facts and to avoid persecution passed them from generation to generation only by word of mouth." Chapter names include: "Thy Name - Negro or Black"; "The Curse - On All Blacks"; "Communism - The Best System"; "Restitution - A God Given Right"; and "His Image - Black and White" Includes a two-page biography of Flournoy who lived in Colorado with his family but was born in Texas and raised in Louisiana. Black Crusade, the Education Division of The Church of the Black Cross unknown books
1945réf. 2396Echoes of Heaven 1945. NEUMANN Reverend P.G. THE PRODIGAL. Detroit Michigan: Echoes of Heaven 1945. 8vo. printed wraps. First Edition. Signed presentation from Neumann on the title page: "To my dear friends Mr. and Mrs. W. Weigman whose untiring devotion to Jesus Christ has been the inspiration of many- P.G. Neumann. November 1945." This book is a collection of sermons given by Neumann over the religious Christian radio broadcast called "Echoes of Heaven" which featured the Reverend and his sermons a Gospel choir singers and musicians. A rare book. Very Good some toning around the spine and edge of covers. $125.00. Echoes of Heaven unknown books
1859réf. 005221New York: John A. Gray 1859. Book. Very Good. Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo. Very Good wrappers with small chips corner crease at spine top edge. Stitched wrappers. 23 pgs. "Read by appointment before The Congregational Ministers' Meeting of New London County Ct." . Rev. Henry Cheever was the brother of famed abolitionist George Barrell Cheever. and while certainly an avowed abolitionist himself is perhaps best remembered for his documenting of his travels in the Hawaiian Islands. In this SCARCE tract he argues that the teachings of the Bible provide ample reason to withhold fellowship from churches and individuals who tolerate slavery. John A. Gray Paperback books
1960réf. 37705Rome: Ente Provinciale per il Turismo di Napoli - Azienda Autonoma di Soggiorno Cura e Turismo 1960. First edition. Paperback. fair to g. Folio. 93 3pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Published by Naples Tourism Agency and illustrated with numerous color duo-tone and b/w photographic reproductions this volume documents the upcoming Sailing events at the 1960 Summer Olympics which were held in Rome Italy. The Sailing program consisted of a total of five sailing classes disciplines. For each class seven races were scheduled from 29 August 1960 to 7 September 1960 off the coast of Naples at the Gulf of Naples. Wrappers creased along edges. Upper front joint bumped thus slightly affecting pages throughout. Upper corner of very first pages slightly creased. Wrappers in overall fair interior in good to good condition. Ente Provinciale per il Turismo di Napoli - Azienda Autonoma di Soggiorno Cura e Turismo paperback books
1842réf. 5061Detroit: Morgan Bates Printer 1842. xiv 1 blank 1 17-70 2 blanks pp as issued. Disbound. Very Good. This sermon was printed three times in Detroit during 1842 the year it was delivered. It was also reprinted in several other locales. McCoskry the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan rebuts those "who deny the Apostolic succession." The second edition was printed very soon after the first in April 1842; the preface to this third edition is dated June 6 1842. MI Impr. Inv. 470 5. AI 42-3098 5 first edition. Not in Sabin or Greenly. Morgan Bates, Printer unknown books
1978réf. 309705San Francisco: First Unitarian Church of San Francisco 1978. Pamphlet. Twelve separate sermons various pagination in stapled 5.5x8.5 inch covers of various colors. Sermons include: The Reality of God Religion in a Whirling World The Power of Negative Thinking Growing Up Absurd Confessions of an Anarchist Clergyman etc. From February 10 1974 through April 30 1978. First Unitarian Church of San Francisco unknown books
1963réf. 26916Hollywood CA: Reprinted as a public service by Constitutional Liberties Information Center 1963. Near Fine. Hollywood CA: Reprinted as a public service by Constitutional Liberties Information Center 1963. First Edition. Photo-illustrated bifolium 23.5 x 10 cm. 4 pp. Touch of rubbing and faint toning to edges. Near Fine. American minister Vivian was a close friend and lieutenant of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped organize the first sit-ins in Nashville in 1960 and participated in the Freedom Rides. The McCarran Internal Security Act required Communist organizations to register with the federal government and was used as a tool of oppression throughout the Civil Rights struggle. Vivian here gives a wide-ranging and insightful analysis into its oppressive effects with examples principally throughout the South. No copies in retail as of June 2023 and only two separately cataloged holdings in OCLC. Reprinted as a public service by Constitutional Liberties Information Center unknown books
1986réf. 22742Torino: Cassa Di Risparmio Di Torino 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. salmon cloth lettered in black. Near fine in fine dust wrapper. 303 pages. 30.4 x 23.5 cm. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white printed on quality glossy stock. Commentaries are chapters by eight scholars. Bibliography. Text in Italian. Small dampstain lower front cover at backstrip. Cassa Di Risparmio Di Torino hardcover books
2020réf. RSHARIS00fpEaston Press 2020. Fine. Sharpton Reverend Al. Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads. Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 2020. 1st edition. 283pp. 8vo. Signed by author. Book condition: Very good. Bookplate supplied by Easton Press with former owner's name affixed on last page. Includes ""a Note about Rise Up and the Author Al Sharpton"". Easton Press unknown books
1853réf. 010796Philadelphia 1853. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This stampless folded letter is written on bifold stationery that measures 15.5" x 10" unfolded. It is datelined "Philadelphia 4th Nove. 1853" and was sent by Sunrow Paey sp to the Reverend Patrick Reilly the founder and headmaster of St. Mary's College in Wilmington Delaware. It bears a bold Philadelphia 5 postmark in blue and features a large letterhead illustration of the school. In nice shape. Paey was perhaps a patron or the father of attending students. His letter reads in part: "My brother has arrived today and . . . wants to spend 2 or 3 more days hear . . . so you see I can not visit on Monday. I send you with this the two papers that my father sent for you and a letter . . . you will please give the other paper to the boys. . ." . In 1834 the relatively recently ordained parish priest in Wilmington Patrick Reilly established a boarding school for boys in his residence in part to cover the expenses he incurred to care for his aging mother. It included only elementary subjects and operated on a very small scale until 1839 when many parishioners familiar with the Sisters of Charity's St. Peter's Female Academy petitioned him to expand his school which he did accepting 19 "scholars" in that first year and 28 the next. Demand increased especially following the arrival of Potato Famine immigrants and Reilly enlarged his school several times and by 1845 he was accepting boys from Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. He also expanded his curriculum to accommodate demand and began offering preparatory and college courses. With support and funding from the non-Catholic DuPont family he was able to acquire a college charter in 1847 and St. Mary's became one of the premier Catholic colleges of the east. It thrived enrolling students from Delaware Georgia Maryland Mississippi New Jersey New York Pennsylvania South Carolina Virginia Costa Rica and Cuba. The loss of Southern students with the outbreak of the Civil War was a major blow to the school and after the Bishop of Philadelphia ordered Reilly to devote his effort to build and pastor a new St. Mary's Church in Wilmington the college foundered closing its doors in 1866. For more information see Peterman's "History of St. Mary's College Wilmington Delaware 1847-1867" in the September 1966 edition of Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. A nice illustrated lettersheet featuring one of the earliest and most important Catholic colleges in the United States. . unknown books
réf. 009572No Place: No Publisher Book. Very Good. Poster. 21 1/2" w x 34" h. No publisher no place no date circa 1970s. Pencil signed lower left name of artist undiciphered. Printed on stiff paper in red black and white and featuring Dr. King's image along with images of 5 other people. 21 1/2" w x 34" h. Very Good small edge tears and creases. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. No Publisher unknown books
1984réf. 009246Bloomington Indiana: Fredric Brewer Publ. 1984. Book. Fine. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY PUBLISHER. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY PUBLISHER Fredric Brewer at limitation page -" for Gary Steigerwald 17 Jan 1984 Fredric Brewer". #92 of 140 copies. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Illustrated end papers by John Tenniel. Fredric Brewer, Publ. Hardcover books
1773réf. S13775London:: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly 1773. 1773. Sm. 8vo. xxxvii 3 136 pp. Engraved frontispiece. On page 121: "Inscribed to Mr. Betteroth". Original calf rebacked with handsome new spine and red morocco gilt-stamped spine label. Bookplate of Hastings Nathaniel Middleton. Some minor ink annotations to the title. Very good. Originally issued in 1729 under a slightly different title and then again reissued in 1739. This is the third edition. "Brown was an enthusiastic angler and in 1750 at the suggestion of Dr. Johnson brought out an edition of Walton and Cotton's "Compleat Angler". . . MOSES BROWNE 1704 – September 1787 was a pen-cutter from Clerkenwell London England who became a poet and eventually rose amongst the ranks of the Church of England. He made various contributions to the Gentleman's Magazine founded by Edward Cave at St. John's Gate in 1731 who awarded Browne several prizes for his contributions. Browne mixed with some distinguished literary figures of his time including befriending Samuel Johnson. Browne was appointed vicar of Olney Buckinghamshire in 1753. In 1764 Browne took on the post of Chaplain at Morden College in Blackheath London. He remained vicar of Olney at the same time as vicar of Sutton Lincolnshire until his death in 1787. See: John Bartlett Catalogue of Books on Angling: Including Ichthyology . . . 1882 page 15; DNB III pp. 52-3; Thomas Westwood Thomas Satchell Bibliotheca piscatoria a catalogue of books on angling. . . 1883 pp. 43-4. Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773. unknown books
1846réf. 29011Boston: Dutton and Wentworth Printers 1846. Original printed salmon wrappers stitched 48pp. Occasional light spotting Very Good. "The letters concern Rev. Adams' refusal to grant letters of recommendation from his church to the Payson church of which Rev. Fairchild was pastor because of accusations of immoral conduct against Fairchild" Cohen. The Payson church was thus deprived of "the fellowship of sister churches." Fairchild had allegedly seduced a young woman Rhoda Davidson of Edgecomb Maine while she was a domestic in his family. She had a child and nominated Fairchild as the father. Ecclesiastical trials ensued. Fairchild claimed that rival ministers one of whom was Reverend Adams had defamed him by calling him an habitual libertine and adulterer. Adams as Fairchild puts it "publicly said that there was more guilt resting on my head than on the head of any man who walks the streets of Boston or words to that effect." The Payson Church Committee examines the relevant documents and concludes "We clearly saw that no guilt had been proved against him and therefore felt bound to regard him as innocent wondering how any human creature could have a heart to add another grain to his load of suffering or inflict one fresh wound on his wife and children. We deem him one of the most injured and persecuted clergymen which the history of this country can furnish." Cohen 13687. AI 46-54 5. Dutton and Wentworth, Printers unknown books
1970réf. 13740Minnesota Hong Kong Australia: Catholic Truth Services St. John's Abbey 1970. Second Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Second Edition. Original Wraps. A 20th century witness testimony account of an actual exorcism in the small town of Earling Iowa lasting 23 days. Scarce modern account of faith based exorcism outside of Europe. Mild edge toning else tight bright and unmarred. Staplebound black and blue wrappers. 8vo. 48pp. Illus. Catholic Truth Services, St. John's Abbey unknown books
1902réf. 85452New York: Selmar Hess 1902. First Edition. Two Volumes 8 vols bound in 2 bound from parts. Large Quarto. 30cm. Later institutional pebble green cloth with leather title labels. Light wear to the cloth some chipping to title labels bright strong and handsome; internally clean private library stamp to flyleaves cosmetic cracking to innner front joint of Vol I each plate with a captioned tissue guard and with general contents and title pages for the respective volumes bound in at the front of each volume thus the plate lists and explanatory matter are at the beginning of each volume and the larger bulk of the books is taken up with a wealth of plates and engravings; slight dampstaining to a couple of margins not affecting text or the outstanding quality of the plates. A very good clean set. A wildly enthusiastic and imposing collection of contemporary engravings and depictions of notable characters from popular literature executed by important artists and illustrators. Work by Landseer Doré Gerome and an army of others depicting characters from Dickens Coleridge the Greek Myths and just about every literary fandom from the 19th century and earlier. An interesting reflection on an area of publishing and printing that was once incredibly popular but has now been entirely replaced by Instagram and a well curated Tumblr. Selmar Hess unknown books
1929réf. 414060Montclair New Jersey: The First Congregational Church 1929. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. 19 1pp. Cord-stitched engraved off-white wrappers. Edges of the wrappers slightly bumped and soiled near fine. Finely printed portrait photograph of Gates laid in. Includes a letter signed in type by John D. Rockefeller Jr. acknowledging Gates' service on the Board of the Rockefeller Foundation. According to Wikipedia Gates was an "American Baptist clergyman educator and the principal business and philanthropic advisor to the major oil industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Sr. from 1891 to 1923." OCLC locates two copies. The First Congregational Church unknown books
1896réf. 133883London: John Murray 1896. Hardbound. Good- a very presentable reading copy see further description of condition. Perforation stamps through many if not all plates cardpocket on rear free endpaper. Bound in very faded greenish blue cloth with red & gilt Tomoe-ko mark on the front board. 346 pp. with two folding maps at rear as well as. This particular copy is exlibrary. There is a blind stamp on the title-page and there are perforation stamps through both the maps at the rear. The first map of the Alps has a tear and a split on minor consequence through one of the folds. The cover corners are sharp but the outer hinges are splitting and weak and there is some loss at the top left of the spine. This copy will never win a beauty contest but it is a complete copy of this rare book. John Murray hardcover books
1895réf. 178171895. Reverend L.E Keith Feelix Feeler. Female Filosofy Fished Out and Fried. Cleona P.A.: G. Holzapfel Publishing 1895. First edition with original pictorial cloth boards and fifty illustrations of pro-suffrage political cartoons. An uncommon text. 336 pages. Keith's tone is often tongue-in-cheek but his purpose is to promote women's suffrage. As he argues in the preface: "Is it not the man that is unwomanly ans unmanly too in strutting about as if he were the lord of creation . Where is the consistency in allowing a woman to own property and take care of men's childrne and not giving her the power to protect either of them" While some countries extended minor voting rights to women in the year of this book's publication full suffrage would not be granted to American women until almost decades later. Boards toned and lightly soiled but the front cover remains attractive and the design is still bold. Spine sunned and bumped at head and tail spine titles faded; front hinge worn through for 3.5" inches. One-inch chip on spine shows shelfwear. Internal text block tight and the pages are clean and bright. Overall in good condition. As of March 2022 less than 15 copies held by libraries and institutions worldwide per OCLC Wolrdcat. Krichmar 1766. unknown books
1838réf. 008733London: John Murray 1838. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Uncommon edition each volume has added title page engraved with vignette. Eight volumes bound in contemporary brown embossed cloth gilt lettering at spines decorative end papers. Near Fine several corners bumped prior owner initials in ink. John Murray Hardcover books
1724réf. 4129London. A. Bettsworth and W. Taylor. 1724. Full gilt ruled calfgilt ruled spine compartments with gilt -tooled embellishments. Raised bands. 16mo. 6th Edition. Illustrated with frontis and in text embellishments. Covers and spine worn front hinge starting else Very Good with clean crisp internals. A. Bettsworth and W. Taylor. hardcover books
1937réf. 87643n.p. 1937. Quarto. 28.5cm. Mimeographed typewritten MS. Institutional black cloth half binding over brown paper covered boards titled by hand to spine. 167pp. A clean strong institutional binding with some minor wear and scuffing to extremities solid and durable; internally clean old library stamp from the Theological Seminary of Lancaster PA to front pastedown; something of a hybrid beast with some handwritten and typed additions and corrections and a number of pages inserted into the text at points on varying sizes of paper which combined with the number of original photographs laid onto the pages at appropriate places makes for a pleasing impression; the mimeo'd pages vary in clarity and quality with some displaying a characteristic blur but remaining legible and others being crisp and clean. A very good example of a "work in progress" ms with 29 photographs of notable church figures and locations; some are clearly sourced from other publications but a number are original photographs supplied by either the Reverend Sheely pastor at the time of publication or by local photographers and members of the congregation with credit often given on small slips bound into the work at the appropriate points. Garrett states in the preface "While serving as pastor of the New Oxford Charge 1914-1917 it became known that the Charge had no records of its splendid past. Upon inquiry as to the cause of this loss it was said that a fire had destroyed the Parsonage at Abbotstown and with it the records had been destroyed." Garrett's efforts to remedy this historical void which became known during the research for his published and rather better known work "History of The Kreuz Creek Charge" 1924 resulted in the current manuscript "the Minutes of Zion's Classis were gone through systematically. At that time a great many notes on the New Oxford Charge were gathered with the hope of using them some time in the future." Garrett's history follows the Pastors and notable congregational members of the church from the Rev. Carl Ludwig Boehme in 1775 through to Rev. Sheely in the early 1920's and the contemporary ministers of the church at the time of writing in 1937 covering many of the major events expansions victories and tragedies of the necessarily small originally German immigrant driven and maintained church in rural Adams County. The area is necessarily considerably altered from even Rev. Garrett's day but family names of the original congregation can doubtless be found among the followers of St. Paul's UCC of New Oxford PA. and a number of other places of worship that serve the descendents of the original German and Scots-Irish inhabitants of the region. It is a safe assumption from a historical point of view that the Reverend Garrett's history might be the only collected survival of a number of Pennsylvania families and personalities. If this work was published beyond this working manuscript then we can find no trace either in trade or in US institutional holdings. unknown books
