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1923réf. 9030716London: Burns Oates & Washbourne 1923. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt and white and cover stamped in gilt. Illustrated with many black and white photographs and one large and elaborate multi-fold map. Chipping to extremities of dust jacket the only dust jacket online! 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. 328 pages. Burns Oates & Washbourne hardcover books
1885réf. 63488Mexico City: Ofic. Tip. de la Secretaria de Fomento 1885. Folio pp. 94; original tan printed wrappers bound in later Mexican calf-backed boards red and black morocco labels on gilt-paneled spine; pages toned; a few small chips and tears; generally very good. The original 1595 edition was composed by Father Antonio del Rincón 1566-1601 of the Society of Jesus; addressed to the most illustrious and most reverend S. Don Diego Romano Bishop of Tlaxcallan and of His Majesty's Council &c. in Mexico in the house of Pedro Balli 1595. Rincón was a Jesuit priest and grammarian and his grammar is one of the earliest grammars of the Nahuatl language. Vinaza 88 for the 1595 edition and 652 this edition. Palau 268087. Ofic. Tip. de la Secretaria de Fomento unknown books
1887réf. 15084STORIES OF THE MAGICIANS Seeley & Co. 1887 first edition light rubbing to corner tips and spine just a bit faded else a vg copy in the publishers original burgundy and gold-gilt stamped pictorial blue cloth with 16 full page illustrations some of which are in full color. Collects THALABA AND THE MAGICIANS OF THE DOMDANIEL RUSTEM AND THE GENII & KEHAMA AND HIS SORCERIES. Seeley & Co. hardcover books
1917réf. 49088Morganton NC: Published Periodically in the interest of the Morganton Missions by the Rev. George Hilton B.A. L.Th. Durham England Priest-in-Charge 1917. Very Good. Morganton NC: Published Periodically in the interest of the Morganton Missions by the Rev. George Hilton B.A. L.Th. Durham England Priest-in-Charge 1917. First Edition. Octavo bifolium 26.5x17.25cm; photographs of the St. Margaret's Day School and of a "Mountain home." Light rubbing and wrinkling; horizontal mail folds; overall Very Good and sound. An unrecorded leaflet relaying news on the Cotton Mill Workers Mission The Mountain Missions and the St. Stephen's colored Mission in and around Morganton North Carolina. The newsletter touches upon World War I acknowledging the need to for Belgian Armenian and Syrian relief funds though cautioning that the work of the Red Cross should not displace support for the Mission. The St. Stephen's Colored Mission is in want of a "colored worker" to lead it and here gives updates on the ongoing search for one. The isolated mountain communities also remain in search of a school teacher after Miss Kilburn had to depart apparently leaving the local schoolchildren "awful lonesome." A rare look into a small but determined community; we find no record of this publication in retail auction records or institutional holdings. Published Periodically in the interest of the Morganton Missions by the Rev. George Hilton, B.A., L.Th., (Durham, England) Pries unknown books
1930réf. 19426London: The Mitre Press 1930. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. 183 pp. Blue covered boards with gold lettering on spine with original dj depicting b/w facsimile photograph of a woman praying at the Wailing Wall western Wall in Jerusalem. Illustrated with 9 b/w facsimile photographs and 3 maps the first of Salonika and Struma Front 1917 the second of South Judæ and the final of North Judæ. Books is the personal account of a young officer from the 1st Leinsters Irish Military stationed in the Mediterranean during the First World War. Yellowing and age wear to dj. Bottom inch of dj missing chipping to top of dj. Bumping to head and foot of spine minor yellowing to pages due to age dj is in good book is in very good condition. "This book is not intended to be a chronicle of military exactitudes; it was written in moments of leisure in 1922 when I was stationed in the Perisan Gulf at Muscat and is primarily a narrative of impressions and reminiscences from the point of view of a regimental officer." statement by author on page before table of contents. "As the author frankly states in his prefatory note this book . . . is a record of the personal experiences of a young officer in Macedonia and Judæ in the anxious years of 1916-17." from foreword. The Mitre Press hardcover books
réf. 5251Boston: London: Printed. Boston: Re-printed and Sold at Fowle and Draper's Printing Office opposite the Lion & Bell in Marlborough-Street 1759. 12mo pamphlet 19 cm removed from sammelband. v 2 8-23 1 pp. 1 publ. ad. A vivid account of hostile encounters with Russian soldiers during the Prussia vs. Austria/Russia conflict in the Seven Year War. Russian troop atrocities against clergy and villagers are described; the author categorizes the Russians into three different sorts: "First Cossacks they are of a middle size strong bodied and of a terrible countenance; they would feign kill one with their looks and are void of all humanity. They wear a red Polish coat a short blue waistcoat and upon their bare head a little red cap." Sorge describes in depth the following Cossack arms: a 15 ft. sharpened iron rod two pistols a musket sabre wide knife whip and more. And continues with "Second Callmuks these are still more cruel than the former; they wear blue and instead of arms they make use of bows and arrows . Third Carcolpaks these are a terrible people they are very big wear grey and know nothing of shirts. They all serve on horseback and are as quick as eagles." Includes dedication by unidentified G. W. REFERENCES: American Imprints 41078. CONDITION: Good minor stains. [Boston]: London: Printed. Boston: Re-printed and Sold at Fowle and Draper's Printing Office, opposite the Lion & Bell, in Marlb unknown books
1947réf. 19881Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company 1947. First Edition. Cloth. Slipcase with same cloth. Fine. 4to. 25.5 by 19.5 cm. Unpaginated 14 folded sheets of glossy paper not counting prelim and final blank leaves. Leaves folded Japanese-style. Szyk illustrations are half-title title first leaf quoting bible as to origin of 10 commandments then an illustration on every recto. Facing versos have commentary. Following tenth commandment two pages of further commentary and final page with content is a colophon crediting those responsible for different aspects of the book including some not mentioned in this description such as the typographers. Light wear on the slipcase with a modest corner bump. Overall Fine. The John C. Winston Company unknown books
1972réf. 455440New York: Park Publishing Co. 1972. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Slim quarto. 56pp. Heavily illustrated in black and white with many photographs of the congregation. Blue cloth gilt. Trifle worn a fine copy. A celebration of Mount Zion AME church of New Brunswick New Jersey's 145th anniversary. Includes a church history information on prominent families church memories and present church activities all heavily illustrated from photographs. OCLC locates seven copies over three records. Park Publishing Co.) hardcover books
1760réf. 9579Durham United Kingdom 1760. Unique. Very Good. Unique. Reverend William Gilpin 1724- 804 was an English artist Anglican cleric schoolmaster and author best known as one of the originators of the idea of the picturesque style of landscape painting. In 1768 Gilpin published his popular "Essay on Prints" where he defined the picturesque as"that kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture" and began to expound his "principles of picturesque beauty" based largely on his knowledge of landscape painting. During the late 1760s and 1770s Gilpin traveled extensively in the summer holidays and applied these principles to the landscapes he saw committing his thoughts and spontaneous sketches to notebooks. This particular watercolor study features the High Force waterfall at the River Tees in Durham England with two figures in the foreground surrounded by lush landscape. Gilpin brought attention to the area with his sketching journals influencing tourism and commenting on the sublime and beauty of nature. Bright and unmarred original painting. No visible wear. Single leaf color wash and ink with sepia tones mounted on board includes monograph embossed on right corner 10.25x7.5 unknown books
1820réf. 424824Middlesex England 1820. Unbound. Near Fine. A manuscript account handwritten and signed by Reverend Charles John Heathcote after visiting a young dying woman Hannah More three days before her death circa the 1820s in Middlesex England. Approx. 400 words and is near fine with some light foxing tiny tears and creasing with all words intact. The account begins with a short description "Departed this life on the 10th inst. Hannah L. daughter of Ezekiel Moore in the 16th of her age. On wensday sic preceding her death the writer of these lines was called upon to visit her and it proved to him both a profitable and pleasing visit". After this the letter is primarily focused on the More's condition and her acceptance of death "I found her in a state of uncommon resignation to the will of God patiently waiting the hour of her departure. I want the the sic will of the lord to be done whether I live or die". Heathcote writes that More asked him to preach at her funeral and for two hymns to be recited "Come humble sinner in whose breast a thousand thoughts resolve" and "When thou my righteous Jude shall come". Heathcote documents More's interactions with her family and friends before commending her on her devoutness to God. He writes finally that he is happy to have gotten to see her and finishes with "Let me die the death of the righteous that my latter end may be like his". Reverend Charles John Heathcote was born in Middlesex England in 1796 and followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a reverend. He wrote one book of sermons and hymns Last Sermons: Late Incumbent of St. Thomas and passed away at the age of 77 after practicing as a reverend in his home town for the duration of his life. An interesting and empathetic account of a young woman's death from a reverend in England during the 1820s. unknown books
1765réf. 53988London: Printed by W. Bowyer for A. Millar in the Strand 1765. Third Edition. Frontispiece in Volume I by Hoare of Ralph Allen on engraved t.p. 204; 331; 338 pp. 3 vols. 12mo. Polished contemporary calf gilt spine. Very good. Third Edition. Frontispiece in Volume I by Hoare of Ralph Allen on engraved t.p. 204; 331; 338 pp. 3 vols. 12mo. Printed by W. Bowyer, for A. Millar, in the Strand unknown books
1638réf. 13784in Torino Turin Italy: Per il Tisma & Zauatta 1638. Later Edition. Vellum. Very Good. Later Edition. Vellum. "Exercise of Divotione et Oration" generally refers to spiritual practices of prayer and meditation in the Catholic context. Padre Amatore Ruga was a 17th-century Italian Barnabite priest Chierico Regolare di San Paolo known for his role as a spiritual director advisor and author in Turin. Padre Ruga died in 1635. Minor shelf/edge wear title leaf shows remount repair inconsistent foxing toning at preliminaries else tight bright and unmarred. Full vellum binding leather cords. 12mo. 691pp. In Italian. a6 A-Z12 aa- ff6 blank. Per il Tisma & Zauatta unknown books
1942réf. 20499Stamford Connecticut: The Overbrook Press 1942. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A handsome copy of the uncommon 1942 "Armed Forces" edition. Clean and Fine in a very impresive Near Fine example of the publisher's glassine dustjacket. 16mo Introduction by Otto Wurzburg. The Overbrook Press unknown books
1942réf. 20500Stamford CT: The Overbrook Press 1942. Cloth. Fine/Very Good . A very sharp copy of the 1942 1st edition limited to 150 copies. Tight and Fine in a clean VG example of the publisher's fragile glassine dustjacket with very light creasing and chipping along the front panel's top-edge. 16mo edited by Richard Cheney Otto Wurzburg Vincent Eaton and Alain White. The Overbrook Press unknown books
1777réf. 726711777. London: Printed for the author 1777. London: Printed for the author 1777. The Last Words of the "Macaroni Parson" Villette Reverend John d.1799. Dodd William 1729-1777. A Genuine Account of the Behaviour and Dying Words of William Dodd LLD. Who was Executed at Tyburn for Forgery on Friday the 27th of June 1777. By the Reverend John Villette Ordinary of Newgate. London: Printed for the Author and Sold by J. Bew 1777. 24 pp. Octavo 7" x 4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning trimming to fore-edge with minor loss to title page and a few other leaves all text still legible light soiling to first and final leaves. $650. Second edition. Dodd known to many as the "Macaroni Parson" for his extravagant lifestyle had turned to forgery in an attempt to clear his debts and was sentenced to death. Although Dodd was deeply penitent and many petitioned for him to be pardoned Samuel Johnson among them he was nevertheless hanged at Tyburn in 1777. His final addresses and dying words received some posthumous attention due to his notoriety though they were in fact largely written for him by Johnson. English Short-Title Catalogue N18090. unknown books
1985réf. 158628Forest Brussels: Dietvorst 1985. Vintage tour poster for a performance at Forest National in Belgium on November 26 1985 in support of the 1985 album "The Head on the Door." The Cure's sixth studio album featuring the hit singles "In Between Days" and "Close to Me." The album was the band's first significant international success and was named best album of 1985 by "Melody Maker." The Head Tour as the tour in support of the album was known began on September 8 1985 in the UK before heading to North America and Europe. The concert at Forest National as advertised here was the opening performance for the European leg. 27.5 X 39.5 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear. Dietvorst unknown books
1985réf. 159775London: Fiction Records 1985. Vintage record store poster created to advertise The Cure's sixth studio album "The Head on the Door" released on August 30 1985. Featuring the hit singles "In Between Days" and "Close to Me" the album was the band's first big international success and was certified gold in the US UK and France. 59 x 39.5 inches folded as issued. Near Fine with a hint of wear at the creases. Fiction Records unknown books
1968réf. 589193Washington D.C. 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A small archive of ephemera from Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 primary campaign in Washington D.C. Included are a flyer two letters and a sample ballot. All items about fine. A collection of material pertaining to the May 7 1968 District of Columbia primary sent by the Kennedy CUP Citizens United for Peace / Citizens for Urban Progress. The letters urge voters to vote for the Kennedy-Phillips-Pinkett slate which featured Robert Kennedy for President Reverend Channing E. Phillips for National Committeeman and Flaxie M. Pinkett for National Committeewoman. A letter on Kennedy for President Headquarters stationary reads "The District of Columbia Primary on May 7th will elect delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; and my hopes for receiving the Presidential nomination at that Convention - and in a larger sense my hopes for the future of this country - depend on the election of the delegate slate led by Reverend Channing Phillips and Flaxie Pinkett." The flyer featured here shows Reverend Phillips shaking hands with Kennedy. Phillips was the head of Kennedy's D.C. campaign and was put forth by the District's delegates as a nominee during the Chicago convention after Kennedy's assassination. Pinkett was a businesswoman and activist in D.C. who became the first African-American woman admitted to the Washington Board of Realtors. An interesting collection of campaign material from the 1968 race. hardcover books
1880réf. 18888London and New York: George Virtue 1880. Hardcover. vg. Two volumes folio. IV 4 942pp 943-1260pp 230pp 10 1261-1622pp 4 44pp. Original blind-tooled leather over beveled boards with gold lettering and decorations on spines and covers. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece in each volume protected with a tissue-guard. 2 additional engraved title-pages. Ribbon markers. Both volumes have the London imprint of George Virtue upon the pictorial and text title pages. Stunning Bible profusely illustrated with over a hundred steel engravings after drawings or paintings by de Loutherbourgh Amiconi J. S. Hart Hamilton Schopin Horace Vernet W. H. Bartlett Rubens Northcote Guercino F. Bol W. Artaud Murillo M. A. Colin H. Singleton J. Opie Gros Raffaello d'Urbino Raphaël and many more. Each plate is protected with a tissue-guard. Text in 2 columns with centre references and reflections at foot of page. This work is complete with the Books of Apocrypha and an alphabetical list of proper names of the Old Testament persons and places. Slight rubbing along joints and raised bands. Minor damp-staining on upper inner margin of very first pages of first volume not affecting text or illustrations. Sporadic foxing affecting tissue-guards and margins of some plates not affecting illustrations. Frontispiece of second volume detached but present. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. George Virtue hardcover books
1930réf. 415423South Boston Virginia 1930. Softcover. Good. Oblong small quarto measuring 12" x 7.5". String-tied black paper boards lacking the front board. Contains 25 sepia-toned gelatin silver photographs measuring between 2.5" x 3" and 3" x 5" with captions. Good only album lacking the front board with chips and tears on the pages with very good photographs. A photo album compiled by a students for a reverend at their school in South Boston Virginia in the 1930s. An early page includes a handwritten dedication which reads "we the Junior-Senior class do affectionately dedicate this volume to the Reverend Robert White Kirkpatrick our director who has unselfishly striven to endow us with a knowledge of the Holy Bible and the ideals and to whose faithful and untiring efforts is due the success of this school." A photo of Kirkpatrick is included here as well as the First Presbyterian Church South Boston Virginia. Other photos include the assistant director Reverend Frank C. Riley and a photo of the faculty. The pages include class rolls class mottos and teacher's names as well as photos to accompany the lists. Included in the album are classes from kindergarten through the senior class. The final two pages show snapshots of students and teacher on the school grounds. The church which had been founded in 1877 and started educational programs in 1920. A modest but interesting collection of a rural Virginia educational program run by a beloved reverend. unknown books
1837réf. 010705Menomoneville Wiconsin Territory 1837. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This two-page stampless letter sent from the Reverend Daniel E. Brown at Menomoneville to the Reverend Philander Chase "near Peoria / Illinoise" measures 16" x 9.75" unfolded. It is datelined "Mission Buildings Green Bay / April 3rd 1837" and bears an especially scarce manuscript postmark "Menomoneville Apr 5" of which only one other example is recorded by the Wisconsin Postal History Society. In nice shape In this letter Brown requests clarification as to whether the few churches that had been established in Wisconsin would remain part of the newly formed Diocese of Michigan or form into a separated organization. It reads in part "I have presumed to address you upon a subject of much interest to the religious community of Wisconsin which . . . is of serious importance to the Church. It is presumed that the question whether Wisconsin is yet a part of the Diocese of Michigan as claimed by the worthy Prelate of that Diocese . . . or are we separated & no longer for and integral part thereof. . . This question is now assuming a very serious aspect for the Vestry of Christ's Church Green Bay. . . There are now four resident Clergymen in this Territory . . . three in the employ of the Board of Domestic Missions. We have but one organized Church who has no Rector the Rev R. F. Cadle having resigned. . . It is also anticipated that . . . a church will be organized at Milwaukee & also that the Garrison at Fort Winnebago will organize themselves into a Parish. I have felt . . . as if it was unwise to agitate the question in our present situation & particularly as it regards questions of jurisdictions with Michigan but I would wish your advice. For if we are fully separated from Michigan & have the right to form a new Diocese . . . it would be prudent to do so. . . Will you be kind enough my Dear Father to give me your views upon the claim set forth by the Rt Rev Prelate of Michigan & whether . . . it is right now expedient to organize at this time. . ." . When Wisconsin was part of the Michigan Territory from 1818 until 1836 Episcopalian fell under the purview of Missionary Bishop of the Northwest. Its first mission the Oneida Duck Creek Mission originally under the Diocese of New York at Green Bay was the beginning of Church work in the MIdwest. After the Diocese of Michigan was formed in 1834 Wisconsin activities were place under the temporary supervision of the Bishop of Ohio and did not come under the oversight of the Bishop of Michigan until 1836 after which he maintained that the establishment of the Wisconsin Territory had should not divide his diocese successfully thwarting the establishment of a Diocese of Wisconsin until 1847. For more information see Ford's A Brief History of the Diocese of Michigan and "Oneida History" at the Milwaukee Public Museum website. A first-hand document attesting to the religious competition that sprang into being with the establishment of the Wisconsin Territory. At the time of listing nothing similar is for sale in the trade nor has appeared at auction per the Rare Book Hub. OCLC shows no similar items held in institutional collections. We have another lot for sale regarding the Oneida Duck Creek Mission. . unknown books
1892réf. 376200New York: Feast of Saint John the Evangelist 1892. Printed on pure vellum. Artist's rendering of the cathedral on last page. 6 pp. Printed by the DeVinne Press. 1 vols. 4to. Blue cloth upper cover titled in gilt with paper label for Rev. E.A. Hoffman a.e.g. Loose in binding. Bookplates of General Theological Seminary and perforated stamps to bottom margins of first and last leaves. Printed on pure vellum. Artist's rendering of the cathedral on last page. 6 pp. Printed by the DeVinne Press. 1 vols. 4to. Order of service for the start of the construction of the New York City landmark. Dean Hoffman was head of the General Theological Seminary. Just a few copies were printed on vellum. Uncommon. Feast of Saint John the Evangelist unknown books
1843réf. 4025Berkeley: T.R. Marvin 1843. First edition. Very Good . Original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to front board. Minor loss of cloth to crown of spine. Faint residue of removed library label to spine and front board. Peach endpapers. Light scattered foxing as is typical of the period. Inscribed on the front endpaper by Ward's husband the compiler: "Reverend Mr. Ellingwood with the respects of J.W. Ward." Bookplate on the front pastedown reveals that the recipient Rev. Ellingwood went on to donate the volume to the Theological Seminary of Bangor Maine. A scarce and important example of a published American elegiac volume produced in this case by an eminent family to mourn the loss of an educated woman. Memoirs is unrecorded by OCLC and has never appeared at auction. In their marriage James Wilson Ward and Hetta Lord Hayes Ward united two prominent Northeastern families. A senator and Congregationalist minister James descended from the founders of Plymouth and had attended Andover and Amherst. Hetta the daughter of a judge and niece of a Dartmouth president was herself a graduate of Miss Grant's Seminary Academy. The present volume released "exclusively for private circulation among the friends of the deceased" is a testament to Hetta's value not as a daughter who married well or a wife who effectively managed a house but as a companion an intellectual and an individual. In this sense it deconstructs the period's expectations of separate spheres or hierarchy between sexes. With an opening letter by Susan Hayes Hetta's mother as well as a copy of the eulogy conducted by her husband the book reveals vast details about who Hetta was as a person. Both describe her as tender and affectionate; but time and again emphasis is placed on her mind. Though Hetta was skillful with a needle as a child according to her mother "her numberless questions interested and surprised me.She acquired a fondness for poetry.She became as much interested in the in the study of the exact sciences as in the works of imagination making herself acquainted with the higher branches of Mathematics Algebra Geometry etc." James similarly eulogizes his wife. What becomes clear is that he is grieving the loss of a companion and equal. "If we have found a friend of distinguished excellence and for years rejoiced with that friend in mutual interchange and warm affections it is natural when death intervenes and separates us from the dear object of our love to contemplate their virtues.First characteristic which I would notice which she possessed in an eminent degree is an ardent love of truth.She possessed great powers of abstraction.She saw with great clearness the point of an argument and was quick to distinguish between sophistry.She loved to trace the workings of the human mind." Not satisfied simply to have their own testaments to Hetta's extraordinary mind the compilers included to the last half of the book a collection of her own poetry and prose. A scarce work in a genre underappreciated in American literature and history. Such coterie publications of intimate mourning were uncommon for the time particularly for a woman. National Cyclopedia of American Biography 148. Very Good . T.R. Marvin unknown books
1888réf. 40926Savannah Ga.: The Morning News Print. 1888. 20 360 pp. Frontis illustration of the First African Baptist Church and another full-page illustration preceding the table of Contents. Well-used with contemporary ownership signatures of "Mr. Cornelious Adams 1819 Reynolds." Inner hinges cracked and some loosening from binding scattered foxing. Text portraits of the pastors. In original cloth binding some spotting and extremity wear. Gilt-lettered title stamped on front cover. Good. "The oldest colored Baptist church in America" it was organized in January 1788 at "Brampton's barn three miles west of Savannah by Rev. Abraham Marshall white and Jesse Peter colored." Its trials triumphs schisms relations with their Caucasian co-religionists and biographies of its ministers are chronicled here by the Church's black Pastor Reverend Love. FIRST EDITION. De Renne 868. Work 405. LCP Supp. 1320. Not in Blockson. The Morning News Print. unknown books
1817réf. 261849London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. First edition with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. some tinted in red and blue and slip of gold printing with directions to binder slip at vol. II p. 417. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo 9-3/4 x 6 inches. Bound in contemporary three quarters blue pebbled morocco spine gilt and marbled boards and edges. Fine small bump to some pages in Vol. I. Bookplate of The Right Hon. Charles Abbot prob. Charles Abbot 1st Baron Colchester in Vols II & III. First edition with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. some tinted in red and blue and slip of gold printing with directions to binder slip at vol. II p. 417. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo 9-3/4 x 6 inches. Windle & Pippin A28; Jackson no.40; Hart no.186; Bigmore and Wyman pp. 169-70 Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press unknown books
