Rotterdam: Jan Daniel Beman en Zoon, 1766. Hardcover. De agste druk. [54], 288 p.: frontispiece, title vignette, 13 leaves of engraved plates; 20 cm. Calf spine with speckled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between gilt-tooled borders. Blind-tooled title in second compartment: "Abraham de Aartsvader." Signatures: [pi]4 5*4 6*(4-1) 7*4..... More
London: Foundery, Upper Moor-fields, 1759. iv, 96 p.; 16 cm. Signatures: pi2 A-H6 (24mo). Disbound from a larger volume. Editor's preface signed: John Wesley, June 21, 1759. "Printed and sold at the Foundery, Upper Moor-fields; by W. Flexney, under Gray's-Inn-Gate; E. Cabe, Avemary-lane; and G. Keith, Grace-church-street, London; at the..... More
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; F.C. and J. Rivington; and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1816. Hardcover. Vol. 3 only: viii, 341, [1] p.; 22 cm. Contemporary full polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Horsley's Sermons."..... More
New York: Macmillan Co., 1955. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 235 p.; 21 cm. Dark blue cover with gilt spine title. Dust jacket with jacket art by Algot Stenbery. Illustrated endpapers by Algot Stenbery. "Book Club Edition" -- on dust jacket flap. Hentz Houser, the son of the author, became a quadriplegic..... More
East Aurora, N.Y. Roycrofters, 1904. Hardcover. [7], 130-153, [3] p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Schopenhauer; 20 cm. Original brown cloth spine and grey paper over boards. Printed paper label on front cover with "Schopenhauer" in black and a decoration in red. Untrimmed edges. Title page has elaborately decorated border. Similarly..... More
Philadelphia: Ig. Kohler, 1880. Hardcover. 428, [2], 31, [1] p.: many plates included in pagination; 20 cm. Dark brown cloth with black spine and cover titles. Publisher's catalog on 32 pages following text. No date of publication. Ignatius Kohler is shown at 911 Arch St. in this imprint; he was..... More
New York: Asa Hull, 1890. Paperback. 15, [1] p.: music, illustrations; 22 cm. Front wrapper has full illustration of a girl and a boy entering a gothic church sanctuary filled with people. Front wrapper included in pagination. Contains an 18-part children's day church service with music and lyrics for 8..... More
Jamaica, NY: Marion Press, 1899. Hardcover. 60 p.; 20 cm. Light green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. William Reed Huntington (1838-1909) was an American Episcopal minister and author. In Good+ Condition: cover is lightly soiled; ends of spine rubbed; minor loss over lower front joint; foxing throughout; otherwise..... More
S.l. St. Eadfrith Press, 2013. Paperback. 251, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Includes index. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
S.l. St. Eadfrith Press, 2014. Paperback. 241, [3] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Includes index. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
S.l. St. Eadfrith Press, 2014. Paperback. 241, [3] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Includes index. In Near Fine Condition: a few pages lightly creased; clean and tight. More
Boston: J. P. Mendum, 1874. Paperback. 26 p.; 23 cm. Front wrapper included in pagination. Wrapper title. A popular lecture by American lawyer, author, and orator Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899), which includes: "A believer is a songless bird in a cage, a Freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with..... More
Albany, NY: Albany News Co., 1877. Pamphlet. 15 p.; 23 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Wrapper title. This edition of a popular lecture by American lawyer, author, and orator Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899) includes interjections reflecting the audience response throughout (for example, "Applause," and "Prolonged laughter and roars"). It also..... More
London: Freethought Publishing Co., 1899. Paperback. 47 p.; 18 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black. Back wrapper has publisher's advertisement for works by Ingersoll. Number stamped in gutter of page [3]. In 1887 American lawyer, author, and orator Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899) was involved in a debate on religion with..... More
New York: Catholic Book Exchange, 1894. Paperback. [2], 12 p.; 24 cm. Red-brown wrapper with wrapper title. Presumably speaking before an organization of Civil War veterans, Bishop John Ireland (1838-1918) reflects on patriotism during and after the American Civil War. He had served as chaplain of the Fifth Minnesota Regiment..... More
![Item #006622 The Life of Mahomet [bound with] Lives of the Successors of Mahomet. Washington Irving](/pictures/thumb/006622.jpg?v=1538768842)
London: George Routledge & Co., 1850. Hardcover. x, 214 p.; viii, 263, [1] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over board. Five spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled flowers in lower three compartments. All page edges speckled red. Lives of the Successors of Mahomet is the second..... More
Leechburg, Pa. Nyiri D. István, 1942. Hardcover. Printed by Expert Printing Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. 443, [5] p.: illustrations, music; 16 cm. Black cover with gilt-stamped spine title and cross on front cover. All page edge red. Grey endpapers. Blacked-out area (possibly a price?) on title page. Very scarce Hungarian-language religious..... More
Paris: Jean Jost, 1649. Hardcover. [4], 586, [30] p.; 24 cm. Signatures: [pi]2 A-3H4 (4to). 19th-century? half calf with five spine compartments between raised bands; marbled paper over boards. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment; gilt-tooled decoration at head and tail and on raised bands; blind-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Title..... More
Boston: John W. Folsom, 1795. Hardcover. 190, [2] p.; 17 cm. Signatures: A-P6 Q6 (12mo). Last leaf blank. Contemporary full calf; red morocco spine label with gilt-tooled title. Six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Former owner's name inscribed on front free endpaper: Samuel G. Allen. Early American Imprints, first..... More
Berlin: In der Schlesingerschen Buch- und Musikhandlung, 1825. Hardcover. xvi, [4], 367 p.; 20 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between gilt-rolled decoration; red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; oval green leather label in fourth compartment with gilt-tooled volume number; and..... More
Liegnitz [Legnica]: David Siegert, 1752. Hardcover. 3 titles bound together: [14], 296 p.; [14], 221, [5] p.; 29, [3] p.: 2 frontispieces (both signed Boetius); 17 cm. Signatures: )(8 (-)(8) A-S8 T4; )( (-)(8) A-O8 P4; A-B8 (8vo). Contemporary half calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Dark brown..... More
Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1967. Hardcover. xiv, 281 p.: portrait; 22 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. No dust jacket. First published in 1905. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
Devon, Pa. William T. Cooke Publishing, 1984. Hardcover. 288 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Black cloth with silver spine and cover titles; school emblem in silver on front cover. Publisher's emblem blind-stamped on back cover. Grey endpapers. Without dust jacket. Includes lists of presidents and chairmen of the board, trustees, principals..... More
Winterthur, Switzerland: Heinrich Steiner und Comp. 1782. Hardcover. [6], 212 p.; [4], 291, [1] p.; 18 cm. Contemporary black calf spine with gilt-tooled spine title. Marbled paper over boards. Includes errata for both parts on final page. Title page for second half reads: "Predigten über das Buch Jonas. Vom dritten..... More
![Item #008442 I'm Going' to Occupy [sheet music]. Louis P. Lehman, Jr](/pictures/thumb/008442.jpg?v=1621024094)
Washington, PA: L. P. Lehman, 1946. Paperback. [8] p.: music, illustrations; 22 cm. Stapled. Louis P. Lehman (1914-1986) composed a number of gospel hymns. This contains the piano score with one verse of I'm Going' to Occupy, as well as 2 pages of photographs of his young daughter, Karen Lehman..... More