Philadelphia; Chicago: John J. Hood, 1897. Hardcover. 222, [2] p.: music; 20 cm. Black cloth spine; grey paper over boards printed in black. Includes index of first lines and titles. Publisher's advetisement for sacred music books on final two pages. "S.W. Thomas, Agt., M.E. Book Room, 1018 Arch St., Phila."..... More
New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1901. Paperback. [12] p.: 2 full-page chromolithographed illustrations and 8 in-text illustrations; 22 cm. Chromolithographed wrapper illustration. Wrapper title and imprint. Father Tuck's Scripture Series. "No. 3623" at foot of front wrapper. Wrappers included in page count. Contains retellings of the New Testament parables..... More
Dublin: Dublin Tract Repository, 1860. Paperback. 8 p.: illustration; 11 cm. Title and title vignette on front wrapper (p. [1]). Signed "G.F.T." on p. 8. Each page of text within a double ruled border. The publisher is not given, but the addresses "10 D'Olier Street, Dublin, and 9 Paternoster Row..... More
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1891. Pamphlet. [4] p. (paginated 97-100): illustrations; 20 cm. Contents: A Better Thought -- Miss Fret and Miss Laugh -- The Eagle -- Talk About the Lessons. The front illustration of two little girls on a wooden bench illustrates "A Better Thought."..... More
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1891. Pamphlet. [4] p. (paginated 105-108): illustrations; 20 cm. Contents: The Trouble with Flossie -- A Fourt of July Record -- George Washington's Mother and Benny's -- Talk About the Lessons. The front illustration of a little girl pushing her doll and..... More
Philadelphia: American Publishing Co., 1916. Paperback. 32 p.; 22 cm. Green wrapper printed in black. Wrapper title. No date of publication; latest date referred to in text is 1916. Front wrapper gives American Publishing Co. at 1025 Cherry St., Philadelphia, as the publisher. Publisher's advertisement on p. 32 lists American..... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Religious Tract Society of Philadelphia, 1816. Paperback. "Published by 'The Religious Tract Society of Philadelphia,' and for sale at their Repository, no. 8, South Front Street. William Bradford--agent." 12 p.; 18 cm. Caption title: On the Lord's Day. Without title vignette. William Bradford was agent for the Religious..... More
Philadelphia: Ninth Presbyterian Church, 1889. 3 tickets (6.3 x 11.8 cm.). Pink card printed in black on one side. The event was on Thursday, Feb. 21, 1889. The tickets are numbers 609, 1476, and 1477. The Ninth Presbyterian Church was at 16th and Sansom streets in Philadelphia. Pencil notations on..... More
Jerusalem: Koren Publishers, 2011. Hardcover. [Approx. 1,400], 88 p.: music, 25 color maps; 16 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1833. Hardcover. 23 p.: frontispiece and 3 additional leaves of plates included in pagination; 15 cm. Original black leather spine with gilt-tooled spine title; marbled paper over boards. The cautionary tale of Sarah and James: Sarah leaves temptation alone but James tries to bite the apple..... More
Germantown, Pa. Christoph Saur, 1777. Hardcover. Title continued: "Ordentlich in XII. Theile verfasset. Auch mit nöthigen Registern und einer Verzeichniss versehen, unter welche Titul die im Anhang befindlichen Lieder gehörig: Auch zur Beförderung des so Kirchen- als Privat-Gottesdienstes, mit erbaulichen Morgen- Abend- Buss- Beicht- und Communion-Gebätlein vermehret. Fünfte und ermehrte..... More
London: Westminster Abbey, 1922. Pamphlet. 6 p.; 21 cm. Contains the words for the hymns for the seventh Sunday after Trinity, which was also Westminster School election Sunday. The morning service began with the procesion of the choir and school with the electors so the rousing strains of "For All..... More
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1842. Hardcover. 16, 16 p.: illustrations; 1 cm. Black leather spine with gilt-stamped spine title: The Wondf. Lamp. Marbled paper over boards. No date of publication. Title page gives publisher's address as 146 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, where it was located from 1827 to 1853. This title..... More
London: John Murray, 1846. Hardcover. Two titles from Murray's Home and Colonial Library bound together: Philip Musgrave; or Memoirs of a Church of England Missionary in the North American Colonies edited by the Rev. J. Abbott (1846); and Memoirs of Father Ripa, During Thirteen Years' Residence at the Court of..... More
Cambridge, Mass. Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1870. Paperback. Reprinted from the Congregational Quarterly for July, 1870. 21, [3] p.; 24 cm. Pamphlet with brown wrappers printed in black. Front cover and title page are identical with addition of border on cover. The Reverend Joseph Abbott (1808-1867) was born in Philadelphia..... More
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Boston: American Peace Society, 1862. Paperback. [1], 102-132 p.; 23 cm. Brown wrappers printed in black. Wrapper title. Paginated continuously with previous issues. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. The contents reflect the ongoing Civil War including accounts of the financial impact of the war; the puzzling support for the South..... More
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Boston: American Peace Society, 1862. Paperback. [1], 38-80 p.; 23 cm. Brown wrappers printed in black. Wrapper title. Paginated continuously with previous issues. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Stamp of Dickinson Library Pamphlet Collection at head of front wrapper. The contents reflect the ongoing Civil War including an anonymous piece..... More
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Boston: American Peace Society, 1861. Paperback. [1], 230-260 p.; 23 cm. Brown wrappers printed in black. Wrapper title. Paginated continuously with previous issues. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Much of the issue addresses the effect of the secession of the Southern states on the nation, immediately prior to the First..... More
Philadelphia: Penn Monthly, 1877. Pamphlet. 14 p.; 24 cm. Sewn wrapper; wrapper title. Charles Gordon Ames (1828-1912) was an American Unitarian minister and lecturer. In this paper he advocated a system of judicial charity to the deserving poor. He had praise for the work of the Germantown Relief Society, established..... More
Cambridge, Mass. Central Committee on the United Study of Foreign Missions, 1926. Paperback. x, 109, [9] p., frontispiece and 23 additional leaves of illustrations; 19 cm. Paperback; grey covers printed in blue and orange with illustration of Atlas on front cover. Publisher's advertisements in side front cover and on both..... More
Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1975. Hardcover. Second Impression. Publications of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, no. 9. xviii, [2], 151 p.: illustrations; 31 cm. Black and white cover with white spine title and black cover illustration. Illustrated dust jacket. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1861. Hardcover. xii, 167, [1] p.: frontispiece, 3 leaves of plates; 19 cm. Contemporary half green polished calf with gilt- and blue-marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; red leather labels in the second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title and author..... More
London: Humphrey Milford, 1925. Hardcover. [4], 487, [1] p., frontispiece (portrait); 18 cm. Contemporary half dark blue calf with dark blue cloth over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment with gilt-tooled fleur-de-lis in remaining compartments. Top page edges gilt. Faux wood-grain endpapers. In Very..... More
London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1802. Hardcover. [8], xxv, [1], xxv, 448 p., 1 leaf of a facsimile; 43 cm. Half calf with gilt-tooled spine title on leather label; marbled paper over boards. Running title: Taxatio Ecclesiastica P. Nicholai. Edited by Thomas Astle, Samuel Ayscough and John..... More
Harrisburg: Aurand Press, 1940. Paperback. Ninth printing. 24 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Stapled grey wrapper printed in black; front wrapper illustration. Back wrapper contains list of books and pamphlets by the author. Wrapper title. "Historical" is misspelled on title page as "Historial." Former owner's name at head of front wrapper..... More