Philadelphia: John J. Hood, 1891. Hardcover. 192 p.: music; 20 cm. Brown faux-leather spine with light brown paper over boards. Publisher's advertisements for "New Music Books" on back board. Includes index of titles and first lines. Contains 200 hymns, all but 5 in 4-part harmony. Former owner's inscription on front..... More
Philadelphia: Tract Association of Friends, 1890. Pamphlet. 8 p.; 18 cm. Pamphlet without wrapper. Caption title. No publication information, but "TAF" above title. This is the emblem used by the Tract Association of Friends, established in Philadelphia in 1816. Although this tract was also issued by other tract societies, "No..... More
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Pittsburgh, Pa. Luke Loomis, Agent, 1852. Hardcover. "J. T. Shryock, Printer." 392 p.: tables; 23 cm. Modern black buckram with gilt-stamped spine title. Notes on front endpapers: "Presented by Mrs. Dr. Wm. Speer Nov. 3, 1904" and "Rebound Nov. 1955." Occasional pencilled marginal notes; one folded leaf bound at the..... More
Falkenhagen bei Petershagen i. d. Mark: Magazin der Bibel-Gesellschaft, 1867. Hardcover. "36. Auflage (Galvanotyp-Ausgabe)." Imprint includes booksellers Magazine des Hauptverein für Christliche Erbauungsschriften, Beck, and W. Schulze, all in Berlin, and J.F. Steinhaus in Barmen. 344, 16 p.: woodcut title vignette and 1 in-text illustration; 13 cm. Contemporary calf spine..... More
Philadelphia: Tract Association of Friends, 1850. Pamphlet. 16 p.; 19 cm. Sewn pamphlet. "No. 16." No date of publication. The address in the imprint is 84 Mulberry St. The Tract Association of Friends was located at that address from 1843 to 1857. The tract contains short biographies of Pennsylvania Quakers..... More
Philadelphia; Chicago: John J. Hood, 1896. Hardcover. 223, [1] p.: music; 20 cm. Black cloth spine; red-brown paper over boards printed in black. Includes index of first lines and titles. Publisher's advetisement for sacred music books on final page. Contains 237 hymns in four parts, including Sprinkled with Atoning Blood..... More
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
New York: E. & J.B. Young & Co., 1894. Hardcover. iv, 412 p., color frontispiece; full-page and in-text illustrations; 25 cm. Blue-green cloth with embossed spine and cover titles on gilt background; color spine and front cover illustrations. Boards have bevelled edges. All page edges gilt. Black endpapers. In Very..... 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
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
S.l. Pacific Publishing Studio, 2010. Paperback. [4], 432, [4] p.; 26 cm. Paperback. Cover title. "Vedic Hindu Scripture" -- at foot of front cover. Contents: The Hymns of the Rigveda translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith -- Hymns of the Samaveda translated with a popular commentary by Ralph T. H...... 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
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; Edinburgh; New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1863. Paperback. 16 p.: illustrations; 14 cm. Green wrapper with illustrated front wrapper; sewn. Wrapper title and imprint. Series title on front wrapper and first page: New Stories by A.L.O.E., 5. No date of publication. Series dated 1863 in British Library Catalog..... 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
London: T. Allman, 1850. Hardcover. [2], 125, [1] p.: frontispiece; 13 cm. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title: Abelard & Eloisa. Gilt-stamped spine and front cover decoration. Blind-ruled borders on both boards. Pale yellow endpapers. All page edges gilt. "Steam-press of W.H. Cox" -- p. 125. Frontispiece captioned..... More
London: George Allen & Co., 1912. Hardcover. Imprint includes: E. P. Dutton & Co., New York. xii, 78, [2] p., frontispiece and 3 leaves of color illustrations tipped onto plain brown stock: full-page illustrations; 26 cm. White cloth with gilt spine title; color illustrated pastedown on front cover with gilt..... 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