Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1931. Wyeth, N. C. Hardcover. [4], 163 p.: color frontispiece and 7 additional leaves of color illustrations; 25 cm. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; color front cover pastedown. White dust jacket repeating the front cover pastedown illustration on the front section. Illustrated endpapers. Dedication... More
New York: Christian Herald, 1895. Hardcover. [2], 11-273 p.; 15 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles and decoration. The author, A. R. (Alfred Rochefort) Calhoun (1844-1912), was an American author who served with the Union Army during the American Civil War. In Very Good Condition: cover soiled;... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1882. Hardcover. [8], 100, [2] p.; 19 cm. Vellum binding; red and black spine and cover titles. Red and black rules run from the back cover to the front. All page edges red. Illustrated title page signed: W. Calvert delr., M. Byfield sc. The text of each... More
Boston: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1793. Hardcover. "To which is added, by him, A Small Bunch of Violets: Being a Collection of Letters, Poems, and Meditations, &c. on many evangelical Subjects; chiefly from natural Figures and Similitudes spiritualized." 2 parts in 1 volume (179, [3] p.); 18 cm. Contemporary... More
London: James Phillips, 1791. Hardcover. The Fifth Edition. vii, [1], 601, [3] p.; 21 cm. Signatures: a4 A-2P8 (-2P7, 2P8) 8vo. Original? plain calf boards with later plain calf spine. Modern box with gilt-tooled spine title: Chalkley's Works. The Works of Thomas Chalkley has a separate title page but continous... More
![A Vindication of the Defence of Christianity from the Prophecies of the Old Testament: In Answer to the Scheme of Literal Prophecy Considered by Edward, Ld. Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield; with a Letter from the Reverend Mr. Masson, concerning the Religion of Macrobius and his Testimony touching the Slaughter of the Infants at Bethlehem, with a Postscript upon Virgil's IVth Eclogue [vol. 2]. Edward Chandler.](/pictures/thumb/004185.JPG?v=1472082340)
London: James and John Knapton, 1728. Hardcover. Vol. 2 only of 2 volumes: [2], xvi, [1], 330-514, 54, [4] p.; 21 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled volume number in third compartment. Boards are decorated in the Cambridge style. All page edges speckled red... More
![Geiriadur Ysgrythyrol; yn cynnwys Arwyddocad Geiriau Anghyfiaith, ynghyd ag Enwau ac Hanesion yr amrywiol Genedloedd, Teyrnasoedd, a Dinasoedd, y crybwyllir am danynt yn yr Ysgrythyrau: hefyd, eglurhad byr ar holl brif Byngciau Crefydd [vol. 1]. Thomas Charles.](/pictures/thumb/004087.JPG?v=1472082332)
Bala, Wales: Argraphedig ac ar werth gan Robert Saunderson, 1836. Hardcover. Third edition. Vol. 1 of 2 volumes: xxiv, 688 p., frontispiece is 1 folded leaf of a map of the world; 24 cm. Contemporary full polished calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Red leather spine label... More
Venetiis [Venice]: Simon Occhi, 1773. Hardcover. Editio secunda. 2 volumes in 1: 148, 144 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary vellum with ink spine title in an old hand. Woodcut title vignettes (printer's device?), initials, and endpiece. Edited by Johann Erhard Kapp. Inscription in an old hand on one page of first... More
New York: American Tract Society, 1840. Hardcover. Printed by Daniel Fanshaw. The American Tract Society used "150 Nassau St.," the address in the imprint, from 1833 to 1894; Daniel Fanshaw was the printer for the society from about 1826 to 1846. No date of publication but produced between 1833 and... More
![A Portraiture of Quakerism, Taken from a View of the Moral Education, Discipline, Peculiar Customs, Religious Principles, Political and Civil Economy, and Character, of the Society of Friends [vol. 1]. Thomas Clarkson.](/pictures/thumb/003767.JPG?v=1472082311)
Philadelphia: James P. Parke, 1808. Hardcover. The Second American, from the Second London edition. Vol. 1 only, of 3 volumes. xxxii, 289 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Two inscriptions on front free endpaper... More
Chauncey Goodrich: Burlington [Vt.], 1831. Hardcover. First American, from the second London edition, complete in one volume. viii, 510 p. ; 25 cm. Original grey cloth spine with printed paper spine label; plain grey paper over boards. The preface is signed "J. Marsh [James Marsh] University of Vermont, November, 1831."... More
Avignon, France: Antoine-Ignace Fez, 1762. Hardcover. xii, [4], 622, [2] p.; 17 cm. Signatures: [pi]8 A-2C12 (12mo). Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title "Vie de S. Vinc. de Paul" on red morocco label in second compartment. Gilt-decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges red... More
Dublin: Oli. Nelson, 1764. Hardcover. The Sixth Edition. [6], 223, [14] p.; 17 cm. Signatures: A6 B-L12 (-L6) (12mo). Contemorary leather spine with leather label reading "Collier on Redicul." In modern clamshell box in maroon cloth; gilt-tooled title on front section: "Collier, Reflections upon Ridicule." States "In Two Volumes" on... More
Glasgow: John Brown, 1766. Hardcover. 224 p.; 16 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; modern leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Weavers. Modern japanese tissue repair of joints. Includes list of subscribers on pp. 217-24. The author, John Collinges (1623-1690), was an English theologian... More
London: Printed by S. Roycroft, for Joan. Brome, R. Littlebury, R. Scot, R. Clavell, G. Wells, and R. Lambert, 1684. Hardcover. Title continued: "Part I. Of Morning and Evening Prayer. Part II. Of the Litany, with the Occasional Prayers and Thanksgivings. Part III. Of the Communion Office, with the Offices... More
Antuerpiæ [Antwerp]: Ioann. Cnobbarum, 1637. Hardcover. [8], 278, [2] p.: 2 full-page engraved illustrations (including portrait); 13 cm. Signatures: [3 dots]4 A-712 M8 (12mo). Contemporary parchment with blind-stamped decoration; lacking clasps. Engraved title page and initials. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Pressented from Poe Kurz at Shelby October 29th 76."... More
New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1906. Hardcover. 32 p.; 19 cm. White cover with black cover title and decoration. The author, John Donnan Countermine (1846-1912), was a Presbyterian minister. In Very Good Condition: cover is lightly soiled; small closed tear near head of spine; pages are clean and tight. More
![The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest vol. XI no. 4, Sept. 1900 [1st appearance of Stephen Crane's At the Pit Door]. Stephen Crane.](/pictures/thumb/004269.JPG?v=1472082347)
East Aurora, N.Y. Roycroft Shop, 1900. Paperback. 8, 97-128, 9-16 p.15 cm. Yellow-brown wrapper printed in red and black, stitched in yellow. Printed in red and black; ornamented inital letters. Contents: At the Pit Door by Stephen Crane -- Consecrated Lives by Fra Elbertus [Elbert Hubbard] -- Heart to Heart... More
London, Eng. Routledge, 1993. First Edition. x, 268 p.: 12 pages of illustrations; 22 cm. Black cloth with white-printed spine title; illustrated dust jacket. Includes notes and index. First edition. Part of the publisher's Christianity and Society in the Modern World series. Patricia Crawford in this groundbreaking study argues that... More
London: Jones & Co., 1825. Hardcover. vi, 338, viii, 364 p.; 23 cm. Contemporary tree calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title Observer & World. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper and inscriptions on front free endpaper and back fixed... More
New York: American Tract Society, 1830. Hardcover. 386 p., frontispiece portrait of Edward Payson; 15 cm. Contemporary calf with five spine compartments between gilt rules; black leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Memoir of Payson. No date of publication. Copyright 1830 by Ann L. Payson; transferred to the... More
New Haven: Sidney's Press / Increase Cooke & Co., 1806. Hardcover. "From Sidney's Press for Increase Cooke & Co. Book-Sellers." 502 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: "Dana's Sermons." Early American Imprints, Second series (Shaw... More
Boston: Mass. Sabbath School Society, 1847. Paperback. 8 p.: illustrations; 12 cm. Brown wrappers with "Part 8" on front wrapper; decorative border on front and back wrappers. Back wrapper has illustration of group of girls in bonnets reading. "Written for the Massachusetts S.S. Society, and approved by the Committee of... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Temple University Press, 1975. xvi, 300 p.; 22 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Red, black, and white dust jacket. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. "The debate between Marxists and Christians has been viewed traditionally in terms of irreconcilable differences: divine grace versus human autonomy, the individual... More
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001. Paperback. 138, [2] p.; 18 cm. Paperback. Includes abbreviations, expressions, and sigla. In Fine Condition: clean and right. More