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1846007674London: Whittaker & Co. 1846. Both volumes uniformly bound in contemporary tree calf spines richly gilt twin labels of red and brown morocco sides with a gilt castellated border gilt turn insall edges gilt marbled endpages armorial bookplates of Christopher Turnor 1809-1886 Stoke Rochford Library a member of the House of Commons from 1841-1847. Near Fine gilt at spine of vol. I rubbed toning to end pages. Finely bound and with good provenance a quite uncommon biography and collection of the letters of the twelfth-century Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered in 1162. First Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Whittaker & Co. Hardcover books
185223450London: Rivingtons 1852. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Large octavo. Quarter leather bound over cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Ex-libris bookplate of H. F. Montcrief afixed to the inside second front endpaper. 285 pp. Frontis illustration protected by tissue guard. A "New Edition" of the life of Cardinal Wolsey. Very good overall condition. <br/><br/> Rivingtons hardcover books
1758007960London: Printed for J. Whiston and B. White in Fleet - Street 1758. Fold-out frontispiece engraved portrait of Erasmus vi 630 pp. corrigenda 1 pp.of adverts. illustrated with two plates of Erasmus' facsimile handwriting. Contemporary full mottled calf five raised bands red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Very Good light rubbing at edges of boards light toning mainly associated with facsimile illustrations. Joints and hinges sound. Small mid-19th c. London bookseller's label bottom front paste down. Volume I only complete in itself. A second volume containing scholar's opinions on Erasmus and abstracts was published in 1760. Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam 1466 - 1536 was one of Europe's most famous and influential scholars of the Northern Renaissance and the first editor of the New Testament. . First Edition. Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Printed for J. Whiston and B. White, in Fleet - Street Hardcover books
1808008042London: Printed by Richard Taylor and Co. for John White; Longman Hurst Rees and Orme; et al. 1808. Two volumes bound in contemporary mottled calf backs intricately gilt and with red morocco labels lettered in gilt edges mottled. Portrait engraving of Erasmus after Holbein. Very Good wear to joints yet still holding gilt a bit rubbed light wear to calf at edges. toning to end papers but internally clean and bright. Without Vol. III which does not appear to have been issued with all sets according to OCLC. First Thus. Mottled Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed by Richard Taylor and Co. for John White; Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme;, et al. Hardcover books
18781798Vinton Ia: T.O. Loizeaux Bible Truth Depot 1878. Very good plus. 8pp. 16mo. Original printed wrappers stitched. Minor wear. Slightly later ink stamp on first leaf recto. Unrecorded tract on repentance published by the Bible Truth Depot of Vinton Iowa. The short narratives weaves various extended metaphors comparing the necessity of fruit to grow trees and the need for sorrow to engender repentance. The Depot was founded and operated by the Loizeaux brothers a pair of sibling Methodist ministers in Iowa who began the press to avoid the need to import pamphlets from England. They moved their venture to New York in 1890 and the first leaf bears a stamp with the address of their first office there. This title not located in OCLC nor are many in the list of works printed on the rear wrapper. T.O. Loizeaux, Bible Truth Depot unknown books
1925004618Indianapolis IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Co. 1925. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Will Hays whom I am very proud to number among my friends Bruce Barton March 11. 1926". Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. Bruce Barton was an advertising executive and politician. He served in the U.S. Congress from 1937 to 1940 as a Republican representative from New York. As an advertising exec among other famous campaigns he created the character of Betty Crocker and also was credited with naming General Motors and General Electric. "The Man Nobody Knows" is Barton's most famous book wherein he envisions Jesus as if he were alive in the present day. It painted a different picture of Jesus than people were used to during that time and created quite a stir. Book is Very Good lacking the dustjacket titles faded and cloth dulled. A great ASSOCIATION COPY. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Association Copy. The Bobbs-Merrill Co. Hardcover books
1834005318New York: B. Waugh and B. Mason 1834. Very Good in contemporary calf with black and red labels at spine gilt bands. End pages foxed light foxing throughout offsetting from tissue guards one each for the portrait of a preacher before each quarter. Included are articles on Webster's Dictionary Astronomy Church Property in the American Episcopal Church Unoriginated Decrees and the American Colonization Society among many others. . First Edition. Contemporary Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. B. Waugh and B. Mason Hardcover books
1833005319New York: B. Waugh and B. Mason 1833. Contents are Very Good foxing and offsetting from tissue guards in Good only contemporary calf boards boards worn and dogged at bottom corners leather starting to peel from rear board see photos. Articles include those On Temperance African Colonization Society Our National Affairs The Progress of Liberal Principles among many others. SCARCE. First Edition. Contemporary Calf. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. B. Waugh and B. Mason Hardcover books
1897006554London and Chicago : David Nutt and Way and Williams 1897. # 218 of an edition of 300 copies on hand-made paper for America there were also 50 copies on Japan paper for America and the same 350 copies with the same papers for London. Translated from the edition of the abbe J.J. Bourasse Tours 1858 by Andrew Lang. Very Good from the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp front end page and blindstamp title page spine a bit darkened closed 2" tear at top edge of spine. Illustrations by Selwyn Image. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. David Nutt and Way and Williams Hardcover books
1932004870London: Holborn Publishing House 1932. The Thirty-Second Hartley Lecture. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Dr. H. McLachlan with the author's gratitude and kind regards. June 1932". Very Good no dust jacket top edge dusty gilt lettering at spine dulled light foxing to endpages. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. SCARCE SIGNED. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Holborn Publishing House Hardcover books
200430439Wheaton: Tyndale 2004. First edition first prnt. Foreword by Gibson. Color and black & white photographs by Ken Duncan and Phillipe Antonello. Color stills from the film. Signed by Gibson on verso of the title page beneath his black and white photograph. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Tyndale Hardcover books
004609Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co. And Heber J. Grant TYPED LETTER SIGNED by Heber J. Grant then President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on his church stationery tipped in at front endpage and dated April 14 1939 -"Mr. Will H. Hays Dear friend: It gives me pleasure to present you this copy of "The Power of Truth" with my best wishes for your success and happiness. Yours sincerely Heber J. Grant". Grant had purchased the copyright and printing plates for this book from Jordan's widow and in conjunction with the Deseret Book Co. he had the book re-published in 1935 as the 8th edition. Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. A perhaps unsurprising Association undoubtedly the best Association and Presentation Copy available ! Book is Near Fine spine a bit faded. No publication date circa 1935-1939. . TYPED LETTER SIGNED. 8th Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Presentation Copy. Deseret Book Co. And Heber J. Grant Hardcover books
1863038950New-York: A.D.F. Randolph 1863. Printed Self-wrappers. Very Good. Quarto 4pp containing nine verses and chorus on centerfold recto with music on facing verso music by Joseph W. Turner. Three old horizontal folds. 10.5" x 6.75" First verse: "Give thanks all ye people give thanks to the Lord Alleluias of freedom with joyful accord; Let the East and the West North and South roll along Sea mountain and prairie One thanksgiving song." Final verse: ".And the Banner of Union restored by Thy Hand Be the Banner of Freedom o'er all in the Land." <br/><br/> A.D.F. Randolph unknown books
1938001657New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America 1938. Near Fine with light creasing at top edge. 28 pages in cream-colored printed wrappers. Scarce. 4th Printing. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jewish Theological Seminary of America Paperback books
1847007994London: William Pickering 1847. Two volumes finely bound signed "Bound by Riviere" in contemporary calf elegantly blind tooled red morocco labels in gilt marbled end pages. page edges stained red engraved frontis portrait in Vol. I. Near Fine prior owner period gift inscriptions half-title pages Harriet Sneyd-Kynnersley from her son Christopher Smyth 1850 light rubbing to boards moderate toning at end papers only internally clean and bright. A quite handsome and usable set. . First Pickering Edition. Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Pickering Hardcover books
1857007861Oxford: John Henry and James Parker 1857. xix 409 xx 321 pages. Two volumes bound in full chocolate calf spines with six raised bands and tooling in blind covers tooled in blind with double rules and leaf tooled designs in corners marbled end pages edges of page block dyed red ribbon markers. Small blindstamps front end pages of Masters New Bond St. presumably the binders. Near Fine tiny rubs to calf 1859 dated prior owner gift inscriptions second front end pages. Worldcat lists only 2 holdings for Holy Living 1 for Holy Dying. A lovely and SCARCE edition of Taylor's most regarded works. . New British Edition . Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. John Henry and James Parker Hardcover books
1882006671Hamilton Ohio: J. H. Long 1882. SCARCE in such lovely condition Near Fine slightest bit of wear to cloth at tips gilt decorations bright. 170 pp. 3 pp Testimonials. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. J. H. Long Hardcover books
1777008380London: Printed for J. Dodsley vols. 1 and 2 and for W. Strahan T. Becket and T. Cadell vols. 3-6 1777. Six volumes volumes 1 and 2 published in 1777 and 3-6 in 1776. Bound in contemporary full calf gilt back with red morocco labels the Art Deco bookplates of Elise Meyer Rose. Very Good rubbed at edges toning to end pages interiors clean and lovely. Contains 45 sermons. . New Edition. Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Printed for J. Dodsley (vols. 1 and 2) and for W. Strahan, T. Becket and T. Cadell (vols. 3-6) Hardcover books
1953005462New York: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1953. Near Fine bit of separation to page block at top edge in a Near Fine dust jacket 2 tiny edge tears. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harcourt Brace & Co. Hardcover books
004045London: Propaganda Committee of the Church Socialist League No Date circa 1910. 16 pages in stapled card covers. RARE bit of ephemera from the Church Socialist League. Near Fine pages very lightly browning. . First Edition. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Propaganda Committee of the Church Socialist League Paperback books
1948001759Utica NY: Howard Coggeshall 1948. SCARCE. Fine. One of 250 copies printed by Howard Coggeshall and presented to the friends of Howard and Marie Coggeshall in December 1948. Quite lovely. Limited First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Howard Coggeshall Paperback books
1895007086New York and London: Harper & Brothers 1895. SCARCE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "Inscribed with best wishes Henry Van Dyke Dec. 13 1922". Very Good Minus front hinge cracked cloth covers rubbed and soiled small chip bottom corner title page light foxing and toning to end pages. Letters K-W copyright page indicating Oct. 1922 publication for this printing. Uncommon in any printing SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Later Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Harper & Brothers Hardcover books
1994289589Norwalk: Easton Press 1994. hardcover. fine. 6 volumes tall 8vo full black morocco ornately gilt spines and covers. all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press 1994. Fine.<br/><br/> Easton Press unknown books
18711815834Presbyterian Board of Publication 1871. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Spine cocked edges faded page margins stained frontispiece loosening. 1871 Hard Cover. 374 pp. Original coral cloth blind-stamped boards gilt stamped spine. A sequel and reply to 'Theodosia Ernest' according to the preface. An 19th century work on Baptists and baptism framed in a fictional narrative. Presbyterian Board of Publication hardcover books
200130736Novato:: New World Library. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 1577312023 . Edited by Eugene Kennedy. Fourth printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . New World Library, hardcover books
