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1939008523London: Printed for the Government of Ireland by Eyre and Spottiswoode 1939. RARE OCLC locates 7 library holdings none found in commerce and none found in auction records at RBH. Cream colored portfolio with title front cover in gilt publication information at bottom of rear cove One page of text printed verso front cover and 3 tissue-guarded color facsimiles tipped to inside rear cover as issued. The portfolio Very Good large triangular chips bottom corners edge tears and creases 6" tear at spine fold bottom edge 2" tear top edge at spine fold. The three reproductions Near Fine small corner crease bottom right corners not affecting imagery. Considered the finest example of Irish monastic illumination in 1939 these three facsimiles were considered the best yet made. They measure 14 3/4" x 10 3/4" and include the "famous monogram page containing the opening words of the Gospel of St. Matthew i 18 --'"XPI Christi autem generatio"-- which either as calligraphy or decoration is perhaps the most elaborate page to be found in any book." from the text. First Thus. Portfolio. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Printed for the Government of Ireland by Eyre and Spottiswoode Paperback books
1990159812Utrecht Netherlands: Magna Books 1990. Hardcover. VG- DJ has light interior tanning around edges; some scuffs to back of dj; book and pages are clear. Brown leather-like covers gilt letters on spine black and color illustrated dust jacket 448 pp. many BW and color illustrations. 135 of Rembrandt's biblical illustrations are approached here in the order in which their appropriate verses appear in the Bible. An amazing annotated and illustrated catalogue. Magna Books hardcover books
200022957NY: Crossroad Publishing Company. Fine. 2000. Paperback. 0824518411 . First printing paperback. Fine in pictorial wraps. . Crossroad Publishing Company paperback books
1904001795Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication 1904. Fine. Library binding in handsome blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. "Reproduced by Duopage Process.Micro Photo Division Bell and Howell Company." 600 pages and excellent reference source. Scarce. Photocopied Reprint. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presbyterian Board of Publication Hardcover books
007260London: Faber and Fabe Publisher's promotional poster 26"w x 19 1/4"h featuring a wonderful full sheet illustration of Captain Beaky and his band by Graham Percy printed in limited number and distributed at the ABA trade show in 1984. Fine as issued. Well suited for framing. All posters will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Fine. 26" x 19 1/4". Faber and Fabe books
1858008984New York: Robert Carter and Brothers 1858. Presentation binding of dark blue morocco grained cloth beveled edges the covers ornately blocked in gilt and blind the back intricately gilt all edges gilt yellow end papers.The binding not signed at rear paste down the small ticket of Leighton Son & Hodge bookbinders of Shoe Lane London indicating almost certainly the work of John Leighton the most prolific designer of the Victorian period. The 50 illustrations engraved by Dalziel Brothers J.W. Whymper & W.L. Thomas and printed by R. & R. Clark Edinburgh. 2 xxx 9-188 1 advert pp. Near Fine recently expertly rebacked with original spine piece onlaid corners refreshed. Presentation gift inscriptions front end page -"Jane G. Morgan from her Sister Lauretta. Dec. 25th 1857. Given under peculiar circumstances to her friend Jennie W. Baird. Sunday April 11 1858". Laid in is a period gift envelope with one sheeted folded to make a 4 page note addressed to Miss Jennie Baird - Present dated Wednesday May 14th and signed Sincerely L. L. Watson. The letter explains the "peculiar circumstances" of the gift - Aunt Let Lauretta is on her deathbed and is gifting this lovely book and a bar of soap to her friend Jennie whose gifts of flower bouquets have cheered her in her demise - "God's flowers Dear dear Jennie; oh that the graces of the spirit may bloom in her heart." The final 2 end pages bear small pin holes from where the letter was pinned in at one time. A beautifully bound book with interesting period provenance RARE in current commerce last in at auction 1916 RBH. . First American Edition. Morocco Grained Cloth . Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Robert Carter and Brothers Hardcover books
1896228685London; Madras: The Christian Literature Society for India 1896. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Illustrations; Pencil underlining and pencil and ink margin notes. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering. Light to moderate edgewear. Very Good binding. The Christian Literature Society for India unknown books
19961893368Sheffield Academic Press 1996. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. An exceptional copy. 1996 Trade Paperback. 260 pp. 'This provocative collection of essays begins where Exum's earlier literary-feminist study Fragmented Women left off: with the questioning of the androcentric bias of the biblical text and with the aim of subverting its patriarchal perspective. It moves on to stake out new territory for feminist biblical criticism by considering what happens to biblical women in popular culture; in art and in film and by foregrounding questions about the ways gender interests affect interpretation and about the roles and responsibilities of commentators and readers. Sheffield Academic Press paperback books
1587007160Coloniae: Apud Maternum Cholinum. 1587. Very Good some staining to vellum mostly to rear board no blank front end page toning to paste downs and end pages small name in ink rear end page. Remarkably clean and tight in contemporary vellum binding contents evenly toned. Paginated 1-320 and 371-425 pp yet contents are consecutively numbered from p.320 to 371 and appear complete. SCARCE especially so in such lovely condition. . First German Edition. Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Apud Maternum Cholinum. Hardcover books
200435935Wheaton:: Tyndale House. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0842373624 . Color stills from the film "The Passion of the Christ." Third printing. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . Tyndale House, hardcover books
1760039141Birmingham: John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London 1760. Tooled morocco. Very Good. pp: lxxii ii Table of Contents 390. Each part of the text has a separate half-title. Bound in old black morocco elaborate gilt-tooled spine borders dentelles all edges gilt with later black and red leather labels. 9.75" x 6" <br/><br/> John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London unknown books
1919004525New York: Interchurch World Movement of North America 1919. Near Fine slight soiling to stapled wrappers. 31 pages. Post- WW I period. . First Edition. Pamphlet. Near Fine. Interchurch World Movement of North America Paperback books
1954224809Leiden E.J. Brill 1954. 1954. Tall 8vo. Volumes 1-6. Full brown cloth stamped in gilt. Fine condition. Bookplate of Vincent Lloyd Russell and the front pastedown of each volume. 6 volumes. Hardcover. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1954. hardcover books
001933Harper & Row 1983 Book. As New. Soft cover. F. Original Wraps. As New. First Edition. Galley/Proof. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall. Harper & Row, 1983 Paperback books
1877007997Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano 1877. RARE edition not found at WorldCat. Text entirely in greek. 562 with 2 pp. publisher's ads. Book measures 9 1/2" x 7 1/2". Bound in contemporary crushed red morocco five raised bands and gilt lettering gilt leaf decorations to covers top edge gilt marble end papers binding stamped in gilt J.R. Gray & Son Cambridge. Near Fine spine faded to brown. . First Edition. Crushed Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Wide 8vo . E Typographeo Clarendoniano Hardcover books
19212120241Casa Editorial Catolica J. Steinbrener 1921. Small Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Linen boards lightly stained mother-of-pearl decoration on bottom clasp lost. Spanish text. 1921 Small Hard Cover. 256 pp. Bound in linen with hinged tortoise-shell cover attached at spine. Cover closes with mother-of-pearl-decorated clasps at fore-edge. All edges gilt gilt decoration with monogram on front cover. Spanish text. Casa Editorial Catolica, J. Steinbrener hardcover books
1770007815Paris: chez Dehansy : A. Bobée 1770. 5 1/4" x 2 3/4". Text in French and Latin xlviij 287 pages : illustrations. Finely bound in contemporary diced green morocco covers with gilt floral borders gilt lettering and decorations at back all edges gilt marbled end pages green ribbon marker. Near Fine light rubbing at tips toning to end pages only contents are clean and bright. . New Edition. Full Diced Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. chez Dehansy : A. Bobée Hardcover books
199037715Princeton: Princeton University Press. Near Fine. 1990. Paperback. 0691018391 . Bollingen Series C. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Eleventh paperback printing with corrections. Near fine in pictorial wraps. . Princeton University Press paperback books
1975008261Chicago: Muhammad's Mosque No. 2 Publisher 1975. "The Mark of the Beast - Ramadan" issue. 32 pp. Very Good Plus uniform age toning a few small edge tears center fold as issued. . First Printing. Newsprint. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 15" h x 11 3/4" W. Muhammad's Mosque No. 2, Publisher Paperback books
1836008312Seville: Juan Francisco Blas de Quesada 1836. RARE. No date title pages dated 1836 in Licencia. Two volumes bound in contemporary sponged calf floral gilt backs edges dyed red marbled end papers ribbon markers. Very Good dampstain to margin not affecting text final 20 pp. Tome I end papers soiled light wear at edges some old pencil notations at end pages. Interior pages clean and bright. . Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Juan Francisco Blas de Quesada Hardcover books
1951004954London: The Hogarth Press 1951. Translated from the German by Katherine Jones. Third Printing 1951. Near Fine top corners bumped prior owner name front end page bookseller sticker front pastedown. No dustjacket. Third Impression. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. The Hogarth Press Hardcover books
19331842729The Macmillan Company 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Includes original jacket. Page ridges faintly foxed front jacket flap corners clipped price still present jacket lightly toned with minor wear to corners. 1933 Hard Cover. 343 pp. A 1933 comparative study of world religions and how the modern world affects them. Includes chapters on Hinduism Japanese & Chinese religions Islam Russian religions and Judaism. Also includes an appendix and suggestions for further reading. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1869428641869. RELIGION. THE METHODIST FAMILY vol. 1 with THE METHODIST MESSENGER vol.1 with THE CHRISTIAN SENTINAL Nov.1869- Oct.1870. London: 1869 1870 1871. Three separate vols. 8vo. spines in gilt. Three separate Methodist periodicals published edited and for the most part written by the Rev. James Yeames; these being his bound copies with his holograph notes in ink on the endpapers of two vols. and a separate sheet laid down on the pastedown of the third. Yeames was the author of Life in London Alleys or Annals of an unquiet neighborhood which appears here for the first time in The Methodist Family. It was published in book form in 1877. Other works later published that appear for the first time here are his Vignettes from English History and Homely Homilies or Barnabas Blunts Plain Talk for Plain Folk. All three vols. show much external wear and dampstaining; spines chipped corners bumped some small gouges in boards though internally very good. Methodist Family: BMC vol.19 p.1013; Methodist Messenger: BMC vol. 19 p.1013; Christian Sentinal: Not in BMC. unknown books
1808008131London: Printed for F. C & J. Rivington 1808. English poet classicist writer translator linguist and polymath Elizabeth Carter was a member of the Bluestocking Circle best known for the first English translation of "The Discourses of Epictetus". Very Good bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards gilt spine light rubbing at edges moderate toning to end pages associated with frontispiece portrait engraving else light scattered toning. Contemporary bookplate front paste downs. A SCARCE book particularly in collectible condition. . Second Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for F. C & J. Rivington Hardcover books
1774008420London: Printed for T. Becket T. Cadell and T. Evans in the Strand 1774. Originally published 1723. Four volumes in contemporary quarter parchment over marbled boards the backs richly stamped in gilt marbled end papers saffron edges engraved portrait Vol. I. Very Good early owner name in ink half-titles Vols. II-IV small tear top edge front end page Vol. I light rubbing at edges parchment a bit soiled Internally quite clean and lovely. . Second British Edition. Quarter Parchment . Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Printed for T. Becket, T. Cadell, and T. Evans, in the Strand Hardcover books
