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17061St. Augustine Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis. D. Aurelii Augustini Hippon Eposcopi Libri XIII Confessionum ad 3 M. S. S. exemp. emendati Opera et Studio R. P. H. Sommalii e Societate Iesu. Confessions of Augustine 13 Volumes of Confessions. Venetiis Venice: Apud Nicolaum Pezzana MDCXCI 1691. Very rare first edition. Written in Latin. 4.5 x 3 inches. Contemporary vellum titles in ink on the spine panel. 408 21 pp. Engraved title page. St. Augustine is regarded as one of the most important theologians and philosophers in Western Civilization. Confessions is Augustine's autobiographical work that outlines his sinful youth and conversion to Christianity. It consists of 13 books written in Latin between AD 397 and 400. It is widely seen as the first Western Christian autobiography ever written and is considered to be one of Augustine's most significant pieces of writing. A very important work in Christianity. Final pages of the book contain a printed Index of topics. Very minor insect holes to front endpapers and title front pastedown endpaper is partially detached a few small worm holes to the lower margin of some of the leaves not affecting text. In very good condition. Only one copy in academic or institutional holdings worldwide according to OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
16773Religion Children's Literature Rev. Edmund S. Janes D.D. Miniature Bible. With Engravings Abridged and Collated. Philadelphia: Published at No. 2 Taylor's Alley by J. Harmstead and printed by S. Douglas Wyeth circa 1840. Approximately 2" x 2.5" inches. Original embossed brown cloth covers. 203 pages. 18 engravings including frontispiece depicting "Adam and Eve in the Garden" "The Prodigal Son" "Samson Killing A Lion" "Christ's Agony in the Garden" "Moses in the Bullrushes" "John the Baptist" and more. Miniature 'thumb bibles' such as this one were abridged versions of the Bible intended for children and decorated with pictures. Only four libraries in the world hold this edition per OCLC Worldcat's records. Pencil ownership inscription on front pastedown reading "Sallie Hitch's Book Presented By Her Father". Sallie practices her name on the rear endpaper and leaves a small pencil doodle. Textblock tight though front hinge has separated from the textblock. Covers whole. Faint titles to spine. Pages occasionally creased and slightly toned but overall clean and attractive. An interesting beautifully illustrated volume in good condition. unknown books
4194ALS. 3pg. 8†x 10â€. Cummington Massachusetts. May 14 1820. An autograph letter signed “Galen Holbrook†to his future wife Ann Gould Torrey of Ontario County New York. Holbrooke wrote about the ABCFM and the Native Americans who are not Christian: “…The last Sabbath we had a solicitation from an agent of the Board of Com. American Board of Commissioner for Foreign Missions the ABCFM for the object of the mission as the several stations among the Indians. Many hearts were sensibly touched and opened to liberality by the feeling and impressive manner that surged the claims of the Heathen upon our civilized and Christianized country; and whose soil once was theirs. What a contrast in our circumstances: behold the savages roaming in the howling wilderness in ignorance and the darkness and shadow of death unenlightened by the radiant beams of the gospel of the Son of God strangers to the blessings of refined social circle and to almost all the comforts of life. Unhappy lot denied the favor of Heaven exiles to misery and wretchedness persecuted & driven away by a Christian people possessed of little more humanity than they. We are blessed with civil and religious privileges with the means to acquire knowledge useful & entertaining of ourselves of the world and of the Creator who has given a revelation of himself in the sacred scriptures and of his will concerning mankind. Can we contemplate the subject without raising a supplicating cry to him who has the destinies of all nations in his hand to emancipate these unfortunate class of the human race from that region of moral darkness ignorance & misery whose distant vices are reaching in our ears to provide for their neglect. What gratitude ought to flow from the heart of everyone whose birth and education is in a land of Christianity instead of the savage wilderness or among the Barbarians of Africa or Heathen idolaters of Asia. What strong obligations are we under to the Author of every good & perfect gift for our distinguished favors. Let that love of pity & benevolence which brought down the Saviour of the world & which was exercised toward men ever actuate our hearts. Let us exercise those sympathetic feelings which proceed from principled virtue; that integrity firmness patience & forbearance which characterize the dignity of human nature. But alas! How debased is human nature what depravity exists among mankind even in a Christian land. What insensibility and inconsideration to futurity & what dissipation and vice pervades our beloved Country. In view of the misery of the world how will every feeling heart deplore the evil that procured them and exert its benevolence for their relief. But the day is apparently dawning if we may credit sacred writ when there will be a universal renovation of principles & morals among men when millions with joy will hail the day of millennial glory. I can devote no more time nor room to this pathetic subject. You are doubtless now agreeably in school in that useful responsible employment of teaching “the young idea how to shout.†I hope you pass the time pleasantly; I think you do especially in your leisure hours; when perusing books of a correct refined philosophical & moral taste. By inuring our meditation to books of this kind will give a disrelish to novelty & romance will regulate our judgment correct our reason & control our imagination & give it a direct and proper tendency and store our minds with a font of wisdom and knowledge. However pleasant and agreeable are external accomplishments they can bear no comparison with intellectual acquisitions. Your are well aware that many claim a dignity of character; who have no virtue no merit & who make an ostentatious display of some gifts of nature and assume an haughty & arrogant deportment who condemn despise and ridicule sobriety or anything of a religious nature; who give a loose to the calumniating tongue who foster a spirit of envy and revenge & deviation and who will depress the character of a person of merit in order to raise their own; but such when put in the balance with the virtuous modest candid and unassuming will then be found wanting…Galen Holbrookâ€. The letter is in fine condition. unknown books
1646254829Lyon: Chez La Veuve De Louys Muguet 1646. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Concerning the obligations of the clergy and religious orders to recite the canonical hours. Quite a scarce 17th century French tract with only one other copy located in OCLC and that in Lyons. Full brown leather binding. Very small loss of leather at top of spine and at tips of corners. Very Good binding. Chez La Veuve De Louys Muguet unknown books
1997217542Chelsea Michigan: Cumberland Presbyterian Resource Center distributor 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Inscribed. Inscribed by the author: "To Thelma Allen -- with deep appreciation for the life of both you and M. F. and for the ministry of both of you. Joe Ben". There is also an note on a yellow self-adhesive note which reads "I don't expect you to read this but want you to have a copy since M. F. indicated interest in it. May God bless you and yours."; Maroon Cloth. Very Good binding. Cumberland Presbyterian Resource Center [distributor] unknown books
175417008Verona: Per Gio. Battista Saracco 1754. 4to pp. 313. Library stamp on title-page; bound in full vellum a very good copy. This is part of a larger set but this volume concerns matrimonial law succession and other issues concerning the right and responsibilities of women in the Church. Per Gio. Battista Saracco unknown books
180826349Boston Massachusetts: Printed and sold by Belcher and Armstrong 1808. 36 pages. Shaw & Shoemaker: 14760; a platform of Christian religion Congregational church discipline and belief system that OCLC credits to Richard Mather 1596-1669 & John Cotton 1584-1652 . Approx. 4" x 7" size; disbound; title page darkened; one leaf with a couple small holes with the loss of a few letters of printing. Some wear soiling & spotting; in good condition. Later Edition. Not Bound. Good. Printed and sold by Belcher and Armstrong paperback books
184624208Clausthal Germany: Schweiger 1846. 408 112 96 112 pages for the second title bound-in; devotional hymnal in German language; with ephemera: tipped-on three-dimensional heart-wreathwith tine color floal & leafy surround flanked by two golden die-cut kneeling angels on front inner cover also a German love-poem with illustration of 2 cupids pastorla scene cloral surround approx. 3 3/4" square central oval loose; several lines of German genealogical notes on blank endpapers; volume approx. 4 1/2" x 7" size; bound in original full green decorative & gilt covers central gilt medallion of head-portrait of Christ back cover with biblical quotation gilt ornaments at corners back and front and date of 1847 and front cover with initials J.D.C.K. and H.W.S.; spine with gilt decorations dulled all edges gilt light blue polished-paper endpapers; some edge tips wear and rubbing to the boards; in very good condition. . First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good. Schweiger books
1903228411Leith: Charles Thomson 1903. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Illustrations; Scarce. Notes written on fep. No pencil or ink markings in text. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. Boards slightly cocked. Endpaper torn at front hinge. Light edgewear to boards. Very Good binding. Charles Thomson unknown books
202497Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding/no dust jacket. One-fourth leather and marbled boards. Lower fourth of title page missing. Date on preface is 1795. Previous owner's name and date of 1797 written on title page. Some ink notes written in margins of text. Boards soiled and worn. Corners bumped. Small tears at top and bottom of spine with small pieces of leather missing. Rubbing around edges of front and rear boards. Good binding / no dust jacket. unknown books
256310Glasgow: John Smith. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Binding is sound with light rubbing to extremities and top of front board; back board soiled; no markings in text; fold-out diagrams included. Very Good binding. John Smith unknown books
1983245942San Francisco: Harper & Row Publishers 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed by Cornwell on the half title with her full name. Contents clean and binding sound; a bit of tape residue on the front pastedown; dust jacket retains price and shows modest rubbing to the extremities and just a bit of soiling to the back panel; dust jacket protected in a mylar cover; digital images can be made available upon request. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Harper & Row Publishers unknown books
1866246660New York: Hurd and Houghton 1866. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Blue cloth with a very handsome decoration stamped in gilt on the front board depicting a thurible with billowing clouds of smoke you can almost smell the incense. Lacking rear endpaper. No pencil or ink markings in text. Boards slightly soiled. Small tears at top and bottom of spine with small pieces of cloth missing. Corners bumped. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration. ~. Very Good binding. Hurd and Houghton unknown books
1870246476Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA: J. B. Lippincott & Co 1870. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. The handsome full leather edition of this history. Illustrations; Previous owner's name on gift bookplate attached to ffep. No pencil or ink markings evident in text. Last page of index and blank page after are discolored from a bookmark having been inserted previuosly. Light edgewear to extremities. Text block edges are gilded. Very Good binding. J. B. Lippincott & Co unknown books
1941254066Salt Lake City UT: The Deseret News Press 1941. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 384pp. Gift note written at top of ffep; no pencil or ink markings in text; blue cloth binding with very light shelf-wear to tail of spine; digital images can be made available upon request. Very Good binding. The Deseret News Press unknown books
1872224420Hartford CT: The Church Press: M. H. Mallory and Co 1872. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Scarce First Edition copy. No pencil or ink markings in text. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. Chips at top and bottom spine with some loss of cloth. Bottom corners bumped. Hugh Thompson was the 2nd bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi. Very Good binding. The Church Press: M. H. Mallory and Co unknown books
1866231942Chicago: Adams Blackmer & Lyon 1866. Hard Cover. Good binding. Carter's Hill Library written on front endpapers and first blank page. Foxing throughout with some big "splotches" in spots. Embossed cloth binding. Boards faded sunned and slightly soiled and cocked. Moderate to heavy edgewear. Good binding. Adams, Blackmer, & Lyon unknown books
202835Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union. Hard Cover. Good binding/no dust jacket. No pencil or ink markings in text. Page 68 torn about half way down but no piece is missing. Boards soiled and stained; corners bumped. Front and rear boards loose on hinge but are holding. Boards are worn and have some missing paper around edges. Small tears at top and bottom of spine with pieces of cloth missing. Good binding / no dust jacket. American Sunday School Union unknown books
245996Catholic University of America Press. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. ; Green Cloth; No Markings in Text; Review copy with material taped to front pastedown. Near Fine binding. Catholic University of America Press unknown books
1898256737London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1898. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. This is an original printing from 1898 not a new reprint edition. Very Good binding. Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown books
1886249264Boston: D. Lothrop and Company 1886. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Rebacked; no pencil or ink markings in text; hardcover binding with very light to light edge wear to extremities; digital images can be made available upon request. near Very Good binding. D. Lothrop and Company unknown books
1856229639Nashville TN: Methodist Episcopal Church South 1856. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Page 19/20 torn at top corner area with a small amount of text affected. Pencil markings on front and rear endpapers. No pencil or ink markings in text. Scattered foxing throughout text. Black leather and marbled boards. Moderate to heavy edge wear to boards. Some loss of paper on front and rear boards especially at corner areas. Small hole near top of spine with small piece of leather missing. Very Good binding. Methodist Episcopal Church South unknown books
1839232323Philadelphia: William Stavely and Co 1839. First Edition. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. NOTE: This is the original First Edition printing ffrom 1839 not a print-on-demand. Previous owner's names written on front paste-down. No pencil or ink markings in text. Scattered foxing throughout. Light brown embossed cloth with moderate edgewear. Archival repair to head and tail of spine. Corners bumped. Dark stain near bottom of front board. near Very Good binding. William Stavely and Co unknown books
1886180119Nashville: Southern Methodist Publishing House 1886. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. bound in gray cloth; scant pencil notation by Collins Denny Bishop of the Methodist Episcopalian Church South; Denny's name on the front pastedown. Very Good binding. Southern Methodist Publishing House unknown books
197831646Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0801820421 . First edition. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper else near fine in a near fine light shelf wear dust jacket. . Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover books
