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181829333Middletown CT: Clark & Lyman 1818. Very Good . Middletown CT: Clark & Lyman 1818. First Edition. Octavo; modern blue wrappers; 271pp. Light toning to textblock else a Very Good to Near Fine example.<br /> <br /> Uncommon ordination sermon by the Connecticut Congregationalist minister followed by three shorter sermons from the same event: "The Charge to the Pastor by his Father the Rev. Dr. Marsh of Weathersfield"; "Charge to the People by the Rev. David D. Field their former pastor"; and "Right Hand of Fellowship by the Rev. Isaac Parsons of East-Haddam." <br /> <br /> SHAW & SHOEMAKER 44652. Clark & Lyman unknown
168112795London: R. Baldwyn 1681. Good. London: R. Baldwyn 1681. First Edition. Small quarto; removed pamphlet with perished stitching and gatherings subsequently loose; 40pp. A-E4. Extremities rather toned and dust-soiled; Good overall. <br /> <br /> Scathing religious tract questionably attributed to the early Whig politician Anthony Ashley Cooper First Earl of Shaftesbury 1621-1683. The tract excoriates what the author deemed to be a Popish trend in recent publications and includes shoulder annotations of the pamphlets under attack. Published in 1681 the same year as Shaftesbury's arrest for suspicion of high treason the pamphlet exists in three states no precedence. This copy with p. 18 beginning with "tions" and no errata on p. 40. <br /> <br /> ESTC R235145; WING I73. R. Baldwyn unknown
193930891New York: Harper & Brothers 1939. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers 1939. First Edition Stated. Octavo 19.5cm.; publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket retaining original price $2.00; 10308pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins textblock top and fore-edges quite foxed corners bumped else a Very Good bright and sound copy. Inscribed and signed by the author in the year of publication to a W. Brooks Graves on front free endpaper Graves' ex libris mounted to facing front pastedown. <br /> <br /> The author's first and only novel published at the age of sixty an examination of small town Protestant America and the clash between "religious stagnation and spiritual growth" with a spot of romance thrown in. Harper & Brothers unknown
180829446Concord: Geourge Hough 1808. Very Good. Concord: Printed by George Hough for the Honorable General Court 1808. First Edition. Octavo; stitched self-wrappers; 302pp. collated complete. Old dampstaining along textblock margins and final blank contemporary ownership signature at head of title page else Very Good and sound.<br /> <br /> SABIN 43240. Geourge Hough unknown
181625028Rutland VT: Fay and Davison 1816. Very Good. Rutland VT: Fay & Davison 1816. First Edition. Thick octavo; full contemporary sheep gilt spine all edges stained yellow presumably at a later date; vii8-636pp. collated complete. Minor scuffing to leather extremities some peeling to upper cover endpapers foxed mid-20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown else a Very Good copy overall.<br /> <br /> Text separated into three parts titled: I. On the existence and perfections of the deity; II. On the material or visible universe; III. On the nature and essence of the finite mind. Fay and Davison unknown
1828W2633<p>Richmond Virginia: A. Works 1828. 206 pages 6 pages publisher's catalog. 6 maps 3 foldout. Full calf. Bickersteth was an evangelist missionary and writer of theological tracts. Shaw-Shoemaker 32373. The book is in about very good condition: clean and tight with some foxing; a few tiny holes in one of the foldout maps. There is a Sabbath school library bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Second American edition from the Third . Hardcover. About Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.</p> A. Works hardcover
180131048Stockbridge MA: H. Willard at the Office of H. Jones & Co 1801. Very Good. Stockbridge MA: Printed by H. Willard at the Office of H. Jones & Co. 1801. First Edition. Small octavo; stitched self-wrappers; 231pp.; cherubic woodcut Finis concluding p. 23. Rather dark damp staining affecting margins of the majority of leaves else a Very Good pleasingly untrimmed sermon. <br /> <br /> SHAW & SHOEMAKER 743. H. Willard, at the Office of H. Jones & Co unknown
1851221776New York NY: D & J Salier & Co. 1851. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Possible 1st American Edition from 2nd French Edition. Scarce oversize hardcover w/ 1/4 leather. 749 pp. w/ 11 beautiful b&w full page engravings various artists including Reubens. French Jesuit priest presents a commentary on the Gospels text taken from the Catholic Vulgate. Also includes The History of the Acts of the Apostles. Issued by oldest family publisher in the United States. Book Condition : Good- Ex-Seminary Library; tape repair to spine; bookplate and rubber stamp inside front cover; scattered foxing light waviness to some pages likely from humidity; toning to pages facing illustrations; one drawing and one inscription on reverse of two illustration pages; scuffing/chipping to covers esp. edges and spine ends; catalog labels to bottom spine and right top rear cover; slip on rear free end paper; pocket removed from inside rear cover tearing paper. . D & J Salier & Co. Hardcover
18547545Cambridge UK: Macmillan and Co 1854. Very Good. Cambridge UK: Macmillan and Co. 1854. First Edition. Ex-library with usual institutional markings. Octavo. 401 pages with two pages advertisements the rest presumably removed by binder. Rebound in modern black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Ownership signature of "A.S. Duncan Jones" to half title. We have not been able to independently verify this but presumably the signature of Anglican priest and author Arthur Stuart Duncan-Jones. Additional ownership signature of "James W. Cox Jr." to half title.<br /> <br /> Boards show some light scuffing around edges. A single white speck to spine. Binding is sound. Half title shows remnants of tape repair. Marginalia and underlining in pen found intermittently throughout the text though whether these are in Duncan-Jones' hand we are unsure. Macmillan and Co unknown
201526698University Park PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press 2015. Near Fine/Near Fine. University Park PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press 2015. First Edition. Octavo. 199 pp. Color and b&w illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Dark gray boards stamped in gilt. <br /> <br /> Dust jackets shows very light rubbing to corners. Touch of shelfwear to boards and binding is sound and pages unmarked. The Pennsylvania State University Press unknown
196747623Manchester: Manchester University Press 1967. Near Fine/Very Good . Manchester: Manchester University Press 1967. First Edition. Small octavo 19cm; publisher's boards in cream dust jacket retaining original price; xlviii180pp. Light edge wear with tiny chip at bottom edge of upper jacket panel endpapers unevenly toned else Very Good or better. Forms part of the series Philosophical Classics. Manchester University Press unknown
180129353Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin 1801. Very Good -. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin 1801. First Edition. Octavo; stitched self-wrappers; 231pp. A-C4 collated complete. External leaves heavily spotted and rather worn with shallow losses and closed tears not approaching text textblock uniformly browned else a Good to Very Good example.<br /> <br /> Uncommon ordination sermon serving up the standard advice to a young minister about to lead his first flock: "It is given to aid in the government of our positions which being often tryed too frequently become impetuous and break forth in a manner unbecoming the man whose life and manners should be one continued series of pious example to others" p. 17.<br /> <br /> SHAW & SHOEMAKER 1681. Hudson and Goodwin unknown
195646657Grand Rapids MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 1956. Very Good/Very Good. Grand Rapids MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 1956. First Edition. Octavo 22cm; publisher's cloth in unclipped printed dust jacket; viii9-220pp. Moderate wear and soil to jacket margins shallow damp-spot at top edge of upper wrapper panel uneven toning to endpapers; overall Very Good internally clean and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company unknown
180129438Boston: E. Lincoln / John West 1801. Very Good. Boston: Printed by E. Lincoln for John West No. 75 Cornhill 1801. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's plain blue stitched wrappers; 40pp. A-E4 collated complete. Shallow loss at spine ends textblock a bit dust-soiled and slightly ragged along margins contemporary ownership inscription at head of title page of the "Revd. Mr. Strong of Norwich" else a Very Good sound copy overall.<br /> <br /> New Year's sermon already nostalgically looking back to the glorious past especially that peak year 1798 when Washington was still alive and Adams was president: "God knows what scenes are to follow! WASHINGTON is called to the world of spirits and ADAMS will soon resign the high office which he now holds to another" p. 17. <br /> <br /> SABIN 39181. E. Lincoln / John West unknown
182027338Andover: Flagg and Gould 1820. Very Good. Andover: Flagg and Gould 1820. First Edition. Small 12mo; full modern calf; xii13-1593pp. collated complete. Old dampstain to textblock contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper else Very Good in a fine new binding.<br /> <br /> Compilation of contemporary sermons by John Witherspoon and Gardiner Spring including the latter's oration on the death of the Rev. Timothy Dwight. <br /> <br /> SABIN 104947; SHOEMAKER 4371. Flagg and Gould unknown
199147455E.J. Brill: Leiden 1991. Very Good . Leiden: E.J. Brill 1991. First Edition. Octavo 24.5cm; publisher's navy cloth with gilt lettering; x230pp. Covers sturdy with bright lettering. Spine very slightly cocked. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Not ex-library.<br /> <br /> Volume VIII of the Islamic Philosophy Theology and Science: Texts and Studies series edited by H. Daiber and D. Pingree. Leiden unknown
179429354Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin 1794. Very Good. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin 1794. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 213pp. A-C4 collated complete. Foxing to external leaves else a Very Good internally fresh and sound copy. <br /> <br /> EVANS 27752; SABIN 92965; TRUMBULL 1464. Hudson and Goodwin unknown
179926127Northampton MA: William Butler 1799. Good. Northampton MA: William Butler 1799. First Edition. Octavo; full contemporary sheep red gilt spine label half perished; vii8-4482pp. A-3H4 3I1 collated and complete. Leather rather scuffed and dried contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper textblock complete but broken with leaves Z-3L4 separated and a bit worn at extremities. A Good copy only. Printed errata and errata cancel to p. 449.<br /> <br /> EVANS 35583; SABIN 72975. William Butler unknown
180825729Boston: Manning and Loring 1808. Good. Boston: Manning and Loring 1808. 12mo; publisher's midnight blue paper-covered boards black titling to upper cover printed within decorative rule sadly rebacked with recent cloth tape; ix10-1311pp. Boards quite scuffed and black titling almost completely obscured by the dark blue of the paper title page nearly separated rather extensive underlining in a contemporary hand throughout 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown. A Good only copy of an uncommon edition of lectures by the English Nonconformist Philip Doddridge 1702-1751. Final leaf of text features the publisher's advertisement for Dr. Stillman's Sermons and "A World without Souls. Manning and Loring unknown
197131582Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press 1971 First English Language Edition First Printing in textured boards no markings NOT ex-lib light bump to spine top & top corners else Fine copy of Ratzinger's early academic book on Bonaventure published originally in German in 1959; 8vo; xviii 268pp indexed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Franciscan Herald Press hardcover
196233995New York: Julian Press Inc 1962 First Printing in pink and gilt-stamped and decorated gray cloth boards and original $6.00-priced multi-colored dust jacket no markings NOT ex-lib pink-red topstain black endpapers binding tight pages bright & unfoxed boards straight true & unbumped jacket bright with light edge wear & quiet soil and some chipping at the flap folds else Fine dj in mylar protector; 8vo; xi 242pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Julian Press, Inc hardcover
180545886Boston: Manning & Loring 1805. Very Good. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring No. 2 Cornhill 1805. First Edition. Octavo 21.5cm; stitched self-wrappers; 293pp. collated complete. Textblock a bit foxed with a few small soil spots to title page serving as upper cover else Very Good and sound. <br /> <br /> Sermon preached by Samuel Stillman 1737-1807 at the ordination of his student Lucius Bolles 1779-1844. Stillman a follower of John Locke's religious philosophy had long promoted the separation of church and state total religious freedom and the abolition of slavery.<br /> <br /> Shaw & Shoemaker 9428. Manning & Loring unknown
194645374New York: Macmillan Company 1946. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Macmillan Company 1946. First Edition First Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth in decorative price-clipped dust jacket; vi288pp. Chips and small closed tears to jacket margins never quite touching text spine panel a bit sunned offsetting to front endpapers and a few interior leaves from exposure to removed news clippings; a Very Good sound copy overall. <br /> <br /> Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "To Mrs. Laidlaw: Though I have not the pleasure of meeting you there is no doubt that we share a common interest: Christianity and the need for practical applications of our faith / Spencer Logan. Macmillan Company unknown
1968029624Lyon France: La Faculte de Theologie Facultes Catholiques de Lyon 1968. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. i iii 255pp. Doctoral dissertation in the form of a type script bound in stapled soft covers. Inscription in ink to front cover reads "Agnes Cunningham SSCM June 2007". It is uncertain if this is the author's signature. Several small bumps to extremities of volume with light to medium soiling and wear in places on exterior. Text clean. Binding sound. VERY SCARCE <br/> <br/> La Faculte de Theologie, Facultes Catholiques de Lyon paperback
33809St. Louis & London 1963-1965: B. Herder Book Co. Complete First Printing Set in gilt and blue-stamped full blue cloth and price-clipped white dust jackets no markings NOT ex-lib bindings tight boards sharp-cornered jackets moderately foxed especially to edges with chipping to edges & extremities mild foxing to page block edges & a hint to prelims but boards are bright & internal pages bright & unfoxed a nice complete set in jackets of this scarce study of Thomism and the limits of knowledge quite scarce as such djs in mylar protectors; 2 8vos: xi 348 v 309pp individually indexed. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. B. Herder Book Co. hardcover
