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183730149New York: Published by T. Mason and G. Lane 1837. Very Good. New York: Published by T. Mason and G. Lane 1837. Revised Later Edition. Octavo. 1003 pp. Five fold-out maps. Bound in full sheep; four raised bands and red leather title label to spine. Boards worn with brief exposure and some flaking; couple chips and black discoloration to rear. Binding sound. Bookplate of two former owners to front pastedown; brief tape remnants and moderate spotting to endpapers; marginal spotting to interior but legible throughout; maps toned and chipped along edges overall a Very Good and relatively well-preserved copy. Published by T. Mason and G. Lane unknown
182825728Brookfield MA: E. & G. Merriam 1828. Very Good. Brookfield MA: E. & G. Merriam 1828. 24mo; full contemporary gilt-tooled calf; xxvii28-192pp. Light scuffing to leather extremities tiny chip mid-spine 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown else a Very Good copy in an attractive American binding.<br /> <br /> Scarce American edition of the English Nonconformist minister's tract first published in 1658. None in the trade or auction record as of February 2023. Just four copies in OCLC Yale Earlham College AAS and U. Maine at Orono. E. & G. Merriam unknown
181025723Bridgeport CT: Lockwood & Backus 1810. Very Good. New-London Con: Printed 1710 / Bridgeport: Reprinted by Lockwood & Backus 1810. Small 12mo; full contemporary flame calf black gilt spine label; xii13-144pp. Minor scuffing to leather extremities tiny loss at spine foot textblock a bit foxed and toned else a Very Good quite attractive copy.<br /> <br /> SHAW & SHOEMAKER 19834. Lockwood & Backus unknown
180529443Salem: Joshua Cushing 1805. Very Good. Salem: Joshua Cushing 1805. Second Edition. Octavo; removed and bound with modern stitching; 22pp. A-C4 collated complete. Faint damp spotting and foxing to textblock else Very Good and sound. <br /> <br /> SABIN 58600; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9094. Joshua Cushing 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
180428838Newburyport MA: E.M. Blunt 1804. Good. Newburyport MA: Printed by E.M. Blunt No. 6 State-Street 1804. First Edition. Octavo; disbound; 20pp. A-B4 C2 collated complete. Leaves loose but all accounted for stock rather heavily toned and dust-soiled fore-edge margins a bit ragged; a Good copy only of an uncommon Thanksgiving sermon.<br /> <br /> SABIN 25871; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 6344. E.M. Blunt unknown
1842W1319New York: John Doyle 1842. 360 pages. Scarce Doyle imprint with 3 letters not previously published in the United States. Book is clean and tight; corners have moderate wear through to boards; moderate fraying at head & foot of spine; minor rubbing on cover; faint foxing throughout; very light chipping along top-edge of first 2 pages; all-edges lightly tanned; previous owner's name in pencil partially erased on front paste-down endpaper. Early Printing. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good_/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book. John Doyle Hardcover
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
180329604Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin 1803. Very Good. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin 1803. First Edition. Octavo; modern blue wrappers; 271pp. A-C4 D2 collated complete. Faint dampstaining to textblock else Very Good and sound overall. <br /> <br /> Texts includes the Charge delivered by Ammi R. Robbins and the Right Hand of Fellowship delivered by Nathaniel Perkins.<br /> <br /> SABIN 92962; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 5120. Hudson and Goodwin unknown
18336882Boston: James W. Burditt 1833. Very Good. Boston: James W. Burditt 1833. First Edition. Octavo 21cm.; removed; 32pp. Light foxing throughout else Very Good and fresh.<br /> <br /> Contents include the second appearance of Ralph Waldo Emerson's early hymn "We love the venerable house" first published as a broadside and preceding "Nature" by three years. SABIN 101395; STREETER 4182. James W. Burditt unknown
180429667Cambridge MA: Printed at the University Press in Cambridge by William Hilliard 1804. Very Good. A Sermon Delivered.after the Interment of the Rev. Joseph Willard. Cambridge MA: Printed at the University Press in Cambridge by William Hilliard 1804. First Edition. 23 1 pp. Wraps removed and more recently string-tied. Wraps edgeworn with mild spotting and smudging; interior clean and unmarked. Very Good. Printed at the University Press in Cambridge by William Hilliard unknown
181929345Hartford: Peter B. Gleason & Co 1819. Very Good. Hartford: Peter B. Gleason and Co. 1819. First Edition. Octavo; modern blue wrappers; 311pp. collated complete. Very faint foxing to title page textblock a shade darkened else Very Good and sound. <br /> <br /> Concludes with the "Charge" by Amos Bassett and "Right Hand of Fellowship" by Zedekiah S. Barstow. Peter B. Gleason & Co 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
180328820Charlestown MA: Samuel Etheridge / Manning and Loring 1803. Very Good. Charlestown MA: Printed and Sold by Samuel Etheridge near the Square. Sold also in Boston by Manning and Loring No. 2 Cornhill 1803. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 32pp. A B-D4 collated complete. Moderate foxing to textblock more heavily to final gathering remnants of old leather along spine else Very Good and sound. <br /> <br /> Uncommon sermon by the Congregationalist minister geographer and father of Samuel Morse. At the time Jedediah Morse was battling the spread of religious liberalism and Unitarianism to which he obliquely refers late in this oration: "Let us guard against the insidious encroachment of /innovation/ that evil and beguiling spirit which is now stalking to and fro through the earth seeking whom he may destroy" p. 27.<br /> <br /> SHAW & SHOEMAKER 4685. Samuel Etheridge / Manning and Loring unknown
181831053Hartford: George Goodwin & Sons 1818. Very Good. Hartford: George Goodwin & Sons 1818. Octavo; removed; 262pp. collated complete with half title page. Light foxing else a Very Good fresh and sound example. George Goodwin & Sons unknown
180129340Providence RI: B. Wheeler 1801. Very Good. Providence RI: B. Wheeler 1801. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 222pp. Light spotting and toning to textblock a few small chips and closed tears to margins not affecting text else Very Good and sound. <br /> <br /> Concludes with a shorter oration delivered on the same occasion "Right Hand of Fellowship by the Rev. Samuel Watson of Barrington."<br /> <br /> SABIN 3389; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 132. B. Wheeler unknown
181231052Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong 1812. Very Good. Boston: Printed and Sold by Samuel T. Armstrong Cornhill 1812. Octavo; removed; 44pp. lacking half title page otherwise collated complete. Textblock uniformly toned light wear to margins else Very Good and sound.<br /> <br /> Sermon delivered during the ordination of the first group of missionaries sent out by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missioners whose history is briefly given here. <br /> <br /> SABIN 105137; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 27597. Samuel T. Armstrong unknown
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
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
182229375New-Haven: A.H. Maltby and Co 1822. Very Good. New-Haven: A.H. Maltby and Co.--Glebe Building 1822. First Edition. Octavo 24cm.; publisher's blue wrappers modern stitching; 24pp. collated complete. Wrapper spine perished light wear and toning along margins tiny whole mid-upper cover occasional spotting to textblock else Good to Very Good internally sound.<br /> <br /> SHOEMAKER 8623. A.H. Maltby and Co unknown
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
180229343Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin 1802. Very Good. Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin 1802. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 271pp. A-C4 D2 collated complete. Rather heavy foxing to terminals small damp spot to rear leaf else Very Good and sound. <br /> <br /> Ordination sermon followed by the hymn "The Charge" and "Right Hand of Fellowship."<br /> <br /> SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3534. Hudson & Goodwin unknown
180512797London: Keating Brown and Co 1805. Very Good. London: Keating Brown and Co. 1805. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 53pp. Leather remnants along spine textblock a bit toned else Very Good and sound.<br /> <br /> One of myriad polemical tracts penned by Catholic controversialist John Milner 1752-1826 who after receiving his clerical training in Douais France returned to London where he immediately began a career of publishing pamphlets attacking the liberal-leaning Cisalpine Catholics protestant dissenters and any and all others who strayed from his rigidly orthodox interpretation of the Catholic faith. Keating, Brown and Co unknown
181725884Hudson N.Y.: Ashbel Stoddard 1817. Very Good. Hudson N.Y.: Ashbel Stoddard 1817. First Edition. 12mo; full contemporary calf gilt-lettered spine label; 264pp. Some scuffing to leather extremities and a few surface scars to both boards spine label starting to separate textblock uniformly toned 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown else Very Good internally sound.<br /> <br /> Refutation against a tract first published in 1815 by the Methodist itinerant minister Nathan Bangs in which he criticized Calvinist doctrine stating instead that humans did possess a will to accept or reject God's salvation. This title quite uncommon with none in the trade or auction record as of March 2023. Ashbel Stoddard unknown
182432814Cincinnati: Published by Martin Ruter for the Methodist Episcopal Church. Morgan and Lodge Printers 1824. Very Good. Cincinnati: Published by Martin Ruter for the Methodist Episcopal Church. Morgan and Lodge Printers 1824. First Edition. 12mo 17.5x11cm; original marbled paper-covered boards recently and anachronistically rebacked in maroon morocco edges stained yellow; 96pp. Contemporary bookplate and ownership stamp of Reverend John Somerville to preliminaries. Boards rubbed and scuffed. Hinges reinforced. Scattered foxing and toning; Very Good overall. <br /> <br /> Hebrew grammar to promote knowledge of the Hebrew Bible among clergy by Martin Ruter 1785-1838 the Methodist clergyman who later served as a missionary in Texas. Rare in the trade. . Published by Martin Ruter, for the Methodist Episcopal Church. Morgan and Lodge, Printers unknown
