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19206936NY: The Womans Press 1920. Second printing. 8vo Pp. 62. Illust. With 7 illust. Paper boards. Names of previous readers on a blank. A diary written by school girls in Japan. The Womans Press unknown books
1971153260Tralee County Kerry: Anvil Books 1971. Paperback. 207p. wraps shelf worn and creased paper toned else good condition. Accounts of 25 prison escapes. Anvil Books paperback books
194114819Johnston Pa: Johnston Tribune & Johnston Democrat 1941. 1st ed. Paperback. Good. 203p. Original somewhat soiled and worn wrapper. 24cm. <br/><br/> Johnston Tribune & Johnston Democrat paperback books
149633734colophon: Argentina i.e. Strassburg: Johannem Reinhard Grüninger 1496. Folio 32.5 cm; 12.5". Vols. I & II in one volume of V. I: 173 of 174 ff. lacking first leaf of vol. 1; II: 225 of 226 ff. without the final blank. <br><br>The Summa Theologica 1477 more properly the Summa Moralis is the work upon which St. Antoninus's theological fame chiefly rests . . . it is probably the first certainly the most comprehensive treatment from a practical point of view of Christian ethics asceticism and sociology in the Middle Ages" NCE I 647.<br>Â Â Â Â After his ordination in 1413 at Cortona where he was sent for the Dominican novitiate along with artists Fra Angelico and Fra Bartolommeo! Antoninus 13891459 swiftly attained prominence in the Church; returning to his native Florence he consecrated the Convent of San Marco in 1443 and was appointed Archbishop of that city just a few years later. A great yet humble reformer whose writings were widely published even in the incunable period Antoninus was => hailed as a Doctor of the Church in the bull for his canonization.<br>Â Â Â Â The Summa completed shortly before his death is divided into four parts: the first is concerned with the soul and its faculties passions sin and law; the second addresses different types of sin and redress; the third considers various states and professions in life with treatises on ecclesiastical offices and censures; and the fourth contemplates the cardinal virtues religious morals and gifts of the Holy Spirit. Although the text draws heavily on earlier theological works by St. Thomas Aquinas among others it is regarded as => "a new and very considerable development in moral theology" NCE online and it contains => a wealth of matter for the student of 15th-century history.<br>Â Â Â Â Printed in Gothic type double-column format with most capitals supplied in red or blue manuscript in plain style the text here has red markings to aid in reading and navigation. Topics addressed in these volumes include sin penance canon law will original sin privilege lying pride avarice anger and infidelity among several others.<br>Â Â Â Â Goff and ISTC find only one complete set of all volumes in American libraries at the Countway in Boston. All other U.S. libraries save the Newberry report owning one or two of the volumes. The Newberry has volumes IIV.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Old illegible European library stamp in lower margin of first leaf of vol. I; in 20th and early 21st century in the library of the Pacific School of Religion properly deaccessioned. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ISTC ia00878000; Goff A878; BMC I 109; GKW 2192. Contemporary calf over bevelled wood boards recently rebacked and new endpapers supplied; lacks a blank and a title leaf. Leather of boards elaborately and richly tooled in blind using rolls rules and individual stamps of a rose a fleur de lis and a saint; small area of leather on front board missing and substitute leather inserted. Evidence of brass and leather clasps remnants of vellum guide tabs. Text and boards of binding wormed mostly with many pinhole wormholes and text with some meandering; no great losses. Some small tears in a few margins and one lower margin with an old repair; stamp as above; browning to many margins. A good solid volume one with some condition issues but at the same time a good example of these productions and the era's printing. Johannem {Reinhard} Grüninger hardcover books
188926328Firenze: A cura del Municipio 1889. First edition. Decorated paper-covered boards. Binding cracked some tape repairs to spine and interior small tear to map about good. 133 pp. Illus. with 4 of 6 plates some folding. 26 cm. Contains the maps including the large 29 x 27 inches colored map of central Florence. A cura del Municipio hardcover books
1895243578London: F.V. White 1895. Second edition. 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth. Second edition. 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Originally published in 1893 under the title A Passage through Bohemia in three volumes. Glover/Greene 449; Wolff 7045 note F.V. White unknown books
1920113142London Bombay Calcutta and Madras: Longmans 1920. Octavo illustrations by E. OE. Somerville original decorated blue cloth. First edition. Collection of sketches and stories some set in Ireland mostly nonfiction ranging from the very short to a 100-page article on Denmark. Cloth lightly rubbed at spine ends and corner tips some scuffing to cloth at bottom edge of front panel spine panel a bit sunned hairline crack along inner front hinge still a tight very good copy. #113142 Longmans unknown books
19674669sLake Mills Iowa: Graphic Publishing Co. 1967. First Edition. Signed by Author. Octavo hardcover red cloth gilt letters and decoration to upper cover 185 pp. Former owner bookplate; otherwise Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with light edgewear. ‘Mrs. Wiggins has compiled a genealogy of over a hundred families tracing them back into the early history of our country.Strawberry Point was Mrs. Wiggins’ home town and she has told its story in delightful vignettes.She describes this small Iowa town as it apeared to her at the turn of the century. Quietly self-sufficient it went about its daily living secure serene and well suported by the fertile farms around it. We find true home-spun Americana woven into the lives of the pople who inhabit the pages of Strawberry Point. Graphic Publishing Co., [1967]. hardcover books
194932438Winona Lake IN: Foreign Missionary Society of the Brethren Church by the Brethren Missionary Herald Company 1949 c. 1950. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm.; grey gilt-lettered library cloth; xi1249pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece 14 leaves of plates one map in text. Very slightly ex-First Baptist Church Library with their small ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown private owner's bookplate accomplished in manuscript to front free endpaper else About Very Good and sound. Biography of the missionary Florence Newberry Gribble. Foreign Missionary Society of the Brethren Church, by the Brethren Missionary Herald Company unknown books
1947UPIESTO00BJDeseret Book Co. c1947. Very Good. Pierce Florence. Story of the Book of Mormon. NP: Deseret Book Co. c1947. 445pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good general wear and rubbing to cover. Deseret Book Co. hardcover books
1912182688Boston: D.C. Heath and Co 1912. Revised edition. Hardcover. Good boards have overall scuffing and wear internal hinges are loose library stamps on title page and inside front cover age toning to pages. Green illustrated cloth boards with dark green lettering; bw illustrated title page; 172 pp bw illustrations throughout. A children's book of fiction about animals and insects their means of self-protection their ways of building homes and caring for their young and how they adapt to their surroundings. D.C. Heath and Co hardcover books
199730062Paducah: Collector Books. Near Fine. 1997. Hardcover. 0891457380 . Color photographs throughout. First edition. About fine in glossy pictorial boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Collector Books hardcover books
1970292981Hollywood Florida: The Dukane Press 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Being a 'Cruzan' Cavalcade of the Island of St. Croix in the Virgens: A History of Many Sorts of Famous Men Infamous Events Pirates and Planters West Indian Folk and Their Lore Recounting Five Centuries of Lively Events on One Little Island."~~There is some minor toning to the front endpaper. Otherwise a clean and nearly fresh copy. Illustrated. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. The Dukane Press unknown books
1975192694Stein and Day 1975. Hardcover. Good/Good. Dust jacket has modest wear. Paper boards and binding are very good. Bookplate on front endpaper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. LO Stein and Day hardcover books
1900133570New York: The F. M. Lupton Publishing Company 1900. Octavo inserted frontispiece original pictorial yellow green cloth stamped in black white and gold. First edition. Nine stories most if not all set in Virginia. Three stories are original to this collection the remainder appeared in GODEY'S MAGAZINE and other periodicals. Wright III 6033. Early owner's signature on front paste-down. Cloth lightly worn at edges several faint stains to spine panel partial hairline crack to inner front hinge still a tight good copy. #133570 The F. M. Lupton Publishing Company unknown books
1977181585Paris: Bibliotheque Nationale 1977. Softcover. G ex-library sticker on front cover as well as nameplate inside front cover minor smudge discolorations on front and back cover all pages clear and intact. White and color illustrated wraps with blue and orange lettering on spine vi 178 pp. bw illustrations some in color. Text entirely in French. A cataloge corresponding to an exhibition held at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris from December 15 1977 to January 29 1978. Bibliotheque Nationale unknown books
43233Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. London Paris & Toronto: Dent 1916. 175 pages. Ex-library copy with typical markings. Contents are otherwise clean and sound with cloth tape repaired hinges. Brown cloth binding is sound with black cloth tape on spine and light soil/shelfwear to boards. Overall a good copy. . Other hardcover books
195636558Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Hospital 1956. 2nd printing containing history from 1938; 1956 by Greim. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with a little wear at spine head. Pennsylvania Hospital unknown books
2009265715Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2009. 273p. very good hardcover in dustjacket. "Though Jesuits assumed a variety of roles as missionaries in late imperial China their most memorable guise was that of scientific expert whose maps clocks astrolabes and armillaries reportedly astonished the Chinese. But the icon of the missionary-scientist is itself a complex myth. Masterfully correcting the standard story of China Jesuits as simple conduits for Western science Florence C. Hsia shows how these missionary-scientists remade themselves as they negotiated the place of the profane sciences in a religious enterprise." -publisher's blurb. University of Chicago Press unknown books
1981291269Iowa City IA: The Windhover Press 1981. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Cloth and paper-covered boards. Limited edition of 400 copies printed from Dante types with Bembo Titlng and printed on Barcham Green's Windhover paper. Of the 400 copies 200 published by the Windhover Press in the United States and 200 by the William Morris Society in England . A lovely copy of this finely printed book. With the Windhover Press prospectus laid in. Very Good binding. The Windhover Press unknown books
1887035807Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1887. x 332p. t.e.g. deckle edges original blue cloth. Estes and Lauriat unknown books
194428458Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press 1944. 1st edition. Light blue cloth binding. Pictorial eps. Dust jacket. VG/VG average wear. 110 pp. Illustrations by Francis Lee Jaques. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/> The University of Minnesota Press hardcover books
19842204697James Brunner 1984. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1984 reissue of 1838 original. Folding map included. Ink note on front endpaper "To Judge Forsyth With love and gratitude for 20 yrs. of dedication and service. Town Hall Employees Dedication - May 17 1987" minor wear to jacket corners. xxii 416 pp. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece of Rochester in 1812 46 engravings throughout text including many of religious government and commercial buildings in Rochester and views of the Genesee River. Not in Sabin. Howes O122: "Enlarged from the author James Brunner hardcover books
198228676Tucson: University of Arizona Press 1982. Paperback. Very good. 105pp index. Internally fine with clean text that has no underlining highlighting or notes. <br/><br/> University of Arizona Press paperback books
1937013073Muscatine Iowa: The Prairie Press 1937. Paper label front cover lightly spotted. Bottom of front cover has several brown spots. Spine gently sunned. Inscribed by the author on the half-title and signed again on the dedication page. The author 1861-1955 was a Kansas author and poet who resided in Lawrence Kansas. 137pp. Limited to 300 copies. . First Edition. Purple Cloth. Light Wear and Soiling./No Jacket. Octavo. The Prairie Press Hardcover books
