Nuremberg: Peter Conrad Monath, 1730. Octavo. 17, 1120, 320. Very rare. Only two recorded copies of the Morl edition (Erlangen, Nuremberg); none on OCLC. Second corrected edition. Introduction by Gustav Philipp Morl (1673-1750), Doring notes in The Learned Theologians of Germany in the 18th and 19th Centuries was important both..... More
Cambridge: Joseph Bentham, 1766. Octavo. A unique issue of the Book of Common Prayer (cf. Griffiths, Book of Common Prayer which shows only 1764 and 1765 versions). As is typical on editions printed before 1852, the Thanksgiving for deliverance from the Gunpowder Plot and the Restoration of Charles II is..... More
Burlington, Vermont: Free Press Association, 1893. 27p. As in the case of other New England Churches, there were a series of revivals, resulting in many conversions and church discipline. During this period before the artifical methods of Finney became standard along the Western frontier, there were many examples of genuine..... More
Maine: Unknown, 1834. Original Wraps Bound in Boards. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. A rare item (only recorded copy is at the American Antiquarian Society). 8p. Laid in is 2ALS letter of pastor Josaih G. Merrill who was one of the pastors written more than a generation later..... More
Lisboa: Cunha, 1865. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. 621p. Portuguese text. a beautiful copy in rich black leather with gilt stamped design and corner brass clasps with outer clasp lacking. This is the 8th edition of a devotional classic prized by those who wished to express their deep..... More
Ann Arbor, MI: Ann Arbor Chapter Amarican Guild of Organists, 1978. Ring Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96pp. Lavishly illustrated with organs in church, university, and homes in Ann Arbor. Includes photographs of interesting and prominent organists in the past 8 decades. Interior clean and tight, without..... More
Leipzig: Baumgartner, 1852. 4 page bifolium issue of a German prospectus (OCLC reports only two German libraries have a copy of the issued Bible). An early German prospectus with the text of Matthew 17 but an engraving of Delilah holding a sleeping Sampson in her lap while another woman cuts..... More
Tel Aviv; (1973): Sinai. 4 Cm. 288 pages, A miniature specimen book of Sefer Tehillim (The Book of Psalms). The only recorded copy in OCLC shows a copy at Hebrew Union College. This is the first book in Kesuvim (Writings), the third section of Tanach, and consists of 150 Perakim..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Longstreth. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Good, 182pp. Published as "revised" near the 1870's, a large collections o poetry organized in several useful categories for the spirit filled reader. Dampstain on lower inside corner of text. The outer brown cloth boards are weathered and corner-frayed, with..... More
London: Swedenborg Society, 1910. First Edition. Octavo. 373pp. illustrated with photographs. Proceedings from the 100th annual meetings covering various subjects, the thyroid, maximus homo, cosmology, etc. A very good copy, bound in an armorial gilt binding of red morocco trimmed in triple rules, raised bands, compartments lettered and ruled in..... More
Minneapolis; Nd(ca.1920): Buzza Publishing. 4 1/2" x 7 1/2" 4 pages, hand-illuminated. The King James Version of the 23rd Psalm, no copies recorded in OCLC. The Buzza building in Minneapolis is a historical landmark but they were famous for publishing lovely small editions of Kipling's IF, The Night Before Christmas..... More
Np: Amigos Del Atrimonio Cultural De Saltillo, 1991. Limited Edition. Quarto. Illustrated by photographs by Enrique Salazar e Hijar.175pp., The history of the building of the cathedral and of Santiago de la Garza Zambrano who would become the first Bishop and of those who followed to date. Extraordinary photographs of..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Flornce B. D'Urso, 1999. First Edition. Folio. 98pp. Illustrated with some of the most exqquisite paintings of the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. A rare and gorgeous glimpse of the hidden treasures of the Church, this book provides the iconographical analysis as well as the theological..... More
Tokyo: Byukkyo Rengokai, 1938. First American. Original Wraps. Pictorial Cover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 106 pp. Basic introduction to Japanese Buddhism with phtographs and reproductions of Buddhist art. More
Venetiis; 1538-1541 William Snelling Hadaway (1872: Bernardino Stagnino (1483-1538) Printer. Small Octavo/151 x 103mm. Remarkable 8 uncommon volumes on Augustine’s works on predestination and Pelagianism [primarily used in opposition to Luther’s works] bound together as a sammelband. Most have been printed by Bernardino Stagnino (1483-1538). These volumes were once from..... More
Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale. Decorated Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 142p. A lovely copy with decorative cloth. The author was an English Christian writer who suffered with a severe spinal condition but served as a nurse at a children's hospital, and did charitable work in the East End..... More
London: Printed for Benj. Barker and Sold By A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch. J Osborn and Ten Others, 1732. 12mo. 8th edition. Frontispiece, 72 pages. While some mistakenly attributed this to Dr. Samuel Johnson, it was first issued in 1704 and became popular in 18th Century England so some copies..... More
Ann Arbor, MI: Scholar's Facsimiles & Reprints, 2004. Cloth. Octavo. 31, (59)pp. Facsimile of 17th century sermon and letter to Family, and introduction by editors. Bound in navy blue cloth, with gold title on spine. More
Tuebingen: J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1933. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 253 pp. German text.With ink dedication from 15 November 1935, possibly from author. Two pages pencil notes laid in. By the father of the current most scholarly Greek lexicon. More
Benton Harbor, Michigan: House of David. Stapled Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Slim wrappers.32pp. In pale peach wrappers, printed black on both sides. More
Jefferson, NC; (1987): McFarland & Co. First Edition. Octavo. 209pp. This book is for those who wish to plan the evidence of their survival of death. The author has devised an experiment for interested individuals to try by following his instructions in the privacy of their own homes. Included is..... More
London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1814. Thick Octavo. The first Welsh Bible printed at London for the British Foreign Bible Society, (2)pp, 957(1)pp. and 320 pp. Also this edition was printed in larger type with double columns and chapter headings. Tables of measures are on p. 959 at the..... More
Claremont, N.H. The Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1890. Original Wraps Bound in Boards. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 24p. numbered I-XXIV with XXV as appendix. gives account of revival in early 1830's, these revivals or awakenings were accompanied by an increase in church membership with stronger rules on church..... More
London: Joseph Downing, 1709. First Edition in English. Octavo. 2nd printing(?) 33p. Boehm was the chaplain to the royal highness Prince George died at Kensington in 1708. A popular sermon that concerned the spiritual condition of the late Prince. His passive personality left the matter of governing to his wife..... More
Cincinnati: Kendall & Barnard, Printers, 1844. First Edition. Octavo. 18pp. Early Ohio imprint. Plain paper wrapped around text. Text has foxing throughtout. More