Hamburg, S.C. Printed at the Republican Office, 1850. Soft cover. 48p. Stitched spine. The pamphlet is a defense of slavery. The print location is probably the weekly newspaper Republican which records indicate, was only active for a few years. Rev Iveson L. Brookes, (1793-1865) was a Baptist minister. Light browning.....
London: Bull and Churton, 1835. Two frontispieces, vi, [2], 263p.[4]. Original brown morocco with gilt stamped designs on the boards within blind stamped frame. Gilt spine and foredge. Complete with the twenty-two engravings. John Hobart Caunter (1792 ? 1851) was an English cleric and writer. Tissue guard in front of.....
Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1860. xx, 472p. Original brown cloth over marbled boards. First edition. George Barrell Cheever (1807 ? 1890) was an abolitionist minister and writer. Headband chipped and worn with loss. Corners bumped. Piece of cloth by the front hinge missing. Scattered foxing.
Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1860. xx, 472p. Original brown cloth over marbled boards. First edition. George Barrell Cheever (1807 ? 1890) was an abolitionist minister and writer. Contemporary ownership of the temperance leader and physical culture advocate Diocletian Lewis 'Dio' (1823-1886) with his signature on the title page.....
London: George Bell and Sons, 1883. Hardcover. Frontispiece, xlviii, 543p. 19th century vellum over boards with gilt ruled boards and spine. Foredge red stained. Rev Francis Cary (1772-1844) first edition of this translation appeared in 1814. See Lowndes II p590. According to Bohn's Complete Catalogue, 1889, p30, the editions by.....
A handwritten document on parchment measuring 29" x 23.5" inside a ruled in red frame. Skillful penmanship outlining a sale of land. A fresh clean document.
Philadelphia: C. Sherman Printer, 1851. 71p. Original wrappers. Rev. William Henry Green (1824-1900) was an American theologian and Hebrew scholar. He published among things a grammar of the Hebrew language in 1861 which was revised in 1888. Rev Green was a scholar of the Orthodox wing of American Presbyterianism. Light.....
Newport, Rhode Island: Solomon Southwick, 1773. vi, [2], 220p, Disbound. Re. Samuel Hopkins (1721-1803) was an American Congregational theologian and early abolitionist. He was one of the first Congregational ministers to denounce slavery. He raised money to purchase freedom for slaves in his neighborhood. Faint small blindstamp, light scattered spotting.....
Worcester: William Allen. Hardcover. Frontispiece, 64p. Contemporary calf spine over paper covered boards with blue end papers. An undated copy. Light rubbing to the edges of the boards, otherwise an unusually well preserved copy free from stains or other marks. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
Edinburgh: The Clan Macleod Society, 1927. Frontispiece, xx, 220p. Red cloth over boards. Title lettered in gold on the spine. Includes an inserted leaf titled 'The MacLeod Chiefs. Revised enumeration as given in Burke's 1934 edition". A fresh clean copy.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1864. Frontispiece, xx, 444p. Contemporary blind-stamped brown. Nicely illustrated. Complete with eight plates as called for by Sabin #44629. Old gift inscription on the inside front board dated 1864. Lightly rubbed headband and corners, minor marginal smudge mark on p438 otherwise a well preserved.....
Boston: Richard Draper, 1760. 66p. Disbound. Kept in a protective slipcase with title lettered on the spine in gold. Jonathan Mayhew (1720-1766) was a minister at Old West Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Stephen Sewall (1702-1760) was a judge in colonial Massachusetts. Sabin #47133. Frayed along the lower corner not affecting.....
Philadelphia: Presbyterial Board of Publication, 1873. Hardcover. Frontispiece, 232p. Contemporary cloth with the title in gilt on the front board and spine. Includes a chapter on the history of the Presbyterian Church in the United States with a separate chapter on the history of the church in Philadelphia. Internally a......
London: R. Wilks Chancery Lane for Thomas Taylor, 1804. cxxiii, 544p: 657p: 600p: 614p: 720p. Contemporary calf with gilt ruled boards and spines. Marbled end papers. Spine labels to volume III replaced. The translator, Thomas Taylor, (1758-1835) was the first to translate the complete works of Plato as well as.....
New York: Hoffman, White and Visscher, 1841. Hardcover. 48p. Contemporary black leather with dark blue end papers. Contemporary inscription on the title page. Spine a little rubbed and some very light running to the extremities otherwise internally a fresh clean copy. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Handwritten paper slip measuring 7 5" x 3" dated December 15th, 1817 confirming that Daniel Copeland has delivered two cords of wood to Unitarian Minister Rev. Zedekiah Sanger in Bridgewater, MA. Signed by the Rev Sanger's son, Samuel F. Sanger. One fold.
Handwritten paper slip measuring 7 3/4" x 4 1/4" dated December 12th, 1814 confirming that Zenas Crooker has delivered six cords and two feet of wood to Unitarian Minister Rev. Zedekiah Sanger in Bridgewater, MA. Signed by the Rev Sanger's son, Samuel F. Sanger. Text on both sides. Two folds.....
New York: T. and J. Swords, 1821. Hardcover. 403p. Contemporary calf with gilt ruled boards and spine with a red title label. First edition by Rev. William Berrian (1787-1862), Rector of Trinity Church in New York. Some browning to the paper throughout with an upper marginal stain on the first.....
London: Jonathan Robinson, 1700. Vol. I. Frontispiece portrait of Rev. Poole, 4 pages preface, followed by the Annotations upon Genesis through to Isaiah unpaginated. Vol II. 4 pages preface, followed by Annotations upon Jeremiah through to the Book of Malachi. Then follows Annotations upon the Gospels through to the Book.....
New York: John F. Trow, 1865. 30p. Stitched spine. President Lincoln was assassinated on Good Friday, April 15th, 1865. This sermon was preached by Rev. Charles S. Robinson on the morning of April 16th. William Barton in the American Pulpit on the Death of Lincoln writes that Pastors around the.....
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1831. Frontispiece, foldout map of Egypt, 480p. Contemporary leather with a richly gilt spine. Complete with ten engraved plates. Michael Russell (1781-1848) was Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. A fresh clean copy with just minor rubbing to the hinges.
Frontispiece, viii, 479p: iv, 480p: iv, 501p. Contemporary tan calf over boards with marbled end papers. Marbled foredge. From the Library of American Lawyer and writer Henry W. Taft (1859-1945) with bookplates in all three volumes. He was also the brother of President William Howard Taft. Spine labels chipped and.....
Dover: Morning Star Job Printing Office, 1881. Hardcover. 24p. Contemporary stiff paper covered boards with a cloth spine. With an image of President Garfield inserted on the front blank. Internally clean. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Boston: Richard Draper, 1771. [1], 63p. Disbound. Rev. John Tucker (1709-1792) was minister at the First Congregational Church in Newbury, MA. A highly influential election sermon delivered just over a year after the Boston Massacre Sabin#97325. Complete with the half-title. Scattered foxing with a couple of white marks on the.....
