Epistles, odes, &c. Written on several subjects. With a translation of Longinus's treatise on the sublime by Leonard Welsted - 1724-01-01

London: Printed for J. Walthoe...and J. Perle.. 1724 First edition, large paper issue. . Contemporary paneled calf, worn in several places, all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers, bookplate removed. . Octavo. Title-page within double rules, attractive woodcut headbands, tail-pieces, and initial letters. A very attractive large paper copy, with the Strasburg bend watermark. Welsted (bap. 1688, d. 1747) was educated at Westminster School (queen's scholar, 1703) and Trinity College, Cambridge, though he never graduated from the latter. He married the daughter of Henry Purcell. His first written poem, "Apple-pye" was published in 1713 and is reprinted here, along with his version of Longinus's On the Sublime (1716), which Swift alleged was translated from Boileau's translation. This collection contains the first appearance of Welsted's Dissertation on the English language, which contained a slighting reference to Pope's Essay on Criticism, which prompted Pope to include him prominently in The Dunciad, and he… Read More

Rare softcover book with no writing or marks published by Africa Evangelical Fellowship (formerly the S. A. G. M. mission) in good condition overall. Circa 1960. All pages and text clean and intact. The outside cover has some wear and discoloration, but interior of book has clean white pages. Very good binding. There is a foreword and an appendix at front and back with dates and data. Contents include 20 chapters about missionary calling and life in Africa, primarily Angola and Mozambique. Obtained in Africa in the 1980's from a British missionary with same mission that published this book.

Miami, FL: P.S.I. & Associates, Inc., 1987. Words of Christ in Red : Good Minus condition Hardcover Quarto with no dust jacket, 1987 edition. The tiny number/date line below the isbn indicates 1st printing 1986, but oddly, the copyright date above that reads 1987. White padded leatherette boards rubbed and soiled. The binding is shaken. The interior is unmarked, including all the presentation pages, but the pages are noticeably aging.. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good -/No Jacket. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Book.

Illustrated by Tso Yazzy Navajo (Chester Kahn) Solid binding. Some light soiling to exteriors. Clear interiors page. Includes two color and five black and white illustrations. Nonfiction. Native Americans. 68 pages. 5.5" X 8.5 " X 0.25" - 14cm X 21.5cm X 0.5 cm Louise Lone Dog is of Mohawk and Delaware ancestry. She writes about the spiritual and psychic knowlegde of her people and how she hopes for a new Golden Age of Peace built on spiritual rebirth and unity of all men. Focuses on the world of the spirits and its intersection with the light of Christ and series of visions she had between 1948 and 1964.

Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.

Rare circa 1940 First Edition booklet by the Reverend John Sutherland Bonnell, Minister the Fifth Presbyterian Church New York City. Clean pages. No bends, tears, or marks. Stapled wraps.

Philadelphia: The Westminster Press. Very Good; Edges scuffed, owner name on front free endpaper.. 1977. First Printing. Softcover. 0664241190 . Notes and bibliography. A discussion on the evangelical idea of the Bible being free from errors on any topic whatsoever. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 149 pages .

This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. The pages are white, crisp and clear of any markings. "In this book I have gathered together a number of lectures, sermons and addresses given during the thirteen and a half years in which I was Archbishop of York, and during my opening months as Archbishop of Canterbury...." - Preface from Convictions

This book is in good condition. There is significant wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover. The corners are worn. The previous owner's name is written on the inside of the front cover. The pages are tanned but clear of any marking."Why a new edition of the documents of Vatican II? For eighteen years I have been involved in the translation and publication of official Church documents, including those of Vatican II and its aftermath, and I have long felt that there is need for a volume containing not only the sixteen Council documents, but also as useful a selection as possible of the relevant subsequent official documents, those which dot the i's and cross the t's, as it were, of the sixteen...." - Introduction from Vatican Council II The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents

Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition. Number line starts with 1. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.

Handel,G.F: The Messiah, An Oratorio. 1912 First Edition. G. Schirmer, Inc. New York. G. Schirmer's Editions of Oratorios and Cantatas for Four-Part Chorus of Mixed Voices, Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass Soli and Piano by G.F. Handel. VOCAL SCORE COMPLETE. 252 pages. 7 X 10 3/8. Softcover.