Blind Bartimeus by Rev William J Hoge - 1859: The Story of a Sightless Sinner and His Great Physician

Boston: John W. Folsom, 1795. Hardcover. Good +. 190, [2] p.; 17 cm. Signatures: A-P6 Q6 (12mo). Last leaf blank. Contemporary full calf; red morocco spine label with gilt-tooled title. Six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Former owner's name inscribed on front free endpaper: Samuel G. Allen. Early American Imprints, first series, 28896. The very scarce first American edition of the second edition of this work, which included the author's response to the critical reception of the first edition. In Good+ Conditon: 1-cm. leather lacking at head of spine; front joint cracked; leather is rubbed; scattered foxing; otherwise clean and tight.

Philadelphia: Conrad Zentler und George M. Mentz, 1813. Hardcover. Very Good -. Title continued: "Welchem noch ein tägliches Gebetbüchlein für Schwangere, Gebärende, und Unfruchtbare, das den 5ten und 6ten Theil dieses Handbuchs ausmacht, beygefügt ist." Zweyte, verbesserte Amerikanische Auflage. [8], 566, 132, [2] p.: frontispiece portrait of the author and 4 additional leaves of copperplates; 18 cm. Full leather (original boards with modern rebacking); lacking clasps. Woodcut headpieces. "Tägliches Gebet-Büchlein für Schwangere, Gebärende und Sechswöchnerinnen" has separate title page and pagination. Shaw & Shoemaker, 29857; Bötte & Tannhof, German Printing, 1990. This work of daily devotions and hymns by the Lutheran theologian, Johann Friedrich Starck, was very popular among German immigrants to Pennsylvania. In Very Good- Condition: sensitively rebacked; lacking clasps; foxing throughout; otherwise clean… Read More

NY: Four Wells. Very Good. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed October 15, 1961 by Rosenstock-Huessy ffep. Quarter-bound in black cloth, brown paper boards, gilt. Moderate bow to boards. Contents unmarked; 4to; 38 pages .

240 Seiten. Gut erhaltenes Buch, Schnitt stockfleckig, Seiten alters- und papierbedingt etwas gebräunt

New York: Isaac Collins, 1797. Hardcover. Very Good -. xii, [2], 360 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Journal of Job Scott." Early American Imprints, ser. 1 (Evans), 32810. Howes, S-228. Old inscription running vertically on front board. Inscriptions on endpapers and blank adjacent leaves containing family records for former owner Samuel Davis (1766-1809), his wife Sarah Leedom Davis (1764-1806), Ruth Anna Davis (1801-1846) (presumably their daughter), her husband William Chandler (1787-1878), and their 10 children. Burials are noted as being "at the Valley," at Kennett Square, and at Union Hill. Written in upper part of title page: "Friends' Boarding Haus Kennet Square, Pa." Job Scott (1751-1793) was an American Quaker travelling minister. In Very Good- Condition: leather is rubbed; minor loss at spine ends; light soiling throughout; some page corners creased; a solid copy.

Toronto: Pontificial Institute of Mediaeval Studies [0-88844-149-5] [2005], 1st printing. (Hardcover) 399pp. Fine. Issued without dust jacket. Appendix, bibliography, indexes. Based on the work of Peter Lombard--Bishop of Paris. Time Period Medieval. Publisher series: Studies and Texts 149 . Edited with introduction and notes by Girard J. Etzkorn & Joseph C. Wey. (Religion, Catholic Church, Theology).

New York: Charles Small. Very Good+. 1834. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Clean brown cloth, red leather spine with gilt lettering. Text tight, clean and intact. Tales of women in Roman Catholic convents were manifestations of the virulent anti Catholicism of the 1830's - 1850's in America. Front endpaper with prior owners inscription. Age toned bottom corner of first 4 pages. Religion; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 208 pages .

Aurora, Illinois: William W. Walter, 1909. Dark Blue cloth boards, gilt-stamped spine. Very Good/Scarce blue paper jacket in good condition.. Sequel to The Pastor's Son, revised edition (original 1908). Scarce and collectible, rare in dust jacket. 231 pages. ""This book shows the fallacy of the belief that a lifeless and non-intelligent drug can, of its own power, cure sickness and prolong life. It has helped to free many from the senseless habit of drug taking."" Original price $1.60, For Sale by Regular Dealers or Address the Author. Clear wraps added to preserve jacket, which shows some darkening, small tears and losses. Other Christian Science texts advertised on jacket. Pages clean and binding tight, endpapers dirty. Cloth boards show some edgewear and are rubbed slightly. Photos available upon request.

Bethlehem, Pa.: Comenius Press. Very Good. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean black cloth. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Inscription on front endpaper by Charles B. Michael who was a Moravian Missionary working in the Kuskokwim Valley in the 1930's. Religion, Alaska, Eskimo Language ; Thin 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 103 pages .

Milwaukee, WI: Bruce Publishing Company, 1961. 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with bright gilt titles on spine; 854 pages including index 1961, 4th Edition Contents include: The Historical Study of Modern Philosophy The Renaissance Background Scientific Outlooks and Methods Bacon, Galileo, and Newton Hobbes Descartes Spinoza Leibniz Locke Berkeley Hume Kant on Knowledge and Metaphysics Kant's Ethical and Esthetic Doctrine Fichte and Schelling Hegel Scopenhauer Comte John Stuart Mill Nietzsche Bergson Ex-library with typical treatments. Bumped head and heel of spine and bumped corners or covers. Bottom corner of covers and pages are bumped. Bottom of spine is worn. Small area of shelfsoil on bottom fore-edge, pencil mark on outside pages. . 4th. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.