WE THE LIVING by Rand, Ayn - 1936

Santiago De Chile: Imprenta De San Jose, 1920. Small Quarto. 132p, a very scarce work with the only recorded hard copy being in the National Library of Chile [New York Public has a microfilm copy]. Covers the history of Freemasonry in Chile. Bound in rust paper covered flexible boards backed in brown cloth, paper paste-down label, laid in is an 11p. primer suplemento a la nomina de masones de chile corners a bit bent, some toning to leaves, small barcode sticker to rear pastedown. A good copy.

[Liverpool, 1849]. Octavo. 32pp. Orson Pratt, one of the twelve apostles of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, published a series of pamphlets in defense of Mormon teachings along with Apostle Taylor's famous denial of polygamy in 1850. This is the second pamphlet published in the third series. Sewn but disbound. A very good copy.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 713p. index. The first systematic collection of Latin sermons in England with the themes of pastoral care, orthodoxy, and Lollardly. This book is an important contribution to the study of medieval preaching and will be essential for scholars of late medieval literature, history and religious thought.

Antwerp: ex Officina Plantiniana, Apud Balthasarem et Ioannem Moretos fratres., 1618. Hardcover. Very Good. Two engraved titlepages & 102 full-page engraved emblem plates, the first in each part signed by by Theodor. Galle.. Two Parts in one Volume, octavo contemporary calf (repaired and rebacked with fragments of original gilt spine laid on) ink and pencil ownership names on front endpapers and another small inked out at foot of title. Engraved titlepage +[14] +212pp +[4]pp (last blank) with 1 preliminary + 50 numbered full page engraved plates; 2nd engraved titlepage +[14] +213pp +[4]pp (last blank) again with 1 preliminary + 50 numbered full page engraved plates. All plates with captions in Latin, Dutch & French. Endpapers browned, 1st engraved title very slightly chipped at fore-edge, a few small marginal tears without loss, otherwise beautifully clean throughout with the two complete sets of 51 plates interleaved in the text following each engraved titlepage. *Rare complete edition (the 2 parts… Read More

Roma: Nella Stamperia Dell S C Di Propaganda Fide, 1806. First Edition. Quarto. vii, 109, engraved frontispiece with six engraved plates and three text engravings. First Edition. The relics of St. Peter and St. Paul along with new marble busts of the saints by the sculptor Luigi Acuisti. Biblioteque nationale attributes authorship to Cancellieri although it has also been attributed to Lonardo Antonelli who had employed Cancellieri as his librarian for one of the great private collections, a trial binding bound by McLean in purple crushed morocco over yellow silk brocade cloth, raised bands, spine plain and slightly sunned, in slipcase. Maurith Burke bookplate on free endpaper.

Santiago De Chile: Imprenta De San Jose, 1920. Small Quarto. 132p, a very scarce work with the only recorded hard copy being in the National Library of Chile [New York Public has a microfilm copy]. Covers the history of Freemasonry in Chile. Bound in rust paper covered flexible boards backed in brown cloth, paper paste-down label, laid in is an 11p. primer suplemento a la nomina de masones de chile corners a bit bent, some toning to leaves, small barcode sticker to rear pastedown. A good copy.

[Liverpool, 1849]. Octavo. 32pp. Orson Pratt, one of the twelve apostles of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, published a series of pamphlets in defense of Mormon teachings along with Apostle Taylor's famous denial of polygamy in 1850. This is the second pamphlet published in the third series. Sewn but disbound. A very good copy.

London: Printed for the Proprietor By Jas. Adlard and Sons, and Published By J. Souter, 1818 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. A Collection of TRACTS with their own title pages and pagination, bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, raised bands on spine, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, binding and hinges tight. The individual Tracts are as listed: ***The Life and Morals of Confucius, a Chinese Philosopher, Who Flourished Above Five Hundred Years Before the Coming of Jesus Christ. Being One of the Choicest Pieces of Learning and Morality Remaining of That Nation. Reprinted from the Edition of 1691 and edited by Josephus Tela - 1818. i-viii, ix-x, 11-115pp. ***The Life and Morals of Epicurus; Translated From the Greek by John Digby, with Comments and Reflections From Several Authors. To Which are Added, An Essay on the Morals of Epicurus by Monsieur St. Evermont. And Also, The Advice of Isocrates to Demonicus; Translated From the Greek by John Digby. Reprinted from the Edition of 1712, and… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 713p. index. The first systematic collection of Latin sermons in England with the themes of pastoral care, orthodoxy, and Lollardly. This book is an important contribution to the study of medieval preaching and will be essential for scholars of late medieval literature, history and religious thought.

Roma: Nella Stamperia Dell S C Di Propaganda Fide, 1806. First Edition. Quarto. vii, 109, engraved frontispiece with six engraved plates and three text engravings. First Edition. The relics of St. Peter and St. Paul along with new marble busts of the saints by the sculptor Luigi Acuisti. Biblioteque nationale attributes authorship to Cancellieri although it has also been attributed to Lonardo Antonelli who had employed Cancellieri as his librarian for one of the great private collections, a trial binding bound by McLean in purple crushed morocco over yellow silk brocade cloth, raised bands, spine plain and slightly sunned, in slipcase. Maurith Burke bookplate on free endpaper.