Search Results: Religion & Philosophy from Classic Books and Ephemera

Rotterdam: Jan Daniel Beman en Zoon, 1766. Hardcover. Very Good. De agste druk. [54], 288 p.: frontispiece, title vignette, 13 leaves of engraved plates; 20 cm. Calf spine with speckled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between gilt-tooled borders. Blind-tooled title in second compartment: "Abraham de Aartsvader." Signatures: [pi]4 5*4 6*(4-1) 7*4 A-2N4. With original green silk bookmark. Title page printed in red and black. Wood-engraved tailpieces. The frontispiece is signed: "J. Wandelaar inv. et fecit." The 13 additional leaves of plates consist of a portrait of the author and 12 plates illustrating the story of Abraham. The portrait is an engraving that includes a verse about Hoogvliet by Joan Vermeulen; the engraving is by J. Houbraken and D. van Nymegen. The 12 plates accompaning the text are signed "J. Punt invenit et sculpsit" and dated 1743-1745. The title vignette is signed: "S. Fokke." First blank leaf following front free… Read More

London: J.G. & R. Rivington, Booksellers to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1833. Hardcover. Very Good -. New Edition. 2 volumes (viii, 429, [1] p.; xi, [1], 413, [1] p.); 18 cm. Contemporary polished calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; black label in fourth compartment with gilt-tooled author and volume number. Elaborate gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments and same border on all boards. All page edges marbled, matching marbled endpapers. Gilt-tooled armorial decoration of the Mercers' School in the center of each front board. The Mercers' School was founded by the Worshipful Company of Mercers in London in the 16th century and operated until 1959. Blank leaf following front endpapers in vol. 1 bears bookplate of the same armorial decoration and written below: "Reward of Merit to Master John Faulkner Mercers School Midsummer 1848." On the following blank leaf… Read More

London: Assigns of J. Sowle, 1738. Hardcover. Very Good +. "For the Testimony of a Good Conscience, From the Time of Their being first distinguished by that Name, Taken from Original Records, and other Authentick Accounts; Volume III From the year 1660 to the year 1666." [2], 546, xxviii, [10] p.: 1 leaf, folded; 20 cm. Signatures: B8(+x1) C-2H8 2I-2U4 [x]4 (8vo). Modern calf with original original gilt-tooled spine label. The folded leaf contains the table A Summary Account of the Sufferings in the Second and Third Volumes. Contains: An Alphabetical Index of the Names of the Sufferers in the Third Volume (pp. 479-546), and An Index Containing Some of the Principal Contest of this Third Volume (pp. 1-xxviii). Includes Errata on first page following p. xxviii, and publisher's advertisements on final 8 unpaginated pages. In Very Good+ Condition: very occasional soiling; folded leaf is intact and solid. A clean and tight copy of an important work in Quaker history.

Philadelphia: John C. Clark, 1836. Paperback. Very Good. 24 p.; 22 cm. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "3" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844) attended the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) before his career in finance, which included serving as the president of the Second Bank of the United States. In this address, Biddle advised the most recent graduates of the college to model themselves on Cicero, if called upon to become statesmen. "It cannot be that our free nation can long endure the vulgar dominion of ignorance and profligacy." In Very Good Condition: disbound; light foxing throughout; otherwise, clean and tight.

Concord, N.H.: Hoag & Atwood, 1831. Paperback. Fair. 16 p.: woodcut illustrations; 11 cm. "Second Series--No. 10" -- on front wrapper (p. [1]). In prose and verse, without music. Contents: Address to Children -- For a Little Child -- The Little Pilgrim -- Heaven and Earth -- God Every Where -- The Day of Life -- Time and Eternity. The Concord, N.H., publisher Hoag & Atwood was only active for about two years. Very scarce. In Fair Condition: lightly soiled throughout; stitching gone; edges chipped; 1.5-cm. tear from fore-edge of first leaf, without loss; conjugate leaves are separated; complete.

Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson, 1851. Hardcover. Good. 288 p., engraved frontispiece and added engraved title page; 14 cm. Contemporary red-brown cloth with criss-cross grain, double ruled borders, and blind-stamped center medallion reading "J. B. S. & Co." All page edges gilt. The frontispiece is an engraving of a country wedding, signed: "Miss L. Sharp del. J. I. Pease sculp." The added engraved title page has a title vignette of George Washington. Former owner's inscription on half title page: "W. S. Walters Washington City D.C." Circular stamp on half title and title pages and frontispiece verso: Wash. & Lynch R. P. O. Stamp of the Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, Va., on front fixed endpaper and title page, the former also stamped "Discarded." A guide to behavior for American men from the first half of the 19th century. In Good Condition: lacking cloth over spine; front board detached but present; lacking free endpapers; old… Read More

New York: American Tract Society, 1860. Hardcover. Good +. Attributed to George Mogridge (also known as Old Humphrey). 141 p.: illustrations; 12 cm. Original dark blue cloth with blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Gilt-stamped spine title, and illustration on spine and front board. All page edges gilt. Former owner's name inscribed in ink on both sides of blank leaf preceding title page: J.F. Polk. Inscribed twice in pencil on blank following text: James F. Polk, Winchester, Va., dated 1860 and 1865. No date of publication, series numbering, or printer given. Printed in the typeface adopted by the American Tract Society in 1848. Inscriptions suggest 1860 as year of publication. Addition largely illegible inscriptions on page preceding title page with dates from 1863 and 1864. In Good+ Conditon: slightly cocked; corners are rubbed through; slight loss of cloth at ends of spine; joints are rubbed but still solid; front free endpaper lacking; title page stained by ink inscription… Read More

Athens, Tenn: William P. Reid, 1833. Hard Cover. Good. Title page continued: "And a Dissertation on the Prophecies, in reference to the rise and fall of the beast, the cleansing of the sanctuary, the beginning and duration of the millenium, and the little season; together with a calculation shewing the exact time of the death of Christ, and, also, calculations shewing the precise time of the rise and fall of the beast, and the beginning of the millennium, &c. . . . Second Edition." Printed by John M. Gibbs. xii, 298, [2], 97, iii p.; 22 cm. Contemporary binding: leather spine with gilt-tooled spine title "Pearson's Analysis" and blue-, black-, and white-patterned paper over boards. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: LaMonte Sayler. A Dissertation on the Prophecies has separate title page and pagination. Published in Athens, Tenn., by W.P. Reid, but printed by Gibbs & Hoon. The author, Abel Pearson (1779-1856), organized Soddy Presbyterian Church,… Read More

Harrisburg: John S. Wiestling, 1823. Hardcover. Very Good -. "Erste Amerikanische Auflage. Nach der vierten Ausgabe, aus dem Englischen übersetzt." [8], 400 p.; 17 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled "Doddridge." All page edges yellow. Includes recommendations in the Foreword from the Reverends J.H.C. Helmuth and Samuel Helfenstein of Philadelphia, Daniel Kurtz of Baltimore, Georg Lochman of Harrisburg, and Ludwig Mayer of York, Pa., among others. Translation of: The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul. First Century of German Language Printing in the USA, 2592, variant B (without the list of subscribers). In Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed, with minor loss along back joint and fore-edge of front board; foxing on a few pages; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: Amerikanischen Traktats-Gesellschaft [American Tract Society], 1850. Paperback. Very Good -. 32 p.: illustrations; 11 cm. Lacking wrapper. No. 2 in the series Verzeichniss von Kinder-Tractaten. No date of publication. Part of American Tract Society's series of tracts for children in German, this contains the inspiring stories of Heinrich von S___, Elise, and Rosina. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: lacking wrapper; first page and last are lightly soiled; otherwise, only minor finger soiling.

Hamburg, Ger: T.C. Felginers Wittwe und Joh. Carl Bohn, 1739. Hardcover. Good -. Title continued: "Wobey zugleich die Eigenschaften der Geister überhaupt mit erörtert." Zweytes Stück, Dritte Betrachtung. [8], xvi, 543, [1] p.; 21 cm. Signatures: )(4 a-b4 A-Y4 (4to). Original brown cloth spine and marbled paper over boards. The four-leaf dedication to a former mayor of Hamburg, Johann Anderson, (signed )(4 and dated May 4, 1740) is inserted following the title page. Woodcut title vignette printer's device signed C. Fritzsch sc [Christian Fritzsch (1695-1747)]. Woodcut head- and tailpieces. Druckfehler on final, unpaginated, page. In Good- Condition: the original binding is quite worn: most of cloth lacking from spine and fore-edge of front board partially lacking; pp. 193-240 (signatures 2B-2G) are detached from text block as a unit; occasional light foxing and faint dampstain at upper edge or fore-edge; otherwise clean and complete.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good +. 78 p.; 19 cm. Green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. No dust jacket. The Swarthmore Lecture for 1949. First Edition. The author draws on his experience as General Secretary and Travelling Commissioner of the Friends Relief Service during the Second World War in explaining the motivations and methods of Quaker relief work. In Very Good+ Condition: spine sunned; slightly cocked; pages are clean and tight.

Karlsruhe, Ger: Verlag dem Churfürstlichen Lycäums, 1804. Hardcover. Good. [4], 429, [7] p.; 18 cm. Signatures: [pi]2 A-2C8 2D6 2E4(8vo). Full calf, rebacked in the late 19th or early 20th century. All page edges red. Gilt-tooled on back board (upside down -- probably the original front board): "M:M:T:W: 1809." Armorial title vignette. Without music, as usual for German hymnals of the period. In Good Condition: leather is significantly rubbed; joints are cracked; minor old dampstaining; foxing and browning throughout; otherwise clean and solid.

London: Alexander Strahan & Co, 1863. Hardcover. Very Good. "Eighth thousand." vi, [2], 288 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary green morocco with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine title in second compartment; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Elaborate gilt-tooled borders on both boards; gilt-tooled edges and turn-ins. All page edges gilt. Very attractive binding by an unidentified binder. Head-pieces and decorated initial letters. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; minor loss at head of spine; small stain on front board; clean and tight.

New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1879. Hardcover. Good. Imprint includes: "Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden." 132, [4] p.: illustrations, map; 15 cm. Brown cloth spine with light green paper over boards. "On Sale by J.B. McCullough, 1018 Arch Street, Philadelphia" -- at foot of front cover. Publisher's advertisement for Sunday-School Journal on back cover. Publisher's advertisements on 3 unpaginated pages following text. Circular embossed stamp on front free endpaper: "M.E. Book Rooms, Publishers and Booksellers, 1018 Arch St. Phila." Gift inscription on front free endpaper: "Jennie Echternach from her teacher, S.H. Athmore." Former owner Jennie Echternach wrote in pencil on endpapers indicating that she lived in Strasburg, Lancaster Co., Pa. In Good Condition: boards are heavily rubbed, with some loss of paper; a few pencilled notations; light soiling; solid.

Amsterdam: Nederlandsche Bijbel-Compagnie, 1837. Hardcover. Fair. "Door last van de der Hoog Mog: Heeren Staten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden en Volgens het Besluit vande Sinode Nationaal gehouden in de Jaren 1618 en 1619 te Dordrecht." 416, 132, [96], 65, [2] leaves [1422 p.]: music; 17 cm. Full contemporary calf with five gilt-ruled spine compartments; gilt-tooled titled in second compartment. Gilt-ruled borders on each board. One center clasp. Marbled endpapers. Former owner's name on blank leaf following front free endpaper: Matje. Broodman. States-General version. Engraved title page, with Acte van consent, dated 1832, on verso. New Testament and Psalms have separate title pages dated 1837. Without the Apocrypha. Followed by: Het Boek der Psalmen, dated 1837. Circular stamp at upper corner of 3rd leaf and on last page: Bybel Genootschap. In Fair Condition: both boards are detached but present; front free endpaper, engraved title page, and following leaf detached as a… Read More

Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1991. Paperback. Very Good +. Second impression. xvi, 519, [1] p.: tables; 23 cm. Paperback. "Based on a ten-year study, The Black Church in the African American Experience is the largest nongovernmental survey of urban and rural churches ever undertaken and the first major field study since the thirties." -- back cover. The authors drew on interviews with over 1,800 Black clergy in urban and rural settings. In Very Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; spine slightly creased; two page corners creased; clean and solid.

Carlton & Phillips, 1853. Hardcover. Good +. 152 p.: frontispiece; 15 cm. Dark brown rib-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. In Good+ Condition: cover is soiled; corners are rubbed, with slight loss of cloth at head of spine; fore-edge of front free endpaper chipped; upper corner of pp. 19-20 creased; small stain along upper edges of pp. 18-36; otherwise pages are clean and tight.

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1861. Hardcover. Very Good. xii, 167, [1] p.: frontispiece, 3 leaves of plates; 19 cm. Contemporary half green polished calf with gilt- and blue-marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; red leather labels in the second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title and author. Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Top page edges gilt. Gilt- and blue-marbled endpapers. In Very Good Condition: as is usual with green calf, the spine is faded to brown; front board has been sensitively reattached by a conservator; older archival repair to gutter between half title and frontispiece; occasional minimal foxing along fore-edges; clean and tight.

New Haven, Ct: Sidney Babcock, 1840. Paperback. Near Fine. Anderson, Alexander. 16 p.: 6 full-page woodcut illustrations; 11 cm. Green wrappers with elaborate borders. Front wrapper has title, imprint, and illustration of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus. Inside front and back wrapper contains decorative border and illustration, each signed with Alexander Anderson's AA. Back wrapper has advertisement for "Babcock's Moral, Instructive, and Entertaining Toy Books." Title page has decorative border and title vignette. Each page printed within decorative border. Undated gift inscription at head of title page. Contents: The Deliverance of the Israelites -- Destruction of the Egyptians -- Bread Rained from Heaven -- Moses Smiting the Rock in Horeb -- Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Scarce. In Near Fine Condition: wrapper edges slightly rubbed; minimal light foxing; otherwise clean and bright.