Search Results: Pre-1900 Religion from Seneca Valley Used Books & Paper Collectibles

American Tract Society. VG. circa 1848. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Title page states " A new edition carefully revised and corrected by Reb. H. Venn..........slightly abridged". Dark covers show normal usage. Corners have a bit of rubbing/bump. Most of the gold on details/lettering is gone. No copyright date given however inked ownership inside front cover is dated 1848. Other inked ownership inside back cover is dated 1962. Text is clean/tight with only a bit of foxing. Free gift wrapping, card and drop shipping. Let us know the occasion and message. ; 41/2x73/4; 430 pages .

Curts & Jennings/Eaton & Mains. VG/NONE. 1882. Hardcover. No edition/printing given. Burgandy boards/gld lettering. FRONT COVER HAS LARGE STRIP OF OLD MOLD DISCOLORING. Otherwise light normal usage showing. Ownership label on fep from the Furman St Methodist Episcopal Sunday School. Text is quite clean/tight/light normal pge browning. A few minor red markings in text. ; 41/2x7; 297 pages .

New London, Conn.: J. Bolles. Fair/NONE. 1848. Hardcover. Stereotype Edition. Brown boards/front board completely separated/rear board loose/SPINE MISSING. Inked ownership/drawing on feps. Ffep separated. Text is quite clean/tight. Still for its age quite nice. ; 33/4x61/4; 252 pages .

Houghton Mifflin. VG-/NONE. 1893. Hardcover. Possible second edition. This is a rare book find by Hall who was a minister in NY and later President of Union Theological Seminary. Navy blue boards/bit of fading on gold lettering/design. Corners/spine ends have open wear. Spine end toe does have some missing. Sticker damage on back board. Looks like some old mold spotting on front/back boards. Blk ffep & flypage are together but completely separated from text. Title page also completely separated. Some outer edge damage on title page. Inked ownership dated 1895. Rest of text still quite clean/tight. Minor water staining along outside bottom of pages. Overall still a great find in nice condition. ; 8vo; 354 pages .

Boston: T. O. H. P. Burnham. VG. 1867. Hardcover. Very good condition. To which is prefixed The Life of Mohammed or the History of that doctrine which was begun, carried on, and finally established by him in Arabia, and which has subjugated nearly as large a portion of the globe as the religion of Jesus has set at liberty. Solid brown covers. Title imprinted on front. Gold lettering on spine. Some little bumping on corners. Spine is a little faded. Top and bottom of spine are lightly bumped. Small ding in middle of spine. Free gift wrapping, card and drop shipping. Let us know the occasion and message. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 472 pages .

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. G. 1876?. Hardcover. Dark green boards/blk lettering. Blind stamped on rear board. Small color illustration of Meggie on front still quite nice although one edge is chipped. Boards have light normal wear and tear for age. Boards are together but completely separated from text. Also text is very loose within itself but is quite clean. There are 2 stories in this book. Pencilled gift dated July 21, 1876 reads 'A present to jesse from his ma'ma For going to school every day but one'. Frep has small piece missing. Engravure frontispiece for Meggie Williams shows Meggie, a young boy and man at a grave site. Engravure frontispiece for polly shows children being handed cookies at a gathering. This book is published under the direct of the Tract Committee and the direction of the Committee of General Knowledge and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Printed in London. ; 33/4X53/4; 27+32+4 pages .

Rhodes & Mcclure. VG+. 1898. Hardcover. No edition/printing given. Remarkable condition for age. Dark green boards/decorative silver lettering. Hardly any wear showing. Text is clean/tight/normal page browning. Inked ownership of W D Stanton. Rest of title page states ..' including replies by Prof Swing, Judge Black, J Munro Gibson, Rabbi Wise, Rev W F Craft, Chaplain McCabe, Dr Robert Collyer, Bishop Cheney, Dr Thomas, Dr Lorimer, Dr E P Goodwin, Dr James MacLaughlan and others also including in full Ingersoll's Lectures entitled 'The Mistakes of Moses', 'Skulls', 'What Shall We Do To Be Saved? ', 'Thomas Paine', to which the replies are made with Ingersoll's Answers. Also Ingersoll's Funeral Oration at his brother's grave with remarks by Henry Ward Beecher, Hon Issac N Arnold and others". ; Small 8vo; 482+ads pages .

Jas. Parker & Co.. P/NONE. circa 1883. no edition/printing given. Hardcover. Poor condition selling AS IS. Inked gift inscription is dated Xmas 1883. All Edge Gilt. Just beautiful font with red borders on each page. Front hinge is separated, Flypages are loose. Small penciled note. Rear hinge split. Boards are black with embossed red and gold designs. Spine is black with gold lettering and Stars of David. Much edge and corner wear. Spine seems faded and much wear. Top and bottom of front board at spine is unhinged as is rear board. Still a beautiful tight book. Free gift wrapping, card and drop shipping. Let us know the occasion and message. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 353 pages .

Westminster Press. VG+. 1899. Hardcover. Very good plus condition qith only light usage showing. Dark brown overs/gold lettering/brown embossing. Inked ownership of 1902. Text is clean/tight. Top edge gilt. Free gift wrapping, card and drop shipping. Let us know the occasion and message. ; Small 8vo; 198 pages .