Search Results: Authors starting with W from St. Wulfstans Books

Halle: Julius Fricke, 1862. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. [6] + 444 pages. Scattered light foxing. Otherwise, pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Bound in contemporary marbled boards. Green spine label. Covers lightly worn. A very good clean copy of this scarce collection of contemporary missionary stories.

Berlin: Verlag von Martin Warneck, 1900. Original Wraps. Very Good. 5 5/8 x 8 3/4 inches. 385 pages. A few pages with small underlines or notes, mostly in pencil. Otherwise, pages clean. Retains original paper wraps (rear lacking). Spine loose with loss to paper wrap. A very good and careful history of missions and missionaries with a Protestant (European) point of view.

Hartford, CT: Printed and Published by George Goodwin and Sons, 1817. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches. 505 numbered pages. Page edges marbled. Early owner's inscription "Senesha Stillman" dated 1830 to pastedown and small gift inscription to title page. Endpapers foxed, otherwise clean. Bound with: Dwight, Timothy. Hymns Selected from Dr. Watts, Dr. Doddridge, and various other writers. According to the joint Committee of the General Association of Connecticut, and the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. Hartford, CT: George Goodwin & Sons, Printers, 1817. [321]-505. With separate title page. Pagination continuous with Psalms. Shaw & Shoemaker 40225. Bound in contemporary calf, acid-stained in brown, orange and green. Red leather spine label with gilt lettering. Gilt floral design and roll on spine and border of covers. Edges and joints rubbed. An extraordinary early American fine binding.

Cooperstown: Stereotyped and Published by H. & E. Phinney, 1838. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 2 1/2 x 3 5/8 inches. 2 ffep + 322 + 2 rfep. Bound with: Watts, Isaac. Hymns and Spiritual Songs in Three Books. I. Collected from the Scriptures. II. Composed on Divine Subjects. III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper, Cooperstown: Stereotyped and Published by H. & E. Phinney. Hymns with separate title page. Scattered foxing. All page edges colored yellow. Bound in contemporary full light brown leather with unusually extensive gilt tooling on spine and borders of both covers which are lightly worn. A very unusual early American imprint in a fine American binding.

[Chicago]: [Elder Publishing] , 1903. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 7 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches. A selection of pages and illustrations numbered through 563 with numerous full page illustrations and three pages of advertisements. Six page fold-out ledger for recording the names of subsribers bound at end. Ledger is hand-numbered in contemporary hand, but otherwise blank. Small flier regarding premium tipped in at end. Sample of red leather spine pasted inside rear cover and sample of cloth spine stamped on outside of rear cover. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt decoration to front cover. Covers lightly soiled and worn. A first edition of the prospectus/sample of the revised edition of this work. A scarce salesman's sample for subsription book sales in Victorian America.

Nördlingen: C.H. Beck'schen [Beck], 1861. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches. xii + 303 + [5] pages. Scattered light foxing. Otherwise pages clean and free from marking, soiling or staining. Bound in contemporary marbled boards over black cloth spine and corners. Covers lightly worn. A very good copy of this scarce history.

München: C.H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Oskar Beck), 1902. Original Cloth. Very Good +. 5 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches. viii + 431 + [1] pages. Pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. All page edges rouged. Bound in contemporary green cloth with gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Very light wear to covers. A very good clean and attractive copy.

Boston: McLaughlin & Reilly Co., [1906]. Original Cloth. Very Good. 5 x 7 inches. 216 pages. Pages bright and clean and free of marking, soiling and staining. Bound in brown cloth with title and author in white to front cover and spine. Covers lightly worn, mostly at lower spine. A very good copy of this standard treatise in English, translated from Weinmann's German.

Greenwich, CT: The Seabury Press, 1953. Original Cloth. Very Good. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. 427 pages. Illustrated with fold out map of ancient Mediterranean and Middle East. Ex-library with expected library markings. Otherwise, pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling or staining. Bound in publisher's blue cloth which is sunbleached at spine. A very good and readable history of the early church from the time of St. Paul to the eve of the Council of Nicea.

Augsburg: von Jenitsch & Stage'schen Buchhandlung, 1867. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches. 145 + [3] pages. Scattered light foxing. Otherwise pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Bound in contemporary marbled boards with remnants of green spine label. Covers very lightly worn. A very good clean copy of this scarce book in an attractive binding.

New York: Protestant Episcopal Press, 1831. First edition. Wraps. Very Good +. 5 1/2 x 9 1/16 inches. 23 pages. Scattered light foxing. Otherwise pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Bound in original blue wraps. A very good copy of this rare sermon on the subject of dissent by Bishop White, the first Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church (1789), given during his tenure as the fourth Presiding Bishop (1795-1836).

New York: A. C. Armstrong & Son, 1885. Limited ed. Vellum. Very Good. 5 3/4 x 8 inches. Illustrated with Woodcuts. Text is easily legible, woodcuts are crisp and clean. Gift inscription from previous owner on endpaper (1884-1953), possibly of Northampton, MA, on the occasion of his first Christmas. Interior pages are uncut with some chipped and tears to edges, some foxing spots and smudges. Pages are wavy to the touch. Endpapers have some foxing and smudges, small tear to paper on front hinge Number 90 of a limited edition of 375: "This edition consists of three hundred and seventy-five copies printed for America by Unwin Brothers, of London, England". "Imprynted atte the sign offe The Grasshopper, bye Unwin Brothers, The Gresham presse, inne Little Bridge Street, inne the parish offe S. Anne's, Blackfriars, and to bee solde bye T. Fisher Unwin, atte hise shop inne Paternofter Square, inne the Citie offe London, England". Top page edge rouged. Bound in contemporary full… Read More

Eisleben & Leipzig: Verlegt durch den christlichen Verein, 1892. Original Cloth. Very Good. 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches. 189 + [3] pages. Old ownership inscriptions to endpapers. Otherwise pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling or staining. Bound in contemporary back on black cloth with green spine label. Very light wear to covers. A good Lutheran devotional treatise.

London: Oxford University Press, 1964. Second edition. Original Cloth. Fine/very good +. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. xvi + 254 numbered pages. A fine copy bound in reddish cloth with very good dust jacket which is clipped and lightly sunned. THE comprehensive collection of Anglican liturgies and variants. A fine copy of this collection of Anglican liturgies from 1549 through 1928, also including Scottish and American liturgies, and liturgies from South Africa, Canada and India.

London: Oxford University Press, 1964. Second edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/very good. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. xvi + 254 numbered pages. Library markings and stamps to endpapers and title page, otherwise clean. Bound in red cloth with dust jacket which has slight wear at edges along spine. THE comprehensive collection of Anglican liturgies and variants. A fine copy of this collection of Anglican liturgies from 1549 through 1928, also including Scottish and American liturgies, and liturgies from South Africa, Canada and India.

Fargo: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1959. First edition. Original Cloth. Near Fine. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches. 208 pages. Illustrated. Pages bright and clean and free of marking, soiling or staining. Bound in publisher's green cloth with author and title in black to spine and front cover. Diocesan seal in black to front cover. A very good first editition history of the Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota.

London: Printed by Assigns of John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, 1680. First printing. Exotic. Fine. 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Folio. 48 numbered pages. Pages bright, clean and with uncut edges. Bound in full modern sealskin with fur by John Field (with binder's ticket); Provenance: Library of Harry and Virginia Walton. ESTCP2760. Notable for several debates over responses to the Popish Plot, an alleged Catholic plot to assassinate King Charles II, which led to more than a dozen executions, substantial anti-Catholic hysteria, and (eventually) a perjury conviction for the "discoverer" of the plot. Harry and Virginia Walton were lifelong residents of Covington, Virginia, a small town in the Allegheny Mountains. Harry was a graduate of Lynchburg College, and Virginia was a graduate of the Lynchburg General School of Nursing. Although largely unknown to the general public, the Waltons' reputation as collectors was widely respected in bibliophile and academic circles, and items… Read More

London: Printed for B, 1752. 10th edition. Leather Bound. Very Good. 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches. 1 ffep + advertisement + title + xii numbered pages + 210 numbered pages + 2 rfep. Many nice initial capitals and printer's devices. Occasional staining, closed tear to K1 - K2, and 1 rfep dog-eared. Contemporary handwritten prayer on fep. Bound in full brown calf with gilt border to boards. Front hinge professionally repaired with Japanese tissue. Corners rounded and worn. Spine with five raised and gilt bands. ESTCN36420 A very good copy of this interesting and popular devotional.

Leipzig: Fr. Richter, 1890. Original Cloth. Very Good +. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. xviii + [2] + 153 + [3] pages. Pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with black lettering and decoration. Gilt lettering on spine. Extremely light wear to covers. A very good copy of this treatise on the Church Father.

Boston: J.P. Magee, 1856. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 4 3/4 x 7 inches. 254 pages. Pages lightly age-toned, but otherwise clean. Scattered light dampstaining. Bound in original green patterned cloth with title and author in silver to spine. Spine with silver image or the victorious church as a woman with a cross. Covers lightly worn, mostly at edges. A very good copy of this scarce defense of Methodism.