[Boston, MA]: Boston Chemical Printing Company, nd [ca. 1831-33]. Broadside on muslin. 30 x 29.5 cm. Three hymns, the first with music: "Sabbath School Hymn," including six verses and two lines of music, one for girls and one for boys; "We Never Part from Thee," in four verses; and "The..... More
Buffaloe, Brooke Co., VA: Printed and published by Alexr. Campbell, 1826. First edition thus. 8vo. 478, (2, blank), xlviii pp. Hills American Bible 567: "Edited by the publisher. This is the first appearance of the Alexander Campbell Version of the New Testament which has been in print for over a...... More
[1787-1801]. 8vo. 200 x 130 mm., [8 x 5 inches]. Bound in full leather, red leather title label laid down on spine with handwritten lettering rubbed away. This group of sermons offers insight into the nexus between religion and politics after during the Federal period of U.S. history. Each begs..... More
Philadelphia [Originally printed in London]: Kimber and Conrad, No. 93 Market Street, 1814. First American edition. 8vo. 14 cm. [5], - 68pp., including frontis. and two plates. Bound in full burgundy morocco. Boards and spine stamped with gilt decoration, marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Some chipping to spine and..... More
N.p. n.p., nd [ca. 1830]. Stipple line engraving, hand colored in browns and blues; image 8 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches, on a sheet 14 x 16 inches. While it bears no indication of artist, engraver, or publisher, it is the version thought by scholar Robert P. Emlen likely to..... More
Winston, NC: np, November 1860. Printed circular or handbill, 9 ¾ x 7 7/8 inches, three paragraphs outlining the need for the church, preaching having already commenced by Rev. H. F. Johnson of Lexington, and suggestions for a contribution campaign. Not in Hummel. OCLC locates one copy (North Carolina). Old..... More
Edgar, FL: The church, 1952. Program from the ceremony. 16mo. (4) pp. Portrait of Rev. McArthur on rear wrapper. Interior pages list the church’s deacons and trustees and the program, featuring a sermon, other speakers, and music selections. Now an unincorporated town, Edgar, in Putnam County, is named for Charles..... More
NP: np, nd [ca. 1840?]. Printed broadside, 13 x 8 inches, the title in bold capitals. The five advantages include (1) “unrestrained communication with others,” (2) ”the best works on education [are] explained, “ (3) “they fasten the attention of every mother on the great and responsible work of educating..... More
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[Statesville, NC?]: Diocese of the Episcopal Church of North Carolina, nd [ca. 1870?]. Broadside, 9 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches, printing a plea by a resident of Statesville, North Carolina, in support of the establishment of a local "School or College for educating Boys and Young Men," proposed by the..... More
Charlestown, [MA]: 1805. Printed broadside, 11 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type. Call for contributions to this fledgling charity to "feed the hungry and clothe the naked," to be called "The Baptist Charity Fund," signed in type by a six-member committee, including William Collier..... More
(Washington, DC? War Dept. ?), 1849. 8vo. Original self-wrappers, stitched. Very good. First edition. A letter from the Yearly Meetings of Friends for Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Genessee "in relation to their concern for the improvement of the Seneca Tribe of Indians in New York" (OCLC). Uncommon; OCLC locates..... More
London: Printed for W. Griffin, 1769. 12mo. xii, 372 pp. A presentation copy, with a gilt-stamped leather label, “Presented to R. Johns / by / Mrs. Jane Deakins,” mounted to the upper board; contemporary inscription on the title page “remember [the] one thing / needful. J. Deakins.” ESTC T181075. Contemporary..... More
Weldon, NC: Harrell's Print, 1898. Advertising handbill for the event. Printed handbill, 9 x 5 7/8 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, one manuscript correction to the text. At the time, Bear Swamp Baptist Church was located in Littleton, Halifax County; Wake Forest holds a microfilm of the..... More
Ravenna, OH: The newspaper, September 8, 1832. Printed broadsheet newspaper extra, 15 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches, 39cm. the head printed in bold capitals. The recto of extra, under the title “More Church & State: Combination to Overawe the Press,” prints the editor’s defense of his previous printing of a...... More
Atlanta, GA: The church, 1934. Handbill, 7 7/8 x 4 5/8 inches, employing several sizes of type and a bold headline. Not recorded on OCLC. Name written on verso, a little staining, but very good. Folded. (8549). More
Mobile, AL: July 23rd, 1855. 8vo. 29 (i.e., 28) pp. Self-wrappers, stitched; some spine erosion and soiling, else very good. Manuscript sermon by Abernethy, with a number of manuscript corrections and additions through the text and with a note on the inside of the front wrapper in the author's hand..... More
Nashville, TN: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1875. First edition. 12mo. vii, 66 pp. An essay on ethics. Allen (1836-1913) was serving as Superintendent of the Kentucky Military Institute in Farmdale, Kentucky (established by his father in the 1840s) at the time of publication; he studied at..... More
N.P. Published by the Session, June 1922. Stapled glossy white paperwraps. 8vo.; 6pp. Very good. More
(Jacksonville, FL: Florida Historical Quarterly), nd [1959]. First separate edition, reprint from the Quarterly, Vol. 38, No. 1, July 1959. 8vo. pp. 29-44. History of the Olive Branch Shaker Community, near Ashton in Osceola County. OCLC locates four copies (Hamilton, Berkshire Athenaeum, Nebraska-Lincoln, Alberta). Original printed wrappers, staples. Very good..... More
Philadelphia, (PA): David McKay, (c1932). First edition with the Pogany illustrations. 4to. xvi, 182 pp. 12 full-page black-and-white plates. Inscribed by Pogany on the half title in 1941 to arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson "this far-eastern saga for those of Ultima Thule." Original silver-stamped black cloth (one small white paint smudge..... More
Excusam Londini: Pro Francisco Coldocko, 1577. First edition. Small 8vo (14 cm.). (12), 296 pp. Title framed within a wide ornamental border. Colophon: "Londini, Ex typographia Henrici Middletoni, 1577." Written in 1547 but unpublished during Ascham's life, this anti-clerical work, an attack of the mass and the priesthood, appeared a...... More
Philadelphia, (PA): H. Hooker, 1849. First edition. 12mo. 105, (1) pp. Dated at the end of text "Raleigh N.C., October, 1849." The author, at the time serving in the United States Senate, argues against various powers for bishops in the Episcopal church claimed by Ives, "the rule of judgement will..... More
Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1892. First edition. 8vo. xiii, errata, 212pp. Bound in 3/4 tan leather with marbled boards. Raised bands on spine, red leather label gilt stamped. General wear to edges and joints of binding, else very good. Bookplate of F. L. Belin of Evermay. Ownership signature of..... More
Hopedale, [MA]: Community Press, 1853. First edition. 16mo. 17.5cm. vii, [2],10-192p. Original blind stamped brown cloth. Some wear to corners and edges, head of spine worn down to page edges, else a tight copy. Undated pencil inscription: "L.T. & S.J. Wilkinson. Milford Mass. Presented by the Author." A memoir of..... More
Boston, (MA): Published by Abel Tompkins, 1852. First edition. 12mo. 404, (4, publisher’s ads) pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the subject. Ballou (1771-1852), originally a Baptist, converted to Universalism in 1789, preached in several New England states, published widely, and became known as a father of American Universalism. Inscribed on..... More
