[New York]: The Heritage Club, [1941]. 8vo. (30) pp. Illustrated throughout by Angelo, line drawings, margins richly illustrated in red, initial letters "illuminated with pure gold by hand entirely ... by Valenti Angelo." Heritage Club monthly newsletter, "Sandglass," laid in (small old tape marks on rear corners, residue on rear..... More
Nashville, TN: The convention, nd [1937]. First edition. 8vo. 16 pp. Illustrated from photographs, portraits. History of the building, with glosses on the Baptist Convention and the Sunday School Publishing Board. OCLC locates one copy (Emory). Original yellow wrappers, illustrated from a photograph of the building. (8543). More
New York: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, nd [1921]. First edition. Printed broadside, 11 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches, the headline printed in bold capitals, four bold shoulder notes printed in the left margin. Lays out a case against the Klan, employing information and evidence from Georgia..... More
[Pennsylvania]: zusammen getragen, MDCCXXVII. Und aufs neu abgeschrieben, 1747. A. Manuscript German-American songbook for use by a Pennsylvania family, written in black ink in a careful hand; without musical notation. Neat manuscript shoulder notes, corrections, additions, and deletions scattered throughout. Small 4to. (4), 316, (39) pp. Decorative initial letters. Text..... More
[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
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: 1832]. Newspaper extra. Single sheet, 39cm. 2pp. Text in three columns. Old fold lines, separated across horizontal fold but text legible, overall toning of sheet, small ink note [illegible] in upper right corner; thumbnail sized chip in outer margin, not affecting text. On the recto of this extra..... 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
Harrisonburg, (VA): Printed by A. Davisson for James A. Dillworth, 1820. 12mo. 292 pp. Contemporary calf (rubbed and soiled), leather spine label; moderately foxed throughout, old writing on endpapers and pastedowns, lacking rear endpapers. Good copy. First edition. Itinerant Methodist preacher, travelling the Middle Atlantic states, Maryland to New York..... 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
Boston, (MA): Printed by David Carlisle, for John West, 1804. First edition. 12mo in sixes. 384 pp. Subscribers list; discreet blindstamp of bookseller F.M. O'Brien, Portland, Maine, on rear endpaper. American Imprints 5658. Contemporary calf, gilt rules and leather label on spine; binding somewhat rubbed, but an attractive copy. 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
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1981. First edition. Second printing. Octavo. (vi), 135pp. Brown cloth with gilt stamping on spine and front board. Near fine. More
Boston, New-England: Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-street and by D. Gookin in Marlborough Street, 1747. First edition. 8vo. viii, 248 pp. Barnard (1681-1770) served as pastor of the Congregational Church in Marblehead for more than a half century, encourage the growth and development of his town..... More
Georgetown, D.C. Published by Joseph Milligan. J. C. Dunn, Printer, 1822. 16.5 cm. viii-492pp., [8]pp. index. Period dark brown leather with leather spine label and rules. Short split to lower front joint, old staining to front endpaers and first few pages. Uncommon title. PARSONS 729: "Written in Latin by Rev..... More
Washington, D.C. Academy of American Franciscan History, 1954. First edition. Octavo. xxv, 96pp. Very good in a dust jacket with a few edge chips. Owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Blue cloth with gilt stamping spine and front cover. More
Sacramento: Solomon Alter; San Francisco: Marvin & Hitchcock, 1853. 12mo. 261 pp. Six plates. Black cloth (somewhat later?), gilt title on spine; joints repaired, some old interior soiling and staining. Good solid copy. First edition. With an inscription "To David R. Knox" dated in the year of publication at Sacramento..... More
Tarborough, NC: Printed and published by George Howard, 1834. 12mo. 300 pp. Subscribers list. Contemporary calf (rubbed, especially joints; corners bumped); staining in upper margin of last few leaves, early owner's name. Very good, solid copy. First edition. Comprises a reprint of Burkitt and Read's 1803 history of the association..... More
Richmond, VA: John Knox Press, 1949. First edition. 8vo. xi, (1), 416 pp. Tables. Help for a church group "deciding whether to preserve certain older patterns ... [or] to change such of the older patterns as stand in the way of a more Christian democracy, in church, in industry, and..... More
Boston: Printed by Green and Russell, 1767. First edition. 8vo. 60 pp. With the half-title. With the Stamp Act two years in the past and the Townsend duties on the horizon, Bridge views the scene: "As to the British colonies in North-America, whose respective governments are modelled conformably to the..... More
