Paris: Librarie ch. Poussielgue, 1896. First Edition. Leather bound. In French. 8vo. Half leather over marbled boards. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated plates throughout. 344 pp. Minor scuffing to edges. Occasional soiling throughout. Contemporary prayer card laid in. This is a first edition volume of the letters of Sister Apolline Andriveau, a...... More
London: Burns and Oates, 1876. Leather bound. 8vo. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Speckled and stained edges. 376 pp. Edges scuffed and corners bumped. Some soiling to endpapers. Tight and clean. This is a handsome compilation of six 1876 issues of the Jesuit magazine The Messenger of the..... More
New York: John B. Alden, 1891. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 7.5"x5.25". Olive cloth with gilt lettering and embossed black decorations on spine and cover. 268 pp. Several small stains on covers. Hinges overopened. Foxing to endpapers. Occasional foxing throughout. The is a first edition of Elder David Bartley's allegorical religious novel about..... More
West Concord, MA: Hadley Press, [1929]. 2nd Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x6". Purple cloth. Gilt lettering to front cover. Frontispiece. [13], 12-70, [2]. Minor edge wear. Several superficial stains to front cloth. Additional notes pasted on recto and verso of title page, as issued by publisher. This is a scarce case study meant..... More
Paris: Perisse Freres, 1857. Leather bound. In Latin. 8vo. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering to spine. 536 pp. Rubbing to edges and boards. Foxing throughout. Very tightly bound. This is an attractive volume from French theologian Billuart's study of St. Thomas. More
University of Chicago, 1928. Hardcover. This is an early reprint of Case's influential book about the historical Jesus, signed by Case. At the time of listing, we were able to find no other instances of Case's signature for sale online, so this book is an incredible rarity for collectors of..... More
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Winterberg: Steinbrener, [1911]. Full leather. In German, Gothic script. 12mo. 5.25"x3.25". Blind tooled morocco. Brass borders and working clasp (not original to this edition). Decorative endpapers. Steel engraved frontispiece. 640 pp. Front hinge is broken and detached. Attractive brass edges and clasps added by a previous owner. Leather a bit scuffed..... More
Washington DC: Masonic Service Association, 1954. Wraps. 4to. Staple-bound wraps. Mimeographed type. 84 pp. Minor wear and sunning to wraps. Corners are curling slightly. 8 copies in OCLC. This is an uncommon informational book published by the Freemasons to educate the public on why they should be nicer to Freemasons. Arguments focus..... More
Los Angeles: Oriental Missionary Society, 1945. 24th printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Faux-leather. 378 pp. Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. This is an influential devotional by evangelical Christian missionary Lettie Cowman (1870-1960). Streams in the Desert is her best known book, reprinted many times, inspired by her mission work..... More
Paris: Librarie de Louis Vive, 1861. 5th edition. Leather bound. In French. 8vo. Quarter leather over green marbled boards. Gilt lettering on spine. 607 pp. Edges scuffed. About 1/3 of leather covering spine is chipped away, revealing the recycled paper beneath. Front hinge beginning to split. Foxing to endpapers and..... More
Boston: Christian Science Publication Society, 1932. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. Pebbled faux-leather. Large print. 628 pp. Minor shelf wear. Last few blank endpapers contain small, detailed pen notes about services and hymn numbers. Tight and clean. This is an antique, large print hymnal for Christian Science church services, with..... More
Boston: First Church of Christ, Scientist, [1970s]. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. Beige cloth. Dust jacket. Contains full facsimiles of 13 books by Eddy. Top edge of jacket rather worn, with numerous chips and closed tears. Book is near fine. This is a reprinted collection of non-canonical writings by Mary Baker Eddy, founder of..... More
Bruce Publishing Company, 1943. First Edition. Cloth. This is a very scarce first edition of Eden's final collection of poetry. Eden was an English poet whose verses often involved Catholic themes. In fact, this copy was former property of the Notre Dame convent in Milwaukee. It bears a few small..... More
Pilgrim Press, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. Small chips around edges of dust jacket. This is a scholarly assessment of the Christian Apocryphal Gospels unearthed in the Dead Sea Scrolls of Nag Hammadi, including the fragments in the original Greek and Latin and a handful of photos of the fragments. Those..... More
American Sunday-School Union, 1861. Cloth. Flyleaf is inscribed to the recipient as a gift, Christmas, 1875. This is an 1861 edition of the Christian juvenile fiction novel. Curiously, the author's name does not appear in the book, though other editions of the book are attributed to the "author of 'Twenty..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. Brown cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. Black and white photographic plates. 272 pp. Ex library. Jacket has very light edge wear. Library stamps on top, right, and bottom block edges. Stamps and library markings on front free endpaper and title page. Stamp on..... More
Chicago: Lily Publishing House, 1888. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x5.75" Green cloth with embossed decorations on cover and spine. 471 pp. Edges are rubbed and scuffed, especially at header and footer of spine. Several stains to covers. Rear hinge overopened. Soiling to endpapers. Several contemporary newspaper clippings and a paper..... More
Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1937. Pamphlet. 8vo. 8.5"x5.5" Staple-bound wraps. 30 pp. with advertisements. Bottom right corner of front cover creased. Tight and clean. This is a reprint of McCabe's critical lecture. Though the wraps are colored maroon, this is considered to be part of Emanuel Haldeman-Julius' "Big Blue Book" series, an offshoot..... More
Broadview Editions, 2007. Paperback. This is a scholarly edition of Hannah More's 1809 religious novel. Corners a little bumped. More
Colorado Springs: Rays of Light, 1941. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 7.75"x5.5". Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Pictorial dust jacket. 248 pp. Edge wear and scuffing to jacket. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Tight and clean. This is a scarce and curious novel with a hyper-specific focus..... More
Ozark Music Company, 1915. Pamphlet. Edges are curled, and the linen has come away at the bottom of the spine. Binding is sound however. Staining and soiling throughout as this was printed quite cheaply and staple bound with a linen cover. This is a turn-of-the-century song book of evangelical Christian..... More
London: Religious Tract Society, 1904. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with pastedown. Illustrated plates throughout. 190 pp. Minor edge wear. 1904 gift inscription on front free endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. Infrequent, marginal foxing to interior, text unaffected. Tight and clean. This is an antique biography of John Wesley, founder of the Methodist church..... More
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1931. Boards. Small 4to. Boards, backed in tape. Uncut rag paper. 66 pp. Ex-library. Block is beginning to separate from string binding. This is a very scarce reprint of letters between two 17th century English missionaries who ministered to native Americans. More
Albany, NY: Hoffman and White, 1833. 2nd Edition Revised. Leather bound. 8vo. Contemporary calf. Large folding frontispiece, additional folding map, full-page and text illustrations. 400 pp. Leather worn. Front hinge split but firmly attached. Contemporary signatures in front and end matter. Foxing throughout, mostly marginal. Frontispiece intact but tender at creases..... More
Cowman Publications, 1960. Pamphlet. This no-frills children's story is the tale of little Tim and Paul's quest to convert the evil Chinese Communists to American evangelical Christianity and capitalism. Both the text and cover art are extraordinarily racist, but are sadly an accurate representation of many Americans' views of Chinese..... More