Ars Bonae Mortis Sive: Quotidiana Erga Sanctissimam Dei Matrem Mariam Pietas, ad omnia quidem utilis: ad felicem tamen mortem. de Hevenesi SJ., Gabriele - 1720

Charles Burnet & CO., 1887. Hardcover, Very Good/No DJ. Some Wear to book. Book pages clean. No markings in book. Binding is tight. Covers clean. previous owners gift inscription has a date of 1891. Copyright date is 1887. Pub Charles Burnet & CO. Still has a few uncut pages. On one page the paper was cut carelessly and chipped it in a few places. Paper is strong. cover near fore edge has a dent. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Principal Acts of the Church of Scotland. Edinburgh. Printed by George Mosman, Printer to the Church of Scotland and Her Assemblies. Anno Domini MDCXCI. Twenty-two annual extracts bound in single volume. Extracts included: 1690, 1695, 1697, 1699, 1700 then extracts for each year until and including 1717. Brown leather binding. See copious photographs for condition.

The British and Foreign Bible Society, 1862. Hardcover. Good. Mid-19th century KJV English Bible printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1862. Bound in dark-brown leather with gilt "Holy Bible" to spine panel. Blind rulings and decorative elements to spine, front and back panels. Presumably a personal copy of prominent Seventh Day Adventist leader and pastor and later one of its most outspoken critics D. M. Canright. Inscription on front free endpaper reads: "R Deming Bible | Bought January 24, 1866 | of Elder Canright | Seventh day adventist | Price $3.00". Numerous additional inscriptions on endpapers, likely in Deming's hand. Unpaginated. 6 7/8" x 4 5/8". Tight copy with moderate shelf wear, slightly bumped corners and superficially split hinges (not affecting integrity of binding). Light staining to front pastedown and two preliminary blanks. Short tears to fore edges of front and terminal blanks.… Leer más

London: C. Dilly; and T. Browne, 1788. Hardcover. Good. The Fifth Edition Corrected: With a Recommendatory Preface by the Reverend Mr. Thomas Adam. xxiv, 286 p.; 17 cm. Modern acid-free dyed flax over boards with gilt-tooled leather spine label. Contents: Sermon I. The Sinfulness and Misery of Man -- Sermon II. The Helplessness of Man -- Sermon III. The Power and Love of Christ -- Sermon IV. Faith in Christ -- Sermons V -- X. The Believer a new Creature, wherein that Character is largely described -- opposed to that of a careless Sinner -- and contradistinguished from that of a Formalist -- Sermon XI. An earnest Address to the Careless -- the Formal -- the new Creature. In 1746 Samuel Walker (1714-1761) was appointed curate of Truro, where he experienced an evangelical conversion. His popular sermons emphasized evangelical theology. Very scarce. In Good Condition: lacking lower corner of title page with partial loss of imprint; old staining on some pages; light foxing; otherwise, clean and tight.

There is significant wear on the leather binding. The spine is gone. The edges are worn and torn. The corners are torn. The pages are yellowed and tanned."The Revised Standard Version of the Bible is an authorized revision of the American Standard Version, published in 1901, which was a revision of the King James Version, published in 1611...." - Preface from The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version Containing the Old and New Testaments

London: Daniel Brown, Richard Sare, Charles Brome, John Nicholson, Benjamin Tooke, and George Strahan , 1711. Bound in early half black calf over black cloth boards, five raised bands ruled in gilt and gilt lettering, top edge gilt, frontispiece engraved portrait of Erasmus, (21), 404 pp. Very Good, a bit of separation at title page, leather rubbed at spine and edges, top gilt dulled, contents clean and free of foxing and toning. . First Edition. Half Calf Over Cloth Boards. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

An attractive, didactic children's book very probably written in 1844 by the Swiss (Geneva) wife of the "co-author", a Protestant Pasteur -Pasteur de l'église réformée evangelique- telling the story of a boat trip up the Rhône river, from Avignon to Geneva. viii + 203 pp. The unusual cover page is composed of a series of vignettes.Free postal delivery worldwide.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1842. Finely bound in period brown pebbled calf, the back in floral decorative gilt, the covers delicately tooled gilt floral decorations and the embossed gilt name Ellen C. Minturn, gilt turn ins, all edges gilt, yellow end papers, approx. 840 pages. Special title page between no. 718 and no. 719 notes this is the 8th American Edition from the eighteenth London edition, with enlargements. Also t.p. date of 1842, it reads "A Selection of Hymns, from the Best Authors, including a Great Number of Originals: intended to be an Index to Dr. Watts Psalms and Hymns, by John Rippon, D.D." A SCARCE edition, in commerce, and particularly so in lovely contemporary fine binding. Very Good Plus, rubbing at edges, prior owner name front end page(pen) and title page(pencil), toning at end pages and widely scattered throughout. . Later Edition. Pebbled Calf. Very Good Plus. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

No Place: Roman Catholic Church Two leaves of sacred music on thick paper, music and Latin verse both sides, measuring 16 3/4" x 11". 1. "Proprium Missarum De Sanctis. Festa Novembris die XXIX Novembris In Vigilia S, Andrae Apostoli." numbered p. 343, 344 at top 2. "Sabbato Quat. Temp. Septembris. Gloria Patri. Euouae Veni-te", p. 327-328 at top. Very Good, tiny pin hole, light wear at edges, small pencil notations top corners. No dates, circa late 17th century Spain.(?), from an Antiphonal or similar large book. . One Sheet Illustrated. Very Good. 16 3/4" x 11".

Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1792. In contemporary marbled calf, red morocco label with gilt lettering back, viii, 9-396 pp. Contains 28 sermons. Volume II only of the 2 volume set. Very Good, a few pages with marginal marks and notations in pencil, moderate toning throughout, boards rubbed, first front end page almost separated. The period ownership signature at title page of David Goodwin. Possibly David Goodwin (c.1744-1825), who served as a militia officer during the Revolutionary War, later represented Charlestown in the Massachusetts legislature, and he was a founding member of the Massachusetts Bible Society. Printed by Isaiah Thomas, (1749-1831), the famous Yankee patriot, printer, newspaper editor, historian, and founder of the American Antiquary Society. . Early American Imprint. Marbled Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.