Directorium in Exercitia Spiritualia S.P.N. Ignatii de [Aquaviva, Claudius and St. Ignatius Loyola] - 1635

Albany, NY: Printed and Published by E. & E. Hosford, 1824. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 3 3/4 x 6 inches. 24mo. 1 ffep + 360 numbered pages. Printed in two column Roman type. Griffiths 1824/24. Bound with: The Whole Book of Psalms in Metre; with Hymns, Suited to the Feasts and Fasts of the Church, and Other Occasions of Public Worship. Albany, NY: Printed and Published by E. & E. Hosford, 1824. 105 numbered pages + 2 rfep. Separate title page for Psalms. Bound in contemporary full tan polished calf with gilt rules on spine. Corners rubbed and worn at spine ends. Scattered light foxing. A very good early American BCP.

Oxford: At the University Press, 1832. First edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 5 3/4 x 9 inches. 2 vols. Vol. 1: 363 numbered pages. Vol. 2: 351 numbered pages. Occasional foxing. Bound in publisher's original wraps of half cloth with paper covered boards and original paper labels to spines. Light wear to hinges. A rare copy of this early commentary on the English BCP in its original state.

Londres [London]: Imprimerie de G. Watts, aux frais de la Societe´ Biblique, Brittanique et Etrangere, 1848. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches. Approx. 264 unnumbered leaves. Lacks ffep. Binder's ticket, "Watkins Binder" on front pastedown. Pages bright and clean. All page edges gilt. Bound in original full black leather with elaborate and delicate blind stamping and gilt spine lettering. A French language New Testament printed in London, in an exceptional English binding.

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1914. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good +/poor. 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches. xii + 144 numbered pages. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with remnants of dust jacket inside front cover. Pages clean. The author's personal copy of the Bohlen lectures that he delivered at Trinity Church, Philadelphia in 1914. From the library of Samuel Hart, which experienced a fire that damaged a number of books. As a result, items from Hart's library are extremely rare. Samuel Hart (1845-1917) was dean of the Berkeley Divinity School, the (un)official "middle way" seminary of the Episcopal Church at Middletown, Connecticut. In 1886, he became the third custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. In 1892, he became secretary of the House of Bishops. In 1898, he became the fourth historiographer of the Episcopal Church. He served in all three of these offices until his death. (In 1893, he was elected Bishop of Vermont, but he declined the office.) A unique… Leer más

New-York: Richard Scott, 1813. Leather Bound. Very Good. 3 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches. xii + 13-283 numbered pages. Expected moderate toning and foxing for an American book of this era. Early American binding of full brown tree calf with a little sooting. Spine with numerous gilt bands and gilt decorations in four compartments and red morocco spine label with gilt title to fifth compartment. Spine leather with some surface cracking. From the library of Samuel Hart with his library sticker (#486) to front pastedown and his inscription to title page. From the library of Samuel Hart, which experienced a fire that damaged a number of books. As a result, items from Hart's library are extremely rare. Samuel Hart (1845-1917) was dean of the Berkeley Divinity School, the (un)official "middle way" seminary of the Episcopal Church at Middletown, Connecticut. In 1886, he became the third custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. In 1892, he became secretary of the House of Bishops. In 1898, he… Leer más

Albany, NY: Printed and Published by E. & E. Hosford, 1824. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 3 3/4 x 6 inches. 24mo. 1 ffep + 360 numbered pages. Printed in two column Roman type. Griffiths 1824/24. Bound with: The Whole Book of Psalms in Metre; with Hymns, Suited to the Feasts and Fasts of the Church, and Other Occasions of Public Worship. Albany, NY: Printed and Published by E. & E. Hosford, 1824. 105 numbered pages + 2 rfep. Separate title page for Psalms. Bound in contemporary full tan polished calf with gilt rules on spine. Corners rubbed and worn at spine ends. Scattered light foxing. A very good early American BCP.

Oxford: At the University Press, 1832. First edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 5 3/4 x 9 inches. 2 vols. Vol. 1: 363 numbered pages. Vol. 2: 351 numbered pages. Occasional foxing. Bound in publisher's original wraps of half cloth with paper covered boards and original paper labels to spines. Light wear to hinges. A rare copy of this early commentary on the English BCP in its original state.

Londres [London]: Imprimerie de G. Watts, aux frais de la Societe´ Biblique, Brittanique et Etrangere, 1848. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches. Approx. 264 unnumbered leaves. Lacks ffep. Binder's ticket, "Watkins Binder" on front pastedown. Pages bright and clean. All page edges gilt. Bound in original full black leather with elaborate and delicate blind stamping and gilt spine lettering. A French language New Testament printed in London, in an exceptional English binding.

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1914. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good +/poor. 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches. xii + 144 numbered pages. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with remnants of dust jacket inside front cover. Pages clean. The author's personal copy of the Bohlen lectures that he delivered at Trinity Church, Philadelphia in 1914. From the library of Samuel Hart, which experienced a fire that damaged a number of books. As a result, items from Hart's library are extremely rare. Samuel Hart (1845-1917) was dean of the Berkeley Divinity School, the (un)official "middle way" seminary of the Episcopal Church at Middletown, Connecticut. In 1886, he became the third custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. In 1892, he became secretary of the House of Bishops. In 1898, he became the fourth historiographer of the Episcopal Church. He served in all three of these offices until his death. (In 1893, he was elected Bishop of Vermont, but he declined the office.) A unique… Leer más

New-York: Richard Scott, 1813. Leather Bound. Very Good. 3 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches. xii + 13-283 numbered pages. Expected moderate toning and foxing for an American book of this era. Early American binding of full brown tree calf with a little sooting. Spine with numerous gilt bands and gilt decorations in four compartments and red morocco spine label with gilt title to fifth compartment. Spine leather with some surface cracking. From the library of Samuel Hart with his library sticker (#486) to front pastedown and his inscription to title page. From the library of Samuel Hart, which experienced a fire that damaged a number of books. As a result, items from Hart's library are extremely rare. Samuel Hart (1845-1917) was dean of the Berkeley Divinity School, the (un)official "middle way" seminary of the Episcopal Church at Middletown, Connecticut. In 1886, he became the third custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. In 1892, he became secretary of the House of Bishops. In 1898, he… Leer más