(Cardinal's Literature Committee: NY), 1931-1939. Paperback. Each 7 x 4.5", stapled wraps, edge-wear, toning, finger soiling, some issues with inkstamped dates on covers else a nice set. Also, eight issues of 'The Book Survey' from December 1946 through Jan-June 1949, 8.5 x 5.5", stapled pict wraps, EX-LIBRARY. Extra postage required..... More
np (Milwaukee, WI), 1951. Hardcover. 9 x 6", brown cloth, 35pp + index, covers rubbed with some staining else a good copy of this SCARCE item. More
Printed for John Brown: Glasgow, 1760-1761. Hardcover. 7.5 x 4.5", polished calf, 304pp + Contents; vii + 362pp + Contents, covers worn, corners badly bumped and chipped, front outer hinge torn at top and stitched together, prelims missing, pp quite browned with some light staining within, first few leaves edge-torn/chipped..... More
Baha'i Publishing Trust: Wilmette, IL, (1971). Hardcover. 8 x 5.5", gilt-lettered limp leatherette, 465pp with index, covers rubbed (especially spine), corners lightly bumped, former owners' ink inscription on front flys; a good, used copy of the "Fifth Printing of the 1956 Edition" More
The Universal House of Justice: Haifa, Israel. 1970. Illustr, 10 x 6.5, gilt lettered green cloth, 1228 pp, covers worn, spine faded, extremities fraying, ex-lib with usual markings, hinges loose, contents very good, with two folding map in pockets. More
Hickman, 1894. 4.5 x 3", printed on one side only. Foxing, light soiling and offsetting, light pencil notes on reverse, pencil "paid" on front. Card, #40, lists each month, monthly payments are punched out, this one stops at May. Printed at the bottom "Received payment, Eld. W.G. Faulkner, Pastor." More
Tipografia Vaticana: Vatican City, 1998. Illustr, 6.5 x 4.5, color pict wraps, 99 pp + Indice, covers a little worn and soiled, ink inscription from former owner else a nice copy of this booklet commemorating the beatification of Vincenzo Eugenio Bossilkov, Brigida Morello and Maria del Carmen Salles y Barangueras..... More
Asia Publ. House: Bombay, (1961). 8.75 x 5.75", cloth, 763pp with index, covers rubbed and sunned, extremities bumped, hinges loose, EX-LIBRARY with usual markings, inner front hinge cracked with one page detached (but present), pp toned and a bit brittle. More
Y Londond Printing and Publishing Co.: London UK, nd. Hardcover. Illus., 15.5 x 10.5", full leather with five metal "feet" on each cover, 1033pp + 36pp in two columns, covers heavily worn, front cover detached, spine cover chipped and cracked, former owner's pencil and ink inscriptions on front blank, pp..... More
(Johann Froben: Basel, 1491. 6.5 x 4.5", 16th century pigskin over beveled wooden boards, spine w/later gold tooling & red morocco label; metal clasps with leather straps (one broken), 494 leaves (of 496 -- missing two blanks) double-col, 56 lines with headline, rubricated throughout with capital initials in red, covers..... More
Robert Barker: London, 1610. Illustr title, maps, other illustr, 9 x 6.5, full gilt decoration recently rebacked leather, A-Qq7; Aaa-Rrr4 + THE BOOKE OF PSALMS, 1612, 93 (91)+ pp, covers edge chipped, old ink notes to prelims, first and last few pp chipped, some edge stains at rear else a...... More
Franciscus Renner de Heilbronn: Venice, 1482. Paperback. 11 x 8", full limp vellum, 311 of 462 leaves, Gothic type, binding cracked and worn, first leaf browned, marginal (mostly) staining, some worming to first and last few pp, some early marginalia, minor brown spots, toning and a light ink blot (41/7)..... More
Christopher Saur: Germantown, PA, 1763. 10.5 x 8, full calf over wooden boards with five raised bands, 992; 227 pp, binding somewhat rubbed, spine top chippping, piece of leather missing from top of front cover, clasps missing, some staining to prelims and first few pp, pp 109-248 of New Testament..... More
Amstelaedami et Ultrajecti 1705. Engraved titles, 9x5.5", recently rebacked leather, 333; 352+pp, covers chipped & stained (newer spines relatively nice), contents foxed. The "Popular Edition" of the Athias-Leusden Hebrew Bible (originally published in 1661), prepared by E. van der Hooght. A nice set. More
Caolum Hladky: Pragae, 1757. Engraved title, 6.5 x 4.5", full leather, 894pp + index, covers quite rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, spine creased, top of spine torn, bottom of spine chipped, hinges starting to separate, old ink inscriptions and names, pp browned with some marginal staining, A2 chipped (but repaired)..... More
Nicolaum Pezzana: Venetiis, 1742. Hardcover. 2 vols. Illus., 12.25 x 8.25", full limp vellum, 1060pp with Index Biblicus + lxiv, covers browned, wrinkled and soiled, spines darkened, extremities (esp. crowns) chipping, stained throughout, bookplates of former owner (Charles Hervey Hoare), some old black spotting on rear endpapers; a rather poor..... More
Christoph Saur: Germantown, PA, 1743. 10 x 7.75, full leather, (1), 9-995, 277; (9)pp, covers heavily worn, spine sunned with shallow cracks, front cover holed at spoine, one leather and metal clasp remains, missing two metal corner protectors, missing prelims, title page badly chipped and holed and yellowed mounted on..... More
Vereinsbuchhandlung: Calw, 1853. 6.5 x 4.5, boards, 311 pp, illustr, folding map, marbled papered boards, heavily worn, map foxed, owner's name otherwise clean and sound. Seventh ed. More
London, 1660. 6.75 x 4.5, gilt ruled black morocco, aeg, unpag, double columns with red lines separating, binding worn, hinges splitting, ink name, closely cropped, pp browned. WITH: THE GENEALOGIES RECORDED IN THE SACRED SCRIPTURES . . . By "J.S.," 1640, from Adam to JC, with Map of Canaan (2..... More
J & F Tallis: London, nd (c 1837?). WITH 38 FULL PAGE ENGRAVED PLATES including an engraved title page engraved after Rembrandt, Raphael, Rubens, etc., engraved by J. Rogers, H. Wallis, etc., 11 x 8.5, full gilt ruled black leather, aeg, 4a(4), rear cover gone, covers heavily worn, paper label..... More
George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode: London, (1869). Hardcover. 5 x 3.25", ivory covers edged with gold-colored metal, clasp with gold-colored metal, I.H.S. initials (metal), gilt-trimmed red and blue, tan leather spine with gilt lettering "Church Services" with gilt boxes, unpaginated, aeg, comes with black leather-covered box, gilt-colored metal clasp..... More
John Baskerville: Cambridge, 1760. 9.5 x 6", recently rebound in half black morocco; marbled boards, covers with light rubbing, old glue mark on front fly, pp lightly toned (more-so on front blanks) with some finger soiling and ink writing on title page, minor staining to bottom corner of last page;..... More
John Bill & Christopher Barker: London, 16__? Hardcover. Five folding maps, 16 x 10", polished paneled diced calf with six (of eight) ornate brass corners and two brass clasps (one complete), spine ends chipped, spine torn vertically, paper adhesions to front cover, some scratches but still a handsomely preserved binding;..... More
Clarendon Press: Oxford 1795. 6 x 3.5", old roan calf, unpaged, contemporary ink notes on end papers plus full page highly competent calligraphed name & date (1797), covers well worn with major surface abrasion on front cover, spine top frayed. Bound with: THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS Collected into English..... More
Baptist Young People's Union: Chicago, 1894. Hardcover. Photos; ads, 14.5 x 10.5", half black leather; marbled boards; 864pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and chipping, spine bottom missing half of the lower 3", pp toned with some horizontal creasing, minor staining to top of inner hinge at front and rear, but..... More