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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH: THE PRESIDING BISHOPRIC, 1943 LIGHT GREEN COVER, BLACK PRINT AND PICTURE OF MAN UNDER TREE IN BLACK INK ON FRONT. INSIDE BACK COVER ARE NOTES FOR PAGES IN PENCIL. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. NICE PIECE OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY. FOR THE MORMON OR LOVER OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY AND DETAIL. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

USA: D. H. MCBRIDE & CO., 1899 SISTER MARY ALPHONSA CORRY (1842-1916 ). VERY NICE FIRST EDITION. GRAY COVER WITH BLACK OUTLINE AND TITLE ON FRONT. SOME FADING ON COVER FROM AGE. ON PAGES 7-11 THERE ARE CORRESPONDING SMALL DROPS-4 ON EACH PAGE (THEY DO NOT EFFECT PRINT). VERY TIGHT AND CLEAN. NO MARKINGS. ABOUT SUMMER SCHOOL ONE YEAR AT LAKE WONONA, WISCONSIN. BEAUTIFUL BOOK. TERRIFIC PIECE OF CATHOLIC LIFE AND HISTORY ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

Philadelphia, PA: GENERAL COUNCIL PUBLICATION HOUSE, 1906 SCHMAUK WAS EDITOR OF THE LUTHERAN LESSON SERIES. THIS WAS PUT OUT AS A SIMPLE AND EASY BIBLE GEOGRAPHY IN THE LUTHERAN GRADED SYSTEM FOR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS. BY THE BOARD OF PUBLICATION OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA. SCHMAUK WROTE A PREFACE THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BOOK ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 1905 FROM LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA. VERY NICE PICTURES AND MAPS THROUGH OUT. Theodore Emanuel Schmauk, D.D., LL.D. (May 30, 1860 - March 23, 1920) was an American Lutheran minister, educator, author and Church theologian. Theodore Emanuel Schmauk was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the son of a Lutheran minister, Rev. Benjamin W. and Wilhelmina C. (Hingel) Schmauk. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, (class of 1883) being ordained by the Ministerium of Pennsylvania in that year. In 1897, he received the degree of D.D. from Muhlenberg College and in 1910, the degree of LL.D. from Augustana College.… Read More

NEW YORK: HERAUSGEGEBEN VON UMERIFANIFCHEN, 1863 RARE BOOK, NICE LOOKING BLACK COVER, DESIGN ON FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE, RIBS ALONG SPINE. LIGHT WEAR AROUND EDGES. PREVIOUS OWNER HAS FADED WRITING IN FRNT. NO OTHER MARKINGS THROUGHOUT. LIGHT FOXING FRONT AND BACK FEW PAGES. HEAVY BOOK, 3.58 POUNDS. INCLUDED ARE CARDS DATING BACK TO 1909, PLACE MARKERS AND HAIR TIED WITH RIBBON. aLL WERE IN THE BIBLE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

PHILADELPHIA, PA: G. & D. BILLMEYER, 1817 RARE BOOK, LEATHER COVER WORN AND INTACT, FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT, LIGHT FOXING FRONT AND BACK, TIGHT PAGES, NUMBERS WRITTEN NEXT TO SOME ENTRIES. COUPLE SCRIBBLES WITH PENCIL IN BACK ON 2 BLANK PAGES. TERRIFIC PIECE OF LUTHERAN HISTORY. A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. The word hymn derives from Greek ὕμνος (hymnos), which means "a song of praise". The Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) is a US-based Protestant Christian denomination based in Mankato, Minnesota. It describes itself as a conservative, Confessional Lutheran body. The ELS has 130 congregations and has missions in Peru, Chile, India, South Korea, Ukraine, Czech Republic, and Latvia. The Evangelical Lutheran Synod teaches that the Bible is the only authoritative and error-free source for doctrine.… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1881 SYMBOLS OF FAITH THROUGHOUT HISTORY IN RELIGION. NICE LOOKING BROWN COVER, GOLD PRINT SPINE, TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES OF SPINE WORN, SMALL OWNER LABEL INSIDE FRONT, TIGHT, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED, Originally published 1877. THREE VOLUMES WITH THIS BEING VOLUME ONE. EIGHT CHAPTERS OF VERY DETAILED INFORMATION. GREAT PIECE OF HISTORY. A creed (also confession, symbol, or statement of faith) is a statement of the shared religions of a religious community in the form of a fixed formula summarizing core tenets. Philip Schaff (January 1, 1819 ¿ October 20, 1893), was a Swiss-born, German-educated Protestant theologian and a Church historian who spent most of his adult life living and teaching in the United States. PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE, UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, NY. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

STUTTGART, GERMANY: ARTHUR SCHOTT, 1890 UNIQUE, RARE. TWO PAGES ATTACHED NEATLY IN THE FRONT. ONE IN RED INK SIGNED 1886 LOOKS LIKE BY CARL JOSEPH. OTHER PAGE WRITTEN BY IGNATIUS FREDERICK, BISHOP OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.--NOV. 8, 1892 WHERE HE IS ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF THE BEAUTIFUL WORK AND RECOMMENDING IT TO CATHOLICS OF THE DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND. SHOULD BE WELCOME IN EVERY CATHOLIC FAMILY. CIRCA 1890. TWO SECTIONS, 467 PAGES AND 367 PAGES. VERY NICE LOOKING RED COVER, GOLD AND BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE, WEAR SHOWS ON UPPER AND LOWER SPINE, INSIDE FRONT COVER AND BACK SHOWS AGE, SMALL STICKER STATING M. BARTH & CO. IN FRONT, TIGHT INSIDE, CLEAN WITH NO MARKINGS INSIDE. BEAUTIFUL COLOR FRONTISPIECE AND BEAUTIFUL BOOK. ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. FOLDOUT PICTURE OF LOURDES IN COLOR. LOURDES IS A French watering resort famous for miracle cures. In 1858 the Virgin Mary reportedly appeared in a grotto to the peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous (1844-1879), later canonized as St. Bernadette in 1933. A marble… Read More

PHILADELPHIA: PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION, 1883 BROWN COVER WORN ON EDGES AND FADED SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT INSIDE. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT. VERY INTERESTING BOOK THAT DESCRIBES AND DISCUSSES THE MANY WAYS IN WHICH GOD'S HAND IS EVIDENT ON EARTH. UPON READING THE PREFACE I WAS INTRIGUED BY BURR'S UNDERTAKING AND READ THE BOOK. HE USES HISTORY, FACTS, EXAMPLES AND HIS OWN BELIEF AND UNDERSTANDING TO PRESENT A VERY INTERESTING BOOK. FOR ONE THAT LOVES RELIGION, QUESTIONING OR JUST WANTS TO HEAR SOMEONES IDEAS FROM OVER 140 YEARS AGO WILL ENJOY. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

CHICAGO: ALBERT WHITMAN & CO., 1931 BEAUTIFUL BOOK, DARK RED COVER, ARTWORK FRONT, GOLD PRINT FRONT BLACK SPINE, ARTWORK IN COLOR THROUGHOUT.
INSCRIPTION FRONT WHERE GIVEN TO SOMEONE CHRISTMAS 1940.
CLEAN AND TIGHT TTHOUGHOUT. VERY NICE BOOK.
IN FRONT WITH ARTWORK- MAXIM- DARE TO DO RIGHT, DARE TO BE TRUE, FOR YOU HAVE WORK NO OTHER CAN DO. DO IT BRAVELY, SO KINDLY, SO WELL; ANGELS WILL HASTEN THE STORY TO TELL.
22 STORIES INCLUDING: THE FOREVER GARDEN, THE FRUIT, ABEL AND CAIN, THE ARK, ABRAHAM, ISAAC, REBEKKAH, ESAU AND JACOB, JOSEPH THE DREAMER, JOSEPH SOLD, THE STRNGE DREAM, THE BABY IN THE BASKET, MOSES AND THE WICKED KING, THE STRONG BOY, SAMSON AND THE PHILLISTINES, THE BOY AND THE TEMPLE, LOYAL RUTH, DAVID AND HIS MUSIC, DAVID AND THE GIANT, ESTHER THE QUEEN, THE QUEEN'S BANQUET, AND DANIEL AND THE LIONS.
A WONDERFUL BOOK. FOR THE LOVER OF STORIES WITH GUIDANCE. LOVERS OF THE BIBLE FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN.
ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, 1899 FROM LITTLE BOOKS BY FAMOUS AUTHORS, NICE LOOKING DARK GREEN COVER, SILVER PRINT AND DESIGN, SLIGHT FADING FRONT, FRONTISPIECE IS JAFFA GATE IN JERUSALEM AND IS LOOSE, NO MARKINGS IN BOOK, GREAT SHAPE, TIGHT AND CLEAN INSIDE. Lewis "Lew" Wallace (April 10, 1827 ¿ February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician, and author. Wallace served as governor of the New Mexico Territory at the time of the Lincoln County War and worked to bring an end to the fighting. Of his novels and biographies, he is best known for his historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), a bestselling book since its publication, and called "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century." It has been adapted four times for films. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: FREDERICK PUSTET CO., 1929 BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK, LIGHT BROWN COVER, BLACK DESIGN AND PRINT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. WONDERFUL ARTWORK. STORIES AND DETAILS OF THE SAINTS. 16 SECTIONS. SAINT CHRISTOPHER, AUGUSTINE, IGNATIUS, LAWRENCE MICHAEL AND OTHERS. TERRIFIC STORIES TO EDUCATE BOTH YOUNG AND OLD. FOR THE LOVER OF SAINTS, RELIGION AND STORIES. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA: PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1894 RARE SONGBOOK, PUBLISHED 1894, COMPRISING PRIMARY SONGS, INTERMEDIATE SONGS, GOSPEL AND SPECIAL SONGS, AND OLD HYMNS AND TUNES. LIGHT BROWN COVER SHOWING SOME WEAR. CLEAN AND TIGHT INSIDE, NO MARKINGS. NICE INDEX IN THE BACK AND A SECTION THAT SEPARATES THE SONGS BY CATEGORIES, SUCH AS GOD, BIBLE, LOVE, WARFARE, TRUSTING JESUS, GIVING AND MANY OTHERS. GREAT BOOK FOR THE LOVER OF RELIGION AND MUSIC. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO., 1929 LIGHT BLUE COVER, LIGHTLY WORN. GOLD PRINT SPINE. FORMER LIBRARY BOOK, NUMBER SPINE, INSIDE BACK LIBRARY CARD HOLDER. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT.
ART PAINTING OF DE PAUL AS FRONTISPIECE. 5 CHAPTERS- LANDES, IMPORTANT PEOPLE, AMONG LOWLY, CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS, EXTREMIS: IN EXCELSIS.
SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS.
WONDERFUL DETAIL OF A FRENCH CATHOLIC PRIEST.
Henri Léon Emile Lavedan (9 April 1859 – 4 September 1940), French dramatist and man of letters, was born at Orléans, the son of Hubert Lavedan [fr], a well-known Catholic and liberal journalist.
Vincent de Paul, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660), commonly known as Saint Vincent de Paul, was an Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor.
In 1622 Vincent was appointed a chaplain to the galleys. After working for some time in Paris among imprisoned galley slaves, he returned to be the superior of what is now known as the Congregation of the Mission, or the… Read More

BOSTON: CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL AND PUBLISHING SOCIETY, 1889 RARE BOOK, DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. SMALL TEAR FRONT COVER OUTSIDE, BLACK DESIGN FRONT, BOOK HAS LIGHT WEAR. TIGHT THROUGHOUT. SEVERAL PIECES OF ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. BOOK DEDICATED TO MOTHERS OF AMERICA. BOOK IS ROOTED WITH A RELIGIOUS TINT. VERY ENTERTAINING AND OFFERING GOOD GUIDANCE IN ITS MESSAGE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: Harper & Brothers, FRANKLIN SQUARE, 1881 DARK BROWN COVER WITH FADING ON SPINE, GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT INSIDE. 32 SERMONS DATING FROM 1846 TO 1852. VARIOUS TOPICS. HUMAN RACE, CHARACTER, GLORY, HEAVEN, SCHOOL, CHRIST, WORSHIP, MINISTRY, WISDOM, REVELATION AND MANY OTHER TOPICS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL: THE REUBENI FOUNDATION, 1968 BEAUTIFUL COVER AND JACKET, VERY NICE CONDITION, TIGHT AND CLEAN. FROM ABRAHAM TO EZRA, 1726-444 BCE. THE STORY OF THE BIBLE, SET AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE ANCIENT WORLD, AND UNIQUELY RETOLD- IN THE FORM OF A MODERN DAILY NEWSPAPER. WONDERFUL! PRINTED IN ISREAL. FORMER OWNER WROTE IN BACK, ISRAEL TRIP FEB. 1977. OPENS AND FOLDS OUT. TABLE OF CONTENTS LISTS 26 NEWS ARTICLES. ABRAHAM PROCLAIMS NEW FAITH, RELIGIONS IN ABRAHAMS TIME, SODOM AND GOMORRAH, ISAAC'S SHIFT TO FARMING, JACOB PROTESTS SONS' ARREST, DEATH OF JOSEPH . ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

EAST AURORA, NEW YORK: THE ROYCROFTERS, 1934 VERY NICE FIRST EDITION, BROWN TEXTURED LEATHER COVER WITH RAISED GOLD LETTERING FRONT AND SPINE. NICELY DONE BOOK THAT IS TIGHT AND CLEAN. TERRIFIC BOOK ABOUT JESUS AND WHAT HIS SISTER'S WOULD HAVE SAID ABOUT HIM. VERY INTERESTING BOOK ON JESUS AND HIS LIFE. WITH 41 CHAPTERS GREAT DETAIL ABOUT JESUS. A 1938 LETTER FROM GERWIG AND A BROCHURE ON THE BOOK ARE INCLUDED. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

PHILADELPHIA: THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 1897 RARE BOOK, NICE LOOKING DARK GREEN COVER, DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. 24 CHAPTERS. THE CENTRE OF SOCIAL LIFE, LIFE IN THE SYNAGOGUE, COMMUNAL ORGANIZATION, INSTITUTION OF THE GHETTO, SOCIAL MORALITY, THE SLAVE TRADE, MONOGAMY AND THE HOME, HOME LIFE, LOVE AND COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE CUSTOMS, TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS, JEWS AND THEATRE, PURIM PLAY AND DRAMA, COSTUME IN LAW AND FASHION, JEWISH BADGE, PRIVATE AND COMMUNAL CHARITIES, POOR, SICK ANDAPTIVE, MEDIEVAL SCHOOLS, EDUCATION, MEDIEVAL PASTIMES AND INDOOR AMUSEMENTS, CHESS AND CARDS, JEWS AND CHRISTIANS, LITERARY FRIENDSHIPS. Israel Abrahams, MA (b. London, 26 November 1858; d. Cambridge, 6 October 1925) was one of the most distinguished Jewish scholars of his generation. He wrote a number of classics on Judaism, most notably, Jewish Life in the Middle Ages (1896). ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY, 1879 DARK RED COVER, BLACK DESIGN FRONT, GOLD IN DESIGN FRONT AND GOLD PRINT SPINE. WORN OVER TIME. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. PAGES LIGHT BROWN WITH AGING. TITLE PAGE MISSING SMALL PIECE LOWER RIGHT CORNER.
PREFATORY NOTE WRITTEN BY FRANCES SISTER MARIA EXPLAINING THAT FRANCES HAD REVISED PROOFS FOR THE BOOK SHORTLY BEFORE HER DEATH IN 1879. PUBLICATION WAS IN AUTUMN 1879.
IT WAS WRITTEN FOR THE GLORY OF CHRIST AS A MEMOIR OF HER LIFE AND TO GIVE UNDERSTANDING AND GUIDANCE.
THERE ARE THIRTEEN CHAPTERS ALL IN REFERENCE TO JESUS AND LIFE.
A WONDERFUL BOOK FOR ALL WHO LOVE CHRIST AND RELIGION.
Frances Ridley Havergal (14 December 1836 – 3 June 1879) was an English religious poet and hymnwriter. Take My Life and Let it Be and Thy Life for Me (also known as I Gave My Life for Thee) are two of her best known hymns. She also wrote hymn melodies, religious tracts, and works for children. She did not occupy, and did not claim for herself, a prominent place as a… Read More

READING, PA: THE PILGER BOOKSTORE, 1883 VERY NICE COLLECTOR ITEM. NICE LOOKING BOOK. BROWN COVER, FADED SOME ON SPINE, TIGHT AND STRONG BOUND, DECORATION AROUND FRONT, TITLE ON SPINE. PREVIOUS OWNER NAME IN FRONT SIGNED JUNE 16, 1990. SMALL PIECES OUT OF THE FRONT THREE PAGES AT BOTTOM. FRONTISPIECE IS VERY NICE ARTWORK. VERY NICE ARTWORK AND DESIGN THROUGHOUT (45 ILLUSTRATIONS). Luther, Martin (1483¿1546), German theologian and author. Martin Luther came to be easily the most well-known public figure¿and the most published author¿of his time. DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR TO LUTHERANS AND FRIENDS OF LUTHER. VERY INTERESTING HISTORY. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.