Search Results: Meditations from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

Buffalo, NY: Berger Publishing Co., 1907 Book. Illus. by Uncredited. Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original bright florals on white paper boards. More colour scenes and floral alternating with pithy sayings from a variety of sources. 14 pp. Some cover spots..

London: Henry J. Drane Book. Illus. by Uncredited Colour Illustrations. Good Plus. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original blue cloth with flowers on boards. Meditations on Heaven. This form of meditations mixed with art has been called "Brights" or "Brilliants", combining outstanding colour drawings with famous writings, either poetry or prose. First free endpaper is missing, and there is a short gift note. Some strained gutters have been carefully glued to prevent separation. Circa 1895. Rev. Bonar, (1808-1889) was a prominent minister in Scotland, eventually being elected Moderator of Assembly. 32 pp..

N.Y.: Barse & Hopkins, 1913 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original light blue-green cloth on boards. "Gems from our great authors." - Introduction. No detailed information was found on the author, except that he authored or co-authored some reference works. Previous owner's name and some cover spots, otherwise clean and sound. 124 pp..

Boston: William H. Hill, Jr., 1863 Book. Illus. by Uncredited Engravings. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original blindstamped purple cloth on boards with gilt spine decoration and lettering. Dull and dusty overall, but securely bound and clean inside except for previous owner's name in pencil and two small name stamps. Eight admonitions and a question, with an engraving beside each (Never be Down-Hearted, Be Cheerful, Do it Well, Be Orderly, Be in Time, Be Humble, Make a Good Use of It, Be Considerate, and Is it Honest ?) Advice all of us could "make a good use of." 93 pp..

New York: The Womans(sic) Press, 1925 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition Stated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Floral paper boards backed in blue cloth. Negligible wear to three cover corners. Gift note. Deckled edges. "As I watch the Christmas candles burn, I see in them a symbol of the Great Love which dipped a lustrous spirit into human form that the world in its darkness might be illumined and made beautiful." - P. Twelve. Unexpectedly profound. 96 pp. plus seven blank pages for "My Own Ceremonials.".

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1917 Book. Good Plus. Soft cover. Second Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original beige soft cover booklet. 96 pp..

N.Y.: Press of Eaton and Mains Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original grey cloth lettered in gilt on boards. Foreword by Margaret E. Sangster. Brief meditations by a number of authors and poets with an Easter theme. 118 pp..

New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1924 Book. Illus. by NC. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Stated (A-Y). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original brown quarter-cloth on beige pictorial boards with red lettering. Highly-embellished translation by T.E. Lawrence ( as L.H. Ross) of what was said to be a rather pedestrian French original. Lawrence had been booted out of the RAF, and had re-enlisted in the Tank Corps. With little to occupy his superior mind, he solicited Publisher Jonathan Cape for assignments in translation. While completing final arrangements to give Lawrence Mardrus' Arabian Nights for translation, Cape give him Le Gigantesque by Le Corbeau, the life story of a Sequoia tree, with determinism as the underlying theme. Completed in about three months, it proved to be the only translation from French that he completed. By December he was involved with The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which occupied him for three years. Red top edges. 139 pp. No marks or… Read More

N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908 Book. Illus. by Photo Portrait Frontispiece. Good Plus. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original black cloth elaborately decorated in white and gilt on boards. A book of daily meditations for a whole year. Price blacked out. Previous owner's name. OW very good condition. 185 pp..

Toronto: Salvation Army Book Department, 1914 Book. Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Maroon cloth on boards. No writing. Both hinges cracked and glued. This scarce little book is intended as a companion to The Salvation Soldier's Guide. 234 pp. plus catalog..

Cincinnati, Ohio: Revivalist Publishing House, 1892 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Sixth Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original dark green cloth on boards, lettered and decorated in silver. Previous owner's name and a few marginal lines. Knapp established God's Bible School in 1900, and the name was later extended by adding "and college." Over time it has been granted authority to confer Associate and Baccalaureate Degrees. 145 pp. plus ads..

New York: Thos. Y. Crowell & Co. Book. Illus. by Photo By Hollyer. Good. Hardcover. Sesame Booklet. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Brown paper boards. Previous owner's name and date ('14). Front hinge cracked. Pp. 7-72 is an abbreviated form of Tennyson's poem, In Memoriam. He shows t he Christian mourner how to "Stretch lame hands of faith." A tiny book which might be of significant value to someone in mourning..

N.Y.: Charles Scribner & Co., 1869 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. Fifteenth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blind-stamped brown cloth on boards. Moods, bodily imperfections, animal content, reproduction, truth, mistakes of penance, rights of woman, American public education, perverseness, undeveloped resources, and several more topics. Previous owner's name. Minor corner and edge wear. 344 pp..

London: Privately Published/Curwen Press, 1959 Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original green cloth on boards. DJ has minor chipping and short tears at top rear, still good. 21 brief essays grouped into four parts, contemplating Nature and its wonders. The title is from Shakespeare's As You Like It. This copy is impeccable except for the DJ chipping and one tiny crossed out price on the front free endpaper. 240 pp..

Elgin, Il.: David C. Cook Publishing Co., 1929 Book. Good Plus. Soft cover. First Edition. 5 1/2 x 8 Inches. A scarce book of sayings to live by, written by the author of In His Steps, which was first published in 1896 and sold over 30,000,000 copies. This little book of maxims is intended to help you each day. For example, "The best thing you possess is your reputation; the worst is your lack of it"(p. 51). Dust jacket is chipped along top and bottom, and there is tape repair to the jacket inside. 112 pp..

Joliet, IL: P.E. Volland Co., 1931 Book. Illus. by Muriel E. Halstead. Good Plus. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original green boards decorated pictorially in white and backed in black. 63 pp. with one poem to each. Nostalgic, inspiring, uplifting. Minor corner tip wear, but no serious damage and no writing..

London: Morgan and Scott(Office of The Christian) Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. White faux leather or composition bordered in red and gilt. Pristine glassine wrapper. Encased in blue cardboard box titled as is the book. Outer surface of box spine is missing. Gutter crack between pp. 20-21. All edges gilt. Morgan and Scott published religious literature and hymns about 1910. This book is a guide to religious living in the home. 68 pp..

Philadelphia: The Rodgers Company, 1880 Book. Illus. by Uncredited. Good Plus. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original beige, blindstamped cloth, intricately decorated in pink and silver florals. Dedication page dated 1880, with no other publishing info. Christian meditations on sin, sorrow, and death. No marks or damage except red flecks on cover corner as shown in photo. 188 pp..

London: C.W. Daniel Company Ltd., 1936 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First Published 1936.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth on boards. A young pilgrim, Vincent, rides out in quest of Truth, with whom he has fallen in love. An allegory similar to Pilgrim's Progress. Scarce. Previous owner's name and inscription. DJ torn around edges and repaired inside. 143 pp..

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1892 Book. Illus. by Darley. Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original fine maroon cloth wth intricate gilt decoration and colour seaside pictorial pastedown on boards. Date taken from author's facsimile signature, but no publishing date given. Internet states Preface is same as first edition of 1850. The artist, Darley, was so well-respected for his detailed drawings that he was commissioned to illlustrate banknotes, in order to discoourage counterfeiters. A very popular book in its early days. After Mitchell's copyright expired in 1893, several unauthorized versions appeared. This is probably one of them. Altemus makes beautiful books ! Page turndowns corrected. 306 pp. No names or damage..