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New York and Cincinnati: Fr. Pustet & Co., 1881. [2], viii, 499 pages. Original maroon cloth stamped in gilt and black. 19.5 x 10.5 cm. Spine a little sun-faded; wear and tiny tears to spine ends; moderate spotting to covers. Edges are a bit soiled, but the surface of the leaves, though mildly toned, are clean. Good plus. Early bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown: "Edward Perry, Bookseller, Stationer, & Printer, Charleston, S.C." FIRST OF THIS EDITION, being the first English language edition of Heinrich Himioben's "Die Schönheit der Katholischen Kirche" (1841), but substantially revised and augmented by the translator to adapt the work for use in the United States. Himioden's book was itself a heavily revised version ("almost a new work" writes Shadler, p. viii) of Gregor Rippel's "Alterhumb, Ursprung und Bedeutung aller Ceremonien, Gebräuchen und Gewohnheiten der Heil. Catholischen Kirchen" (1723). Shadler's… Read More

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1941. 140 pages, plus frontispiece and one double-sided plate. Original maroon cloth. [21.8 cm.] Very good in good plus dust jacket. Bookplate on front pastedown; light foxing to plates, facing pages, and endpapers. Some wear and rubbing to jacket with minor loss at ends of spine panel; small internal repair on verso; light soiling evident on rear panel. FIRST EDITION. "Joseph Blount Cheshire, for nearly forty years Bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina, was known and loved throughout the state as a man of great personal charm, good sense, and the ability to get things done. Beyond his ecclesiastical career, he was lawyer and a writer, who made many contributions to the formal history of the state as well as to the church. This book is an account of his life with particular emphasis on his life in the church." --Books from Chapel Hill, pp. 159-160.

Philadelphia: Joseph M. Wilson, 1852. xix, [1], [13]-338 pages. Original dark blue cloth stamped in gold and blind, with pictorial centerpiece in gold on front cover. [19.1 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with faint reminder of removed call number at base of spine, tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp to title and one other leaf, and number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page. Else a very good copy. Tiny traces of wear to spine ends and corners. Light to moderate foxing; a few leaves a little tanned. Signature of O[liver] S[mith] Sammis (1827-1912), a prominent merchant and real estate developer in Huntington, Long Island, on front endpapers. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR, on front free endpaper. It reads: "Rev. Dr. Davidson, with the regards of the Author." The recipient was Rev. Robert Davidson (1808-1876), whose "History of the Presbyterian Church in the State of Kentucky" (1847) is quoted in the first… Read More

Philadelphia: [Printed by] G. and D. Billmeyer, 1817. 12mo (signed in sixes). [16.5 cm.] [6], 572, [20] pages. Text in two columns. One page (528) with printed musical notation. Fourth edition, revised, so stated. Bound with (as usual and probably as issued): DAS KLEINE HARFE ... [Same imprint as preceding.] 55, [1] pages. Fourth edition, so stated. The two works are bound together in the original full calf with raised bands and blind rules near spine ends and on covers. The two original clasps are sturdy and close tightly. Front hinge repaired internally and externally with Japanese tissue. Else near very good. Some small scuffs to leather, thin slit at center of front cover. Some light to moderate damping and foxing. Stains to portion of two leaves of second work, with some associated creasing, but affected text still legible. Early owner's inscription on front free endpaper: "Christina Zigler's Book, 1840." AI 40208 and 41207. Bötte & Tannhof, "First… Read More

Cleveland: For private distribution, [printed by Horace Carr], 1930. [4], 59 pages. Original quarter green morocco over marbled paper cover boards with gilt spine title. [25.7 cm.] Near fine in like jacket and slipcase. A hint of sun to the spine, slight tanning to pastedowns, dime-sized chip to lower corner of one leaf, still a nice copy. Tiny chip to head of spine panel of jacket. Small bump and tear to top of slipcase. FIRST EDITION. One of 250 copies printed. Holmes was the librarian of the William Gwinn Mather Library in Cleveland. His highly respected bibliography of Increase Mather's works was issued in two volumes the following year by Harvard University Press.

New York: J.C. Riker, 1850. 12mo. 237 pages, plus frontispiece and extra engraved title page. Original purple cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine and with gilt centerpiece on each cover. [19 cm.] Spine faded and with wear and tears at ends; corners worn. Heavy circular stains and impressions on covers, suggest the volume was perhaps used as a resting place for a tea kettle or the like. Hinges cracked, but holding. Lacking front free endpaper. Marginal damping to first few leaves including plates. Engraved title leaf chipped along lower edge (it apparently adhered to the frontispiece and was then torn free). Scattered foxing and small stains, not affecting legibility. Poor to fair only. First American edition? Title page states: "From the second London edition, improved and corrected," however no earlier edition from either side of the Atlantic is found by OCLC. A novel with the explicit purpose of inculcating Christian morals. "The author has written the… Read More

Richmond, Va.: John Knox Press, 1961. xi, [3], 142 pages. Illustrated with one hundred photographs (including frontispiece; all reckoned in the pagination). Original russet cloth stamped in silver. 31 x 23.5 cm. Near fine copy in bright, near fine dust jacket. Light foxing to text block edges with virtually no impact on the surface of the leaves (excepting one tiny spot to half-title). Jacket shows a few minor traces of foxing and a short (half-centimeter) closed tear to the rear panel. A nice copy offered together with the original publisher’s printed mailer. FIRST EDITION. A handsome series of photographs of church facades by Carl Julien together with a historical introduction and detailed notes on each of the churches (pp. 117-142) by Daniel W. Hollis.�

Charleston, [S.C.]: Evans & Cogswell, 1860. 8vo [23.1 cm.] 33 pages. Original printed wraps. Library stamp on front wrap, but no other signs of institutional use. Otherwise good plus. Scattered foxing; some corners a little creased or bumped. FIRST EDITION. Scarce. Thomas Osborne Rice, a native of Brighton, Massachusetts, served as minister of the Circular Church for four years, remaining in South Carolina after secession and for much of the Civil War. Before coming to Charleston, he served as minister in West Killingly, Connecticut, and then in Boston (1858-1860). He resigned from the Circular Church in 1864 and crossed the lines to return to Massachusetts. Rice was the last minister of the old Circular Church, an architectural landmark of antebellum South Carolina. It was a great domed structure built in 1804 after the designs of Robert Mills, the esteemed Charleston architect best known for designing the original Washington Monument. The Circular Church was destroyed by a fire… Read More

Salem, N.C.: O.A. Keehln; Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1857. iv, [13]-206 pages. Original green cloth with gilt spine lettering. 16 x 10.5 cm. The cloth is a little faded and shows some faint stains; endpapers are browned. Moderate scattered foxing; leaves browned along the edges. Good plus. Penciled owner's inscription, "B.F. Crosland, New York, 1857," on front flyleaf. This was perhaps Benjamin Franklin Crosland (1826-1899), merchant and hotelier of Salem. FIRST EDITION. A history of the Moravians in North Carolina from the founding of Salem in 1752 to the time of publication. There are chapters on the Cherokee War (1759), the Revolutionary War, the founding of the Salem Female Academy, and the commencement of the Indian and Negro missions (in 1801 and 1822, respectively), plus lists of ministers, teachers, early settlers, and historic buildings. The author, Levin Theodore Reichel (1812-1878), was one of the sons of Bishop Reichel and a minister in the Moravian Church. Howes… Read More

Charleston: Office of the Southern Christian Advocate, C. Canning, Printer, 1849. 31 pages. Original printed wraps. [22.6 cm.] Embossed library stamp on title and one other leaf, number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page, but no other signs of institutional use. Else a good copy. Chip to head of front wrap, not affecting text; rear wrap detached and with old tape remnant along spine; moderate foxing to front wrap and title; some light foxing and marginal damping internally. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Rev. Whitefoord Smith (1812-1893) was a Methodist minister from Charleston, and a professor of English a Wofford College. The occasion of his sermon was the national day of fasting and prayer declared by President Taylor in response to the cholera epidemic. Smith declares that the scourge was the result of God's punishment for various sins, including greed (for territorial and monetary gain), the "licentiousness of the press," and sabbath breaking. In 1849, the… Read More

Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards, Broughton, & Co., [1881 or 1882]. 63 pages. Ads included in pagination (pp. 59-63). Original printed wraps. 23 x 15 cm. Spine chipped and showing light evidence of glue repair, front wrap nearly detached, a number of shallow chips to wraps not affecting printed matter. A few corners creased or chipped. Fair to good only. Second edition. We have also seen the first edition of this number. The main body of the text appears to be the same in both editions, however, the second edition has some changes in layout and fewer adds. While the first edition was almost certainly printed in 1881, demand for the second edition may not have arisen until the new year. This almanac has been praised for "collecting and preserving much valuable biographical and historical data concerning the denomination." --Dictionary of N.C. Biography (entry for Bailey). In addition to the usual almanac fare, there is "A Brief Sketch of Baptist History in North Carolina," several… Read More

New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1887. 281 pages, plus portrait frontispiece and four additional portrait plates. Original brown cloth stamped in gold. [21.6 cm.] Very good. Some faint soiling to cloth and several thin, light marks to rear cover; just a hint of wear to head of spine; early name on front free endpaper; and a few traces of light marginal foxing, but interior is generally clean and binding is solid. A respectable copy. FIRST EDITION. A memoir of religious life in the South during Civil War and Reconstruction, by one of the leaders of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States. Wilmer (1815-1900) was elected Bishop of Alabama in 1861, and consecrated in Richmond the following year. He was still serving as Bishop of Alabama in the reunified church at the time of publication. A second, more common edition was issued later the same year.

Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1930. 344 pages. Original cloth. [23.3 cm.] Near fine in good plus dust jacket. Small area of light speckling to front board, neat name on front free endpaper, else a fine copy. Jacket has shallow chip to head of spine panel, not affecting lettering; sun-fading to spine panel; seven centimeter tear to front panel with some creasing, repaired on verso with mending tissue; a few short tears; and light edge-wear. FIRST EDITION.

Ludlow, Vermont: Rev. Fred MacArthur, [circa 1938-early 1940's]. [2], 62, [1] pages, plus frontispiece portrait. Printed music throughout. Original printed wraps. 23 x 16 cm. Good plus. Light foxing and soiling to wraps; frontispiece foxed; foxing to p. 31, mostly affecting gutter; and a few traces of marginal foxing and soiling elsewhere. Apparent FIRST EDITION. Contains over 60 hymns performed by Rev. Fred MacArthur as the "Singing Parson" on WNBX Radio of Springfield, Vermont beginning in the late 1930's. A brief preface (p. [2]) discusses the history of the show, which was sponsored by the Wellwood Furniture Company of Springfield and was begun two years before this book was published. MacArthur (b. 1907), a native of Belmont, Mass., was the pastor of the Ludlow Baptist Church in Ludlow, Vermont. None of the songs contained in the book are his own. The most frequent contributors were Bentley DeForest and Alfred Henry Ackley; Charles H. Gabriel; and C. Austin Miles.… Read More

New Haven: T.J. Stafford, Printer, 1853. 8vo. 16 pages. Original printed wraps; stitching renewed. 23 x 15 cm. Spine is worn and split at head and tail; large chip, tears, and creases to unprinted rear wrap; shallow chip to final leaf, in no way affecting text; vertical fold throughout. Fair to good only, although complete and fairly clean. Provenance: Presentation inscription on the front wrap and CONTEMPORARY MARGINALIA ON SEVERAL PAGES BY A LADY OF CHARLESTON, Mrs. J.F. Edwards. This was Sarah Amelia Screven Edwards (1822-1855) of Charleston, a close relation of Bishop Gadsden by marriage. Her husband, James F. Edwards (1819-1862) was the nephew of Bishop Gadsden and shared two notable ancestors with him: Charleston mayor, John Edwards, and patriot, Gen. Christopher Gadsden. In one of her marginal notes, Mrs. Edwards outlines some of these family ties. She also mentions Rev. William Bell White Howe (1823-1894), the future Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina, and comments on Bishop Gadsden's… Read More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1859. 12 mo (in sixes). 316, [1] pages, the final page errata, plus engraved frontispiece depicting "The Whitefield House. 1740." Original brown cloth. [19.2 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on frontispiece, title page, and two other leaves; small number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page. No external markings, but faint evidence of call number removal at base of spine. Else a good copy. Shallow chip to head of spine; light wear extremities; cloth split along hinges, both of which remain sound; some fading and spotting to cloth; upper quarter of front free endpaper missing; scattered foxing. FIRST EDITION. A history of the Moravian church from its establishment, including much on Pennsylvania. There is a very brief discussion of Spangenberg's travels in North Carolina.

Wilmington, N.C.: Wm. L. De Rosset, Jr., 1892. xv, [1], 456 pages, including index. Original maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. [22.8 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on title and one other leaf, and a few small ink stamps. No external markings, but light evidence of call number removal at base of spine. Else good with wear to spine ends, corners, and rear hinge, and some stains and spotting to cloth. Binding is sound and text is clean. FIRST EDITION. Contributors include Alfred M. Waddell, Kemp P. Battle, and others.

Boston: Printed for S. Hall and Manning & Loring, 1801. 8vo [signed in fours; 21.6 cm.] [3]-38 pages. Lacking half-title and terminal blank. Removed from bound volume; stitching failing. Else good plus. A little edge-wear to title, some tanning, especially to first and final pages, light to moderate foxing. FIRST EDITION. Posthumously published. BAL 943.