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Berkeley, CA: s. n., 1927. Softcover. Paper ribbon; 6 x 1 3/4; single sheet, recto only; light green stock, printed in darker green; 3 small pinholes to upper margin; a few creases; very good condition.An interesting Bay Area piece of ephemera, the ribbon commemorated the 40th Christian Endeavor Convention in Berkeley, California. The organization, being the first national church youth one, was founded in 1881 in Portland, Maine, by the well-known clergyman Francis Edward Clark (1851 – 1927). Considered the forerunner of the modern denominational "youth fellowship," it began with as just a small group of youth, but by 1906, it had over four million members.

Harrisburg, PA: Herausgegeben von J. und F. Wyeth, 1830. Early 19th century edition; 4 1/2 x 2 3/4; pp. [4], 3-472, [2]; calf over boards; four raised bands to spine; two metal and leather clasps intact (often torn and missing from similar publications); engraved vignette to title page; a small notebook page with a signature and date tipped-in to first free leaf; a few small punctures from insect damage to upper margin of front board; leather a bit scuffed, especially along edges, spine, and clasps; relatively light foxing throughout; good to very good condition.An unusually well preserved edition of Martin Luther's New Testament, published in Pennsylvania by a somewhat lesser known publisher of religious literature in German, as opposed to the more famous Saur and Billmeyer publishers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Neu Berlin: G. Miller, 1835. Hardcover. Fifth edition; 4 x 2 1/2; pp. [7], 2-230, [4]; calf over boards; gilt title to spine; brass clasp intact; wear mostly to edges and corners; minor age-toning and spotting to pages; very good condition.A scarce German religious printing (no copies in OCLC), published for the Protestant German community in Pennsylvania.

New-Haven: Sidney's Press, 1815. First edition; 5 1/2 x 9; pp. [1], 4-28 including text to first page and back cover; original hand-sewn printed wraps; deckled page edges; mild uniform age-toning; front cover with a horizontal crinkle through middle; some pages uncut; overall beautifully preserved in very good to near fine condition.Heman Humphrey was the second President of Amherst College and one of the earliest influential figures in the Temperance Movement - long before the American Temperance Society was formally established. His current sermon, based on Genesis, XI. 6, focuses on living and working as a unity, the necessity for framing good penal laws, and the importance of raising children the proper way with no drinking alcohol and no swearing around them and teaching them to believe in and rely on God.Several copies in institutions, this the only one in the trade.

San Francisco: Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Committee of One Hundred, 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition; 5" x 7 3/4"; pp. [10, 9-119, [3]; original textured blue boards; gilt title; few small spots to covers; head of spine slightly indented; minor foxing along edges of pages, mostly very clean; gilt title to spine with some rubbing; two portraits frontis - Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, President of the Committee of One Hundred and Rev. H. H. Bell, author of the book and Executive Secretary of the Committee of One Hundred; very good to near fine condition. Inscribed by author to his son, Russell H. Bell. The Committee of One Hundred was appointed by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America to plan the religious activities during the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. The project was a vast undertaking of spreading Christian Evangelism and giving notable religious significance to the Exposition. It was said that: "Evil… Read More

New York: American Bible Society, 1854. Hardcover. Good. Original full morocco with elaborate blind-stamped decorations; gilt title to spine; 12mo; pp. [5], 6-670, [2]; dust-dulling and a few small spots to boards; rubbing to edges of boards and spine; minor marginal loss to paper of both pastedowns; moderate foxing; text in two columns (German-English). Overall in good condition.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. Hardcover. Good. pp. 335; original brown boards with gilt title and decorations to spine; relatively minor wear to covers; corners show some signs of rubbing; a few discolored spots to spine; some wear to head and tail of spine; bookshop blind stamp (no ink) to second free page; pages clean except a few small spots of soiling to first several of them; beginning of every chapter decorated with steel-engraved illuminated border. An important compilation of prayers through the ages, containing more than 300 prayers for communion with God, praise, old age and sickness, working prayers, death, etc. The book also contains a chapter on instructions, concerning praying and even some entries of Heathen and Mohammedan prayers.

Besancon Chez Bertrand, 1783. Hardcover. New edition, revised and enlarged by the author (translated from Italian); 3 1/2 x 5 1/4; pp. 3-394, [2]; full polished roan; four raised bands and gilt vignettes and title to spine; few lightly rubbed and worn spots to covers; lacking first blank leaf, else complete; edges with red tint; pages bright and clean; small hole to endpaper from insect damage; several pages with small nicks to upper corners not affecting text except for pp. 153-54 where last word is lost; overall very good or better.An early edition of one of Liguori's best known works - "Visits to the Most Blessed Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin Mary" which was originally published in 1745 (this edition published during the author's lifetime). Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1696 – 1787) was an Italian spiritual writer, poet, artist, philosopher, Catholic bishop, and and founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (a Roman Catholic missionary… Read More