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G. Lane & C.B. Tippett, New York, 1845. Third Ed., Revised and Corrected. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Book Scarce matched set of Bang’s history, which chronicles Methodism from its introduction in New York City in 1766 up through the General Conference of 1840. Banks provides a tremendous amount of detail, including regular updates on membership. Each of the volumes has a frontispiece. This set went through several editions by various publishers from Mason and Lane’s First Edition in 1838 on. However, a complete set from the same printing is difficult to find. Although a WorldCat search found multiple holdings, most of them turned out to be only one or two volumes. Only two libraries (under two OCLC numbers) reported a complete set of the 1845 printing: William Clements Library at the University of Michigan (244673815) and the Claremont School of Theology Library (874344217). Size: 6"-7" - Sextodecimo (16mo). 4-volume set… Read More

Flagg, Gould and Newman, Andover, MA, 1834. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good- Condition. Book Size: Around 7" or slightly taller - Duodecimo (12mo). 260 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is a bit shaken from the weakness of the front hinge, but otherwise remains tight. The paper has lightly tanned to a yellow-ish tone, but remains bright. Bould in a redish patterned cloth over boards. The spine has faded to almost a gold color. There are the remnants of a paper label with the title on the spine. The corners are turned and the rear bottom corner of the front cover has worn through to expose the board. The hinge has split at the frontis, which is detached at the head and foot on the gutter, but holding in the middle. The rear hinge is holding with only a small split in the end paper at the foot. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. The page edges are slightly browned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; Missionaries -- India -- Biography;… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1954. 10th printing. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Lois Lenski. Book A traditional telling of the first Thanksgiving featuring Lenski's illustrations. There are five full-page color plates bound in (including the frontis and a two-page illustration of the Thanksgiving meal) and many plain black drawings throughout Size: Small Octavo (7 1/2-8"). 57 pages. Item Type: Book. Text body is tight, bright and unmarked. The pages are slightly browned from age. Near Fine hardcover bound in light-red cloth over boards with the title and decoration in black or dark green ink on the front cover and spne. Corners are sharp with minimal wear at the tips of the bottom corners. The only reason for the Near Fine and not straight Fine is that there is a little color transfer from the cloth to the rear free endpaper. Also the rear paste-down and end paper are plain, rather than repeating the front decorations, which may be the way they were… Read More

Bantam Books, New York, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Inscribed by Author. Fine HB in Fine DJ, protected by archival polyester cover. Inscribed by author on title page: "To [names] - a walk along | Bath's murderous streets | [sig]" Red paper over boards with facsimile of author's signature on front cover. Bound in cream textured paper with bright gilt title on spine. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight; corners sharp. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths; United States; 1990s; Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 0553102044. ISBN/EAN: 9780553102048. Main Picture: Barron (1998), Jane and the Wandering Eye (First Edition, Signed) - Dust Jacket, protected in archival polyester cover. Picture 2: Barron (1998), Jane and the Wandering Eye (First Edition, Signed) - Front cover and spine. Picture 3: Barron (1998), Jane and the Wandering Eye (First… Read More

Self published, n.p, 1996. Hardcover. Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket (as issued). From the first page: "This compilation was started by Howard M. Bassett about 1950. After his death in 1965, it was laid aside in his brother's house. In 1993 and 1994 the notes, letters, and photos were gathered together and organized into this book by Peggy Bassett Stern, Betty McMahon, and Bill Bassett." The opening chapter, "Fifty Years in Flatbush" is described as "a composite story of the recollections of life in Flatbush by the five Bassett children, who were born between 1892 and 1905" (p. 1). Size: Between 11"-13" - Quatro (4to). 86 pages. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Bound in reddish-brown buckram over boards with bright gilt title on the spine. Corners are sharp; binding shows minimal shelf wear. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Genealogy & Local History; United States; Modern;… Read More

Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1969. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book . G+ HB in no DJ. xii, 466 p. 24 cm. Binder's error: the text block is bound upside down. Dark blue cloth over boards with bright gold title on spine. Corners are bumped and turned; small cut on the right edge of the front cover. Minor wear at corners and top and bottom of spine. Other than being put in upside down, the text block is tight, bright and unmarked. In practically "unread" condition. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 466 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: LITERARY CRITICISM; Shakespeare; United States; 1960s; Literature & Literary. . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 583. .

Garland Publishing, New York, 1988. Apparent First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Near Fine hardback in no dust jacket (as issued?). xix, 432 pages; 23 cm. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, vol. 839. Green cloth over boards with bright gilt title on front cover and spine. The contents include "Research on Chaucer and the Bible: A Critical Review" (pp. 15-37), "Index I: Chaucer's Biblical Allusions--An Annotated List" (pp. 55-304) and "Index II: Scriptural References" (pp. 305-388), as well as a Bibliography (pp. 389-432). Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 432 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked, in "as new" condition. Binding is tight; corners sharp, but showing some minor shelf wear. Previous owner's book-plate on inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; 1980s; ISBN: 0824063406. ISBN/EAN: 9780824063405.… Read More

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1945. 8th printing. Hardcover. Good Condition. Book The 8th printing on March 1, 1945, of the third book of the Little Golden Book series in its original blue spine. (The trademark gold spine was originally only printed on the dust jacket.) The back cover is Style #2.4 – "The Little Golden Library" with numbered list to #27. Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). 42 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is tight. There are marks in blue pen (mainly a line or two) on the pages for Q, R, S, T and U. Solid blue binding over paper-covered cardboard covers. The blue has browned from exposure on the outside edge. There is a 1/4" chip at the head of the hinge of the front cover. The top 1 1/4" of the front hinge has split, though not all the way through, and the bottom 2" of the rear hinge has split through. The upper corner of the front cover has taken a bump, resulting in some creasing and there is a small bump at… Read More

Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1942. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Book . VG HB in VG- DJ, protected by mylar cover. The front flap of the dust jacket lists to this title & the list at back only goes to the previous title. However, Axe's guide lists this wartime grade "poor" paper with plain frontispiece as second state (Axe Format III), so probably a later printing using the same plates and dust jacket as the 1942 first state. Green textured paper over boards w/black title on cover & spine; blue "house" scene eps. Corners sharp w/slight shelf wear. DJ has chipping at top of spine and front fold The book has some of the "old book" smell to it, which I am trying to get cleaned up by airing the book out Size: Duodecimo (12 mo; up to 7 3/4" / 17.5-20 cm tall). 220 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: JUVENILE FICTION; Mysteries & Detective Stories; United States; 1940s; Teens & Young Adult. .… Read More

Cumberland House, Nashville, TN, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good+. Book Signed by Editor. From the blurb on the front fold: "Readers enthralled by the works of great mystery and crime writers will find something new in Opening Shots. This collection offers not only the first published short stories of twenty prominent writers, but also features each author's recollections of the trials and thrills of making that unforgettable first sale." The writers included in the anthology are: David Black, Lawrence Block, Simon Brett, Max Allan Collins, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Loren D. Estleman, John Harvey, Joan Hess, Susan Isaacs, Peter Lovesey, Margaret Maron, Susan Moody, David Morrell, Sara Paretsky, Peter Robinson, James Sallis, Justin Scott, Minette Walters and Donald Westlake Size: About 10" - Small Quarto (Sm. 4to). 397 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Hardcover bound in grey textured paper over boards with the spine in… Read More

Fleming H. Revell Company, New York, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Signed by Author. This is signed Christmas gift copy. A Christmas 1930 message on dark blue paper is tipped onto the front free end paper and Booth has signed under the message in a fountain pen. The vertical line of the "B" smeared a bit, affecting the line she drew under her signature The text of the message reads, "Never forgetting the delightful association surrounding our united efforts for the cause of the unemployed, with deep gratitude for your very valuable assistance, and with my heartfelt wishes for a joyous and blessed Christmas, I present this little book with the prayer that through love for all men the peace of Christ shall ever abide with you, making all years new." Size: Around 7" or slightly taller - Duodecimo (12mo). 40 pages. Text block is tight and clean with no marks, although the paper is a bit toned from age . Blue paper over boards with black title, Salvation… Read More

Simon & Schuster, New York, 2008. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. From the blurb on the back cover: "Based on years of scholarship as well as a deep understanding of Lincoln and of Gettysburg itself, "The Gettysburg Gospel" is an indispensable book for anyone interested in the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, or American history." Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). 415 pages. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Spine is uncreased; corners are sharp; minimal shelf wear. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; American Presidents - Abraham Lincoln; United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); United States; Modern; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1131. .

Printed by J. Crouse, Norwich, 1768. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good- Condition. Book Pagination: xi, [1]-251, [1] p. Missing the errata leaf at the end called for in the University of Cambridge, Trinity College Library copy. Bowman’s third book, published in one edition. According to the abstract for Michael Talbot’s 2016 article on Bowman that was published in the journal Early Music (Vol. 44:1), “During the 1760s Bowman was drawn into Evangelical Anglicanism, becoming a passionate and influential propagandist for the Calvinian doctrine of predestination, for which he argued in several books and pamphlets,” including the present work. His thesis here is clear from the last part of the extended title: to shew in what Sense the Doctrinal Articles of the Established Church were understood by the Reformers, and most eminent Divines before the Restoration; to confirm that Sense by Scripture, and to prove that… Read More

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Signed by Author. VG+ HB, missing the original glassine cover, but in the original slipcase. Singed by Boyd on the limitation page. Over the limitation notice Boyd has written, "This is one of | the thirty copies | for presentation" and he has marked a # sign on the blank for the number. This edition was limited to 530 copies, with 500 for sale and 30 for presentation. Yellow paper over boards with quarter bound in royal blue cloth with 13 gilt stars stamped on the front cover and a gilt title on the spine. 5 p., 3-351 p. front. (port.), maps.; 23 cm. In addition, a facsimile of a note from Wayne to George Washington is tipped in. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 351 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight; corners sharp, but the head and foot of the spine shows a little wear and there is a small (1/4")… Read More

Harper & Row, New York, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Burchard, Peter. Book . Near Fine HB in G DJ, protected by archival polyester cover. Stated First Ed. 118 p. illus. 20 cm. Red cloth over boards with black Harper logo on cover and title on spine. Only defect is a 3/4" x 1/2" light water spot at bottom of cover. Contents are in "like new" condition. Unclipped DJ has 2" closed tear on front panel. Spine is darkened. Otherwise minor edge wear. Combination of two short stories and 12 sermons in verse in the style of stories told by Southern African-Americans. Size: Duodecimo (12 mo; up to 7 3/4" / 17.5-20 cm tall). 118 pages. Item Type: Book. Illustrator: Burchard, Peter. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories (single author); . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 490. .

University of Kentucky Press, Lexington, 1966. Hardcover. Good Condition/Very Good. Book . VG HB in VG DJ, protected by archival polyester cover. viii, 436 p. illus., map; 23 cm. Olive cloth over boards w/black title on spine. Corners sharp; minor shelf wear. Ex-lib, but only marks are the remnants of a pocket on the FEP, some paper & scarring on inside covers from removal of protective cover and a stamp on the top page edge. No internal markings in text block, which is tight and bright. Unclipped DJ has been protected, so shows no wear, other than a shadow from shelf tag at bottom of spine. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 436 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV); United States; 1960s; . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 868. .

Printed for John Billinger ... and Geo. Dawes, London, 1675. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Binding Copy. Book In his preface, Brydall writes that he has written this work now that the High Court of Chivalry has reopened. The court, which rules on whether or not individuals are in line for a title, had been dissolved by the Long Parliament in 1640. Brydall works through the various ranks of nobility and gentry, explaining their origins and rules of hereditary and dealing with such topics as the exemption of a Peer from arrest, the degradation of a Peer for poverty and the “Small or Little Diversity betwixt a Squire and a Gentleman.” WorldCat shows 37 holdings under four separate OCLC numbers: 9623922 (31 holdings), 228675088 (3 holdings), 1015527214 (2 holdings) and 457178124 (1 holding). Size: 6"-7" - Sextodecimo (16mo). Item Type: Book. The paper is tanned from age, but still supple. There is some soiling along the side page edges and some… Read More

John A. Grimes, Richmond, K[entucky], 1812. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Book Pagination: [5], vi, [2], 1-336. The pages, which are variously sized, befitting a frontier press, remain uncut on the top edge. This is collectible as an early Kentucky imprint (McMurtrie & Allen’s 1939 Checklist of Kentucky Imprints, 1811-1820, list it as #415)., a work by an early American work anticipating the development of psychiatry, and the output of an original thinker and writer on what at the time was the American frontier. In his preface Buchanan says the contents are derived from lectures intended for a medical school at Transylvania University where he was to be Professor of the Institutes of Medicine (p. v). The school didn’t open, but, Buchanan writes, after reviewing his notes “it appeared to me, that they they contained original matter, which ought to be communicated to the public.” He adds, “It… Read More

George Shumway Publisher, York, PA, 1970. Second Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Book VG softcover book in illustrated wrapper has the two full-size plans for the rifle and a pistol laid in. This second edition was "Revised & Edited by George Shumway." The copyright page notes that there were "4200 copies bound in paper." vii, 189 p.: illus. (2 fold.); 22 cm. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. The wrapper shows wear and has an area about the size of a half dollar at the top of the back cover where there is some dried residue. This book was kept in the workshop of a gunsmith, which accounts for the condition and the darkening that shows up at the folds of the plans. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Gunsmithing. ISBN: 087387028X. ISBN/EAN: 9780873870283. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1039. . 9780873870283

Henry Regnery Company, Chicago, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good-. First edition (No Additional Printings) of Buckley's first book in which he "demonstrates the secularist and collectivist impact of Yale education." It launched his career as a conservative commentator and critic. Four years later (1955) he began publishing the conservative journal National Review and for three decades was the host of the television program "Firing Line." In addition to his political works, he also wrote spy novels From the book's blurb on the rear flap: Buckley "believes that responsible men and women must energetically defend and encourage whatever values they cherish. He believes that any attempt to preserve our civilization which does not take into account the influencing of students is doomed to failure." Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). 240 pages. The textblock is tight, bright and unmarked, except for a previous booksellers pencil… Read More