Through the Open Door
Temple, PA: The Consistory, 1959. Octavo. 69 pages. Black and white photographs. Pale blue wraps stamped in black. Covers sunned at spine with some intermittent staining. Sound in binding and pages unmarked. More
Temple, PA: The Consistory, 1959. Octavo. 69 pages. Black and white photographs. Pale blue wraps stamped in black. Covers sunned at spine with some intermittent staining. Sound in binding and pages unmarked. More
First Edition. New York: Harper San Francisco, a Division of Harper Collins Publishers, 1992. First Edition. Quarto; 198 pages. Signed by author on front free endpaper to author and Presidential Speechwriter William Safire with inscription, "To Bill Safire, a superb / fellow wordsmith - / Richard A. Nenneman." Unclipped..... More
Brookfield, MA: E. & G. Merriam, 1828. 24mo; full contemporary gilt-tooled calf; xxvii,[28]-192pp. Light scuffing to leather extremities, tiny chip mid-spine, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else a Very Good copy in an attractive American binding. Scarce American edition of the English Nonconformist minister's tract first published..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1906. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's grey decorative cloth stamped in yellow and dark blue; [2],117,[1],[4](ads)pp. Corners bumped, else a Near Fine copy. Post-marked envelope dated 1908 tipped to front pastedown and containing 1.5pp. autograph letter signed by the author, addressed to a Professor Charles..... More
Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1998. First Edition (published simultaneously with First Edition in cloth). Quarto (31x29x3.5cm); 480pp, including bibliography and index. Approximately 400 color images, including the 281 catalogued items. Pictorial card wraps with generous French flaps. Catalog of the 1998-99 exhibit at the National Gallery of..... More
Providence, RI: The Narragansett Club, 1867. Limited Edition reprint from an unspecified number run with "Club Copy No. 36" to copyright page. Quarto. 425 pp. Facsimile reproduction of original 1644 title page. Bound in quarter crimson morocco, six compartments to spine, lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges stained red;..... More
Milano: Pettinaroli e Figli, 1925. First Edition. Slim folio; publisher's white pictorial card wrappers, gilt tassel adorned with wooden reproduction of the seal of Pope Pius XI; unpaginated; chiefly illus., tissue guards present between each leaf. Some light dust-soil to wrappers, minor toning, first tissue guard rather wrinkled, else Very..... More
Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, 1969. First Edition. Quarto (31x24x2.5cm); xx + 257pp, including appendices, bibliography, and index. Illustrated with 302 B&W and 13 color photographs, and 18 scientific analytical tables. Dust jacket in black with x-ray of bronze vessel. Volume bound in sage-green linen with gilt stamping..... More
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1965. Second Expanded Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's cream wrappers, pale green and black titling to upper cover, black spine titling; 114pp. Light toning and shelf wear to wrapper extremities, contemporary ownership signature to half title page, else Very Good and sound overall. More
Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1911. First Edition, Wrapper Issue. Octavo; publisher's grey printed wrappers; viii,244pp.; 8-page folding pamphlet bound in rear. Chip at spine crown, wrapper extremities a bit toned and wrinkled, later (1970) ownership signature to title page; Very Good overall. More
Lipsiae: Jo. Friderici Gleiditschii B. Filium, 1725. Edition Novissima. Thick quarto (25cm.); full contemporary parchment, manuscript spine title, all edges stained red; [4],31,[17]pp. & 2138 columns & [104]pp. (a2 [but a3] b-h4 A-7I4, a2 repeated, collated complete); engraved portrait frontispiece, title page printed in red and black. Upper cover fore-edge..... More
[Boston], Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Printed by T. and J. Fleet, and J. Gill. First Edition. Octavo. [4], 55 pp. Stitched into modern marbled wrappers, with half title. Half-title trimmed along fore-edge, contemporary gift inscription, sparse foxing, else a Very Good and well-preserved copy. John Adams was the principal..... More
New-London: T. Green, 1770. First Edition. Octavo; modern blue wrappers to style; 31,[1]pp.; woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Margins trimmed, slightly affecting contemporary manuscript price at top fore-edge corner of title page, else Very Good and sound. Response to William Hart's pamphlet "Brief Remarks on a Number of False Propositions,"..... More
Watertown: Benjamin Edes, 1775. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); modern blue cloth over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; 29,[1]pp. Lacking half title page and final blank, very minor spotting to a few leaves, else a Very Good copy in a fine new binding. Election day sermon delivered by Congregationalist minister and..... More
Boston: S. Kneeland, Printer to the Honourable House of Representatives, for D. Henchman, 1733. First Edition. Octavo; 20th century cloth tape over stiff marbled card, typescript label mounted to upper cover; [2],36pp. [[A]-E4]; typographically decorative initials, head- and tail-pieces. Lacking half title page, textblock lightly toned and foxed, ownership rubberstamp..... More
New York: Appleton & Co., 1843. Later Printing. 12mo. 174 pages plus publisher's advertisements. Green cloth blindstamped at front and rear and decorated in gilt at spine. Frontis with tissue guard. Ellis was an English author who wrote of the religious duty and conduct of women to provide..... More
Boston: Printed by Rogers and Fowle, for D. Henchman, 1744. First Edition. Small quarto (19.5cm.); recent stiff blue card wrappers, manuscript spine label; [4],151,[1]pp.; typographically decorative initials, head- and tail-pieces. Renewed endpapers, light soil to title page gutter, else Very Good in a fine, serviceable new binding. Collection of..... More
Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1930. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth, yellow topstain; xii,[2],288pp. Boards rather scuffed at spine ends and corners, extremities toned, most notably along spine and rear cover margins, later (1958) ownership signature with pencil inscription to front free endpaper, hairline crack to front hinge, textblock uniformly toned..... More
Bernville, PA: St. John's (Host) United Church of Christ, 1976. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's red gilt-lettered leatherette; xii,[2],240pp.; illus. throughout. Light soil to upper cover, the Church ownership rubberstamps and private owner's pressure stamp to endpapers, else Very Good or better. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. First Edition. Octavo; xix, 374pp. Publisher's black boards red and gilt titling to front and spine. No dust jacket. Boards are sturdy and square with light edgewear. A couple small specks to fore-edge of textblock. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
Ubol and Bangkok: Sudasnaram Foundation / Department of Religious Affairs, n.d., ca. 1960s. First Thus. 12mo (15.5cm.); publisher's gilt-lettered silk; [6],103pp.; title page vignette printed in colors. Hinge cracked at p. [1], spine a bit sunned, else Very Good. Bilingual collection, in Thai and English, of sayings of..... More
Columbus: Steam Press of Smith & Cox, Statesman Office, 1853. First Edition, an ex-library copy with the small blind-stamp of Western Reserve Historical Society and "Dup" notation on title page. Octavo; 23 pages. Removed from original wraps (missing). Chip to fore-edge of title page, with no loss to text. Some..... More
Boston: Cummings and Hilliard, 1818. First American Edition, from the Third London Edition. Octavo. 196 pages. Original paper covered boards. Some loss to spine with exposure to gatherings. Binding otherwise sound. Contemporary ownership inscription to preliminaries and title page. Some staining to pages. More
Madras: Udhaya Printers for the Director of Museums, 1992. Third printing (initially published 1954; reprinted 1965, 1992). Quarto (28x22.5x1.5cm); xi + 152pp + unpaginated appended portfolio of 30 B&W plates on coated paper. Card wrapper with cover photo and green lettering around sewn textblock. Wrapper shows moisture staining to..... More
Mixed Edition, the Second Edition revised, and enlarged of Parts I and II, First Edition of Parts III and IV. Four parts bound into two volumes; small quartos; full contemporary calf, elaborately gilt-tooled spines in five compartments, all edges marbled. Minor scuffing to extremities, discreetly repaired crack along spine of..... More