New-Haven: Oliver Steele and Co., 1809. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 23,[1]pp. ([A]-C4, collated complete). External leaves a bit soiled, textblock uniformly toned, untrimmed leaves starting to curl along fore-edges, else Good to Very Good. Uncommon ordination sermon reminding the young minister that "The cold preacher of morality, and the..... More

Middletown, CT: Clark & Lyman, 1818. First Edition. Octavo; modern blue wrappers; 27,[1]pp. Light toning to textblock, else a Very Good to Near Fine example. Uncommon ordination sermon by the Connecticut Congregationalist minister, followed by three shorter sermons from the same event: "The Charge to the Pastor, by his..... More

Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1971. Octavo; xlix, 196pp. Blue-gray boards with gilt lettering and emblem. Ex-Lancaster Theological Seminary with their bookplate to front pastedown and usual markings. Boards are sturdy and square with some light smudging to cloth and nudging at spine ends. Surface abrasion from removed card pocket on rear..... More

Lugduni [Lyon]: Sumptibus Anisson, & Posuel, 1720. Two volumes; folios (39.5cm.); later limp marbled boards, pink printed spine labels (Vol. II bound upside down); [24],508,[76]; [16],572,[84]pp. (collated complete); large woodcut publisher's devices to both title pages signed in image "Papillon." Ex-seminary library with old shelf labels to spine feet and..... More

Newburyport, MA: From the Press of E.W. Allen / for Sale at the Bookstore of Thomas & Whipple, 1804. First Edition. Octavo; removed, old remnants of spine leather; 28pp. ([A]4 B-C4 D2, collated and presumed complete); woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Brief soil to title page (serving as upper cover), occasional..... More

Philadelphia, PA: Board of Foreign Missions / Reformed Church in the United States, 1925. First Edition. Octavo. 157 pp. 30 photographic plates, including frontispiece; black and white map, complete. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt. Light wear to edges and spine ends mildly nudged. Binding is sound and..... More

Torino: Gianini e Fiore, 1849. First Edition. Octavo (18cm.); late 19th-century parchment, gilt-lettered spine, all edges red, marbled endpapers; [12],498pp. Parchment margins and spine a bit toned, scattered foxing to textblock, ownership signature to front free endpaper verso, else a Very Good copy. History of the pre-Reformation Waldensian ascetic..... More

Boston, New-England: Printed by Richard and Samuel Draper, 1766. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 45,[5]pp. (collated complete with half title page); woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Brief spotting to half title, gatherings starting to separate, dark damp staining affecting final blank (not part of the final gathering), else a Very Good..... More

Boston: Printed by D. Fowle, for J. Winter in Union-Street, opposite the King's-Arms, 1754. First Edition. Octavo; removed; [2],41,[1]pp. (collated complete with half title page). Half title page (serving as upper cover) rather soiled and a bit wrinkled, contemporary gift inscription partly trimmed, else a Very Good example... More

London: R. Baldwyn, 1681. First Edition. Small quarto; removed pamphlet with perished stitching and gatherings subsequently loose; 40pp. (A-E4). Extremities rather toned and dust-soiled; Good overall. Scathing religious tract questionably attributed to the early Whig politician Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury (1621-1683). The tract excoriates what..... More

Paris: Chez Jacques Estienne, rue S. Jacques, au coin de la rue de la Parcheminiere, a la Vertu, 1710. First Edition. 12mo. [xii], 250 pp., bound in alternating 8s and 4s, collated complete. Bound in full contemporary calf; five raised bands, gilt decorating, and red leather label to spine; edges..... More

Napoli [Naples]: Nella Tipografia di Angelo Trani, 1814. "Prima edizione napoletana." Octavo; full contemporary elaborately gilt-tooled crimson morocco with "N.A." on both covers within gilt floral border, green gilt-lettered spine label, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; 588pp.; text printed in double columns. Leather a bit scuffed along margins, small ink..... More

London: F.C. J. Rivington, 1819. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm); contemporary calf over marbled paper-covered boards, spine in six compartments with red gilt title piece, marbled endpapers; vii,[1],438,[6]pp. (collated complete). Some scuffing along top edge of rear board, smallish piece missing from spine crown, scattered foxing, else Very Good and sound..... More