The Last Puritan by George Santayana - 1936

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada [0-7705-1340-9] [1976], 1st edition. (Hardcover) 388pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Appendices, notes, bibliography, index. There is a reading room stamp on the front endpaper and fore-edges, also the spine of the dust jacket is lightly faded and has a small dampstain. Locale: Canada. (Religion, Civil Liberties, Jehovah's Witnesses--Canada, Religious Freedom).

London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co. 1831, 13th edition. (Leather binding) 439pp. Very good. Handsomely bound in brown morocco, decoratively stamped in blind and with leather spine label. Marbled endpapers and edges. A previous owner's bookplate was removed from the front inner board leaving some residue. Identified on spine as Jay's Prayers. (Religion, Prayer Books).

Allison V. Stewart, Boston, 1917; 12mo; black leather flex covers; gilt titles; all page edges gilt. The complete individual texts of "Science And Health With Key To The Scriptures," plus numerous other of Mrs. Eddy’s writings: "Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896"; "Unity Of Good"; "Rudimental Divine Science"; "No And Yes"; "Retrospection And Introspection"; "The First Church Of Christ Scientist"; "Miscellany" (which includes responses to criticisms made by Mark Twain and McClure’s Magazine, and a 1906 refutation of allegations that Rev. James Henry Wiggin was co-author of Science and Health); "Christian Healing"; "The People’s Idea Of God"; "Pulpit And Press"; "Christian Science vs. Pantheism"; "Message To The Mother Church, 1900"; "Message To The Mother Church, 1901"; and "Message To The Mother Church, 1902," the entire collection bound together… Read More

Boston: Munroe, Francis, and Parker, 1808. Hardcover. Fair +. 180 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf with gilt-ruled spine; black leather label on spine with gilt-tooled author's name. Early American Imprints, 2nd ser. (Shaw & Shoemaker), 14476. Former owner's name on back endpapers: Maria Sayforth. The author, Thomas Belsham (1750-1829), was an English Unitarian minister. He served the Essex Street Chapel from 1805 till his death. "These Discourses contain the substance of a Course of Lectures delivered after the morning service to the young persons who attend unitarian worship at the chapel in Essex street."--[p. iii]. Very scarce. In Fair+ Condition: leather is rubbed with loss along spine; front board is almost detached; lacking front free endpaper; finger soiling, light foxing, and browning throughout; complete.

Birmingham: Printed by J. Thompson, 1791 Book. Good. Hardcover. 40 pages. ESTC T71072. Title page spotted to the inner margin. Bound with A second letter published in the same year. ESTC T70389. 7, [1], 52 pages. Final few pages are heavily spotted. Bound together in modern plain paper covered boards. Page edges are untrimmed..

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada [0-7705-1340-9] [1976], 1st edition. (Hardcover) 388pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Appendices, notes, bibliography, index. There is a reading room stamp on the front endpaper and fore-edges, also the spine of the dust jacket is lightly faded and has a small dampstain. Locale: Canada. (Religion, Civil Liberties, Jehovah's Witnesses--Canada, Religious Freedom).

London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell 1790. (Hardcover) xxiii, 464, 16pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Finely bound in tree calf with gilt borders and spine decoration. Marbled endpapers. The covers are worn and the hinges weak and a previous owner's name inside. Locale: Glasgow--Scotland. (Religion, Sermons).

Glasgow: William Collins, Sons And 1866. (4to) 775pp. Very good, no dust jacket. A hefty tome in full brown leather with bevelled edges, decorative gilt borders and spine sections, and design in blind in the center of the front and back covers. All edges gilt, coated yellow endpapers, portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard, printed on double-column and with page borders, 100 drawings on wood and 20 drawings in chromo-lithography. The covers are a bit scuffed, the inner hinges cracked, and a handsome gift inscription dated Xmas 1866. The book is solid and internally clean. Contributors include George Cheever, James Montgomery. (Religion, Religion).

Boston: Munroe, Francis, and Parker, 1808. Hardcover. Fair +. 180 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf with gilt-ruled spine; black leather label on spine with gilt-tooled author's name. Early American Imprints, 2nd ser. (Shaw & Shoemaker), 14476. Former owner's name on back endpapers: Maria Sayforth. The author, Thomas Belsham (1750-1829), was an English Unitarian minister. He served the Essex Street Chapel from 1805 till his death. "These Discourses contain the substance of a Course of Lectures delivered after the morning service to the young persons who attend unitarian worship at the chapel in Essex street."--[p. iii]. Very scarce. In Fair+ Condition: leather is rubbed with loss along spine; front board is almost detached; lacking front free endpaper; finger soiling, light foxing, and browning throughout; complete.

National Publishing Company. Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1870. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 540 pages: 6.5 x 8.75 in.: 2.6: KB#012474: Rest of Subtitle: "Being an Expose' of the Secret Rites and Ceremonies of the Latter-Day Saints, With a Full and Authentic History of Polygamy and the Mormon sect From Its Origin to the Present Time." Includes fold-out map at front as well as 27 Illustrations. Pages are lightly foxed/spotted and edge/tops of Green Boards, with embossed title on front and spine, are worn, plus front flyleaf page has been removed. Content Chapters include: Historical * History From the Founding of Nauvoo Till 1843 * Mormon Difficulties and Death of the Prophet * Two Years of Strife - Exodus From Illinois * From the Nauvoo Exodus to the Mormon War in Utah * The Bloody Period * Gentiles in Utah * First Views in Utah * Two Weeks in Salt Lake City * Trip to Bear River and Return * The Conference and Its Results * Analysis of Mormon Society *… Read More