Mass of the Roman Rite, volume 1 by Jungmann, Joseph - 1950

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

Oxford Univ Press, 1934. HBDJ,blue cloth, gold gilt decorated cover, 1934, 1st edition, minor rub & soil, former owner inscript,VG/VG. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Published only 450 numbered copies. 35 pp. with 12 red printed initials and 12 pen and ink drawings mounted on countless leaves. Weight: 900 Grams. In German.

MODERN LIBRARY, 1927. Front inner Flap DJ 95 cents INTACK, Yellow & White Torch Bearer endpaper have Date, Name, small ink markout , HBDJ, 1927, Stated 1ST Modern Library EDITION on Copyright pg, Half Title og mended Repair, BLUE cloth with gilt on front cvr running man words modern library in Gilt, Flex Board binding w/ Dust Jacket. Overall: VG- in GOOD+ DJ with tiny Corner DJ Chips & small Chips Tears Base Foxed DJ Spine NOT Affecting Print, ; has name and date on yellow/white endpapers; else Clean interior; front hinge at title page is cracked Slightly ; else Tight binding; Blue flex boards has hint of wear; gilt lettering and design are bright and clean; DJ has list of titles inside But NO specific # mentioned; it doesn't state how many at top, just say complete list of titles; 95 cent price intact inner flap; has chipping at corners; minor edge wear; fits tight. Small 6 3/4 X 4 1/2 IN APPROX, Interior Lite FOX, Back DJ says Are you pleased with this ML Book & has Pre ZipCode coupon… Read More

MODERN LIBRARY #57, 1940. ,(starting with Old Testament the Book of Amos, instead of Genesis) Easy to read & Understand HBDJ , 1940, STATED 1ST MODERN Library EDITION, VG+/VG-, 275 BOOKS & 95 CENTS & Pre Zip code coupon ON BACK OF EARLY DJ, , 291 BOOKS ON INVERSE BACK OF DJ, ,, a small spine tear at the top CVR of Blue cloth Book with Red square on Front with Title Inside. 5 X 7 1/4 IN. 545 pgs, Index in back, Red topstain bright, FOXED WHITE DJ with Gold Trim & Adornment shows tiny Spine End Chips & Extremities, BACK OF DJ SHOWS SLIGHT SCUFFING, Small lite stain btm Spine DJ ,Featuring a new translation of selections from the Old and New Testaments printed in the order scholars think the various books of the Bible were written (starting with Old Testament the Book of Amos, instead of Genesis), with a brief historical introduction to each book , Amos was 1 of 12 Minor Prophets. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: J.G. & R. Rivington, Booksellers to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1833. Hardcover. Very Good -. New Edition. 2 volumes (viii, 429, [1] p.; xi, [1], 413, [1] p.); 18 cm. Contemporary polished calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; black label in fourth compartment with gilt-tooled author and volume number. Elaborate gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments and same border on all boards. All page edges marbled, matching marbled endpapers. Gilt-tooled armorial decoration of the Mercers' School in the center of each front board. The Mercers' School was founded by the Worshipful Company of Mercers in London in the 16th century and operated until 1959. Blank leaf following front endpapers in vol. 1 bears bookplate of the same armorial decoration and written below: "Reward of Merit to Master John Faulkner Mercers School Midsummer 1848." On the following blank leaf… Read More