Search Results: the imitation of christ translated from by a kempis thomas

The Bruce Publishing Company, 1940. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Bruce Publishing Company, 1940-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0.9000 in x 7.7000 in x 5.0000 in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Stanford, NY: Daniel Lawrence. 16mo (about 6 3/4" tall) badly worn leather covers, detached, missing most of spine leather, pages browned and foxed, signatures and pages loose or detached, owner bookplate, old owner names. . Poor. Full Leather. 1803.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Francis S. Wiggins, 1824-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1824 Francis S. Wiggins (Trenton, New Jersey), 4 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches tall dark brown full leather bound (likely a modern rebind), gilt lettering and ruling to spine, 264 pp. Minor rubbing and edgewear to leather covers. Title page quite stained, torn and tattered, with a prior owner name lined out in black ink at the upper margin, lacking the upper and lower page tips and partly detached at the bottom of the page. Lower page tips clipped on the first dozen pages or so. Moderate foxing and staining throughout, with a moderate dampstain to the middle of the pages throughout the latter half of the book, especially pronounced in the past few pages of the volume. Despite all these faults, nevertheless a complete copy of this scarce edition which has a handsome shelf appearance. OCLC (No. 26323431) locates only five copies at institutions worldwide - three in New Jersey (Drew University, Princeton and Rutgers), one at Colorado State University in Ft.… Read More

Manlius, NY: Leonard Kellogg. Fair. 1816. Hardcover. Contemporary leather, spine label. Front board/first signature nearly detached. Edges worn. PO name dated 1817. Scattered foxing. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 231 pages .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London : William Pickering, 1851. 1st edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original full aniline calf. Spine worn; front board detached. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Previous owner's signature. Physical description; 248 pp. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Jesus Christ Character ; Early works to 1800. Meditations. Christian life. Spiritual life Catholic Church.

Gould and Lincoln, 1856. Tooled cloth cover with repaired spine and hinges, College bookplate, owner's inscription from 1866, slight foxing, Original edition from 1856 includes Life of Thomas A Kempis. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket.

Published by Joseph Wright. Rice Gaddis, Printer. Good. 1815 'Published by Joseph Wright; Rice Gaddis, Printer' (Wilmington, Ohio), 4 1/8 x 7 1/8 inches tall full leather bound, 195 pp. Error in pagination in printing, with page numbers for pp. 143-144 inverted, but the text is correct. Soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with bumping to the lower tips. Two-inch closed tear to blank rear free-endpaper. Light dampstaining and light to moderate foxing throughout, typical for works of this era. Otherwise, apart from a couple of pages with very slight marginal soiling, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - of this rare early American printing of a beloved Christian devotional work. OCLC (No. 36868053) locates only seven copies at institutions worldwide. ~KM5~ [1.0P] An early American edition of the popular 1785 John Payne translation of the Imitation of Christ (Copinger, 'On the English Translations of the Imitatio Christi' (1900), pp. 84-87). In the first paragraph of his lengthy… Read More

New-Bedford: Abraham Shearman, 1805. 16mo, pp. 256; a sheep binding under an applied over-binding of full sheep, red morocco label on original spine showing through a diecut window in the over-binding; sheep a bit rubbed, short tear on spine where label shows through; light foxing, ex-Hollis Social Library, with their bookplate and a very small rubberstamp on the title page. Payne was a publisher and associate of Samuel Johnson. His translation of A Kempis first appeared in 1785, and is printed here with his 38-page preface. American Imprints 8672.

Stanford, Dutches(s) County, NY: Printed by Daniel Lawrence, for Henry & John F. Hull, 1803. Early Dutchess County NY Imprint. First printed in the US in Philadelphia in 1783. Sml. 8vo, xxxi (2)34-40p; xli-xlii (1) 2-210pp. OCLC: 461007129. Printing and the Mind of Man 13. Evans 17992; Shaw & Shoemaker 4431. Inscribed on the half title to Willet Marshall, a present from Mary Hull, April 7th 1818, presumably a relation of the publishers. Original brown full calf and title label with gilt title. Somewhat bumped & marked, evenly and lightly foxed. Very pleasant overall.

Manlius, (N.Y.): Printed by Leonard Kellogg, 1816. 231pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, leather spine label. Front joint split and nearly detached, text a little darkened. Early ownership signature ("No. 22 Geo. W. Baker") on title, and ("Samuel Baker") on ffep, bookplate of later owner on front pastedown. 231pp. 1 vols. 12mo. American Imprints 37913; Parsons 538

Gaddis and Abrams, 1815. Hardcover. Very Good. 1815 first edition thus, 'Printed by Gaddis and Abrams' (Wilmington, Ohio), 4 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches tall full leather bound, gilt-lettered leather label to spine, 195 pp. Error in printer's pagination, with page numbers for pp. 143-144 inverted, but the text is correct. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to leather covers, with a bit of bumping to the tips. One-inch stain to the fore margin of the blank front free-endpaper, title page and first page of preface. Chipping to fore edge of front free-endpaper and bottom edge of title page. Light to moderate foxing throughout, typical for early nineteenth century imprints. Otherwise, apart from creasing to a handful of pages, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - in a handsome, solid period binding. Altogether a handsome example of an uncommon early American printing of this beloved devotional classic, intended for sale to a burgeoning Protestant and Quaker audience in Ohio and Pennsylvania. An… Read More

Wilmington, Oh: Printed by Gaddis & Abrams, 1815. 195pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, leather label. Some minor old ink scribbles on titlepage (over text). Heavy foxing. Still a tight, very good copy. An early and important work of Catholic Americana, and one of the earliest Ohio printings of this basic text of Catholic devotion. Shaw & Shoemaker locates seven copies. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 34992. OHIO IMPRINTS 258. WILKIE 369. MORGAN, OHIO IMPRINTS 120. PARSONS, EARLY CATHOLIC AMERICANA 515