RELIGIOUS HISTORY from Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC

New York: Macmillan and Co., [printed by the Norwood Press, Boston], 1894. xi, 286 pages, plus 12 color plates (including frontispiece). Original red cloth lettered and illustrated in gilt; top edge gilt. 19.5 x 15.5 cm. Base of the spine chipped with slight impact on publisher's name; head of the spine chipped to the headband; cloth faded and moderately soiled;… Read more

New Haven: T.J. Stafford, Printer, 1853. 8vo. 16 pages. Original printed wraps; stitching renewed. 23 x 15 cm. Spine is worn and split at head and tail; large chip, tears, and creases to unprinted rear wrap; shallow chip to final leaf, in no way affecting text; vertical fold throughout. Fair to good only, although complete and fairly clean. Provenance:… Read more

Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards, Broughton, & Co., [1881 or 1882]. 63 pages. Ads included in pagination (pp. 59-63). Original printed wraps. 23 x 15 cm. Spine chipped and showing light evidence of glue repair, front wrap nearly detached, a number of shallow chips to wraps not affecting printed matter. A few corners creased or chipped. Fair to good only. Second… Read more

Richmond, Va.: John Knox Press, 1961. xi, [3], 142 pages. Illustrated with one hundred photographs (including frontispiece; all reckoned in the pagination). Original russet cloth stamped in silver. 31 x 23.5 cm. Near fine copy in bright, near fine dust jacket. Light foxing to text block edges with virtually no impact on the surface of the leaves (excepting one… Read more

Paris: Pierre Emery, 1715. Quarto. Leaves approx. 26 x 18 cm. [2], xxii, [2], 456 pages, plus [2] pages publisher's priced catalogue. Woodcut vignette on title page; copper-engraved vignette on p. [1]; a few decorative woodcut head and tailpieces and small initials; one woodcut figure in the text (diagram of Holy Sepulchre, p. 414). … Read more

Ludlow, Vermont: Rev. Fred MacArthur, [circa 1938-early 1940's]. [2], 62, [1] pages, plus frontispiece portrait. Printed music throughout. Original printed wraps. 23 x 16 cm. Good plus. Light foxing and soiling to wraps; frontispiece foxed; foxing to p. 31, mostly affecting gutter; and a few traces of marginal foxing and soiling elsewhere. … Read more

New York: J.C. Riker, 1850. 12mo. 237 pages, plus frontispiece and extra engraved title page. Original purple cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine and with gilt centerpiece on each cover. [19 cm.] Spine faded and with wear and tears at ends; corners worn. Heavy circular stains and impressions on covers,… Read more

Cleveland: For private distribution, [printed by Horace Carr], 1930. [4], 59 pages. Original quarter green morocco over marbled paper cover boards with gilt spine title. [25.7 cm.] Near fine in like jacket and slipcase. A hint of sun to the spine, slight tanning to pastedowns, dime-sized chip to lower corner of one leaf, still a… Read more

Fletcher, N.C. : Calvary Parish, 1959. [4], 30 pages, plus frontispiece and 12 inserted plates from photographs, including portraits and views. Original printed wraps. [22.7 cm.] About very good. Some tanning and light soil to wraps, mostly evident on rear cover. Some very faint marginal foxing. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR… Read more

Boston: Printed for S. Hall and Manning & Loring, 1801. 8vo [signed in fours; 21.6 cm.] [3]-38 pages. Lacking half-title and terminal blank. Removed from bound volume; stitching failing. Else good plus. A little edge-wear to title, some tanning, especially to first and final pages, light to moderate foxing. FIRST EDITION. … Read more

Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1849. 12mo (signed in sixes). xii, 359 pages, plus [13] pages publisher's ads. Seven full page maps reckoned in the pagination. Original embossed brown cloth with gold spine lettering. [19.9 cm.] A respectable ex-library copy with light internal markings. Sondley Reference Library bookplate on front pastedown; embossed… Read more

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1941. 140 pages, plus frontispiece and one double-sided plate. Original maroon cloth. [21.8 cm.] Very good in good plus dust jacket. Bookplate on front pastedown; light foxing to plates, facing pages, and endpapers. Some wear and rubbing to jacket with minor loss at ends of… Read more

Philadelphia: [Printed by] G. and D. Billmeyer, 1817. 12mo (signed in sixes). [16.5 cm.] [6], 572, [20] pages. Text in two columns. One page (528) with printed musical notation. Fourth edition, revised, so stated. Bound with (as usual and probably as issued): DAS KLEINE HARFE ... [Same imprint as preceding.] 55, [1] pages. … Read more

Charleston, [S.C.]: Evans & Cogswell, 1860. 8vo [23.1 cm.] 33 pages. Original printed wraps. Library stamp on front wrap, but no other signs of institutional use. Otherwise good plus. Scattered foxing; some corners a little creased or bumped. FIRST EDITION. Scarce. Thomas Osborne Rice, a native of Brighton, Massachusetts,… Read more

Wilmington, N.C.: Wm. L. De Rosset, Jr., 1892. xv, [1], 456 pages, including index. Original maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. [22.8 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on title and one other leaf, and a few small ink stamps. No external markings, but light evidence of call number… Read more

New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1882. 200 pages, plus [1] page of forms for bequeathing money or real estate to the author's church. Original dark blue-green cloth. Ex-Sondley Reference Library with only light internal markings: tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on several leaves including title. Else a good, sound copy. Small… Read more

Charleston: Office of the Southern Christian Advocate, C. Canning, Printer, 1849. 31 pages. Original printed wraps. [22.6 cm.] Embossed library stamp on title and one other leaf, number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page, but no other signs of institutional use. Else a good copy. Chip to head of front… Read more

New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1887. 281 pages, plus portrait frontispiece and four additional portrait plates. Original brown cloth stamped in gold. [21.6 cm.] Very good. Some faint soiling to cloth and several thin, light marks to rear cover; just a hint of wear to head of spine; early name on front free endpaper; and… Read more

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1859. 12 mo (in sixes). 316, [1] pages, the final page errata, plus engraved frontispiece depicting "The Whitefield House. 1740." Original brown cloth. [19.2 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on frontispiece, title page, and two other leaves; small number stamp on verso of… Read more