Search Results: History of Religion in America from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Salisbury, N.C.: Historical Committee, North Carolina Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1988. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Quarto. 441 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a green dust jacket. Minimal wear to the jacket. A fresh, clean copy. Map endpapers.

Williamsburg, VA: The Editor, 1903. Hardcover. Poor. Octavo. 763 pages. Hardcover in burgundy cloth. The binding is rubbed and worn with corners bumped. Some of the cloth is wrinkled. Upper edges of boards and text block have been damped. Corners are bumped. Fore-edge of text block has been marked up with pencil drawings. Front gutter is completely broken. Front flyleaf has been removed. Rear pastedown and flyleaf have pencil marks across them. Looks like a child's drawings. LACKS the leaf for page 315-316 (likely a portrait). Page 317-318 is detached from the text block but has been placed in the correct place within the book. There are some pencil marks in the book, including across some of the illustrations and there is some damping at the top margin of the text block.

Chicago, IL: The Lutheran Historical Conference, 2004. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. 298 pages. Soft cover bound in white wrappers. Cover is lightly worn and creased. Sound clean copy.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Clay Printing Co., 1956. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Good. 8vo. 84 pages. Soft cover bound stapled wrappers. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within.

Nashville, TN: Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1925. Soft cover. Fair. 12mo. 111 pages. Softcover in tan wrappers. Binding is quite rubbed, with edgewear, chipping. Spine has a small hole .5 inch wide by .75 inches long where the paper has come away. Prior owner's name on front flyleaf. Rear flyleaf has some insect damage. There is dampstaining on the lower corners of some of the pages. Text is toned but sound.

Salem, N.C.: Gedruckt bey Blum und Sohn, 1849. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 8 pages. Bound in printed wrappers (the title page is the front cover) and housed in a 20th century stapled cardboard folder, secured very tightly in the binding with black cloth-tape. The paper is browned and has some wear or pest damage at the corner of the front cover and the following leaf. The translation into English is, "Report of the Evan's Activities. Tennessee Lutheran Synod, during its Ninth and Twentieth Session, held at the Becks Church, Davidson County, N.C. From October 20th to 23rd, 1849." Rare. Worldcat lists other reports from the Evangelical Lutheran Church that were printed in Salem, N.C. in the 1820s to the 1840s, but we have not found a copy of this report listed.

N.p.: N.p, 1962. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 94 (9) pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in blue cloth with title on front cover in gilt. Binding is lightly rubbed. Reverse of title page has dark mark going across the page, where something was rubbed against the back of the dark picture on the opposite page. The foreword pages show a wrinkle in the text from binding.

Winston-Salem NC: Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, 1909. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 146 pages, indexed. Paperback in gray wrappers. The binding is worn and bumped and toned about the edges. The front hinge is tender and there is splitting at the front hinge near the foot of the spine. Lacks the front flyleaf. Text is toned. Several sections at the rear are written by noted North Carolina figures in the Moravian Church, including Rev. Edward Rondthaler ("The Doctrine and Government of the Moravian Church"), Rev. J. Kenneth Pfohl ("The Southern Province, 1857-1909") and Adelaide L. Fries ("Moravian Festival Days").

Winston-Salem NC: Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 146, (23) pages, indexed. Hardcover in red cloth. The binding has spotting/scuffs. Some silverfishing to the covers. The top edge of the boards are worn down to boards, have fraying. Endpapers are foxed. Edge of text block has slight damping, which shows on some pages. Text not affected. Text is toned. Several sections at the rear are written by noted North Carolina figures in the Moravian Church, including Rev. Edward Rondthaler ("The Doctrine and Government of the Moravian Church"), Rev. J. Kenneth Pfohl ("The Southern Province, 1857-1909") and Adelaide L. Fries ("Moravian Festival Days" and "The Trombone Choir" in the "Funeral Chorals of the Unitas Fratrum or Moravian Church" at the rear).

New York: P. O'Shea, Publishers, 1861. Hardcover. Poor. 12mo. 343 pages. Hardcover bound in dark brown cloth. The binding is worn but sound. There is a partial glass ring on the front cover, and the spine ends are chipping. Printed on very cheap paper (perhaps similar to newspaper) that has been browned and is brittle. The title page is detached and chipped about the edges, as is the final page of text. The bottom half of one of the final pages is missing. The date on the copyright page is not completely legible, but it appears to be 1861, which corresponds to what is seen on Worldcat. A scarce title, but a fragile production.

McAdenville, NC: N.p., 1986. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo. 46 pages. Paperback staple bound in black and white illustrated covers. Binding is rubbed, worn from handling. Text is clean and sound. Illustrations throughout.

Hagerstown, Indiana: Exponent Publishers, Inc., 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. 103 pages. Hardcover bound in gray cloth with cover lettering in black. Light wear to the binding. A sound, clean copy. Printed on glossy paper and illustrated with black and white photos.

Elkin, N. C.: Blackwell Printing Co., 1975. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. 61 pages. Softcover bound in light blue stapled wrappers. The spine is a bit sunned, but the binding otherwise shows minimal wear. Clean within.

Gastonia, North Carolnia: Good Will Publishers, Inc., 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 4to. 94, (1) pages. Hardback bound in green cloth. A fresh, clean copy. Illustrated with photos throughout.

Charlotte: Heritage Printers, Inc., 1959. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 98 pages. Hardcover bound in green cloth. The binding is cocked and moderately rubbed and worn. The endpapers are foxed, but the text is unmarked.

London: Headley Brothers, 1922. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 149 pages, indexed. Cover is green cloth with title in gilt lettering on cover and spine. Cover shows water spots and wear including rubbing and scuffs. Foxing inside the front and rear covers. A prior owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Text is toned, has marks and underlining throughout.

Gastonia, North Carolnia: First Presbyterian Church, 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 242 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a blue pictorial dust jacket. A fresh, clean copy.

New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1921. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 272 pages. Hard cover bound in green cloth. The binding shows some soiling but is sound with secure inner hinges. Foxing to the text. This is the original 1921, not a cheap reprint. Harper was the President of Elon College in Alamance County, North Carolina.

N.p.: The North Carolina Friends Historical Society, 1948. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 14 pages. Softcover bound in grey stapled wrappers. A fresh, clean copy.

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1962. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 297 pages, indexed. Hardcover in a blue and white dust jacket, no w in mylar. Spine is white with black lettering. The jacket is a little rubbed, and there is an edge tear and some creasing along the top edge of the jacket's rear panel. Text is clean and sound. INSCRIBED and signed by the author on the front flyleaf, "To my friend Steve with best wishes / Herbert S. Turner. - 3/11/71.