Rare books from Dan Glaeser Books

New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation. Good with no dust jacket. 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. 0384241409 . Text is clean. DISCARD stamped on front and rear inside covers. Rear inside cover damaged from removal of library envelope. Rear free endpaper missing. Library marks on title page and copyright page. Library name stamped on top, side, and bottom outer text edge. Spine shows removal of library sticker, and head of spine chipped, with light freying of cloth. Otherwise, nice copy of hard to find volume. "The edition reproduced here was originally published in 1846."; Series in American Studies; Ex-Library; 252 pages .

London: Salvation Army Publishing Department. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1913. Second Edition. Hardcover. Text is clean. Pages tanning lightly. Previous owner name and gift inscription on front inside cover. Maroon decorated cloth with gilt lettering. Cover shows light normal shelfwear, light bumping at spine and minimal rubbing at lower corners. Top text edge stamped with a church address. ; From the Preface: The present volume contains some of the papers bearing on the Birth and Death and Work of our Lord Jesus Christ which I have contributed from time to time to Salvation Army periodicals. I hope that in this form they may continue the service of souls which I am assured they began to render when, one by one, they were first published. Much in them has, I do not doubt, come to me directly or indirectly by inspiration or suggestion of other writers and speakers, and I desire therefore to acknowledge my indebtedness to the living, both inside and outside our borders, as well as the… Read More

Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0877474850 . Text is clean. Two small stains on front cover. Dust jacket has large chip missing from bottom edge and several various stains on front. ; Hard-to-find copy. ; 305 pages .

London: The Religious Tract Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1885. First Edition (?). Hardcover. Text is clean. Binding solid. Previous owner name on reverse side of front free endpaper. Green boards with gilt lettering and red trim. Some rubbing to side of spine. Probable First Edition. ; Archibald Henry Cayce was pioneer Assyriologst and Linguist. His contributions to the study of Old Testament history was mainly in the advancement of understanding of the ancient Hittites and unlocking translations of some of the Biblical era languages. ; 136 pages .

London: Macmillan & Company , Ltd.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1881. Second Edition. Hardcover. Some penciled marginalia and underlining in small portions of text. Front cover lightly shaken. Red-brown cloth with gilt lettering. Spine sunfaded. Cover lightly soiled. Covers bumped. ; Henry Calderwood (1830-1897) was a Scottish churchman and philosopher. He was ordained within the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. ; 452 pages .

New York: Vantage Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows limited wear, upper right corner bumped. Dust jacket shows almost no wear. Signed/number by author on front free endpaper. #423/500; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; Signed by Author .

Worchester, MA: Isaiah Thomas. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1806. Leather Bound. Some pencilled marks in text. Mottled calf leather binding. Prevoius owner name on front free endpaper. March 1806 printing. ; Joseph Lathrop was an American Congregational Preacher. Pastored the West Springfield (MA) Congregational church for 60 years until his death in 1820. William Buell Sprague was his assistant and subseguent successor to the pulpit there. .

Washington, OH: Joshua Martin. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 1848. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Text is clean. Previous owner inscription on front free endpaper. Leather binding with one inch tear between front cover and head of spine. ; The journals of a lively Methodist itinerant preacher of the early 19th Century. ; 8.50 X 5.90 X 2 inches .

New York: Sadlier & Company. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1866. Hardcover. Text is clean. Front free endpaper missing. Obvious foxing to endpapers. Covers show wear, with rubbing at spine corners. States Eleventh Edition. .

New York: The Dryden Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows light wear, minor bumping to spine ends. Dust jacket is chipped at spine ends and flap folds, DJ spine lightly sunfaded. ; The author was a British-born film critic, best known in the U. S. For his political activities and as the co-founder of The National Guardian, a radical weekly newspaper. Belfrage belonged to the American Communist Party for a short period of time in 1937. The subject of the biography, Claude Williams, was a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, who is better known for his political and labor activism. He took his understanding of the Social Gospel to an activist level beyond what most clergy do. His involvement in politics and labor led to his dismissal as an ordained clergyman in the 1950's, about the time he was called before the House Un-american Acitivities Committee. It was not his first accusation of being a communist. His ordination was reinstated before… Read More

Boston, MA: The Press of W. W. Clapp & Son. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1841. Hardcover. This hardcover has been handsomely rebound. The boards are brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine only. New marbled endpapers/free endpapers both front and back. Signed on the second free end paper "O. C. Everett from his friend, John S. Williams, Esq. Feb 1842" ; Interesting record of some of the tensions between Rev. John Pierpont and the Unitarian congregation served. Pierpont is better known as a poet and the grandfather of J. P. Morgan. .

New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition (?). Hardcover. 0394824903 . Text is clean. Glossy pictorial cover shows some wear, rubbing evident to bottom edges of front/rear covers, base of spine bumped. Previous owner name stamped on front free endpaper and front pastedown. Dust jacket shows some edgwear, has one closed tear to front panel along top edge. Dust jacket contains all first printing points (Younger/Hirsh) except for lack of price on dust jacket flap. Cliff Erickson of To & Again Books notes this anomaly is not documented in Younger/Hirsh and according to his research is more scarce than the DJ with the $2.50 price. Random House discontinued printing dust jackets for this title the year after its initial publication. Peter Glassman from Books of Wonder concludes, however that it is more likely a "Cat in the Hat Book Club" edition, however there are not the expected Book Club markings found on other titles. ; Bright and Early… Read More

Berkeley, CA: Parnassus Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Text is clean. Previous owner name on front pastedown in black ink. Cover shows light wear. Dust jacket shows some light soiling with minor edgewear, spine of DJ is somewhat sunfaded. Chipping at head of spine of DJ. NAP. Signed by author on dedication page. . ; [Baumgarten: Author-123]; 9 X 6.40 X 1.20 inches .

New York: Mcgraw Hill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. 0070649103 . Text is clean. Red cloth shows light wear. Dust jacket shows minor rubbing at spine ends and corners. Early printing, but not a first. DJ price is 2.95. Inscribed by author to previous owner on second front free endpaper. ; Color Illustrations; 32 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Mcgraw Hill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. 0070649081 . Text is clean. Red cloth shows light wear. Dust jacket shows minor rubbing at spine ends and corners. Early printing, but not a first. DJ price is 2.95. Inscribed by author to previous owner on third front free endpaper. ; Caldecott Honor Title; Color Illustrations; 32 pages; Signed by Author .