Newark [N.J.]: Printed by John Tuttle & Co., 1820. First edition. 8vo, contemporary brown wrappers, 21, [3] pages (final three pages blank). On the need to educate and send forth suitable missionaries. An interesting Newark imprint. American Imprints 1592. More
Peoria, Illinois: Published by the Author, 1910. First edition. 12mo, original green cloth, [viii], [11]-161 pages. "While it was his purpose to discredit the supernatural origin of religions in general and of Christianity in particular, the author feels that in doing so, he has done no injury to the cause..... More
Gettysburg, Penna. Brethren Heritage Press, (1986). First edition. 4to, original cream linen, red lettering, 205 pages. An excellent reference. More
Millbury, Mass. Printed and Published by B. T. Albro, 1833. A later edition; first published in 1805. 16mo, original sheep spine, marbled boards, 96 pages. Striking wood-engraved frontispiece. An unusual imprint with a nearly op-art frontispiece. ink autograph signature dated 1836 on the front free endpaper, with evidence of a...... More
Philadelphia: The Bible and Publication Society, [ca. 1873?]. First edition? 12mo, original printed glazed wrappers, 52 pages. A polemic from the Baptist scholar. The ads on the rear wrapper would place publication for this edition ca. 1873; Hovey received his LL.D. (not mentioned here) in 1876. Starr, Baptist Bibliography, H5472..... More
(Chicago: The de Laurence Co., 179 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago 1, Illinois), [ca. 1940s]. First edition? Unbound pamphlet, approx. 7.5 x 8 inches, [4] pages. Illus. “And why, and how, have the Hindus, who are the greatest and most subtle of the Aryan races, developed such marvelous Spiritual and Occult..... More
Philadelphia: Published for the Reporter, 1817. First edition. 12mo, modern library glazed buckram, 240 pages. "I attended their meeting in the Northern Liberties once; I believe in December late--Frederick Eberle was chairman, another man was secretary, and Christian L. Mannhardt, speaker. It was begun with a couple of verses that..... More
Madras: C. L. S. Press, 1923. First edition. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers (wrapper title, "Telugu Mission"), 110 pages. Frontis, numerous plates. A report from the American Baptist Telugu Mission, with much on current conditions in India; the mission's report includes harsh words for the 1922 non-cooperation campaign: "The forces of..... More
[N. p. n. p., ca. 1880]. Original photo measuring approx. 3.88 x 2.5 inches on a slightly larger printed mount. Caption title to the image completed in contemporary autograph ink, “Benjamin and Sarah, Village Preacher and Wife. Presented to [Casey Sutphen] by the Children’s Missionary Society of the Lutheran Church.”..... More
Boston: Lincoln & Edmands, 1809. First edition. Original plain drab wrappers, 6.75 x 4.25 inches, 96 pages. A first-hand account of the life of a well-known itinerant New Light lay preacher Croswell (1712-1799), who had gone from baker’s apprentice to debtor’s prison and a short spell of teaching before he..... More
Philadelphia: Thomas Curtis, 1855. First edition. 8vo, original gilt pictorial blue cloth, 252 pages. Frontis portrait, engraved title. More
Pittsburgh: Printed by Bakewell & Marthens, 1872. First edition. 8vo, original coated green wrappers, 20 pages. A brief but detailed historical overview of the formation and growth of this Pittsburgh congregation, and a moderately uncommon Pittsburgh imprint. More
[Casey, Illinois? n. p.], (1910). First edition. 8vo, original blue cloth, red lettering, [92] unnumbered pages. 10 inserted plates. An account of the life of a woman usually considered something of a Methodist saint, Lizzie Louvira Johnson (1869-1909), confined to bed in the family home in Casey, Illinois since age..... More
Hagers-Town [Hagerstown]: Printed by William D. Bell, 1831. First edition. 12mo, original tree roan professionally rebacked with brown Fabrikoid cloth, new endpapers, and the hinges reinforced with library cloth tape, 131, [1] pages. Hill relies on petroglyphs and other evidence to argue that the Native Americans are descended from the..... More
Ludlow, Vt. Printed by Barton & Tower, "Genius" Office, 1847. First edition. 12mo, original rose or light brown cloth (sunned), 96 pages. The progress of a Baptist preacher across Vermont and New Hampshire. Kendrick had been born in Connecticut in 1772 and moved into a log cabin in Hanover, N.H...... More
Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1880. First edition. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 30, [2] pages. A charming and informative overview from this West Pennsylvania Baptist, of the various sects of American religion--from Dunkers, Donatists, and Winebrennarians, to Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, and Baptists--concluding with a ringing encomium upon the Baptist roots of..... More
New York: Charles Scribner, 1851. First edition, ex-library with a small ink stamp on the front wrapper (but no other evident marks). 8vo, original printed peach wrappers, 40 pages. Krebs delivers a Thanksgiving sermon on the Fugitive Slave Law and the Christian necessity of returning fugitive slaves to their masters..... More
New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1854. First edition. 12mo, original gilt pictorial blind-stamped lilac cloth, gilt lettering, 304 pages. Frontispiece view of the new mission building. Women’s mission work in the Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan, with some background on the brutal conditions of life there for the poor. The..... More
Hartford: Printed by Lincoln and Gleason, 1806. First edition. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, red morocco label, gilt rules and lettering. Lee attempts to bring the story of Job to a wider audience and by doing so divert them from the perils of the Romantics; he notes in his Preface that..... More
Hartford: Printed by J. Gaylord Wells, 1843. First edition thus. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 40 pages. "From this hasty view of the laws of motion, it appears evident that calorific motion is the primary cause of all effects in the material world. There could be no motion without it. 'God..... More
Zanesville, Ohio: Printed for the Author, by Parke & Bennett, 1836. First edition. 12mo, contemporary (likely original) quarter calf, marbled boards, 252 pages. The Associate Methodist preacher and sometime author Lesslie here launches a moderate polemic against the errors of the Universalists; a nice relatively early Zanesville imprint and appropriate..... More
Hartford: Peter B. Gleason and Co. Printers, 1811. First edition. 8vo, removed pamphlet (no wrappers), 31 pages. "The author of the following pages neither wishes, nor designs to invite and encourage a marriage with a wife's sister; nor with a first, nor second, nor third cousin; nor with the most..... More
New-York: G. & C. Carvill, 1827. Stated second edition; a 47-page edition was published in Carlisle, Penna., in 1826. 8vo, removed from a nonce volume (retaining the printed front wrapper and the larger volume's front free endpaper), 48 pages. "Abolish this law; expel this household God: Let it be publicly..... More
Cedar Rapids, Iowa: [n. p.], 1900. Single sheet, printed form letter on pictorial letterhead, approx. 8-1/2 x 11 inches. An appeal from the Iowa-based United Brethren traveling evangelist for support for his upcoming Evangelistic Campaign. Also included here is a 4-page unbound pamphlet from Little, "Our Personal Letter," an appeal..... More
Keene [New Hampshire]: John Prentiss, 1837. First edition. 8vo, removed, 19 pages. On the various reasons for thankfulness, with reference to local and national happenings; one reason for thanksgiving among the citizens of Keene is that they remain safe "whilst Florida has been drenched with the blood of savage and..... More
