Chicago, IL: Privately Printed [ Ustafrican B.P. & D. Co ], 1926. First edition, Inscribed. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 257pp, (v). Original brown cloth with gilt title within gilt border on upper board, gilt title and rules to spine, frontis portrait. This copy inscribed by the author in a shaky hand..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. viii + 408pp. + 4pp. ads. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. Spine darkened & worn at ends, page-edges browned, occasional foxing to pages, front endpapers slightly discolored, else a solid near-VG copy (no dust jacket). A scarce..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 250pp. Red boards gilt-lettered on spine. Index. A tight, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket spine slightly faded). More
Los Angeles, CA: DeVorss & Co., 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 148pp. Original blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. A work of Christian spirituality, drawn from a series of lectures give by the author in Fontana, California, in 1950. Spine rubbed & slightly chafed and faded at ends..... More
London: Privately Printed, 1906. First Edition. Hardcovers. 2 Volumes. Elephant Folios. (14 inches x 15 inches,) Vol. I: (viii) + lxiv +1 - 243 + cxii interleaved plates (text and plate pages printed on one side only). Vol. II, 244 - 396 + 142pp. Original cloth with blind stamping to..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick octavos. Two volumes (complete), ccvi+ 410pp & 732pp. Original maroon cloth with gilt titles, etc. to spines and front covers, blind rules, b&w fold-out frontis map, index. The complete Syriac text, with English translation, of 'The Book..... More
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1856. Hardcover. Octavo. 440pp. Original cloth decorated in blind, gilt-lettered on spine. Spine faded & leaned, spine ends fraying, small mark on spine, spine lettering dulled, boards discolored, bumps to corners of boards, top-edge browned, offsetting to endpapers, previous owner's name on front free..... More
San Francisco, CA: The K Publishing Company, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 172pp. Green cloth lettered in black on spine & front board. Inscribed by the author on title-page. Spine ends a little rubbed, page-edges foxed & browned, otherwise a VG copy in Good+ dust jacket (dust jacket rubbed..... More
London: Printed by R.R. for Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St Paul's Church-yard, 1692. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 252pp. + 2pp. ads. Recently rebacked; endpapers replaced. Contemporary blind stamped leather boards, recently rebacked with leather spine with raised bands and gilt-stamped leather title label. Dr. Gilbert Burnet..... More
London: World Dominion Press, 1930. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. v + 124 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, blind rules to upper board, fold out color map as frontis, fold out map, tables, index. World Dominion Survey Series. Small chip on lower edge of upper board, spine ends, edges..... More
Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1886. Third edition. Hardcover. 16mo. xii + 252pp. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine. The author name "John Robert Seeley" is written in pencil on the title-page. Spine cloth chipped at ends & along edges, boards slightly discolored, gutter split (but holding) at first blank..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton London, 1945. Reprint. Hardcover, 8vo, 320pp. Bright blue cloth with titling. B/w plates; fold-out map at rear. Accounts of the authors' adventures in Mongolia during the 1920s and 1930s. Minor shelf wear to original boards; upper board slightly bowed. Owner name on front free end paper;..... More
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 136 pp. Quarter dark blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and blue papered boards; index. Light general wear with a bit of rubbing to edges and corners. Otherwise, a bright and clean Near Fine copy in VG+..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition, Signed. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 274pp. Gray cloth with red titling and black decorative stamping to spine and upper board, references. SIGNED by the author opposite the title page on a presentation panel. Hereward Carrington (1880-1958), was one of the best-known of..... More
Chicago, IL: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, viii + 112pp. Quarter blue cloth w/ cream papered boards which are illustrated and titled in blue, gilt title etc. to spine, b&w frontis and illustrations. An examination by Paul Carus (1852 – 1919) a German-born American..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1901 (4th edition). Hardcover. 8vo. xxiv + 344pp. Cloth. Portrait in front. B/w plates. Biography. Spine slightly faded & chafed at head & foot, inscription on front free end paper, one gathering at page 224 cracked but solid, else a VG copy (lacks dustjacket)... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover, Octavo. xviii + 376 pages. Contemporary pebbled leather, heavily decorated in gilt with patterned borders and devices to both boards, raised bands to spine, gilt decorations to edges of boards. All edges gilt. Lilac silk-finish endpapers. An extremely uncommon first edition by Henry..... More
Nashville, TN: Cokesbury Press, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 312pp. Red cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine. Bibliography and index. Largely a study, survey and history of the small Protestant evangelical groups that proliferated in the United States. Light rubbing to covers and edges, owners name etc on front..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover, 4to, 234pp, Later full patterened leather binding with leather spine label titled in gilt, and multi-colored Egyptian motif imprinted to front and rear boards. Top edge gilt, patterned endpapers, b&w illustrations and fold-outs, index. A huge, detailed study of Coptic / early Christian..... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: T. & T. Clark, 1912. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 284pp + 8pp ads. Original cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Spine ends rubbed, faint fading to spine, minor bumps to corners of boards & fore-edge of rear board, top-edge a little dusty, else a clean..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1921. Fifth edition, revised. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxxiv + 708pp. Dark navy cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Index. B/w frontis & plates. Bumps to corners of boards, slight fraying to cloth at spine ends, page-edges browned, owner's name on front free..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 330pp. Blue textured papered boards lettered in silver on spine. Index. Bumps to spine ends & corners of boards, otherwise a solid near-VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket marked & discolored, several small edge-tears). More
New York: Weatherhill, 1994. Softcover.Trade paperback, 416 pp, b/w plates, map, appendices, bibliography, index. Spine lightly creased otherwise VG. More
Chicago, IL: A. C. McClurg, 1887. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 328pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Page-edges browned, slight wear & fraying at spine ends, splits to endpaper hinges (which remain solid), previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else a solid Good+ copy (no dust jacket )..... More
New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 298 pp. Quarter white cloth with brown papered boards, black titling to spine and black illustration on front cover; b&w illustrations, glossary, index. The first missionary to establish Christianity in the interior of India. Spine browned; a...... More
