Alden, Timothy

An Account of the Several Religious Societies in Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, from Their First Establishment, and of the Ministers of Each, to the First of January, 1805

Boston, Printed by Munroe, Francis, & Parker, 1808. First Edition. First edition; 8 1/4 x 5; pp. [7], 6-40; 1/4 brown cloth and marbled boards; a few chips to cloth at tips of spine; rubbed spots to corners and fore-edge of boards; a small name stamp to front board verso and a small signature to half-title page; occasional spots of foxing; very good- condition. Timothy Alden (1771 - 1839) was a clergyman, professor, librarian, and the founding President of Allegheny College in Pennsylvania. He also served as regional counselor for the American Antiquarian Society and founded more than 70 Sunday Schools in the region. His current book presented a synopsis of the various religious societies in the Portsmouth area in the 18th- and the beginning of the 19th centuries. Very good .

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Book number: 002367

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Alleine, Joseph

An Alarm to Unconverted Sinners in a Serious Treatise on Conversion

New York, American Tract Society; D. Fanshow, Printer, 1830. Early-19th-century edition, n. d. (1830s - date obtained from publisher's address and employment period of the rinter with the society); 6 x 3 3/4; pp. [7], 6-164; publisher's brown, embossed-cloth binding; gilt title to spine; small rubbed spots to corners and tips of spine; faint foxing and discoloration mostly to first and last few leaves; overall in very good condition. Joseph Alleine (1634 - 1668) was a British Nonconformist pastor and a prolific author of religious works. "An Alarm to Unconverted.." also known as "The Sure Guide to Heaven," would become one of his most popular writings - contrasting the lives of the true believers with those of the ones not having the faith and pleading with the unconverted to accept Christ. According to the publisher, in this particular edition "..some obsolete words and phrases are altered, and a few passages omitted. - The author's Six Questions to the Unconverted, and Counsels for the Converted are added. Very good .

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Book number: 003441

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Anonymous

Molitvoslov S Kanonami I Akafistami S Prilozhenim Pravila Ko Sv. Prichashcheniiu. Vosproizvedenie Izdaniia Kazansko - Bogoroditskago Muzhskogo Monastyria V Harbin S Dopolneniiami

Shanhai, Tipografii Nikita - Do-Shin Press, 1949. First edition presumed; 5 x 3 1/2; pp. I-V, [2], 4-286, [1]; original wraps appear to have been replaced by plain brown paper; chips to corners of first and last leaves and mild spotting; in fair to good condition. An unusual, apparently unrecorded in OCLC prayer book with Acathist Hymns, it was published for the Russian emigre community in Shanghai. Good .

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Book number: 003877

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Beecher, Henry Ward

Aids to Prayer

New York, Anson D. F. Randolph, 1866. Second edition; 5 1/4 x 3 3/4; pp. [9], 8-179, [3]; pebbled, purplish cloth over boards, printed and decorated in gilt; illustrated with ornamental vignettes at the beggining of each chapter; a few small chips to tips of spine and a bit of wear to corners of boards; in about very good condition. Written by Congregationalist, clergyman, social reformer, abolitionist, and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe - Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887) - was a discourse on various aspects of Christian prayers, with each chapter beginning with quotes from Scripture. Very good .

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Book number: 003333

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Bledsoe, Rev. James Wiley

Manuscript Sermons

S. l. (Charlottesville, VA), By the author, 1897. Notebook, n. d. (1897); 8 x 6 1/4; pp. 1-86 (numbered in pencil); marbled paper over boards and 1/4 cloth (rebacked); manuscript text in brown ink; wear along edges of boards; mild, uniform age-toning to pages; overall in very good condition. Also included is a Registered Mail Receipt, dated June 17, 1897, from Rev. Bledsoe in Charlottesville to James B. Elam of J. B. Elam & Co. in Richmond. Rev. James Wiley Bledsoe (1841 - 1928) was an eloquent, influential, and prominent pastor of the Virginia Conference Methodist Church, whose sermons garnered devoted followers from Charlottesville to Danville and from Amherst to Norfolk. Educated at Humanity Hall Academy and at Emory and Henry College, he would take an active part in raising the Fluvanna Artillery during the Civil War, in which he served as a Second Officer. The sermons, appearing as series under the title "The Publican" - signed, titled, meticulously laid-out, and with an index added (at the end) - were presumably mailed by Rev. Bledsoe to James B. Elam, owner of a succesful real estate and auction business in Richmond. Very good .

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Book number: 003312

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Bollhagen, Dr. Laurent. David

[Early Dust Jacket and Slipcase] Heiliges Lippen- Und Herzens-Opfer Einer Glaubigen Seele Oder Vollstandiges Gesang-Buch Enthalt in Sich Die Neuesten Und Alten Lieder Des Seligen Dr. Luther Und Anderer Erleuchteten Lehrer Unserer Zeit ; Zur Beforderung Der Gottseligkeit, Bei Offentlichem Gottesdienst in Pommern Und Anderen Orten Zu Gebrauchen, Eingerichtet, Auch Mit Bekannten Melodien Versehen ; Nebst Einem Geistreichen Gebet-Buch

Alt-Stettin, F. Hessenland, 1873. Later 19th-century edition; 6 3/4 x 4 1/4; pp. [9], 2-704, [1], 2-4, [18]; dark-brown, embossed cloth over boards with gilt decorations and initials; dust jacket of plain, pebbled black paper; slipcase of card stock and paper (the latter identical to DJ); title page in Fraktur, in red and black; illustrated with an engraved frontis and vignettes at beggining and end of book; all edges gilt; small, period inscription to first blank leaf; a bit of wear along edges - in very good condition. Jacket with several chips to edges and back flap - in good to very good condition. Slipcase with wear to corners and edges and some loss to bottom panel - overall in good condition. Laurentius David Bollhagen (1683 - 1738) was a Protestant theologian and Pomeranian General Superintendent. His current hymnal contained "new songs from Dr. Martin Luther" and other Christian hymns. The DJ was probably one of the last examples of plain German jackets, as German publishers in the late 1800s, unlike their British counterparts, would begin employing cartoonists and artists to decorate their paper covers. Very good .

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Book number: 002980

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Keywords: Hymnals, Protestant

Bunyan, John

Christ a Complete Saviour: Or, the Intercession of Christ, and Who Are Privileged in It

Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, 1793. Hardcover. First edition thus (first separate publication); 12mo (3 1/2 x 5); pp. [2], 3-128; lacking first and last blank leaves else complete (collated); contemporary roan; closed cut to head of spine; few scratches and rubbed spots to covers; corners show some wear; uniform age-toning to pages; text clean; overall in very good condition. In 1688, at his death, John Bunyan left his widowed wife the manuscripts for 12 works never published in his lifetime. She kept them until 1691 when, in turn, the writings were entrusted to Charles Doe - a bookseller and Bunyan's friend and editor. One of the manuscripts was that of 'Christ a Complete Saviour.' In 1692, "Doe's Folio" was published in collaboration with publisher William Marshall - containing the 12 unknown works together with 10 other titles which had appeared in earlier editions. The fact that the collection was published in folio was quite unusual and astonishing since such elaboration was usually allowed only to prominent and non-controversial scholars and authors. Charles Doe intended to publish a second folio with Bunyan's remaining works shortly after, but it was not until 1736 when that goal was accomplished. Though becoming increasingly popular, John Bunyan certainly did not conform to the religious beliefs and conduct of his contemporaries. With England returning to Anglicanism after the Restoration and the laws against non-conformity being strictly enforced, he was repeatedly arrested for preaching "without a licence" and spreading the word of God in private meetings outside the auspices of the Church of England. It was during one of his incarceration periods when he penned his most popular allegorical novel - 'The Pilgrim's Progress." The first edition in book form of 'Christ a Complete Saviour' (the current edition) was published in 1793. As with many of his other works, the subject of the treatise was Bunyan's conviction that "all nature is corrupted" and that no sinner would rely entirely on the Saviour until he is on the brink of perishing, only then willing to accept "Christ as a complete Saviour" out of necessity. The main idea of the work was the author's fervent belief that the intercession of Christ is the true finishing work of a sinner’s salvation. STC lists 2 copies in the United States (Cornell and NYPL), 1 copy at the National Library of Scotland, and 1 copy at the University of Alberta, Canada. This the only copy in the trade and we have not been able to find auction records of copies sold (ESTC T165397). Ill.: 0. 2.

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Book number: 000758

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Calvert, Tho.

Heart-Salve for a Wounded Soul... Or Meditations of Comfort for the Holy Living, and Happy Dying Christian; Either in the Depths of Dark Desertion, or in the Height of Heaven's Glorious Union. The Second Edition, with an Addition of an Elegy Upon an Eminent Occasion" Together with "Eye-Salve for the Blind World: Or, an Excitation to the Secure World, to See and Fear the Judgements of God Are a Coming Upon It, When God Frequently Calls His Rare Saints by Death to Go out of It

London, Printed by Fr. Leech for Th. Passenger, at the Signe of the Three Bibles Upon London-Bridge, 1675. Second edition; lacking one of two separate title pages, else complete (title from ESTC catalog record); 5 1/2 x 3; continuous pagination - pp. [26], 1-160, [9]; rebound in pebbled, purple cloth and 1/4 polished calf; red morocco label with gilt title and four raised bands to spine; illustrated with woodcut borders at beginning of chapters; leather scrathced, with a few small nicks and cuts to tips; smudges and spots to first and last few leaves, else text clean; several period annotations, including a previous owner's note: "Robert Rawlings, his book, 1722, On Board His Maj. Ship Ipswich;" overall in very good condition. Thomas Calvert (1606 - 1679) was a Noncomformist divine, serving as Vicar of Trinity Church in the King's Court at York, before being banished by the Five Mile Act. Among his works were the current two meditations - sermons on Psalm 143:7 and Isaiah 57:1. (ESTC R230932). Very good .

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Book number: 003372

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Clark, Joseph

Evidences of the Christian Religion, Designed Chiefly for the Rising Generation

Philadelphia, Printed for the Compilers, by Kimber, Conrad, and Co. 1806. First Edition. First edition; 7 x 4; pp. [7], 2-118, [2]; marbled paper over boards and 1/4 calf; two period signatures of previous owners; leather cracking, with some loss to tips of spine; paper on boards with scuffing and loss; scattered foxing; in fair to good condition. Joseph Clark (1751 - 1813) graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) with a degree in theology and a licence to preach. He also served in the Hunterdon County Militia of the Second New Jersey Regiment during the Revolution. He would later serve as the director of the Princeton Theological Seminary. His current collection of tracts, "evidences in support of religion," was aimed mostly at children and adolescents and, in his own words, more specifically "those, who are situated in the wilderness, and remote parts of the continent," where he often travelled to distribute it. Good .

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Book number: 003079

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Dore, Gustave

The Sermon on the Mount

New York, Vistus Balch, 1869. Engraved broadside; sheet 24 x 19, plate 20 1/2 x 16; small, scattered spots of foxing to margins; a few mild creases to edges; overall in very good condition. A magnificent depiction of Jesus preaching on the mount, an event recorded in Matthew 5-7, it was created by Gustave Dore (1832 - 1883) and engraved by prominent Utica and New York engraver Vistus Balch (1799 - 1884). Very good .

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Book number: 003276

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Emerson, Joseph

The Evangelical Primer Containing a Minor Doctrinal Catechism and a Minor Historical Catechism; to Which Is Added the Westminster Assembly's Shorter Catechism; with Short Explanatory Notes and Copious Scripture Proof and Illustration; and an Appendix, Containing Various Directions for Studying the Scriptures. For the Use of Families and Schools

Boston, Published by Crocker and Brewster, 1844. Softcover. Early edition; 6 x 3 1/4; pp. [3], 6-72; turquoise wraps, printed and ruled in black; closed cut to tail of spine and a small chip to head; faint discoloration to back wrap and last few leaves; small signature of previous owner to title page; illustrated with 72 wood engravings of biblical scenes; in good to very good condition. Joseph Emerson (1777-1833) was an American Congregationalist pastor. Though he wrote several books, his "Evangelical Primer" was his most ambitious and popular work. Interestingly enough, it was speculated that the postage-stamp-size woodcuts were deliberately created to be intricately and beautifully executed, so as to be appealing but small enough, so as not to distract the attention from the primary purpose of the book. Ill.: 0. Good .

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Book number: 003512

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Green, Lewis W. and McGill, Alexander T.

Popery and Puseyism: Being Two Discourses Prepared Agreeable to a Resolution of the Synod of Pittsburgh of 1843; and Preached Before That Body, at Pittsburgh, September 1844 ("the Right of Private Judgement: Or, Freedom of Individualopinion and Belief. A Sermon, Preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, on the Evening of Friday, 20th of Sept. 1844" and "Puseyism: Another Form of Antichrist, Sprung from Prelacy. A Sermon Before the Synod of Pittsburgh")

Pittsburgh, Published by Order of Synod: Luke Loomis, Agent, 1844. First Edition. First edition; 6 x 3 3/4; pp. [7], 6-103, [4]; brown, ribbed, embossed cloth over boards; gilt title to front board; three title pages, as published; small loss of cloth to tips of spine and corners; light residue from a paper label (?) to spine; foxing mostly contained to first and last few leaves; gutter between pp. 12-13 weakened; good to very good condition. Lewis Warner Green (1806 - 1863) was a Presbyterian pastor, scholar, Professor of Oriental and Biblical Literature, and successively, President of Hampden-Sidney College in Virginia and Transilvania University and Centre College in Kentucky. With the onset of the Civil War, under Green's guidance, Centre College was used by both Union and Confedrate armies as a field hospital, while remaining one of very few institutions also staying open to students. He died in office, having contracted a disease, while helping treat sick and wounded soldiers. Alexander Taggart McGill (1807 - 1889) was an Assembly Statesman, lawyer, land surveyor, Indian Liaison, and Professor of Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He was a vocal opponent of slavery and wrote numerous works on the subject. OCLC lists several copies at institutions, most on microfilm; none in the trade. Good .

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Book number: 002653

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Griffin, Edward D.

A Sermon Preached Jan. 10, 1810, at the Dedication of the Church in Park Street, Boston

Boston, Printed and Published by Lincoln and Edmands, 1810. First Edition. First edition; 8 1/4 x 5 1/4; pp. [3], 6-34; self-wraps, printed in black and tied with a string; scattered spots of foxing; period signature in brown ink to upper margin of front wrap; small loss of paper to upper corner; in good to very good condition. Edward Dorr Griffin (1770 - 1837) was an educator, minister, President of Williams College, and the firstpastor of Park Street Church. The Evangelical congregational megachurch, also a stop on Boston's Freedom Trail, was founded in 1804, its cornerstone was laid in 1809, and construction was completed by the beginning of 1810. The church would be the tallest building in the United States from 1810 until 1828 and the first landmark visible to travellers approaching Boston. Good .

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Book number: 003457

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Kandidov, Boris

Religiia V Tsarskoi Armii

Moskva (Moscow), Aktsionernoe izdatelskoe obshchestvo "Bezbozhnik, 1928. First Edition. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 3-80; rebound in plain brown wraps, with title and author's name in manuscript; chipping to tips of spine; two period library stamps to title page and last page; a small rice-paper repair to last leaf; illustrated with numerous drawings, photographs, and document facsimiles; overall in very good- condition. Boris Pavlovich Kandidov (1902 - 1953) was a staunch propagandist of atheism, a journalist, and a prolific author, whose books were said to contain valuable documentary material, not available in other sources. He was a member of the League of Militant Atheists of the USSR and the founder of the Central Anti-religious Museum in Moscow. Although quite prominent and influential in the early years after the October Revolution, his gradual fall from grace began in the late 1930s for criticizing the higher authorities for their refusal to launch an anti-church campaign in the newly-annexed Western Ukraine and Byelorussia and later, for the "softening" of the policy of the Soviet State towards the Church. By the mid-1940s, his lectures were cancelled, he was removed from propaganda duties, and he ended up working as a reviewer of anti-religious material. His current book slammed the religious beliefs, teachings, and policies in the Imperial Army during the reign of the Romanovs, grandly concluding his work with a chapter, titled: "The liberation of the imperial soldiers from the religious drug." He described the counter-revolutionary work of the army priests' and their brainwashing the masses. He provided ample visual material, including a facsimile copy of a commemoration brochure for Alexander III, showing his ascent towards a group of angels, which according to Kandidov intended to persuade the soldiers that the Romanovs were "Gods on Earth." OCLC lists copy of a second edition at Princeton; none other in the trade (as of December 2018). Very good .

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Book number: 002332

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Kovalenko, Liudmyla

Dvi Krasy. Noveli (Two Beauties. Short Stories)

Toronto, Biblioteka Myi Svit, 1965. First Edition. First edition; 6 1/2 x 5; pp. 3-112; card stock wraps in green and beige; a few small nicks to edges and tips of spine; mild age-toning to pages; in very good condition. Liudmyla Kovalenko (1898 - 1969) was a Ukrainian author and journalsit. She was also an organizer of the Ukrainian Red Cross in 1941 and later, after escaping Ukraine and spending time in a DP camp in Germany, editor of several emigre journals. Kovalenko immigrated to the US in 1950, where she headed the Ukrainian Orthodox Sisterhood, contributed to numerous periodicals, and wrote various plays, science fiction novels, and short stories on religious themes, the last of the latter her current book. Very good .

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Book number: 003290

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Keywords: Religion, Ukraine, Emigre