Bar Mitzvah: A Selection of Confirmation Speeches in Hebrew, YIddish and English

New York, Hebrew Publishing Com;any, 1928. Fourth Revised and Enlarged Edtion. Hardcover. 37, 57pp. Tan printed paper boards, brown spine backing. Covers show mederate wear and aging, text is mildly age-toned and clean. Dedicatory bookplate presentation to Congregation Beth Abraham Library. Speeches by Rabbi Elias Solomon. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004568

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Prayers Speeches Hebrew "Bar Mitzvah"

(Hart, Joseph)

The Barren Fig-Tree.

New York, American Tract Society, 1830. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 12pp. Printed wrappers. No date c1830. Occasional light spotting, corners creased, but in overall nice condition. Publication No. 148 of American Tract Society. Good.

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Book number: 001857

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Religion

Keywords: Evangelical Parable

The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Prostetant Episcopal Church in the UNited States of America: Together With the Psalter, or Psalms of David.

New York, Hugh Gaine, 1797. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. Contemporary full leather. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments bound together with The Whole Book of Psalms, in Metre with Hymns. Wear to corners and head of spine, slight separation to front board, binding is tight, spotting to endapers, scattered light foxing to text, notations on endpapers. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004709

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Theology Christianity Dogma

Buddha Auswahl Aus Dem Palikanon

Berlin, Brandus'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1921. ', 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 895pp. Text in German. Green paper over boards, cloth backing, spine gilt lettered and intricately decorated. LIght chipping to spine ends, slight fading to board perimeters, contents are in clean and in sound condition, binding is tight. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002670

Catalogue: Philosophy, Religion

Keywords: Buddhism Germany

The Christian Observer, Conducted by Members of the Established Church. VolumeI from the First of January, to the Thirty-first of December, 1802 - From the London Edition

Boston, William Wells and T.B. Watt ancd Co, 1802. 1st Edition, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 828pp. First Edition, First Issue. Quarter bound, marbled boards, calf spine. red leather spine label, gilt lettering. Wear and scuffing to boards, 1 1/2 inch piece chipped from head of spine, contents age-toned and partially foxed, binding is tight and sound, inscription and pencilled poem on front free endpaper, 1/2 inch strip excised form top of front endpaper. This rare volume includes all 12 months of the 1802 year, which was it's very first year of the publication of The Christian Observer. Good.

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Book number: 004737

Catalogue: Religion, First Edition, Collectible

Keywords: Christianity "Clergy "New Testament" Gospel Church Philosophy

A Confession of Faith Owned and Consented to by the Elders and Messengers of the Churches in the Colony of Connecticut in New-England, Assembled by Delegation at Say Brook September 9th, 1708.

New-London, Timothy Green, 1760. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 118pp. Moderate wear to binding, front free endpaper lacking, contents are evenly tanned, a bit of notations on endpapers, binding is sound, and book has held up rather well. This book was originally published in New London in 1710 by Thomas Short. This is the second edition, published in 1760. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004488

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Church Protestantism Christianity

Heures Nouvelles, ou Demi-bréviaire, contentant les offices de tous les Dimanches & fêtes de l'annee. Imprimée par l'ordre de M. l'Evéque d'Amiens, a l'usage de son diocese.

Amiens, J.B. Caron l'aîné, 1790. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 589pp. Full leather, gilt border, gilt spine lettering, marbled endpapers. Edges worn, spine chipped, front hinge split but holding, contents tanned, a few slightly stained margins, but overall sound. Text in French and Latin. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001579

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Breviary Français Latin

(Pitman, Fred)

The Pentatiuk, or Feiv Buks Ov Mozes, Riten in Fonetik Shorthand

London, Fred Pitman, 1920. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 157pp. Lacking cover, otherwise complete. Text is age-toned, title page darkened, bookseller's stamp on title page, contents have and occasional spot but mainly clean, spine edge has been archivally taped, owner's name on front endpaper. Text is written entirely in Pitman Shorthand script, chapter headings are written phonetically in a conventional typeface. A very unusual and uncommonly written book. Poor.

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Book number: 003443

Catalogue: Religion, How-to and Hobbies

Keywords: Pentateuch Bible "Five Books"Shorthand

The Psalms of David with Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Also, the Catechism, Confession of Faith, and LIturgy

New York, Hodge, Allen and Campbell, 1789. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 348, [7], 148 [2], bound with The Heidelbergh Catechism or Method of Instruction in the Christian Religion. Full calf. Wear and scuffing to cover, text variably foxed and occasional dampstained, lacking rear endpaper, textblock is sound and binding is tight. owner's name and 1789 date on front pastedown, faint pencil marks on front free endpaper. Good.

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Book number: 004605

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Christianity Biblical Catechism

(Various Authors)

The Youth's Magazine or Evangelical Miscellany, for the Year 1842, Vol. 5. Fourth Series

London, Hamilton, Adams & Co. 1842. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 432+12pp index. Half leather, marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine label, engraved plates. Moderate edgewear and chipping to boards, contents are age-toned, some dampstaining mainly apparent on plates, owner's name and date (1844) on front free endpaper. 12 monthly issues (Jan.-Dec, 1842) bound together. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001472

Catalogue: Religion, Periodical

Keywords: Christian Evangelical

Anonymous

The Ninepenny-Piece, and the Little Basket-Maker.

Providence, Geo. P. Daniels, 1843. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Soft cover. 23pp. Tan printed wraps, hand-stitched spine. Large waterstaining to cover, foxing and light staining to text, though generally sound. 9 woodcuts including cover. Book measures 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Good.

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Book number: 004353

Catalogue: Religion, Children's

Keywords: Chapbook Juvenile

d'Auborn, A.

The French Convert: Being the True Relation of the Happy Conversion of a Noble French Lady from the Errors and Superstitions of Popery to the Reformed Religion, by Means of a Protestant Gardener, Her Servant.

Haverhill, Massachusetts, Peter Edes, 1794. Hardcover. 70pp Paper over wooden boards, leather spine. Paper cover mostly worn away, insect holes in spine, contents age-darkened and dampstained and legible, former owner's name and verses written on endpapers, binding is tight. Fair.

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Book number: 004487

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Protestantism Catholicism Conversion

Baxter, William E.

America and the Americans

London, Gro. Routledge & Co. 1855. First Edition, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 244pp. Half leather, marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine label. Cover worn, front cover detached but present, contents age-toned, text is clean. Much information on the American people, their country, their government and their customs and habits, during the author's travels in the United States. On the front free endpaper is the bookplate of former owner Henry D. Gilpin, who served as Attorney General of the Unted States under President Van Buren. Howes B-252. Fair.

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Book number: 003946

Catalogue: Religion, Social History, Travel and Geography

Keywords: "New York" "New England" South Slavery

Bunyan, John

The Pilgrim's Progress

London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1906. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 327pp. The Royal Library Chef D'Oeuvre Series. Original stiff wrapper, red lettering. fine rag paper, untrimmed edges, title page in red and black. Backstrip partly missing, dampstaining to some page margins, including title page. Page edges are slightly darkened, but text is mostly free of other marks and blemishes. Despite these shortcomings, the text is quite sound, and appears to be unread. Fair.

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Book number: 002057

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Religion

Keywords: Allegory Christian

Burkitt, William

The Poor Man's Help, and Young Man's Guide.

New York, George Forman for Evert Duyckinck & Co. 1795. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 204pp. Thirty-first edition. Covers are worn and scuffed, contents tanned, some staining to few pages (including title page), last 25 pages are chipped along edges and have short tears with very slight loss of text to one page, the binding is tight and the text is all very readable. A scarce edition, first published in 1694. Fair.

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Book number: 002479

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Prayer Sermons Christianity