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Catalog No. 288
Church History & Theology, 15th-19th Centuries
Recent Acquisitions
Highlights from this Catalog:
Item #5, Bellamy,
Boston 1762
Item #33, Psalter,
MSS Leaf, circa 1275
Item #9, Breviary, English.
Manuscript Leaf, Circa 1250
Item #39, 1796
Spaulding,
Pre-Millennial
Item #27, Melanchthon: Loci
Communes. 1536
Item #12, Culverwel,
“Cambridge Platonist”
1st Edition, 1652
Item #18, Polish Prayer
Book, Grudziadz, 1926
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Manuscript--A Clever roman à clé in the Style of the O.T.
re a Church in Philadelphia, circa 1810 [Methodist? Episcopal?]
1. (17782) ANONYMOUS. The Book of the Times or a History of the War. Understandest thou
what thou readest? Philip. How can I except some men should guide me? Eunuch. A e i o u l m
n r. Manuscript, one volume, 44 pages [Philadelphia area, circa 1810?] 16.8 x 19.9cm.
$400.00
This is an exceedingly clever roman à clé done in the
style of the Old Testament scripture. Divided into three
"books" of multiple chapters, it documents the turbulent
differences within a religious community, apparently in
Philadelphia or the area.
The volume contains first names only. When person
of the same name are mentioned, the anonymous author
might write "William surnamed P," "William surnamed
N," and "Henry F." on occasion.
The text commences with the difficulties of Henry, an
elder who opposed the church leadership's plans to
renovate their sanctuary and in the process sell
commercial space on the cellar floors. Led by Samuel,
the meeting clerk (or "Scribe" as the writer has it,
Henry was forced out after being accused of adultery.
To prove the accusation of his critics "bort forth an
Harlot, who testified that Henry was the Father of one
of her two Children."
This escalates rather than calms the situation. Further
disputes arise, power struggles flare, personalities clash,
and a minute-book with key document is mysteriously
mutilated. All seems to culminate in arguments over
control of the church's "Chartered Fund," that is to say
its endowment.
There are references to ministering to prisoners and
Africans and also to "a new sect who call themselves
The Society of Hospitality." A delightful and cleverly-done manuscript.
The manuscript is bound thick card cover with Pennsylvania-Dutch style tulip
decorated paper on the outside. Written over the decorated paper on the back cover &
upside down is "Philadelphia Pennsylvania William Book." The spine is covered with
a blue piece of printed paper that reads "Controller's Copy Book. No. 3. Published by
J.B. Smith & Co., Booksellers and Stationers, No. 207 Market St., above 5th, Phila."
Blue paper chipped and split along lower half of spine, tulip paper rubbed through the
decoration in places, contents with moderate to heavy foxing--a dark stain in top inside
of most pages, several pages loose or almost loose but not lacking any pages. Written
in a very legible longhand. 12cm tear in last leaf but no loss of text.
Small Catholic Prayer Book with Crucifix. NY, 1905
2. (17804) ANONYMOUS. Key of Heaven. A Manual of Prayers and Instructions for
Catholics. Catholic Publications Press, New York, London. (Imprimatur, 1905). Small volume:
6 x 9.1cm.
$85.00
Bound in originally cream colored
padded oilcloth, now soiled darker,
gilt title on spine and gilt "IHS" on
front cover, just starting to fray at
spine ends, rounded gilt page edges
worn some, a gold crucifix on a thin
ivory cross set into a recessed
window in the inside front cover-window lined with cloth and
surrounded by gilt design on cream
endpaper, facing free endpaper
contains "Prayer before a Crucifix,"
pages tanning some but in good
condition. Pagination: 1-448pp
Prayers; 1-190 Epistles & Gospels.
Some woodcut illustrations are
printed within the text along with a
few head and tailpieces. With inscription on front flyleaf, "Presented to Mildred Kraus September 1926 By Mrs.
Arnold."
Although the covers are soiled some, still a pretty little prayer book with the gold & ivory crucifix.
Scarce Georgetown, D.C. Imprint by Joseph Milligan, 1825, Catholic Conversion
3. (17798) ANONYMOUS. The Old Fashion Farmer's Motives for Leaving
the Church of England, and Embracing the Roman Catholic Faith, and His
Reasons for Adhering to the Same: Together with an explanation of some
particular points, misrepresented by those of a different persuasion. With an
Appendix, By way of antidote against all upstart new Faiths: Concluded with
asking thirty plain Questions. First American Edition. Georgetown:
Published by Joseph Milligan, Agent for a Company of Gentlemen. 1825.
(Printed by William Cooper, Jun. Washington City). 9.3 x 14.3cm. $125.00
Printed by Joseph Milligan the Georgetown printer, bookseller and binder. He is know
for having appraised Jefferson's library for Congress and for transporting the 6000+ books
from Monticello to Washington. He was also somewhat of a skilled binder as Jefferson
praises his binding in his letters. A somewhat scarce imprint.
Concerning the book we are offering, the anonymous author states in 'The Author's
Advertisement:' "And my reasons for now presenting this to the public, are first, to prevent
people from being imposed upon by false notions concerning my conversion. Secondly, to
shew that I became a Roman Catholic upon no other motive than from a thorough
conviction of the truth of what that Church teaches; and that after a mature
deliberation and strict scrutiny into the most substantial points of doctrine,
especially those that seem to clash most with sense, and man's natural inclination,
not from any particular pique, or temporal interest. And thirdly, to make it appear
the Roman Catholics are by no means such abominable, idolatrous, wicked
wretches, as some roaring Protestant preachers, and authors, represent them."
Bound black leather spine with vellum corners and marbled paper over boards,
spine with simple single horizontal fillet lines dividing it into 5 panels, gilt title
directly on spine, small piece chipped from top of spine, worm holes & track along
about 1.5cm of front hinge, wearing through vellum at top corners, worn through
marbled paper at edges, rubbed & scuffed, faded yellow page edges, worm damage
to front endpapers and first 5 leaves in upper inner corner--does not come close to
any text, removed signature scar and/or tag on front paste-down endpaper, light
damp stains in bottom margin of most pages, medium foxing throughout, tear in
third leaf repaired with archival paper. Collation: A-M8, N4. Pagination: (1) title,
(1) printer, [iii]-iv The Author's Advertisement, [5]-199pp text, (1) blank.
American Imprints #1825-21738.
Manuscript Sermon Book with 4 Sermons, Daylesford, Australia[?] 1875
4. (17783) ANONYMOUS. Sketches & Skeletons of Sermons. 1875. 38 pages of lined paper
of which 8pp have 4 sermons sketches in brown pen and 2pp have "skeletons" in pencil. The
remaining pages are blank. The title is in brown pen on the front free endpaper. The first three
sermons have the place name of Daylesford--the only Daylesford Google Maps finds is a town
located in the Shire of Heburn, Victoria, Australia.,
founded in 1852 upon the discovery of gold in the region.
The Church of England, Catholic Church,
Congregationalists & Methodists all had churches open in
Daylesford by 1860.
$100.00
A thin book with a black leather spine and marbled paper over
boards, spine ends chipped & rubbed, edges of boards rubbed
through marbled paper, endpapers are browning and splitting along
inside hinge, contents is lined paper and clean with just a minimum
of foxing. The 4
sermons are written
in a somewhat erect
and round hand.
1. "New Years
Sermon Daylesford
Jan 2, 1875. I will
say of the Lord He
is my Refuge & my
Fortress, My God;
in Him will I trust.
2. "Duty of
Contending & [?]
for the faith once
delivered unto the Saints, Jude 3.... Daylesford 9/2/75 from Gerley
[?] 4/11/71
3. "Naeman the Syrian, 2 Kings 5.9-14... Daylesford Jan 11,
1875." His main points are "I. A Type of the Sinner, II. A Type of
the Awakened Sinner, III. A Type of the Self-Righteous Sinner, IV.
A Vanquished Sinner, V. A Saved Sinner, VI. A Grateful Sinner."
4. "I. The Saying is a faithful Saying... II. The Saying worthy of
all acceptation."
Joseph Bellamy's An Essay on the Nature and Glory of theGospel of Jesus Christ,
Boston, 1762, First Edition
5. (17739) BELLAMY, JOSEPH. An Essay on the Nature and Glory of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ: As also on The Nature and Consequences of Spiritual Blindness: and The Nature and
Effects of Divine Illumination. Designed as a Supplement to the Author's Letters and Dialogues
on the Nature of Love to God, Faith in Christ, and Assurance of a Title to Eternal Life. By Joseph
Bellamy, A.M. Minister of the Gospel in Behlem, in New-England. "We all with open Face,
beholding as in a Glass "the Glory of the Lord, are changed into the "same Image. "But if our
Gospel is hid, it is hid to them that "are lost. Boston, N.E. Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland, in
Queen street, opposite to the Probate Office. 1762, 12mo in 6's, 10.7 x 16.6cm.
$550.00
Joseph Bellamy(1719-1790) ardent disciple of Jonathan Edwards and earliest
and most faithful of his successors. "He was full of enthusiasm for the Great
Awakening, and for the New Light theology inaugurated by Jonathan Edwards,
which had been the occasion of the revival, since it enabled the preacher to call
men to repentance, as the older Calvinism had not. In this vein he preached
with fervor, cogency, and success, first to his own parish, and from 1742 on,
from place to place in and around Connecticut for part of the year, during
several years... Settling down at the close of the revival he bagan writing in
defense of this new theology... Young men came to him to study for the
ministry, and a sort of theological seminary grew up in this tiny backwwods
settlement... He was a striking example of bold independent thinking in early
New England."--Dictionary of American Biography, II:165.
We offer the First Edition of his An Essay on the Nature and Glory of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. A few quotes from the book: "Section VI. Vindictive
Justice an amiable Perfection
the Diety; a Beauty in the
Divine Character. Vindictive
Justice is that Perfection in the
Divine Nature, whereby God is
inclined to punish Sin
according to it's Desert...God's
giving his Son to die in our
Stead, to redeem us from the
Curse of the Law, as led some
to think, that God is not
inclinded to punish Sinc
according to it's Desert:
whereas his Inclination to
punish Sin according to it's
Desert, induced him to give his
Son to die in our Stead."--p.95.
"Section XI. The Nature of
Divine Illumination... To see
the Holy Beauty of God's moral Character, to see the Beauty of
Holiness, to have Holiness appear beautiful and seem lovely to the
Soul, is of the same Nature as to love Holiness; but to love
Holiness, is Holiness it self."--pp.201, 205-206.
Bound original calf with raised bands and double gilt fine fillet
lines outlining bands and red morocco title label, covers scuffed and
rubbed some, endpapers split at inside hinges but hinges tight, light
tanning of pages, light foxing but a bit heavier on endpaeprs.
Collation: A6, a2, B-Y6, Z2. D3 mis-signed C3. Pagination: (1) title,
(1) blank, [i]-vi Preface, (8) Contents, [1]-254pp. (2) vi (8) 254pp.
Evans: American Bibliography #9064.
Early signature on front free endpaper: "Daniel Emerson's."
Bennett's Memorials of Methodism in Virginia, Richmond, 1871
6. (17796) BENNETT, WILLIAM W. Memorials of Methodism in
Virginia, From Its Introduction into the State, in the Year 1772, to the Year
1829. By the Rev. William W. Bennett, D.D., Editor of the Richmond
Christian Advocate. (Second Edition.) Richmond: Published by the
Author. 1871 (c1870). 12.7 x 19.6cm.
$75.00
From author's preface: "Soon after the writer of this volume entered the ministry, now above twenty-five
years, he conceived the purpose of writing a history of Methodism in Virginia.... The main difficulty lay
in the collection suitable materials.... Most fortunately, the family of Rev. Stith Mead placed in his hands
the manuscript Journal of that eminently useful and extending through a period of forty years. This was
found to contain a record of facts in connection with early Methodism of the greatest value, besides copies
of documents of an official character that had escaped the notice of every other writer. This Journal was
destroyed, with the library of the author, in the great fire at Richmond in April, 1865... The work has been
carried forward in the midst of the daily engagements of the regular pastorate, and though nearly
completed before the outbreak of the late civil war, it has since been revised with care... W .W .B. Ashland,
Va., 1870."
Bound publisher's textured cloth with gilt lettering on spine, small silverfish type holes in cloth of cover-especially the front cover, fraying at corners & spine ends consolidated with flexible book adhesive, worn
through cloth in spots along edges of covers, brown endpapers starting to crack at front hinge--loose edges
pasted back down, pages tanning but otherwise in good condition and not brittle. Pagination: (1) title,
(1) copyright, (1) dedication, (1) blank, 3-4 Preface, vii-x Contents, [9]-741pp, (1) blank.
Limited (#17 of 50) Large Paper Edition of T.K. Cheyne's translation of
The Book of Psalms. Fine Binding, Chiswick Press, 1884
7. (17777) BIBLE. ENGLISH. 1884. PSALMS. The Book of Psalms Translated by the Rev.
T. K. Cheyne, M.A. [printer's device] London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., MDCCCLXXXIIII
[1884] [colophon:] Chiswick Press:--C. Whittingham and Co., Tooks Court, Chancery Lane.
Octavo, 13.5 x 27cm.
$225.00
Printed note with signed number "17" and signed "Charles Whittingham Co."
facing the half-title page: "The Large Paper Edition of this Volume, consisting of
Fifty Copies, all of which are numbered and signed, was printed in January, 1884.
This is No. 17. Charles Whittingham Co."
Bound in fine rich brown morocco with raised bands, raised bands highlighted
and outlined with narrow gilt fillet lines and broader lines in blind, double panels
on front and rear cover similarly decorated, ends of spine with simple radial hatch
mark lines, gilt fillet line down all edges of covers, scuff marks near bottom edge
and bottom corner of front cover, pasted-down endpapers outlined by intricate gilt
design around all four edges--leather turns-ins plus leather along the gutter,
maroon endpapers, top page edges gilt, fore-edge & bottom edges untrimmed,
handsomely printed with large margins, title printed in red & black, light very
occasional foxing--with the exception of larger and darker spots in the bottom
margins of gatherings B & D. Collation: 1 signed gathering of 8 leaves, b8, BR8, 2 unsigned leaves--last leaf blank. Pagination: (1) blank, (1) limitation
statement, (1) half-title, (1) blank, (1) title, (1) blank, [v]-xxix introduction,, (1)
blank, [1]-214 Psalms, [215]-256 explanations, (1) colophon, (3) blank. Herbert:
Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of the English Bible 1525-1961, #2034.
The translator, author of the introduction &
notes (explanations), T.K. Cheyne (1841-1915)
was an English OT scholar and critic, the first in
Oxford to teach the methodology of biblical and
textual criticism, and member of the committee
that prepared the Revised version of the Bible.
"However, after 1880 Cheyne's stance became
more evangelical, and for a while it was possible
for scholars to describe him as an `orthodox'
exponent of the historical school, in marked
contrast to later perceptions of his work. His books, especially on the prophets,
were initially recognized not only in Britain but also in Germany for their
contribution to textual and exegetical scholarship... Although Cheyne's earlier work
had evinced some sensitivity towards the concerns of traditional
biblical scholars, this disappeared with his growing conviction,
advanced in Aids to the Devout Study of Criticism (1892), that
historical criticism enhanced rather than impeded faith...
Despite the nature of his own work in later years, Cheyne, with
his contemporary S. R. Driver, set the ground in Britain for the
modern critical study of the Old Testament through his
application, tenacity, and breadth of knowledge."--Joanna
Hawke, `Cheyne, Thomas Kelly (1841-1915)', Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press,
2 0 0 4 ;
o n l i n e
e d n ,
M a y
2 0 0 6
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32395, accessed 31
July 2014] "His pastoral work at Tendering (1880) lent his
writings an evangelical and homiletic colour for some years.
Later he became highly, and finally recklessly unconventional
in his Biblical criticism and ideas."--Cross: Oxford Dict. of the
Christian Church, (1963), p.271.
From the author's introduction: "The best Introduction to the
Psalter is the practice of free and unconstrained private
devotion. A bad translation of an uncorrected text will be more illuminative to a devout mind than the choicest and
most scholarly rendering to an unsypmpathetic reader. The Psalter stands alone as a devotional classic of first rank...
The object of the present edition is to enable lovers of literature to read the Psalter intelligently and with pleasure...
But the ambition of the publishers and the translator is to make the Psalms enjoyable, and learned controversies are
not æsthetically enjoyable..."
Chiswick Press was founded by Charles Whittingham (1767-1840) and then taken over by his nephew of the same
name (1797-1876). The press made a name for itself at the time of the introduction of the steam press, by retaining
the old iron presses, and producing small runs of fine printed books reminiscent of an earlier era. At the time this
translation of Psalms was printed the press had been bought (1880) and was being operated by the publisher George
Bell.
First English Edition of the Book of Concord, Henkel, Newmarket, VA, 1851
8. (17785) BOOK OF CONCORD. The Christian Book of Concord, or Symbolical Books of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church; Comprising the Three Chief Symbols, the Unaltered Augsburg
Confession, the Apology, the Articles of Smalcald, Luther's Smaller and Larger Catechisms, the
Form of Concord, An Appendix, and Articles of Visitation. To which is Prefixed an Historical
Introduction. Translated from the German. Newmarket: Published by Solomon D. Henkel and
Brs., 1851. Octavo. 15 x 23.8cm
$325.00
"The first edition is dated July 4, 1851 about six years after the announced intentions
of the publishers. The work of those six years was not easy--as attested by the
publishers in the preface. It was necessary for the publisher to use the talents of men
familiar with Lutheran doctrine; the German and English languages; and also, because
of the archaic style of the original which presented "insuperable obscurities," men able
to consult the Latin text. The publishers were not attempting to translate literally with
the ambiguities inherent in a translation. Rather they hoped to hit a middle ground
between "purely literal" and a translation "which admits all the freedom and elegance
of English composition." The publisher's good intentions probably are summed up in
this statement, "We have labored to be faithful, and yet not to offend the fastidious
ear."
"The work was not that of one man, nor of the Henkel brothers solely, but
represented the combined talents of men primarily in Newmarket area. The Revs.
Ambrose and Socrates Henkel furnished a purely literal version of the Augsburg
Confession, the Apology, the Smalcald Articles, the Appendix, and the Articles of
Visitation. The Rev. J. Stirewalt provided a literal translation of the Larger
Catechism. The Rev. H. Wetzel translated the Epitome. The Rev. J. R. Moser
translated the Declaration. The publishers used the Rev. David Henkel's translation
of the Smaller Catechism as it was published in 1827. Joseph Salyards, Principal of
the Newmarket Academy, furnished translations of all the Prefaces, from the Latin
text published by Hase in 1846, and of the Historical Introduction as it appeared in J.
T. Mueller's Book of Concord. The publisher states that the principal
translations were made from the German edition of 1790 published at
Leipsic, and that they were enabled to compare their work with a copy of
"the original German Dresden edition of 1580" made available by the Rev.
C. P. Krauth.
The new English translation of the Book of Concord must have made a
remarkable success for the publishers because just four years later they
were able to put out a new and revised edition. In the preface to the second
edition, the publisher modestly announces that the first edition met with a
kind reception in the church. A. R. Wentz says that this English book
found a ready acceptance in all parts of the General Synod; many copies
were bought in Pennsylvania and Ohio; Gettysburg faculty and students
studied it, Capital University and Seminary studied it, and the churches in
the South welcomed it."--David L. Michel: Publication of the Book of
C o n c o r d
i n
A m e r i c a .
(http://www.epiphanylutherancolumbia.org/HistoryOfBookOfConcordIn
US.html--accessed 08/18/2014)
The Henkel edition remains to this day the only English translation of the
entire 1580 German edition of the Book of Concord.
Bound full calf with black morocco title label, leather split at hinges-front cover held on by original two cords and rear cover sometime reattached with thread where cords were, small piece of leather chipped from
right edge of title label, spine ends chipped, worn through leather at all
corners of covers, rubbed and scuffed, covers slightly warped, old pencil
writing & scribbling on endpapers, pencil writing at two other headings,
lacks rear free endpaper, small hole in pp 341-350--lacking a couple of
letters from several words on pp349-350, worm hole in page edges last
25pp, tear in p399 repaired with archival paper, foxing--varies from light to heavy in places but primarily medium
to heavy, scattered small damp stains. Previous owner's name in pencil on bottom of p.645. Collation: 4 unsigned
leaves, B-I4 , K3 [K4 blank removed], 1-774 , 783 [784 blank removed], 79-874, 882. Pagination: (1) title, (1)
copyright, [iii]-v Preface, (1) blank, [vii]-viii contents, [ix]-lxxvii Historical Introduction by John T. Müller, (1)
blank, [1]-689 Book of Concord, (1) blank, [691]-698 Index.
Illuminated Medieval Manuscript Leaf,
English Breviary in Latin, circa 1250
9. (17356) BREVIARY, ENGLISH. A leaf from a
medieval manuscript English Breviary, in Latin, on
vellum. Use of Sarum (Salisbury), mid thirteenth
century. 150 x 100mm.
$575.00
There are thirty-five lines of double column text in
microscopic-minuscule Gothic script. This leaf has two initials
in blue ink, each with a lovely dragon in red pen work. There is
also an initial in heavy embossed gold on rectangular blue and
pink ground with white tendrils. Extending from the ground
vertically are two floral stems with the buds also in embossed
gold. Verso: There are thirty-five lines of double column text in
microscopic-minuscule Gothic script with two initials in blue
ink and with dragons in red ink. This is an extremely rare leaf
due to King Henry the VIII of England destroying many of the
Catholic books. Condition is fine. Mounted in a double-sided,
conservation matte board, 8x10 inches, ready to be framed.
(GMM 3586)
Carte-de-visite photo of Rev. Joseph Carson (Methodist) and his Wife Jane,
circa 1865-70, Charlottesville, Va.
10. (17801) CARSON, REV. JOSEPH, and JANE. Albumen photograph of "Rev Joseph Carson
married Jane Payne," (57 x 89mm) mounted on printed card (62 x 100mm). The back of the
printed card reads: "From A. F. Smith's Photographic Temple of Art, [star above, phoenix rising
from fire logo] Lobban's Building, Main St. Charlottesville, Va." "Duplicates can be obtained
from this Negative at any time." Written at the top of the printing is "Rev. Joseph Carson married
Jane Payne."
$85.00
Joseph Carson (1785-1875) an early minister in the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, "was born in Winchester, Va., Feb. 19,
1785, and died in Culpepper Co., Va., April 15, 1875 in the ninetyfirst year of his age. He united with the M.E. Church in April, 1801...
He was admitted on trial in the Baltimore Conference, April
1805...where Bishop Asbury and
Whatcoat presided. He was appointed
junior preacher on the Wyoming circuit,
which embraced all that part of
Pennsylvania from the western branch
of the Susquehanna to the New York
State line, being 400 miles in circuit,
having 32 appointments. There was no church edifice on the circuit, he preaching in
private house and groves... He traveled extensive circuits in Pennsylvania, Maryland,
and Virginia, and everywhere revivals attended his labors... He gave to the church 74
years of his life, and to the ministry 73."--Simpson: Cyclopædia of Methodism, 1880,
p.169. For more info re Carson's ministry see: Bennett: Memorials of Methodism in
Virginia, 1871, pp482-94; 524-27; 555-57; 560-63; 569-570, 721ff.
The thin albumen photo is pasted onto a card within a double line gold border. The
back of the card in printed within a solid gold-tan border with fine vertical lines
forming a filler between a center border in which resides the printing in purple ink.
There is a 3.5cm tear through the photo and card which has been sometime repaired.
There are what appears to be old adhesive spots on the card--perhaps from pasting
down the photo.
Manuscript love letter re plans for property in Ohio & marriage, WV[?] Feb 8, 1916
11. (17784) CECIL. A love letter with plans for property and marriage and a trip to Ohio. Three
sheets of linen style paper 16.3 x 26.2cm folded 2 ways. In gray neat hand. Some light foxing.
Dated Feb. 8, 1916.
$45.00
The letter starts with "Hellow Monchere Feb. 8,-1916.
My Dear Dear Lover:" It commences with a lengthy
apology for not writing sooner then recounts a trip the
author took to Ohio to visit friends to look and try to
purchase a farm. "You know I have had a little trip out in
Ohio of late and was among friends and in the level
country for just a week.... Then E.E. and I left Ron.
[Ronceverte?] on No. 5. And arrived at Rushylvania Ohio
at 5 o'clock Fri. evening, went out to my Friends Mr.
McCulloch's and spent the night. Then Sat. morning John
McC., Earl and I went out to the farm there which joins to
theirs, and took a good look over all of it, and the
buildings as well, everything about the place looked very
well and very well it had been cared for.... I started home
Thursday morning and after having a good chance to look
over a part of Columbus left there at 4-20 and arrived
home next morning on No. 4. had quite a long wait in
Huntington at night for 4, which was late... altho there
wasn't a bit of snow there, when I left, but plenty here when I got home. Most every one out there that knew me
wanted to know what time this spring I was going to get married and come there to live.... Now You are anxious
to know of course if Earl and I made a deal. We have not closed it yet but I am almost shure we will because his
is anxious to get out there providing the better half will get the same notion soon.... You know Honey I sometimes
think I am missing the happiest part of this life by going on as I have and never having a home of my own with the
one I love... And I will say just now that is one of the reasons why I considered a proposition of my brothers, And
if we close this deal, which I expect we will soon, it will make a great deal of difference with me about the future,
in regard to asking You to become my wife..." In the last paragraph he discusses visiting her again soon with her
permission but "as the roads and traveling is now, it makes a trip that far quite a task, And I don't know how would
be the easiest way of going. Any way I am coming to see You some time soon if You will permit me to do so. I
will look for Your letter some time soon. And will close with all love and greetings to You My Dear. A sweet good
by with love, Cecil."
1st Edition of Culverwel's Light of Nature, London, 1652.
"A treatise of remarkable eloquence, power and learning by a Cambridge Platonist"
12. (17755) CULVERWEL, NATHANAEL. An Elegant and Learned Discourse Of the Light of
Nature, With Several other Treatises: Viz. The Schisme. The Act of Oblivion. The Childes Returne.
The Panting Soul. Mount Ebal. The White Stone. Spiritual Opticks. The Worth of Souls. By
Nathanael Culverwel, Master of Arts, and lately Fellow of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge.
Imprimatur, Edm. Calamy. London, Printed by T. R[atcliffe]. and E. M[ottershed]. for John
Rothwell at the Sun and Fountain in Pauls Church-yard. 1652. Quarto. 15 x 19cm.
$450.00
Nathanael Culverwel (1615-1651) "An English philosophical writer, belonging to the school
known as the `Cambridge Platonists.' His chief work, the Discourse of the Light of Nature, was
published with several smaller treatises in 1652. It seems to have been suggested by the De
veritate of his contemporary Lord Herbert of Cherbury, with whose views on epistemology he
coincides to a remarkable degree, though controverting his attack upon Christianity from the
side of reason. For grandeur and harmony of conception, as well as for rare insight and spiritual
rapture which is almost the only trace of the Calvinism in which he was apparently brought up,
the book is one of the most striking productions of the Cambridge school. Its main theme is the
use of reason and the special nobility of its function in the search after truth..."--New SchaffHerzog Ency. Religious Knowledge, III:320.
"Like the other Cambridge Platonists, Culverwell held that reason and faith are compatible....
Culverwell was the only member of the Cambridge Platonists to invoke natural law theory as
the foundation of his rational ethics. His founding of the legal authority of moral law in the will
of God and in the cognitive capacities of human beings has resulted in his being considered a
precursor of Locke, major differences between them notwithstanding... The `light of nature' of
the book's title is human reason, the `intellectual lamp' placed by God in the human soul to
enable mankind to understand the law of
nature. According to Culverwell the `law
of nature' is the imprint of divine law in
rational beings. W hile he acknowledged
the limitations of postlapsarian human
reason, he was optimistic about human
capacities, emphasizing reason and free will
as preconditions for knowledge of the
moral law and the obligation to obey it. For
this purpose, all human minds are furnished
with `clear and indelible' principles of
reason and morality. He conceived of God
as an intellectual being who communicates
with man through reason. Like W hichcote,
he argued that men become more like God through the exercise of their reason. In
coming to a knowledge of God and the eternal law, our reason is aided by experience
of the external world which manifests God's wisdom in the fixed order of divine
providence..."--Sarah Hutton, `Culverwell, Nathaniel (bap. 1619, d. 1651)', Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6885, accessed 15 May 2014]
Newly rebound with original paneled speckled calf laid over boards, spine with raised bands and gilt
lettering, new endpapers, light foxing. Title printed within simple woodcut border, woodcut head &
tailpieces. Collation: A4 , [a]4 , B-Z4 , Aa-Ee4 . A-X4 , Y2 , Z4 , Aa-Dd4 . Pagination: (1) title, (1) blank, (3)
Epistle Dedicatory, (1) blank, (4) To the Reader, (1) contents, (1) errata, (3) Courteous Reader, (1) blank,
1-215, (1) blank, Light of Nature. 1-24 The Schisme(caption title); 25-45 The Acto of Oblivion; 46-64 The
Childs Return; 65-80 The Panting Soul; 80-96 Mount Ebal; 97-172 The White Stone...Treatise of
Assurance; 173-212 Spiritual Opticks: or A Glasse Discovering the weakness and imperfection of Christians
knowledge in this life. London, 1652. Online ESTC Citation No. R13398. Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), C7569.
Spiritual Opticks has a separate title page with imprint. Pagination and register are continuous in the
second section.
Manuscript Quarterly Report of the Pelton Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church,
Cleveland, OH, Nov. 1, 1878
13. (17779) DISNEY, B. A. Quarterly Report of the Preacher in Charge of the Pelton Avenue
M.E. Church to the First Quarterly Conference held at the church Nov. 1, 1878. Respectfully
submitted B.A. Disney, Pastor. 1 sheet of lined paper written in pencil, page browning some, with
fold. 12.7 x 20.3cm.
$50.00
B. A. Disney, 1839-1925, a Methodist
minister in Ohio and Tennessee. He was pastor
of the Pelton Street M.E. Church in Cleveland,
Ohio 1876-1879. In the winter of 1878-79 the
church was completely rebuilt, seating 500
people. At the time it was renamed from
Pelton Avenue M.E. Church to Grace M.E.
Church.
The quarterly report discusses the different
Sunday School literature being used for the
various age groups. It continues: "I have
catechized the children several times during the
quarter and have also preached to them.
Hereafter we propose to take a little time every
Sabbath morning during Sunday School for this
purpose." It lists dismissal letters to 3
parishioners. "My pastoral work has been
broken in upon since Conference by changing
my residence, and our short visit to Mother's,
but hope soon to get fully at it as heretofore. I
have preached Sermons, Visited families,
Pastoral visits."
Sold with this is a 10.4 x 12.6mm sheet with
pencil notes on both sides in Disney's hand. It
concerns some difficulty in either the Pelton
Avenue church or one of his later churches: "1.
I think it unfortunate that any such thing as this
should have come at any time - - any where - especially here - - Campbellites - Congregationalists -- - - [?] - - Our own
members - - I have labored so hard - - Thought so much of my work - - were
prospering - - 2. Now I take it that you all are
in [?] in the Church - you have so said and I
must believe it - - - Hence for the sake of the
Church - - Your own sake - - - Your families - 3. I shall not allow myself to form an opinion
unwisily against any, nor to be biased or
prejudiced in any wise. 4. We shall not allow
going away back of this difficulty to bring up
old matters. 5. Nothing irrelevant-wise be
admitted. 6. No angry nor unkind thought or
feeling should be indulged for one moment. 7. No angry or unkind words can be permitted. 8. No unchaste nor
indecent [?] unless absolutely necessary can be allowed. 9. We must not seek to justify ourselves by trying to pull
down others. The question is not are others as bad as I am, nor am I as good as others, but am I as good as I ought
to be?" At the top of the first side are the notes: "Read - Sing - 2 or 3 prayers."
Samuel Drew's Life of Thomas Coke, NY, 1847, Leather
14. (17788) DREW, SAMUEL. The Life of the Rev. Thomas Coke, LL.D. Including in Detail His
Various Travels and Extraordinary Missionary Exertions, in England, Ireland, America, and the
West Indies: with an Account of His Death, May 3, 1814, while on a Missionary Voyage to the
Island of Ceylon, in the East Indies. Interspersed with Numerous Reflections;
and Concluding with an Abstract of His Writings and Character. By Samuel
Drew, of St. Austell, Cornwall. [3 lines quote--Milton] New-York: Published
by Lane & Tippett, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, 200 Mulberry-Street.
Joseph Longking, Printer. 1847. 12mo, 11.7 x 18.9cm.
$40.00
Life of Thomas Coke (1747-1814) Methodist Bishop, associated with Wesley from 1777.
Wesley set him apart as a superintendent for America in 1784 and Coke presided over the
Christmas Conference of the same year that formed the Methodist Episcopal Church of
America. Coke also presided over Conference in both England and Ireland several times.
He was an opponent of slavery and a
lifetime promoter of missions, organizing
the Negro Mission in the West Indies as
well developing mission activity in
Gibraltar, Sierra Leone, and Cape of
Good Hope.
Bound full tree-calf with red title
morocco title label. However, the book
is bound upside down. Leather mostly
split along rear hinge, rubbed & scuffed,
worn through leather at corners, library
bookplate & pocket on front paste-down endpaper, light to
medium foxing, scattered light damp stains. Pagination:
copperplate portrait of Coke, (1) title page, (1) blank, [3]-6
Contents, [7]-8 Dedication, [9]-381pp. Rowe: Methodist Union
Catalog #D2639.
Inscription on front flyleaf in old pen: "Presented by E. E.
Swanson, Sabina (?) Tex."
Two Titles by Bishop John Emory:
Episcopal Controversy Reviewed, 1838; A Defence of "Our Fathers," 1840
15. (17790) EMORY, JOHN. The Episcopal Controversy Reviewed. By
John Emory, D.D. Late one of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Edited by His Son from an Unfinished Manuscript. New-York:
Published by T. Mason and G. Lane, For the Methodist Episcopal Church,
at the Conference Office, 200 Mulberry-Street. J. Collord, Printer. 1838
(c1838).
$45.00
Pagination: portrait of Emory facing title, (1) title, (1) copyright, [iii]-vi Preface by
the editor, [7]-183pp, (1) blank. Rowe: Methodist Union Catalog #E1256, 1st Edition
of two. Bound with
EMORY, JOHN. A Defence of "Our Fathers," and of the Original Organization of
The Methodist Episcopal Church, Against The Rev. Alexander M'Caine and Others:
With Historical and Critical Notices of Early American Methodism. By John Emory,
D.D. [5 lines quotes from Grotius & Stillingfleet] Fifth Edition. New-York:
Published by T. Mason and G. Lane, For the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the
Conference Office, 200 Mulberry-Street. J. Collord, Printer. 1840.
Pagination: (1) title, (1) blank, (1) contents, (1) blank, [5]-6 Preface, [7]-154pp.
Rowe: Methodist Union Catalog E1240.
John Emory (1789-1835) Methodist Bishop. He studied law and practiced for one
year when he chose to enter the Methodist ministry fulfilling appointments in
Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore, Washington & Annapolis. He was elected
bishop in 1832, and died in a carriage accident in 1835. Emory had published A
Defence of Our Fathers in 1827 at a time when "the economy of the Methodist
Episcopal Church was assailed by foes from within." The Episcopal Controversy Reviewed came about from a
desire by John Emory "to prepare an entirely new work, in which the government of the Methodist Episcopal Church
should be defended, not merely against the cavils of a particular party or sect, but against all opposition; and its
entire accordance with Scriptural authority and primitive usage be established by a full investigation of the subject
of episcopacy in general, and of Methodist episcopacy in particular. Such was the plan of the present work: the
sudden death of the author left it but partially and imperfectly executed. The manuscript contained only a discussion
of the subject of episcopacy in general, in a reply to "An Essay on the Invalidity of Presbyterian Ordination, by John
Esten Cooke, M.D.," and a part of a reply to a tract entitle "Episcopacy tested by Scripture," by Dr. H.U.
Onderdonk... The principal object of the editor...has been to follow the original, without and additions or alterations
other than those which were necessary, and which are marked as such..."--Preface pp. iii-v.
Bound full calf with about half of the red morocco title label remaining, leather splitting along hinges, top of spine
chipped away, heavily rubbed & scuffed, worn through leather at corners, large damp stains at beginning of books,
smaller damp stains scattered throughout, light to medium foxing, endpapers and frontispiece with heavy foxing,
pencil scribbling on rear endpapers, "Withdrawn" library stamp on front paste-down endpaper but no other library
marks, previous owners names.
Diary 1884-85, of George W. Finley--Went over the Wall beside Armistead at Gettysburg,
then as POW, one of the 'Immortal 600;" Presbyterian minister in Romney, WV
16. (17805) FINLEY, GEORGE W. Manuscript Diary of George W. Finley, Romney, WV,
covering years 1884-1885. 6 x 15.5cm.
$1,100.00
George Williamson Finley (1838-1909) First Lieutenant, 56th Virginia Infantry, one
of the few men who crossed the stone wall beside Gen Lewis Armistead at Gettysburg
during Pickett's charge. Finley was beside Armistead as the general lost consciousness
on the battlefield. He was taken prisoner, spending the next two years in Unions
prisons including at Hilton Head were he became one of the Confederate "Immortal
600." Finley was born Dec. 1, 1838 in Yanceyville, NC. but was raised in Clarksville,
VA. He entered Hampden-Sydney College but graduated from Washington College
(now Washington & Lee) in 1856. Finley enrolled as a captain in the Confederate
Army on May 12, 1861. While he was a prisoner, he decided to become a minister and
entered Union Theological Seminary in 1866. He served as pastor in Romney, WV
from 1870-1892; then was appointed evangelist for the Abingdon, Virginia Presbytery;
and then pastor of the Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church, Fishersville, VA 19031909.
The journal consists of lined pages with one page for every day of the year. Finley
used the same journal for both 1884 and 1885. The same date as 1884 has the correct
day of the week penned in along with "85" at the head of the entry. Pagination of the
journal: (32) printed pages including color title & typical almanac material, (366) lined
pages for each day, (3) lined memoranda pages, (39) ledger accounting pages. The
contents are brief summary of what he did most days, from riding to a parishoner's
house to baptize
their infant or
perform a marriage to "Bred our cow to Bob
Fisher's ½ Jersey" or "went fishing quite
successful," and "At home--in garden Planted
potatoes."
It references a revival/special
meetings in his church in Jan/Feb. of 1884: "All
agree that this meeting must go on prayer
meeting to preaching. For several nights I have
invited after preaching, all who desired God's
blessing in themselves or others to come into the
Lecture room. Almost the whole congregation
comes--a Solemn Service." Feb. 3 "Closed
meeting a very solemn service. Praise to God for
His wonderful mercy--Oh to be more faithful. In
one way or another about 30 persons express
some interest in Salvation, 10 or 12 indulge hope.
On May 4, 1884 he mentions his 25th wedding
anniversary: "Cumberland, Md.... This is the 25th
Anniversary of My Marriage. How great the
Lord has been to spare my dear wife to me so long." He and his wife had 14 children of which 9 survived his death.
He mentions them Sept 4, 1885 "John & Willie started to Mossy Creek, Jno. to teach & Willie to go to school. God
bless the dear boys..." Ledger pages at the end are filled in with financial records for his church.
Entries also include references to his past in the Confederate army: May 29, 1885 "Moorefield before 3pm Address
to Ladies Memorial Association to aid them in purchasing Headstone for the Confederate Dead buried in the
Cemetery at M." or Aug. 13 1884 "Reunion of Ex. Confederates at Pancakes Sulpher Spring. Large attendance-pleasant day..." June 6, 1885 "Came home to attend the Exercises of Memorial Day. The largest crowd I ever saw
in Romney... 12 or 1500 people..."
He traveled a good bit on the newly built railroads in his area: Aug. 20, 1884 "Started with Willie for Thomas on
W.Va. Central & Pittsburgh R.R...." Aug. 22, 1884 "Walked with Willie over to the mouth of Beaver Creek on
Blackwater--the proposed site of Davis the present terminus W.Va.C. & P. R.R. Boarded at Robt. Eastham's the
only home except a few laborer's huts. Aug 24, 1884 "At Easthams to preach forbidden by the Dr. because my
throat. How I long to quicken those RailRoad hands & preach to them. No Sabbath for these poor people in the
wilderness." Then on Sept 1, 1884 "Cora, Jno. & Lul Eggleston left 1st train over So. Branch Railway..." On that
date the South Branch Railroad Company complete its first section from its connection with the B&O RR at Green
Spring, WV to Romney WV. Finley also made many trips to Richmond Va. where he was on the Board of Trustees
of Hampden-Sidney College "H.S. College." Sold with the journal: Finley's 1889 pass for travel on the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad, boldy signed by him on the verso, "Order for Clerical Ticket. This Order is good only when
Officially Stamped for the purchase of tickets to and from Stations on Main Line and Branches East of the Ohio
River." Good+ condition.
The journal is bound in black morocco leather with a fold-around flap to protect pages when carried in a pocket.
Small gilt oval on flap that reads "Standard Diary No. 159. Small metal piece on back cover that reads "Patented
June 29, 73." Leather at bottom of spine and bottom of edges is starting to fray or tatter, leather split along bottom
5cm of rear hinge, rubbed at all edges, pencil notes on endpapers, pages are lightly tanned but in good condition.
Seven Shape, Shape-note Hymnal: Harmonia Sacra, Singers' Glen, Va., 1867
17. (17746) FUNK, JOSEPH. Harmonia Sacra, Being a Compilation of Genuine Church Music.
Comprising a Great Variety of Metres, All Harmonized for Four Voices. Together with a Copious
Explication of the Principles of Vocal Music. Exemplified and Illustrated with Tables in a Plain
and Comprehensive Manner. By Joseph Funk and Sons. "And the ransomed of the Lord shall
return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and
gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.--Isaiah. Twelfth Edition. Singers'Glen,
Rockingham Co., Va., Published by Joseph Funk's Sons. 1867. Oblong, 24.1 x 15.5cm.
$95.00
Joseph Funk (1778-1862) pioneer Mennonite
publisher and music teacher in America,
established the first Mennonite printing house in
the United States in 1847. "Sixteen years [1832]
after the appearance of the modest little German
song book, Choral-Music, Funk brought out
Genuine Church Music, a far different and
infinitely better book, one which shows that its
compiler had grown in mental and musical stature
and that he now took the English language for
granted as the medium of communication and of
song, even in the Valley... The first twenty-four
pages [in our 12th edition expanded to 52pp]
include the Preface--the best written, most
dignified, cogent, and concise one in any of the
southern books; `an elucidation of the science of
vocal music,' a novel part of which is a doublespread `table showing the nature and the use of
transposition,' that is, the construction of the
scales in different keys, with a page devoted to an
explanation of the table.... The tunes...are
composed in three-part harmony [in our 12th ed.,
4 part harmony], with two songs on each page, an
arrangement which gave room for the insertion of
a number of additional stanzas of text. So that
instead of the single stanzas found in the
collections spoken of above, we have here usually
four or five. The composers of the tunes are not
given. But the book from which each is taken
and the number of the particular tune in the
source book are carefully given. These sources
are given as Watts, Rippons, Village Hymns,
Assem. Coll., Christian Lyre, John Newton,
Gems of Sacred Poetry, and `H. M.' ...The
popularity of the book may be judged from the
fact that the first four editions totaled 28,000
copies. The were sold principally in the near-by
territory of Virginia and what is now West
Virginia, but they found buyers to some extent
also in Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Maryland, North
Carolina, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Missouri,
and Canada."--George Pullen Jackson: White
Spirituals in The Southern Uplands, p32-35, 47-49.
"In 1851 the revised form of the fourth edition of Joseph funk's Genuine Church Music appeared under its new
title, Harmonia Sacra, printed and bound in his own shop in Mountain Valley, Virginia. The three non-original note
shapes used in this books were dangerously like Aikin's and had some resemblance to Auld's. ...the enjoyed, during
the forty-odd years following 1832, nineteen editions comprising a total of about eighty thousand copies... All the
editions from the fourth on came from the little log print shop and bindery in the Shenandoah Valley hamlet which
was first called Mountain Valley and subsequently, shortly after the Civil War, was given its present name, Singer's
Glen. As to the territory in which Harmonia
Sacra was used...the Virginias and North
Carolina remained its best market throughout its
nineteen editions."--ibid, p330.
This work did not become a regular Mennonite
church hymnal, "since it was in the long
(horizontal) singing-school format and had threepart harmonizations. It did, however, furnish
many of the tunes for the little English hymnal
[Mennonite, of Harrisonburg, Va. 1847] and was
very popular."--Mennonite Ency., 2:423, 881.
Most 19th century Mennonite hymnals were
without notes, since the Mennonites and Amish
up to the end of the 19th century generally sang
one-part music only, and objected to published
notes in their regular church hymnals.
This edition, the 12th, was the first to include
the alto part, with the music printed in 4 staves.
Bound printed paper over boards with leather spine, heavily rubbed and worn so that the print on the paper is
illegible in many places, worn through the paper at all edges, leather spine rubbed but solid, leather starting to split
at bottom of front hinge with loose ends pasted back down, lacks free endpapers and flyleaves, mostly light foxing
but with some moderate to heavy foxing, starts tipped back in with some leaves tattered at edges. Title printed
within nice decorative engraved border. Collation: (4) unsigned leaves, 2-454, 4 unsigned leaves. The number "36"
not used in the collation. Lacking final leaf of index, leaves 451-2 and Metrical Index leaf are defective--lacking
some text. Pagination: (1) title, (1) copyright, [3]-5 preface, p.[6] to teachers, 7-52 Rudiments Elucidation of Vocal
Music, [53]-354 hymns, [355]-358 indexes.
Early owner's name drawn across front paste-down endpaper: "John. D. Grone.s. Book. January. the. First. 1870"
followed by two pictures of a man's head the name "Joel" and the monogram "TBL."
Small Polish Prayer Book, Printed in Grudziadz, Poland, 1926,
Leather, with Hidden Pocket inside rear cover
18. (17803) GAJEWSKI, PIOTR. Anio³ Stró¿ albo Ksi¹¿ka do Nabo¿eñstwa. Ulo¿yl Ks. Piotr
Gajewski, M.S.F. Kevelaer. Nakladem Ksiegarni Józefa Thuma i. F. K. Sikorskiego, Grudzi¹dz.
1926 r. Printed in Poland. 6.1 x 9.8cm (outside) or 5.9 x 9.4cm (inside).
$125.00
Bound padded black morocco covers with simple gilt & green tooled vine,
flower & cross on front cover; gilt title on spine. Working strap & snap; gilt
& red page edges are gauffered. Black cloth front endpapers and rear free
endpaper. Paste-down rear endpaper is tooled in gilt with a decorative edge
and gilt candlestick plus line designs and 4 round balls at bottom; top half
with green flap tooled with gilt cross & border, that lifts up to reveal a
circular pocket lined with blue, red & green floral design. There is an insert
to the pocket that moves up and down when the leather strap is moved up and
down. Title printed in read & black; all pages printed within red ruled
border. Leather is wearing and split 1-3mm at top and bottom of both hinges;
leather rubbed some and just wearing through at three corners; page edges
worn some with several starts, pages tanned. Pagination: (1) title, (1)
Imprimatur, (1) dedication, p.4 table of dates, 5-12 contents-feasts, 13-320pp
prayer book. There is a sepia frontispiece of Christ on the cross. There are
9 b&w illustrations printed in the text including a small circular one of a
medallion containing Pope Leon XIII.
The other 8 picture a priest at various
stations in the church. Name in earlier
pen written on front flyleaf:
Micozuslaw Piskadlo
A charming little Polish Prayer Book
with some wear but still quite nice.
Gillies’ Life of George Whitefield, Boston, 1813
19. (17789) GILLIES, JOHN. Memoirs of the Life and Character of the Late Rev. George
Whitefield, of Pembroke College, Oxford, And Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Countess Dowager
of Huntington. Faithfully Selected From His Original Papers, Journals, and Letters, Illustrated
by a variety of Interesting Anecdotes, From the best Authorities. Originally Compiled by the Late
Rev. John Gillies, D.D. Minister of the College Church of Glasgow. Fifth Edition. Revised and
corrected, with large Additions and Improvements, by Aaron C. Seymour, Author of "Letters to
Young Person." [4 lines from Cowper, 5 lines from Scripture] Boston: Printed by Samuel T.
Armstrong, No. 50, Cornhill, 1813. 12mo, 11.4 x 16.3cm.
$125.00
George Whitefield (1714-1770) famous English preacher, evangelist. "Born at
Gloucester, he was educated there and at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he associated
with those who formed the 'Holy Club' and who would later be known as the first
Methodists. There also he experienced an evangelical conversion... He preached in several
London churches, but quickly accepted an invitation from John and Charles Wesley to go
to Georgia where, with the exception of a notable visit home, he remained from 1737 to
1741. The visit home included his first attempt at open-air preaching, in Bristol. He was
to continue the practice to the end of his life, regularly delivering up to twenty sermons a
week, covering vast distances that included fourteen visits to Scotland and, in those days
of long and hazardous voyages, no less than seven Journeys to America, where he died
shortly after preaching his last sermon... In his kind Whitefield is supreme among preachers,
sharing his eminence only with Latimer. Others might be more learned, even more stylish,
but none was more eloquent or more moving... Like open-air preachers before him, like the
friars and like Latimer, his work abounds with vivid colloquial phrases and apt, familiar
analogies."--Arthur Pollard in Douglas: Intl. Dict.
Christ. Church, p1043-44.
Bound full calf black morocco title label,
almost half of the title label chipped away,
rubbed & scuffed--especially heavy at edges and
along spine, spine ends chipped away, worn
through leather at top two corners and along top
edge of front cover, medium to heavy foxing and browning of pages, lacks
front free endpaper and flyleaf as well as rear free endpaper, endpapers
splitting along inside hinges, 3 starts, a small amount of light damp stain
in outside margin, first few page edges worn. Collation: includes woodcut
portrait of Whitefield facing title, 16, 24, 2-226, 232. Pagination: (1) blank,
(1) frontispiece, (1) title, (1) blank, [v]-xiii Preface, (1) blank, [xv]-xix,
(1) blank, [13]-268pp. American Bibliography, 1813-28640.
Thomas Hastings' The Musical Miscellany, NY, 1836
20. (17743) HASTINGS, THOMAS. The Musical Miscellany, Comprising the Music Published
in the Musical Magazine. Edited by Thomas Hastings. Vol. I. New York: Published by Ezra
Collier, 148 Nassau Street. 1836. Octavo in 4's 14.4 x 23.3cm.
$275.00
Thomas Hastings(1784-1872) well known American composer of sacred music.
"About two hundred of his hymns are in current use, and he left in manuscript about
four hundred more. His music, with that of Lowell Mason, did important service in
the Church, and marks in America the transition period between the crude and the
more cultured periods of psalmody."--Thomas S. Hastings in New Schaff-Herzog
Ency. Rel. Knowl., V:167. In 1832 by the call of a committee from 12 churches he
moved from Utica, NY to NY City where he was urged to put into practice in that
city the theories for better church music which he had been promulgating. And this
he did for the next 40 years. The Musical Magazine (1836-1837) was one of the
fruits of that labor. "Thomas worked diligently to promote the magazine...
Unfortunately, the financial backing for this magazine was not sufficient to allow it
to exist for more than two years and by April 1837 the final issue had come to press.
Interestingly, this failed journalistic venture spawned yet another publication The
Musical Miscellany, Comprising the Music Published in the
Musical Magazine (1836). As the title indicates, the musical
examples incorporated into the Musical Magazine were
gathered together in a separate publication... There are fortytwo items in the Miscellany, and many are by Hastings,
whose compositions vary from a round (Let us oft unite in
song) or a hymn (Ceylon) to an anthem (Funeral Anthem)."-Hermine Weigel Williams: Thomas Hastings: An Introduction to His Life and Music, p. 98,
text & footnote.
Bound in original vine pattern embossed cloth, lacking bottom 11cm and top 3cm of spine
strip (8.5cm remaining), early hand lettered title label on spine, worn through cloth at
corners at places along edges, light to medium foxing, heavier foxing on endpapers,
historical society stamp and their withdrawn stamp on front paste-down endpaper, previous
owner's name stamped in top outer corner of title page, number in red ink in top outer corner
of front free endpaper, top to bottom tear in fist page of music repaired with archival rag
paper. Collation: 2 unsigned leaves, 1-74, 334--i.e., the 8th signature of 4 leaves is signed
33. No pagination: (1) title, (1) copyright & printer, (1) index, (1) blank, (64)pp. Contains
42 numbered hymns in 4 parts on 4 staffs: tenor, second treble, air, accompaniment. Vol.
1 was all that was published.
The First Edition of the First Freewill Baptist Hymnal,
Boston, 1832
21. (17751) HOBBS, HENRY, SAMUEL BEEDE & WILLIAM
BURR, editors. Hymns for Christian Melody. Selected from
Various Authors. Be filled with the Spirit--teaching and
admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs--singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord-Apostle Paul. Boston: Published by David Marks, For the Freewill Baptist Connection. 1832.
$175.00
David Marks was appointed agent of the Book Concern by the General
Conference of October, 1831, establishing the Book Concern at the same time.
Hymns for Christian Melody was David Marks most important work in his
first year as books agent. "About this time, I received the first copies of
'Christian Melody,' our new hymn book. It contains one thousand hymns and
several anthems. Its appearance was very satisfactory, and I felt abundantly
rewarded for all my anxious labors and embarrassments in securing its
publication."--David Mark, Marilla Marks: Memoirs of the Life of David
Marks, pp.297-298. "It gathered its 1000 hymns from practically all available
sources, and is distinguished by its large use of the 'Methodist Selection'..."-Louis Benson: The English Hymn: Its Development and Use in Worship,
p.367. "Hymns for Christian Melody met with ready acceptance among Free Will
Baptist. David Marks, the Book Agent for the Connection who had seen to the
printing, observed that 'it as received by the subscribers and the public with
gladness, and almost with enthusiasm'; the first printing was exhausted in about six
weeks. In 1832, the Publishing Committee of the Connection reported to the
General Conference of Free Will Baptists that 7,000 copies of the 'Hymn Book' had
bee published, and that 'the last [most recent] edition of the hymnbook, being but
just printed, is now in the hands of the book-binder. Reports to the General
Conference in subsequent years show that the book remained in print at least
through 1856, during which time 43,464 copies were issued."--David W. Music &
Paul Akers Richardson: "I Will Sing the Wondrous Story:" A History of Baptist
Hymnody in North America, p230.
Bound dark calf with gilt double fillet lines dividing spine into 4 panels,
"Christian Melody" in gilt on spine, rubbed & scuffed some, light to medium
foxing--heavier on the endpapers, some dog-ears, large but mostly light dampstain
throughout, lacks free endpapers and flyleaves. [1]-388. (1) title, (1) copyright, (2)
preface, hymns with no pagination, then: [555]-556 The Arrangement, [557]-578,
table of first lines, [589]-601 index of subjects, [602]-668 index of scriptures.
Freewill Baptist Hymnal, Boston, 1841
22. (17752) HOBBS, HENRY, SAMUEL BEEDE & WILLIAM BURR,
editors. Hymns for Christian Melody. Selected from Various Authors.
Be filled with the Spirit--teaching and admonishing one another in
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs--singing and making melody in
your hearts to the Lord--Apostle Paul. Boston: Published by the Trustees
of the Free-will Baptist Connection. 1841.
$90.00
David Marks was appointed agent of the Book Concern by the General Conference
of October, 1831, establishing the Book Concern at the same time. Hymns for
Christian Melody was David Marks most important work in his first year as books
agent. "About this time, I received the first copies of 'Christian Melody,' our new
hymn book. It contains one thousand hymns and several anthems. Its appearance was
very satisfactory, and I felt abundantly rewarded for all my anxious labors and
embarrassments in securing its publication."--David Mark, Marilla Marks: Memoirs
of the Life of David Marks, pp.297-298. "It gathered its 1000 hymns from practically
all available sources, and is distinguished by its large
use of the 'Methodist Selection'..."--Louis Benson:
The English Hymn: Its Development and Use in
Worship, p.367. "Hymns for Christian Melody met with ready acceptance among
Free Will Baptist. David Marks, the Book Agent for the Connection who had seen
to the printing, observed that 'it as received by the subscribers and the public with
gladness, and almost with enthusiasm'; the first printing was exhausted in about six
weeks. In 1832, the Publishing Committee of the Connection reported to the
General Conference of Free Will Baptists that 7,000 copies of the 'Hymn Book' had
bee published, and that 'the last [most recent] edition of the hymnbook, being but
just printed, is now in the hands of the book-binder. Reports to the General
Conference in subsequent years show that the book remained in print at least
through 1856, during which time 43,464 copies were issued."--David W. Music &
Paul Akers Richardson: "I Will Sing the Wondrous Story:" A History of Baptist
Hymnody in North America, p230.
Bound dark calf with gilt double fillet lines dividing spine into 4 panels,
"Christian Melody" in gilt on spine, rubbed & scuffed some, light to medium
foxing--heavier on the endpapers, some dog-ears. [1]-388. (1) title, (1) copyright,
(2) preface, hymns with no pagination, then: [555]-556 The Arrangement, [557]578, table of first lines, [589]-601 index of subjects, [602]-668 index of scriptures.
Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf, "Maxson Bodhoes'[?] Book 1847."
20th century owner's printed address tag on bottom of rear free endpaper.
Fine Binding. George Horne's Commentary on the Psalms,
London, 1836, 3 vols., leather
23. (17778) HORNE, GEORGE. A Commentary on the Book
of Psalms. By George, Lord Bishop of Norwich. With an
Introductory Essay, by James Montgomery, esq. And a Memoir
of the Author, by the late Rev. William Jones, of Nayland.
London; Printed and Published by Joseph Rickerby, Sherbourn
Lane, (King William Street.) 1836. 3 Volumes, 16mo in 8's.
$225.00
Bound full dark olive green/gray leather with raised bands with gilt
decoration, black title and volume labels, covers with single panel outlined
by 3 fine fillet lines in blind and fleur-de-lys in corner in blind, small gilt
circle and each corner, lightly rubbed at corners and some edges, scuff
marks near top of front cover of vol. 2, very light tanning of pages,
otherwise clean, an nice handsome set in 3 volumes. Engraved portrait of
Horne facing title of vol. 1.
Collation, Vol. 1: frontispiece, title leaf, b-g8, h2, b-d8, e4, f2, B-N8, O4.
Vol 2: title leaf, B-Z8, AA-CC8, last leaf blank. Vol. 3: title leaf, B-Z8,
AA-DD8 . Pagination: Vol. 1: (1) title, (1) blank, (1) memoir Wm Jones,
(1) blank, [5]-98 Memoir Bp. Horne, (1) half title, (1) blank, [i]-lix
Introductory Essay, (1) blank, [1]-60 Authors Preface, [61]-63 Table of
Psalms, (1) blank, [65]-200 commentary. Vol. 2: (1) title, (1) blank, [1]398 commentary. Vol. 3: (1) title, (1) blank, [1]-411 commentary, (1)
blank, (4) book ads.
George Horne (1730-92) Bishop of Norwich. "Though an adherent of
High Church principles, he was in sympathy with the spiritual earnestness
of the Methodists and refused to forbid John Wesley to preach in his
diocese... His most important work is his Commentary on the Psalms
(1771); in it he maintained that the greater number of the Psalms were
Messianic."--F. L. Cross: Oxford Dict. Christ. Ch., p.655.
Against the Campbellites & Baptists on Immersion, Nashville, TN, 2nd Printing, 1857
24. (17786) LEE, NATHANIEL H. Immersionists Against the Bible; or,
the Babel Builder Confounded, In an Exposition of the Origin, Design,
Tactics, and Progress of the New Version Movement of Campbellites and
other Baptists. By the Rev. N. H. Lee, of the Louisville Conference.
Edited by Thomas O. Summers, D.D. Nashville, Tenn: Published by E.
Stevenson & F. A. Owen, Agents, for the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. 1857. 10.1
x 15.5cm.
$65.00
Nathaniel H. Lee (died 1881), methodist minister in the
Louisville conference; married to Sophia Lee (18321917). This work is written against Baptists &
Campbellites who wanted a new "immersion" version of
the Bible. We offer the second printing of 1857 after the
first of 1856. Rowe: Methodist Union Catalog #L1153.
OCLC locates 3 libraries of the 1857 2nd printing:
Central Meth. Univ. Smiley Libr; Bridwell Libr.; Emory
& Henry College. Rowe adds Kentucky Wesleyan
College Library.
Bound original blind stamped publisher's cloth, faded
gilt decoration on spine, covers with spots lacking from
cloth--probably insect damage--worse on the rear cover,
spine ends chipped away, worn through cloth at corners, yellow endpaper with some
foxing, contents with medium foxing throughout. Pagination: (1) title, (1) copyright,
iii-iv contents, v-viii preface by the editor, 9-270pp +2pp ads.
Devotional Work by John Ross MacDuff, Church of Scotland Minister & Hymn writer,
Philadelphia, 1867
25. (17800) MACDUFF, JOHN ROSS. The Mind of Jesus. By the Author of
"Morning and Night Watches," "Faithful Promiser," Words of Jesus," etc.
Philadelphia, Protestant Episcopal Book Society, 1224 Chestnut Street. 1867.
24mo, 8.7 x 13.2cm.
$35.00
John Ross MacDuff (1818-1895) a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, he entered the
clergy of the Church of Scotland in 1842 serving as parish minister of Kettins, Forfarshire,
in 1849 of St. Madoes, Perthshire, and in 1855 Sandyford, Glasgow, retiring in 1871 to
devote himself to full time writing. He was a popular devotional writer and author of thirtyone hymns.
"The mind of Jesus! What a study is this! To attain a dim reflection of it, is the ambition
of angels--higher they cannot soar. "To be conformed to the image of His Son!"--it is the end
of God in the predestination of His Church from all eternity. "We shall be like Him!"--it is
the Bible picture of heaven!"--page ii.
Bound publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth with dulled gilt title on front cover, fraying
at spine ends and corners consolidated with flexible book adhesive, covers soiled & stained,
red page edges, light tan endpapers, light damp stain on last 5 leaves & flyleaf, light foxing
of contents--otherwise clean. Pagination: (1) title, [ii]-iii preface, 4-127pp, (1)p.
Lowell Mason & G. Webb's The Odeon: A Collection of Secular Melodies, Boston, 1837
26. (17756) MASON, LOWELL, and GEORGE W. MASON. The Odeon: a Collection of Secular
Melodies, Arranged and Harmonized for Four Voices, Designed for Adult Singing Schools, and
for Social Music Parties. By G. J. Webb and Lowell Mason, Professors in the Boston Academy
of Music. Boston: J.H. Wilkins & R.B. Carter, 1837. Oblong, 25.3 x 16.3cm.
$75.00
Lowell Mason (1792-1872) American musical
educator and hymn writer. "He early developed a
remarkable talent in musical matters... He was
especially devoted to the bettering of the musical
services of the churches, and to that end paid attention
to the training of church choirs. He was indefatigable
also in the preparation of handbooks and manuals for
use in churches, Sunday-schools and singing-classes."-New Schaff-Herzog Ency. Rel. Knowl., 7:226.
"Mason was not a great composer. Many of his tunes
were adaptations of melodies from Händel, Haydn, and
Mozart, and from earlier church music, but they came
to replace the `fugue tune' of the earlier nineteenth
century and gained great popularity throughout the
Untied States."--DAB, 12:372. "A compiler of church
music, and organizer of choral societies... and
originator of conventions for the training of music
instructors in the public schools., Mason impressed
himself indelibly on the democracy of his times."-Beard: The Rise of Amer. Civilization, I:801 Mason's
collaborator in this book, George James Webb (18031887) was born in England, emigrated to America were he immediately became organist of the Old South Church
in Boston. He soon became associated with Mason in his education projects and collaborated with Mason on a
number of song and hymn books--DAB 19:574. From Preface: "...The selection has been made chiefly from those
songs, and other pieces, which have obtained a decided popularity. This, however, was not found to be a very easy
matter; for of the great multitude of such pieces, but few are equally and entirely unobjectionable in their text and
in their music. In many cases it has been found necessary to make alterations in the poetry, and in every instance,
its character has been primarily regarded. By far the greater number of pieces in the present volume, are either now
harmonized for the first time, or altogether newly arranged; and a few were composed expressly for this work...."
Bound leather spine with printed green paper over boards--front cover title & imprint as well as back cover ads
printed within decorative printed borders, leather rubbed & scuffed some, worn through cover paper at all edges,
soiled some, endpapers split at inside hinges but hinges tight, light to medium foxing throughout, lacks rear
endpaper. Collation: [A]-[E]4 , [1]-[38]4 . Pagination: (1) title, (1) copyright, (1) preface, iv-xxiv Elements of Vocal
Music, xxv-xxxix Appendix, l index, [1]-304pp.
Melanchthon's Loci Communes, German translation of Justus Jonas, Wittenberg, 1536
27. (17753) MELANCHTHON, PHILIPP. Loci Communes, das ist, die furnemesten Artikel
Christlicher lere, Philippi Melanch. Aus dem Latin verdeudscht, durch Justum Jonam.
Wittenberg. M. D. XXXVI. [1536] [Colophon:] Gedruckt zu Wittemberg durch, Georgen Rhaw.
Quarto, 14 x 19cm.
$1,600.00
The publication of Melanchthon's Loci in 1521 was "the first
systematic statement of Protestant theology... In 1521
Melanchthon was not quite ready to publish the Loci Communes,
but he had little choice. Some students, whom Melanchthon
believed were 'blessed with more zeal than judgment,' printed
and widely distributed his lectures on Romans. Unable to recall
these notes, Melanchthon resolved to print the material in a more
acceptable form. The book came out in April, 1521, and before
the year was out two editions appeared in Wittenberg and one in
Basel. By the end of 1525 eighteen Latin editions had been
published in addition to various printings of Spalatin's German
translation of it. Throughout Germany and in foreign lands the
book won acclaim, for it was something radically new in
theological science--a system of doctrine drawn from the
Scriptures!
The Loci represented the culmination of
Melanchthon's study of Paul's Letter to the Romans..."--Clyde
Manschreck: Melanchthon the Quiet Reformer, p.82. "As a
theologian, Melanchthon did not show so much creative ability
as a genius for collecting and systematizing the ideas of others,
especially of Luther, for the purpose of instruction. He kept to
the practical, and cared little for a connection of the parts, so his
Loci were in the form of isolated paragraphs... The development
of Melanchthon's beliefs may be seen from the history of the
Loci (1st publ. 1521). In the beginning Melanchthon intended
only a development of the leading ideas representing the
Evangelical conception of salvation, while the later editions
approach more and more the plan of a text-book of dogma. At
first he uncompromisingly
insisted on the necessity of every event, energetically rejected the philosophy of
Aristotle, and had not fully developed his doctrine of the sacraments. In 1535 he
treated for the first time the doctrine of God and that of the Trinity; rejected the
doctrine of the necessity of every event and named free will as a concurring cause in
conversion. The doctrine of justification received its forensic form and the necessity
of good works was emphasized in the interest of moral discipline. The last editions
are distinguished from the earlier ones by the prominence given to the theoretical and
rational element."--O. Kirn in New Schaff-Herzog Ency. Religious Knowledge,
VII:284.
Title page printed within a handsome woodcut title page depicting various Biblical
scenes. 3 x 3cm woodcut initials.
We are pleased to offer this 1536 edition (first edition was 1521) of Justus Jonas'
German translation.
Bound 19th century brown & tan "marbled" paper over boards, thin black cloth
spine strip with hand lettered paper title label, cloth worn away and split along
hinges, cloth and paper worn through at most edges, lacks endpapers and flyleaves,
title page soiled and lacking top and bottom dog-ears, tp with damp-stain along inner
margin, next few leaves soiled, a few dog-ears missing on first 20 leaves, scattered
damp stains in margins throughout, last 4 leaves with top outside corner torn away,
light foxing but heavier on some pages and near page edges, 3cm tear in margin of
LL2, early annotations on FFf1-3. Collation: A-Z4, a-z4 , Aa-Zz4, AAa-LLl4, MMm6-last leaf blank. Leaf mis-signed Ll2. Foliation: 8 not numbered leaves, CCCXVII
(317) numbered leaves, 1 blank leaf.
OCLC locates 6 libraries in the U.S.: Emory Univ--Pitts Theol Libr; Augustana Col; Harvard--Houghton Libr;
Bethany Luth Theol Seminary; Univ of St Thomas; Univ of Minn. They also locate a copy in the UK: London
Library; and France: Bibliotheque Nat & Univ Strasbourg.
Discipline, Methodist Episcopal, NY, 1836, Leather
28. (17741) METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The Doctrines and
Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church. New-York, Published by T.
Mason and G. Lane, For the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the Conference
Office, 200 Mulberry-street. J. Collord, Printer. 1836. 3 x 5 inches, 7.6 x
12.5cm.
$110.00
Bound full leather with red morocco title label, spine panel divided into 5 panels with double
gilt fillet lines, rubbed & scuffed, small chip at top of spine, starting to wear through leather
at corners, light foxing. Pagination: (1) title, (1) copyright, 3-192pp.
Early pencil inscription on front flyleaf: "Miss Rachel Proper Mr. John Proper Property
Franklin Vt."
Methodist "Harmonist," NY, 1839, with "Patent" or "Shape" Notes
29. (17744) METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The Harmonist: Being a Collection of Tunes
from the Most Approved Authors; Adapted to Every Variety of Metre in the Methodist Hymn-book.
And, for Particular Occasions, a Selection of Anthems, Pieces, and Sentences. New Edition, in
Patent Notes--Revised and Greatly Enlarged. New York:
Published by G. Lane & P. P. Sandford, for the Methodist
Episcopal Church, at the Conference Office, 200 MulberryStreet. James Collord, Printer. 1842 (c1837). Oblong, 23.9 x
15.4cm.
$185.00
Stanislaw: Checklist of Four-Shape-Note Tunebooks: "Probably by
Timothy B. Mason and/or William C. Brown... The Harmonist was a
revised continuation of the Methodist Harmonist. ...mostly urban [hymns]."
It was published in a shaped note version and a round note version. This
copy is a shape note edition. Rowe: Methodist Union Catalog: H1240.
With page numbers keying the tunes to the words in the Methodist hymnal.
"In preparing the present edition of the Harmonist, the Books Agents at
New-York recommended that a committee, composed of suitable persons
with respect to Sacred Music, should be chosen in our
principal cities, who should make such a selection of
tunes as would suit the taste of the different sections of
the country they represented. These committees met by
delegation in the city of New-York, and from the mass
of tunes thus furnished, selected the contents of the
present edition. In doing this, it as constantly borne in
mind that different tastes exist in different parts of the
country, and that each of these should be gratified as far
as could be consistent with suitable reference to the
rest... Great pains have been taken to omit all sch tunes
as could be ascertained were not much used, and to
insert in their place, the best tunes which could be
found; a number of original tunes have also bee added.
On this part of the work unwearied labour has been
bestowed, and we can confidently say, that no book ever
published contains such a choice selection and pleasing
variety of hymn tunes as the present edition of the
Harmonist. Our Hymn book contains, in addition to the
common, long, and short metre hymns, more than three
hundred hymns in twenty-eight different particular
metres..."--from preface signed [i.e., printed] by Gabriel
P. Disosway, Daniel Ayres, William C. Brown, and
Samuel Ashmead, and dated September, 1837.
Bound with leather spine and corners with printed
paper over boards, leather split bottom 2.5cm of front
hinge with small triangular piece of leather lacking from
bottom of front hinge, worn through leather at corners,
corners bumped, worn through paper at edges, worn
through cover paper at all edges, rubbed & scuffed
some, mostly light foxing--a bit heavier on endpapers,
one line of MSS music pasted on front paste-down endpaper, 3cm tear in title repaired with archival rag paper,
bottom edge of title slightly tattered, lacks front flyleaf. Collation: 8 unsigned leaves, 1-248. Pagination: (1) title,
(1) copyright, [iii]-iv preface, (1) Explanation of Musical terms, (1)p blank, 1-378pp hymns, [379]-384pp indexes.
Imprint on printed cover title is Mason & Lane, 1837.
Bookseller's stamp on front free endpaper of "L.W. Hall & Co. Book Sellers Syracuse. Early pencil name of
"David Bogardus" on endpapers.
Methodist "Harmonist," NY, 1845, with "Patent" or "Shape" Notes
30. (17745) METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The Harmonist: Being a Collection of Tunes
from the Most Approved Authors; Adapted to Every Variety of Metre in the Methodist Hymn-book.
And, for Particular Occasions, a Selection of Anthems, Pieces, and Sentences. New Edition, in
Patent Notes--Revised and Greatly Enlarged. New York: Published by G. Lane & C.B. Tippett,
for the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the Conference Office, 200 Mulberry-Street. James
Collord, Printer. 1845 (c1837). Oblong, 24.7 x 15.1cm.
$115.00
Stanislaw: Checklist of Four-Shape-Note Tunebooks: "Probably by
Timothy B. Mason and/or William C. Brown... The Harmonist was a
revised continuation of the Methodist Harmonist. ...mostly urban
[hymns]." It was published in a shaped note version and a round note
version. This copy is a shape note edition. Rowe: Methodist Union
Catalog: H1243. With page numbers keying the tunes to the words in the
Methodist hymnal. "In preparing the present edition of the Harmonist, the
Books Agents at New-York recommended that a committee, composed of
suitable persons with respect to Sacred Music, should be chosen in our
principal cities, who should make such a selection of tunes as would suit
the taste of the different sections of the country they represented. These
committees met by delegation in the city of New-York, and from the mass
of tunes thus furnished, selected the contents of the present edition. In
doing this, it as constantly borne in mind that different tastes exist in
different parts of the country, and that each of
these should be gratified as far as could be
consistent with suitable reference to the rest...
Great pains have been taken to omit all sch tunes
as could be ascertained were not much used, and
to insert in their place, the best tunes which could
be found; a number of original tunes have also
bee added. On this part of the work unwearied
labour has been bestowed, and we can confidently
say, that no book ever published contains such a
choice selection and pleasing variety of hymn
tunes as the present edition of the Harmonist. Our
Hymn book contains, in addition to the common,
long, and short metre hymns, more than three
hundred hymns in twenty-eight different
particular metres..."--from preface signed [i.e.,
printed] by Gabriel P. Disosway, Daniel Ayres,
William C. Brown, and Samuel Ashmead, and dated September, 1837.
Bound with leather spine and corners with printed paper over boards, only about half of the printed paper on the
front cover remains, worn through paper at all edges, worn through leather at corners, covers warped and damp
stained, rubbed & scuffed some, covers warped, large damp stain on endpapers, large piece torn from rear free
endpaper, damp stains in inner and outer margins of most pages, several starts--tipped back in, light to medium
foxing. Collation: 8 unsigned leaves, 1-248 . Pagination: (1) title, (1) copyright, [iii]-iv preface, (1) Explanation of
Musical terms, (1)p blank, 1-378pp hymns, [379]-384pp indexes. Leaf 241 (pp369-70) has a 2.5 x 1.5cm hole with
loss of 1 note on p.369 and 5 notes on p.370. Imprint on printed cover title is Lane & Tipper, 1845.
Early owner's name written in pencil on endpapers: "Lettie Lowman, Newbern."
History of the Organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
1st Edition. Nashville, 1845, Re the Slavery Issue
31. (17792) METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH. History of the Organization of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South: Comprehending All the Official Proceedings of the General
Conference; the Southern Annual Conferences, and the General Convention: with such Other
Matters as are Necessary to a Right Understanding of the Case. Nashville: Compiled and
Published by the Editors and Publishers of the South-Western Christian
Advocate, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. By Order of the
Louisville Convention. William Cameron, Printer. 1845. Octavo, 14 x
22.5cm.
$145.00
"The Convention of Delegates from the Annual Conferences in the slaveholding States,
held in Louisville, Ky., in May, 1845, after having resolved to organize The Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, deemed it necessary to lay before the public a historical
statement of the events which led to the formation of a distinct ecclesiastical connexion,
and of the organization of that connexion, in order to a better understanding of the action,
principles and motives of Southern Methodists in the premises, and to preserve for future
time a faithful record of those important facts which might now be collected with facility,
but which, if not embodied in a permanent form, would be liable to be lost to posterity.
In accordance with this design, the undersigned were appointed a committee to compile
and publish a History...under certain instructions given by the Convention... Though the
compilers are identified with the Southern organization in fact, feeling and principle, they
have endeavored to state facts and arguments with fairness and candor... J.B. McFerrin,
M.M. Henkle, A.L.P. Green, F.E. Pitts, John W. Hanner. December, 1845."--Preface.
Bound full calf with black morocco title label and horizontal double gilt fillet lines
dividing the spine into panels, several letters of the title label worn away, 1.5cm of
surface letter near top of spine chipped away, rubbed & scuffed, mostly light with some
medium foxing--heavier on endpapers, the only library mark is a small "Withdrawn"
stamp on the title page!%. Collation: 4 unsigned leaves, 1-226, 232. Pagination: (1) title,
(1) blank, [iii]-iv Preface, [v]-viii Introduction, 1-254pp text, [255]-267 index, (1) blank.
Previous owner's signature: "Wm. U. Smith's Book Price 75."
Samuel Miller: Infant Baptism Scriptural and Reasonable, Philadelphia, 1835
32. (17794) MILLER, SAMUEL. Infant Baptism Scriptural and
Reasonable: and Baptism by Sprinkling or Affusion the Most Suitable and
Edifying Mode: In Four Discourses. By Samuel Miller, D.D. Professor of
Ecclesiastical History and Church Government, in the Theological
Seminary at Princeton. Philadelphia: Published by Joseph Whetham.
1835 (c1834). 12mo, 11.1 x 18.2cm.
$40.00
Samuel Miller (1769-1850) American Presbyterian divine, professor of ecclesiastical
history and church government in the Princeton Theological Seminary, 1813-49. "He
was a stanch Calvinist and entered heartily into the defense of his positions. He was
particularly prominent in the discussions which led to the disruption of the Presbyterian
Church in 1837."--New Schaff-Herzog Ency. Rel. Knowl., VII:379.
From author's preface: If I know my own heart, my purpose is, not to wound the
feelings of a human being; not to stir up strife, but to provide a little manual better
adapted than any of this class that I have seen, for the use of those Presbyterians who
are continually assaulted, and sometimes perplexed, by their Baptist neighbours. May
the Divine benediction rest upon the humble offering! Samuel Miller. Princeton, Nov.
1834."
Bound full sheepskin with red morocco gilt title label, top edge of spine chipped,
bottom 1cm of spine leather chipped off, covers slightly warped outward, heavily
rubbed & scuffed, leather soiled some, leather split along front hinge but hinge still
relatively tight, large & small damp stains, medium foxing with some heavier.
Pagination: (1) title, (1) copyright, (1) contents, (1) blank, [5]-6 Advertisement(author's
preface), [13]-148pp. American Imprints #1835-33060, the 2nd printing of this work
after the 1st of 1834.
Illuminated Medieval Manuscript Leaf, Flemish Psalter in Latin, circa 1275
33. (17358) PSALTER. This is an illuminated medieval manuscript Psalter leaf. In Latin, on
vellum, Flanders, second half of the 13th century. 125 x 90mm.
$395.00
There are eighteen lines in rather small gothic script and a blue single bar border containing six highly embossed
gold initials with white tendrils and serrated line extenders in pink, blue and burnished gold. Verso: eighteen lines
in a rather small gothic script with a pink single bar border containing seven highly embossed gold initials with
white tendrils. Condition of this leaf is just under fine due to tight cropping of the top of the leaf. Mounted in a
double-sided, conservation matte board, 8x10 inches, ready to be framed. (GMM #19039)
Ellen Ranyard of the Ranyard Mission, London, 1869
34. (17797) RANYARD, ELLEN. Fresh Leaves in the Old Testament Part [& New Testament]
of the Book and its Story. By L.N.R. With Seventy Illustrations. London: William Macintosh,
24, Paternoster Row; and all other Booksellers. 1869. 13.2 x 20cm.
$45.00
Ellen Ranyard (1809-1879) was the daughter of a non-conformist cement maker,
as a child becoming involved in visiting poor families. She established the Bible and
Domestic Female Mission (known as the Ranyard Mission from 1917) in 1857. The
mission became known for its ability to work in some of the most deprived areas of
London. She developed "Bible Women" who were missionaries drawn from the
neighborhoods they were to work in. They were given 3 months training in the poor
law, hygiene and scripture. Their job was to sell Bibles and provide domestic advice
to wives & mothers. She also developed "Bible nurses" who again were drawn from
the poor neighborhoods, but were trained in London hospitals. Along with their
religious tasks, their duties included referring patients to doctors and local hospitals,
inspecting infants in mother's meetings, and encouraging medical self-help among the
poor. "[Mrs. Ranyard] was very much aware of the degree to which the poor looked
after on another in emergencies and hoped to extend and improve these traditions
with nursing assistance and advice."--F.K. Prochaska: The Voluntary Impulse,
Philanthropy in Modern Britain (1988) p.52. " By 1867 there were 234 Bible women
working in London. They were the first group of paid social workers in Britain."
"Ellen Ranyard's contribution to the development of social work, community work
and informal education has not been properly recognized. It might be that the locus
within evangelicalism has tended to put some commentators off, but the way in which
Ranyard recruited, trained and deployed working class workers was a significant
landmark in the development of practice."--Ellen Ranyard ("LNR"), Bible women
and Informal Education (http://infed.org/mobi/ellen-ranyard-lnr-bible-women-andinformal-education/ accessed 8/21/14).
We offer her work on the Old Testament written for the working man & woman.
"Those who have followed this volume in its course of monthly issue, will be aware of its intent and purpose. It
directs to the Story of the Divine Book, as contained in itself, marks the inspired men who tell it, and shews how
the separate books of the Old Testament are, as it were, built into one another, each one successively needful to the
understanding of those which come after it. These Fresh Leaves have been issued in large print for those who do
not read very easily, but who wish to be presented, when they sit down to read the Bible, with some thoughts and
facts about each of its books, which shall help them to read it intelligently, not merely as a duty, and to perceive the
bearing of its various parts upon each other.
We have had some testimony already from
" Bible-women," "City Missionaries," and
"Working-men," that it is the kind of book
they wanted on a Sunday afternoon."-Preface p.iii.
Bound purple cloth faded to almost tan on
spine and front cover, dulled gilt lettering
on spine, brighter gilt lettering & simple
decoration on front cover, sun-fade line on
front cover, fraying & chipped spine ends &
corners consolidated with flexible book
adhesive, dark brown endpapers with 19th
century library bookplate and their
"Withdrawn" stamp over it, pages tanning
but clean. Pagination: frontispiece, (1) title,
(1) blank, [iii]-4 Preface, (1) list full page
illustrations, (1) blank, [vii]-viii list of
minor illustrations, [1]-352pp text, [353]364 index, [1]-120 New Testament, [121]124 index.
The 70 illustrations include 18 full page
plates and 52 printed in the text. The N.T.
portion contain 6 full page plates and 1
printed in the text.
Redford's History of the Organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
1st Edition, Nashville, 1871
35. (17791) REDFORD, ALBERT HENRY. History of the Organization of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South. By A. H. Redford, D.D. Nashville, Tenn.: Published by A.H. Redford,
Agent, for the M.E. Church, South. 1871. 13.3 x 18.7cm.
$65.00
"More than a quarter of century has elapsed since the organization of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South. The men who were prominent in the General Conference
of 1844, the extrajudicial legislation of which body resulted in the division of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States into two separate and distinct
ecclesiastical organizations, with but few exceptions have passed away... Since the
division...a new generation has come upon the scene, who are not familiar with the
circumstances that led to the separation. The object of this work is to place in a
permanent and enduring form the proceedings of
the General Conference of 1844, so far as they bear
upon this questions, together with all official
documents and papers necessary to a full
understanding of the reasons by which the
Southern Delegates in that body were governed in
the declaration they made that "a continuance of
the jurisdiction of that General Conference over
the Conferences they represented, was inconsistent
with the success of the ministry in the slaveholding
States.""--Preface.
Bound original blind-stamped purple cloth
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remains of old paper number label on bottom of spine, spine ends worn away,
covers soiled some, yellow endpapers, library bookplate with their "Withdrawn"
stamp, top corner of front free endpaper torn away, library stamp & "Withdrawn"
stamp on bottom of title page, scar from removed library pocket on rear pastedown endpaper, light foxing. Pagination: (1) title, (1) copyright, (1) dedication,
(1) blank, 5-vi Preface, 7-viii Contents, 9-660pp.
Early owner's name on front free endpaper: "B. D. Dashell Brenham [TX] Sep.
1876."
English Translation of Christopher Schultz' Schwenkfeld
Catechism, Skippackville, Pa., 1863
36. (2964) SCHULTZ, CHRISTOPHER.
Short Questions
Concerning The Christian Doctrine of Faith, According to the
Testimony of the Sacred Scriptures, Answered and Confirmed, for
the Purpose of Instructing Youth in the First Principles of Relgion.
By the Rev. Christopher Schultz, Senior. Translated from the
Origianl German by Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, Philadelphia.
Skippackville, Pa., Printed by J. M. Schuenemann, 1863. 9.8 x
16cm.
$35.00
Rev. Christopher Schultz, Sr. (1718-), "the youngest son of Melchior, was
born at Lower Harpersdorf, Liegnitz, Silesia, March, 26, 1718. In the spring of
1726, owing to religious persecution, this family with others left home and
possessions and fled by night, arriving at Berthelsdorf, in Saxony, May 1st.
Here Christopher became a shepherd boy, but his humble circumstances did not
quench his spirit or ambition. In his youth he evinced a burning desire for
books. His kind friend, Rev. George Weiss, assisted him in his study of the
Latin, Greek and Hebrew languages. He also had the kindly assistance of Count
Zinzendorf. The three orphan boys, George, Melchior and Christopher Schultz,
joining some forty Schwenkfelder families, forever turned their backs upon their
native land, embarking for Philadelphia, where they arrived after a tedious voyage of about
five months, Sept. 22, 1734... At a comparatively early period he was looked upon as a
leading spirit among the Schwenkfelders, and was chosen their minister, serving as such
efficiently and faithfully until the end of his days. He was the chief organizer of the
Schwenkfelders into a religious body or congregation, composed the catechism still in use,
compiled their hymnbooks and wrote their constitution, as well as a "Compendium" of
religious doctrines of faith of 600 octavo pages... Father Schultz died on the 9th of May,
1789, aged seventy-one years, one month, thirteen days."--Biographies from Historical and
Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery (http://berks.paroots.com/books/montgomery/s08.html Accessed 08/20/2014).
We are pleased to offer this English translation of Christopher Schultz' Schwenkfeld
Catechism.
Bound publisher's blind-stamped black cloth, wearing through cloth at corners and spine
ends and a few places along edges of spine--these frayed edges consolidated with flexible
book adhesive, endpapers browning, two 3cm tears at both ends of a vertical crease in the
rear free endpaper, endpapers splitting along inside hinges but hinges tight, light damp stain
in outside edge of most pages, light foxing. Title page printed in at least a half dozen or
more fonts. Pagination: (1) title, (1) blank, [iii]-x Preface, [xi]-xii Contents, 1-140pp. The
catechism closes with 7 stanza "Devotional Hymn before Catechization." to be sung to the
"Tunes: Arlington; Ortonville; Give; Cornation. C.M."
Inscriptions on front endpapers: "Kate Kriebel's March 26, 1894" and "Miss Ella Kriebel
Feb. 18th 1917."
Photo of longtime Methodist Episcopal Missionary to India,
J.E. Scott (1851- )
37. (17802) SCOTT, JEFFERSON ELLSWORTH. Photo of J. E.
Scott, missionary to India from 1873. 57mm x 94mm photo pasted
onto a 63 x 97mm card. The photo is pasted within a single printed
gold line on the long sides of the card; back is blank except for the
written notation in old pen: "J.E. Scott Seetapore Oudh India."
Corners of card cut at angle. Clean.
$50.00
Jefferson Ellsworth Scott, born 1851, he arrived in India Oct. 20 1873. He
Married Miss Emma Moore Dec. 14, 1877. He was the founder of the Methodist
mission in Muttra, India, the birthplace of Lord Krishna. He was served in India
for 32 or more years, writing several books about Indian & Asian missions
including: In famine land; observations and experiences in India during the
great drought of 1899-1900 (1905); History of fifty years : comprising the
origin, establishment, progress and expansion of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in Southern Asia (1906); Observations of an itinerant a brief exposition
of some missionary problems, methods and results (1905); and Braj, the
Vaishnava Holy Land; a jubilee volume (1905).
Gipsy Smith Song Book with His Inscription dated April 10, 1937
38. (17795) SMITH, GIPSY, comp. Wonderful Jesus and Other Songs Used
Exclusively in the Gipsy Smith Campaigns. A Splendid Collection of Useful
Gospel Songs for the Church, the Sunday School, the Home, and Evangelistic
Campaigns. Compiled by Gipsy Smith. Music Editor E. Edwin Young, Mus.B.
Prices Single Copy Postpaid Cloth Boards 50¢ Per Hundred, Not Prepaid Cloth
Boards $40. Biglow-Main-Excell Company, 5705 West Lake Street, Chicago,
Illinois (c1927 Romany Publishing Co.). 13.7 x 20cm.
$75.00
Rodney ("Gipsy") Smith (1860-1947). "English evangelist. Born in a tent near Epping
Forest he was the son of gipsies who traveled in East Anglia. He was greatly affected by his
mother's death from smallpox. Soon after, his father was converted and began to hold services.
Rodney was himself converted in 1876 in Cambridge and in 1877 joined William Booth in his
"Christian Mission," serving as a captain in the Salvation Army until 1882. In 1889 he went
to America on an evangelistic tour, after which he joined the
Manchester Wesleyan Mission. Following a world preaching
tour (1897-1912) he was missioner for the National Free
Church Council. He served with the YMCA during World
War I, and George VI made him a member of the Order of the
British Empire. His preaching was characterized by "the
wooing note" and constantly revealed his love of nature and
the Bible. He sang simple gospel solos."--J.G.G. Norman in
J.D. Douglas: The New Int'l Dict. of the Christian Church,
pp910-911.
Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "With all my heart,
Gipsy Smith, April 19.1937." Previous owner's name written
on front paste-down endpaper "Jn. R. Score"(?).
Bound original red cloth with black title lettering on front
cover, finish rubbed out of cloth at top & bottom 2cm of
spine, covers light soiled and with a few damp spots, light
tanning of pages, light foxing on endpapers, number written
at top corners of title page. Pagination: (1) title, (1) foreword,
(3-220)pp songs with music, [221]-224pp index.
Joshua Spalding on the Personal Pre-Millennial Advent & Reign of Christ on Earth,
Salem, Mass., 1796, First Edition
39. (17742) SPALDING, JOSHUA. Sentiments, Concerning the Coming and Kingdom of Christ;
Collected from the Bible, and from the Writings of Many Antient, and Some Modern, Believers:
in Nine Lectures; with an Appendix. By Joshua Spalding, Minister of the Gospel, at the Tabernacle
in Salem. Take heed to yourselves, lest--that day come upon you unawares. Salem[Mass.]: Printed
by Thomas C. Cushing. MDCCXCVI.[1796] Published according to Act of Congress. 12mo,
11.2 x 18.2cm.
$350.00
"Joshua Spalding (1760-1825), ardent premillennialist, later lauded by the
Millerites, was born at Killingsly Connecticut. He studied under Ebenezer
Bradford, and was likewise a student of theology under Jonathan Edwards and
Samuel Hopkins, both outstanding postmillennialists.... At twenty-two he was
licensed to preach, and in 1785 he 'settle over' the Tabernacle Church at Salem as
pastor.... Earnest and godly and fond of
study, he was a 'great reasoner.' Revivals
were frequent wherever he preached,
particularly around 1808. He brought out
The Lord's Songs(1805), hymns 'used in the
late Glorious revivals.' He also introduced
the practice of holding religious meetings
in private homes, and of getting crowds of
people to study the Bible. Spalding's
notable book Sentiments, Concerning the
Coming and Kingdom of Christ...(1796)
had a far-reaching influence. Stanchly
premillennial, it was later reprinted and
widely circulated by J.V.Himes in the early
part of the Millerite movement. Himes
designated it 'the day-star of returning light
to the American churches on the subject of
the near coming and kingdom of our Lord
Jesus Christ.' The preface of the J.V.
Himes 1841 reprint declares, 'The church
will yet honor the memory of the man who,
in the midst of obliquy and reproach, stood
boldly fourth as the messenger of God to a
sleeping church.'"--LeRoy E. Froom:
Prophetic Faith of our Fathers (c1946) 3:230-231.
"In A.D. 1796, Eld. Joshua Spaulding, an eminent minister of the gospel
at the Tabernacle, Salem, Mass., published a series of nine sermons
'concerning the coming and kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the
restitution of all things.' This was a very important work but was not widely
circulated, being violently opposed by the ministry generally, their ears were
closed to a proclamation of the personal pre-millennial advent and reign of
Christ on earth. Mr. Spaulding was an educated, able and godly minister,
highly esteemed for his piety, learning and usefulness."--Isaac C. Wellcome:
History of the Second Advent Message, 1874, p.39. The Adventist/Millerite
preachers/publishers Joshua Himes and Josiah Litch printed 2 editions in 3
printings of this work in Boston, 1841-42. The first edition that we offer is
quite scarce with the World Catalog locating only 4 libraries: Columbia
Univ.; Western Theol. Sem.; Huntington Library; British Library. Evans:
American Bibliography #31225; Sabin #88893.
Bound full original calf with red morocco gilt title label, rubbed & scuffed
some, several starts, large tear in front free endpaper repaired with archival
paper, bottom corner torn away from the same page, outer 1.4cm of rear free
endpaper trimmed off, light to medium foxing, a few page edges slightly
worn. Collation: 4 unsigned leaves, B-M12, N5. Pagination: (1) title, (1)
blank, (1) dedication, (1) blank, (1) advertisement, (1)blank, (1) contents,
(1) blank, [1]-273pp, (1) blank.
In early pen on front paste-down endpaper: "No. 153 Proprietors of the
Social Library in Parsonsfield."
First Edition, Extract of John Wesley's Journal
1782-1786. XX. London, 1789
40. (17754) WESLEY, JOHN. An Extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from Sept 4,
1782, to June 28, 1786. XX. London: Printed and sold at the New-Chapel, City Road; and at the
Rev. Mr. Wesley's Preaching-Houses in Town and Country. 1789. In 6's, 10.4 x 17.5cm. $250.00
Wesley's Journal was published in 21 "extracts" 1740-1791. We offer the First Edition of #20 with the errata on
the last page. There was another edition the same year with no errata and partially corrected. There was also an
1806 edition.
Bound in new acid free textured heavy brown paper with printed title labels on spine and front cover, title page
lightly soiled, light scattered foxing, first few page edges lightly worn with small chips at dog-ears, dog-ears first
30 pages, final page soiled some. Collation: A-L6. Pagination: (1) title, (1) blank, 3-134pp. First edition with 3
errata on last page, per Frank Baker: Union Catalogue of the Publications of John & Charles Wesley, #401.
Winslow's Sketch of Missions, Andover, 1819, Leather
41. (17793) WINSLOW, MIRON. Sketch of Missions; or History of the Principal Attempts to
Propagate Christianity Among the Heathen. By Miron Winslow, A.M. Missionary to Ceylon.
"And they went forth, and preached every where; the Lord working with them." Andover: Printed
and Published by Flagg and Gould. 1819. 12mo, 11.5 x 15.4cm
$35.00
Miron Winslow (1789-1864) American missionary to Sri Lanka and
India. "After graduation from Andover Theological Seminary (1818)
he was ordained; in 1819 he married Harriet Wadsworth Lathrop and
sailed for Ceylon under the American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions...he worked among the Jaffna Tamils until 1833
doing evangelistic and translation work and giving leadership in
pastoral training, and, with his wife, to a pioneering school for girls.
At the death of Harriet in 1833 he returned to America with three of
his own children and eight others; while there, he married Catherine
Waterbury Carman in 1835. He returned to Ceylon briefly and in
1836 opened a new station at Madras especially for Tamil printing and
publication. In 1837 Catherine died; he was then married to Anne
Spiers (1838-43) and Mary Billings Dwight (1845-1852). Winslow
served for many years as secretary of the Madras Bible Society
committee, revising the Tamil Bible, and worked to complete a TamilEnglish dictionary. H visited the United States in 1856-1857; at that
time he married Ellen Augusta Reed, his fifth wife, who survived him.
He received the D.D. from Harvard in 1858. In 1864 he withdrew
from the mission
because of ill health.
He died at Cape Town,
where he was buried
near John Scudder, his
longtime missionary
colleague in India."-David M. Stowe in
Gerald H. Anderson:
Biographical
Dictionary of Christian
Missions (c1998) p.745.
Winslow wrote this
survey of Christian missions before his first trip to India. The book is
divided into 12 parts all which are titled "Propagation of Christianity"
then "I. ...before the Reformation II...by the Roman Catholics. III...by
the Anglo-Americans. IV...by the Danes. V....by the United Brethren.
VI...by the Methodists. VII... by the Baptists. VIII...by the London
Missionary Society. IX...by the Edinburgh Missionary Society.
X...by the Church Missionary Society. XI...by the American Board.
XII...by the American Baptists.
Bound full calf, lacking morocco title label, lacking piece of leather
at bottom of spine 1 x 1.3cm, removed tape scar around edges of front
cover, rubbed & scuffed, wearing through leather at corners, one small
worm hole in bottom of spine, medium foxing, a single worm hole in
margins from p291 through the end, larger worm holes & track p409
to end. Binding tight & sound. Pagination: (1) title, (1) copyright,
[iii]-vi Preface, [vii]-xii Contents, [13]-432pp.
American
Bibliography #50144.
Methodist Sunday School Story by Daniel Wise, NY, 1855
42. (17799) WISE, DANIEL. Aunt Effie: or, The Pious Widow and Her Infidel Brother. By
Daniel Wise, Author of "Guide to the Saviour," "Path of Live," "Young Man's Counsellor," Etc.
New-York: Published by Carlton & Phillips. Sunday-School Union, 200 Mulberry-Street. 1855
(c1852). 10 x 15.1cm.
$30.00
Daniel Wise (1813-1898) New England Methodist minister, anti-slavery advocate, secretary
of the Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He published are large
number of books over the years including religious works, biographies and stories for young
people. Jones: Guide to the Holiness Movement #7275.
Wise state in his Preface: "The
widow whose trials are recorded in
these pages was well known to the
writer. He had the pleasure of
aiding her to escape from her hour
of thickest gloom; and of witnessing
the ripeness of her piety toward the
end of her life. In writing this
narrative, he has taken the liberty to
enlarge and expand somewhat the
original facts and conversations,
which were stated to him by the
lady herself. Names, places and
dates are also changed, or concealed
for obvious reasons. The work,
therefore, is substantially a record of
facts; and the writer hopes it may
engrave some lines of truth on the
susceptible minds of the youth, for
whom he writes. D.W. Elm-Street Parsonage, New-Bedford, 1852."
Bound original blind-stamped brown cloth, heavily rubbed & soiled, fraying spine ends and corners consolidated
with flexible book adhesive, light yellow endpapers with heavy foxing, contents with medium to heavy foxing,
several starts, a few small damp stains. Pagination: frontispiece, (1) title, (1) copyright, [5]-6 Preface, [7]-9
Contents, (1) blank, [11]-174pp, +2pp ads.
Finis