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The Odes of Horace

Horace. Gladstone, W. E. [William Ewart], trans · 1894

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894. First American edition. Cloth, top edge gilt. xii, 154 pp. 8vo. A very good copy with rubbed boards. No dust jacket, as issued.

Absent Friends

Busch, Frederick · 1989

$22.50 (€20.41 | £17.03 | ¥3,593)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First edition. Cloth. 278 pp. 8vo. Inscribed by the author on the free front end paper. A near fine copy in a near fine lightly rubbed dust jacket.

Luther

Thiel, Rudolf · 1955

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Philadelphia, Muhlenberg Press, 1955. First American edition. Cloth. xiii, 492 pp. 8vo. Gustav K. Wiencke, translator. Based on Thiel's 1952 revision of his 1935 classic. Owner's bookplate to front pastedown else a near fine copy in a very good rubbed dust jacket.

The Golden Oriole

Trevelyan, Raleigh · 1987

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Viking Press, 1987. First American edition. Cloth. xiii, 536 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. A two hundred year history of an English family in India during the Raj. Shelfwear else a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.

The Cabinet of Momus; a Choice Selection of Humourous Poems; a Choice Selection of Humourous Poems, from P. Pindar, Freneau, Ladd, Swift, Dibdin, Pitt, &C. , &C. Embellished with Six Engravings. Copy Right Secured

Momus, Jun., [Freneau, Philip Morin, pseud.] · 1809

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

Philadelphia, Mathew Carey, Printed by A. Small, 1809. First edition. Full calf with red morocco spine label, gilt title and rules to spine. viii, 136 pp. Illus. with 6 engraved b/w plates. 12mo. An excellent example of early American humor. Lacking bottom half of pp. 105-6 wh...

A Visit to Grove Cottage for the Entertainment and Instruction of Children

Wilson, Lucy Sarah Atkins · 1823

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.33 | ¥13,575)

[London], Published by Harris & Son, corner of St. Pauls, 1823. First edition. Quarter red roan over printed paper-covered boards. [2], 156 pp. Illus. with copper-engraved t.p. and 5 plates (with 2 images each) and 1 woodcut text illustration. 12mo. [18 cm]. Moon (1992), 988; ...

The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount Rainer

Barcott, Bruce · 1997

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Seattle, Sasquatch Books, 1997. First printing. Cloth. 278 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. 8vo. Signed by the author. A fine copy in a fine protected dust jacket. As new.

The Moral System of Shakespeare: A Popular Illustration of Fiction As the Experimental Side of Philosophy

Moulton, Richard G. · 1903

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

London, Macmillan Company, 1903. First edition. Cloth with gilt title. viii, 381 pp. Sm. 8vo. A very good or better copy, faint rubbing to boards, neat contemporary owner's signature to title page, otherwise clean and tight with most leaves still unopened.

Eloge de la Folie D'Erasme Traduit Par Victor Develay Et Accompagne Des Dessins de Hans Holbein

Erasmus, Desiderius, Develay, Victor, Hans Holbein · 1876

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

Paris, Librarie Des Bibliophiles, 1876. Troisieme edition. Three quarter red morocco over red marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles, marbled end papers. xi, 247 pp. Illus. with 83 b/w gravures. Sm. 4to. (20 cm). Number 266 of 500 copies on Holland paper, original wrappers ...

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides; by James Boswell, Esq. To Which Are Added, Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens, &C. And Notes by Various Hands. In Ten Volumes

Boswell, James · 1835

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

London, John Murray, 1835. First edition thus. Three quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, six gilt decorated compartments,with red morocco title label and black morocco volume label, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, sewn-in red silk bookmark. Illus. with engraved 1...

Things Worth While

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth · 1908

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

New York, B. W. Huebsch. 1908. First edition. Cloth. 73 pp. + Adv [2]. 12mo. The Art of Life Series. Based on his article in the Boston Congregationalist December 7, 1907. Contents: The things that are worth while. The conundrum of human life. How to elevate the average man. U...

Liberal Theology: An Appraisal Essays in Honor of Eugene William Lyman

Roberts, David and Henry Van Dusen, eds · 1942

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. First edition. Cloth. 285 pp. 8vo. Sixteen essays plus bibliography. Eugene W. Lyman: liberal Christian thinker, by W.M. Horton. The history of liberal theology: The meaning of liberalism: an essay in definition, by W.E. Hocking. Libera...

Le Nouveau Testament de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ. Imprime Sur L'Edition de Paris, de L'Annee 1805. Ed. Stereotype Revue Et Corrigee Avec Soin D'Apres le Texte Grec

[Bible] · 1831

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

New York, Imprime par D. Fanshaw aux Frais de La Societe Biblique Americaine, 1831. Later printing. Full calf with gilt rules to spine. 207 pp. 12mo. In French. An export from the Bible Society to France. Wear to spine ends, front joint worn, else a very good copy, endpapers t...

The Union Bible Dictionary: Prepared for the American Sunday-School Union, and Revised by the Committee of Publication

[Packard, Frederick Adolphus]. American Sunday-School Union · 1842

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Philadelphia, American Sunday-School Union, 1842. Revised edition. Quarterbound morocco over marble paper-covered boards. 643 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings and maps. 24mo. Copyright statement is dated 1838 and this title was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues fro...

Church and Sunday-School Work in Yonkers: Its Origin and Progress

Kirkwood, Agnes E. · 1889

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

New York, George L. Shearer, 1889. First edition. Cloth. Frontis, 523 pp. 8vo. Wear at the spine ends else a very good copy.

The Expositor. A Theological Magazine. Volume VI. August, 1899-February, 1900

Nicoll, W. Robertson and Hall, Charles Cuthbert, eds · 1900

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1900. American edition. Cloth. 476 pp. 8vo. Contains a reprint of the English edition with the addition of several pages of book reviews. This is Vol. X of the English version. Extensive Biblical commentary. Uncommon in either edition. Title pag...

The Expositor. A Theological Magazine. Volume V. February, 1899-July, 1899

Nicoll, W. Robertson and Hall, Charles Cuthbert, eds · 1899

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1899. American edition. Cloth. 472 pp. 8vo. Contains a reprint of the English edition with the addition of several pages of book reviews. Extensive Biblical commentary. This is Vol. IX of the English version. Title page excised else a very good ...

The Expositor. A Theological Magazine. Volume III. February, 1898-July, 1898

Nicoll, W. Robertson and Hall, Charles Cuthbert, eds · 1898

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1898. American edition. Cloth. 564 pp. 8vo. Contains a reprint of the English edition with the addition of several pages of book reviews. Extensive Biblical commentary. This is Vol. VII of the English version. A very good copy.

The Expositor. A Theological Magazine. Volume II. August, 1897-January, 1898

Nicoll, W. Robertson and Hall, Charles Cuthbert, eds · 1898

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1898. American edition. Cloth. 573 pp. 8vo. Contains a reprint of the English edition with the addition of several pages of book reviews. Extensive Biblical commentary. This is Vol. VI of the English version. A very good copy with a few minor pe...

The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. In Two Volumes [Two Volumes in One]

Trevelyan, G. Otto · 1878

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1878. Later printing. Cloth. Frontis, 416 pp.; 422 pp. + Adv [8]. 8vo. A very good copy, tight in binding, with wear to the spine ends, owner's bookplate on front pastedown.