The Great Elm Tree: Heritage of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington.
Lexington: HFaith House Press, 1969. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth, dust jacket. xii, 456pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. A superb and tight first edition. More
Lexington: HFaith House Press, 1969. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth, dust jacket. xii, 456pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. A superb and tight first edition. More
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, [1955]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 273pp. Frontispiece. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and several small edge chips. First edition, quite tight and attractive. The story of Sinsinawa's (Dominican order in southwestern Wisconsin) first mother superior. Rather..... More
Chicago: Ares Publishers, 2002. Paperback. Edited and translated by George John Szendy-Szemler. Small 4to. Stiff glossy wrappers. vi, 103pp. Fine. Errata slip tipped to inside front wrapper. Ownership signature/address (in Hungarian) on title page. First edition of these letters from the Catholic priest (1895-1960) imprisoned by the Communists in Hungary..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1965. Hardcover. As told to Ethel Emily Wallis. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and black buckram, pictorial dust jacket. Illustrations (one color, folding), map, color pictorial endpapers. Very good/good plus. First edition. Amazing true story of this fierce Peruvian tribal chief who converted to Christianity..... More
New York: Carlton & Porter, [1856]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown ornately blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. 394pp, 4pp ads, 6pp ads. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 6 called-for full-page plates. Good plus. Binding edgeworn, mainly at head and tail of sunned spine; nicely tight and handleable, with text block moderately age toned..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1931. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xi, 206pp, (2pp ads). Very good/very good. Slight bit of mild jacket edgewear, with few tiny edge chips (mainly at head of jacket spine). Atight, clean and quite attractive first edition in the often-absent dust jacket. Several essays by..... More
New York: The New Press, [2001]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan speckled paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxiv, 407pp. Fine/fine. Tight, pristine first edition, with a fine gold-bordered bookplate on front flyleaf signed boldly by the author in black fineline: "Peace! / Studs Terkel." More
Stuttgart: Greiner & Pfeiffer, n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Olive green cloth with extensive and elaborate gilt lettering and decorations. v, 110pp, (18pp ads). All edges gilt. White watered silk endpapers. Very good. Faintest of edgewear; moderate age toning to text block. A tight and quite handsome third printing (undated, but "Forward..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 363pp. Fine/fine. Superb, tight and pristine first edition. More
New Haven: J.M. Patten, 1842. Hardcover. 8vo. Three-quarter red leather with gilt spine lettering and decorative paper over boards. 54pp. Very good. Mild bit of edgewear; last few pages age toned. First edition and apparently this minister's first appearance in print. Three discourses by the controversial pastor of the Chapel..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth, dust jacket. 234pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition. More
New York: Wilfred Funk, 1953. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xii, 340pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. First edition. More
Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1948. Paperback. 8vo. Heavy manila card stock wrappers with front wrapper mounted. viii, 287pp. Very good. Minor wear to outer wrappers (only), else tight and internally near fine. First and likely sole printing of this "Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the..... More
St. Catherines, Ont. The Provoker Press, 1970. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 285pp. Very good/very good. Errata slip tipped to inner flyleaf. First edition. Shangri-la is a metaphor for the goal of this author's spiritual journey, which took him all around the world. More
Nashville: Broadman Press, 1956. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth. xii, 199pp. Illustrations. Very good. Minor edgewear and soiling. Tight, nice first edition of this biography of the executive secretary of the Woman's Missionary Union, boldly signed in full by Ussery on the title page and with the following inscription by the..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1907]. Hardcover. 12mo. Light blue cloth with gilt lettering and white decorative stamping. 26pp. Very good. Minor bit of edgewear. A tight and attractive later printing of this essay on Judah. A lovely copy. More
[New York]: Dutton, 1999. Hardcover. 8vo. Purple paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 191pp. Fine/fine. First edition, signed huge and sloppy in black marker by Van Praagh on the half-title page. More
St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1976. Hardcover. Illustrations by Jim Cummins. 8vo. Grey leatherette, dust jacket. (Ca. 50pp). Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition. More
N.p. Rand McNally & Company, 1978. Hardcover. Illustrations by Dean Bryant. 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. (22pp). Numerous color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine. Tight, handsome facsimile reprint of this charming 1946 collection -- brief Biblical verses accompanied by large, classic 1940s-style illustrations of two children in a rural..... More
New York: Fordham University Press, 1911. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with gilt medallion. xii, 431pp, (4pp ads). Very good. Tight, clean, handsome "Knights of Columbus Edition," a later printing of this1908 study. More
New York: Random House, 1963. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 202pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and clean and nice first edition -- one of the earlier full-brown studies of this intriguing, much-disputed artifact. To quote the jacket front panel: "The authoritative, comprehensive and..... More
Tours, France: Alfred Mame et Fils, Editeurs, 1873. Hardcover. 8vo. Green calf spine with gilt lettering and rules and marbled paper over boards. 381pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece + engraved title page, 2 full-page tissue-guarded plates, marbled endpapers. Very good. Internally tight and near fine, with preliminary leaves a bit age toned..... More
[Springfield, MO]: Assemblies of God, 1970. Paperback. 48mo. Stiff color wrappers. 22pp. Color illustrations. Fine. First edition of this quirky near-miniature book, part of a question/answer evangelical series that also included titles about public figures as diverse as J.C. Penney, Wernher von Braun, astronaut Frank Borman and Colonel Sanders. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1978]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth spine and blue paper over boards, price-clipped dust jacket. xvi, 304pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and attractive. More
Dubuque: Wartburg Theological Seminary, 1935. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff beige wrappers. 32pp. Frontispiece. Near fine. Probable sole edition of this mini-guide to this Lutheran institution: faculty, history, courses, degrees, etc. More