Stuttgart: Johann Benedict Metzler, 1753. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Full calf with spine gilt lettering and rules. xlvi, 1016pp. Frontispiece, marbled endpapers. Very good. Binding worn, especially along spine, and spine giltstamping rubbed, with a bit of chipping at spine head/tail, but nevertheless quite tight and handleable and overall attractive; inner..... More

Schenectady, NY: The Consistory, First Reformed Church, 1955. Hardcover. Small 4to. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 204pp. Illustrations. Near fine. A superb, tight first edition of this history of the influential early First Reformed Church of Schenectady, first built around 1682. Boldly signed and inscribed on front flyleaf..... More

Sun Prairie, WI: United Methodist Church Service Department, [1973]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 369pp. Illustrations. Very good. Mildest bit of edgewear; small mar from label removal at top of title page. A tight and attractive first softbound edition, signed large and bold by the author ("William (Bill) Blake")..... More

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1963. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 189pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Ownership signature on front flyleaf; mild jacket edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition of the author's father, British country parson James Harvey Bloom. More

New York: The Modern Library, [1943]. Hardcover. Introduction by Irwin Edman. Red cloth with gilt lettering, dust jacket. xxii, 406pp, (7pp ads). Grey decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and rubbing. A tight and handsome first edition of #226 in this series. More

Washington, DC: The Fellowship Forum, [1927]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. 77pp, (3pp ads). Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good. Tight and internally near fine, though binding lightly edgeworn and a bit rubbed; faint floral mustiness. First edition of this account of the controversial 15th century pope and..... More

Wheaton, IL: Twyndale House, 1986. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth, dust jacket. (Ca. 150pp). Numerous color illustrations. Fine/near fine. Later (6th) printing of this collection of 60 calligraphic interpretations of Bible verses. More

Le Mans: Fleuriot, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1845. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter calf with gilt spine lettering and marbled paper over boards. liv, (6pp), 535pp. Very good. Binding a tad rough, though leather is strong and gilting decent; endpapers (only) a bit age toned and faintly foxed, though otherwise internally tight, bright and near..... More

New York: Harper & Row, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan and black cloth, dust jacket. xi, 176pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket llightly edgeworn and unevenly sunned. Tight, nice first edition. More

New York: David McKay Company, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth, dust jacket. vii, 280pp. Near fine/very good. Slight bit of mild jacket edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition, boldly signed and inscribed ("With best wishes!") by Bradley in blue fountain pen on the half-title page. Bradley (1888-1983) was a well-known Chicago..... More

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1984. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 304pp. Near fine/very good. "A Novel," to quote the jacket front, "of the American Circuit Riders." Apparently a book club edition of some sort. Tight and attractive. More

Chicago: The Sorrowful Mother Novena Press, 1950. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue buckram with pictorial gilt. 128pp. Illustrations. Very good. Tight and handsome first edition of these miscellaneous religious writings, signed boldly on the front flyleaf beneath a rubber stamped message: "May God and His Holy Mother / bless you and..... More

New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1975. Paperback. Illustrations by Leonard Baskin. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 123pp. Color illustrations. Very good. Slight bit of mild edgewear. Tight, handsome revised edition of this 1974 text, boldly inscribed and signed by the editor in black ballpoint on the title..... More