The Independent Whig
London: Printed for J. Peele at Locke’s Head in Pater-noster-Row, 1722. Second edition. "The Independent Whig, which appeared... Read More about The Independent Whig
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London: Printed for J. Peele at Locke’s Head in Pater-noster-Row, 1722. Second edition. "The Independent Whig, which appeared... Read More about The Independent Whig
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Norwich: [s.n.], 1757. First edition. Rare first edition of this important conversion narrative by Cornelius Cayley (1727-1779), containing a memoir of his dissipated youth in London ("few persons in that great metropolis pursued a larger round of pleasures than what I did"), his unsuccessful attempts at adhering to the Anglican..... Read More about The Riches of God's Free Grace, Display'd in the Conversion of Cornelius Cayley. Late Clerk in...
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New York: Board of Publication of the Reformed Church in America, 1877. First edition. Read More about Centennial Discourses. A Series of Sermons delivered in the Year 1876, by the Order of the...
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Boston: July 10, 1845. Son of William Ellery Channing. Read More about Autograph Letter, signed ("Wm F Channing") to Wm. D. Lotrier, conveying a financial...
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Salt Lake, [Utah]: May 31, [1882]. Founder of Chautauqua Movement. Writing that he is en route to the Yosemite S[unday] S[chool] Assembly and that he has have circulars concerning the C. L. J. C. (Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle) sent to him. Vincent was the Founder, with Lewis Miller of..... Read More about Autograph letter signed "J. H. Vincent" To "Dear Friend."
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London: Published by James Nisbet, Select Circulating Library [Printed by J. Teulon], 1826. Second edition. Read More about George Wilson and his Friend or, Godliness is Profitable for All Things, By the Author of...
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Boston: James Munroe, May 1842. With 4 works by Harriet Martineau, Wm. Cullen Bryant & Oliver Wendell Holmes on Homeopathy, etc. Read More about Christian Examiner and General Review. No. 110 Vol. 32
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all published in London: by various publishers, 1672-1693. All first editions unless otherwise noted. Kings and Clergy. Interesting collection of sermons from the Anglican clergy during the reigns of the Stuart monarchs Charles II (r. 1660-85) and James II (r. 1685-88) in which fears of a Roman Catholic dynasty led..... Read More about Bound Collection of 12 Sermons
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Hartford, Ct: The Church Press, 1872. First edition. Read More about An Historical Discourse delivered in St. John's Church, Providence, R.I. : on St. Barnabas's Day,...
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Jamaica Plains: Monday 9th, 1881. Clarke was an Abolitionist, Transcendentalist, editor of the liberal Western Messenger. He purchased the Brook Farm in 1855, but never was able to revitalise it. He was one of the first Americans to read and write about Eastern religions. Read More about ANS. To Mrs Terry. Accepting invitation to Crawford's lecture
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Jamaica Plain: October 25th, 1877. Reading in part: " I will endeavor to have the 'Memorial' ready by the date you mention, Dec. 1st..." Abolitionist, Transcendentalist, editor of the liberal Western Messenger. He purchased the Brook Farm in 1855, but never was able to revitalise it. He was one of..... Read More about Autograph Letter, Signed. To Publisher James Osgood about "Memorials"
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New London: Printed by Timothy Green, printer to the governor and Company, 1771. First edition. Read More about A sermon, preached before the General Assembly of the colony of Connecticut, at Hartford, on the...
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Paris: Ve. A. Morel, 1875. First edition. Beautiful Chromolithographs of Church Ornamentation. Very fine plates by Lemercier of Paris. Read More about Histoire Archéologique, Descriptive et Graphique
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Paris: Tilliard, 1770. First edition. This is the first European translation of the Book of Documents or the Book of History, the first tract of the Five Classics on Confucianism to be published anywhere in the West. Also includes at the end: "Notice du livre chinois nommé Y-king, ou livre..... Read More about Le Chou-King, un des Livres Sacrés des Chinois. Qui renferme les fondements de leur ancienne...
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London: Printed by S. Holt, and Sold by J. Brotherton, at the Bible in Cornhill, 1729. Read More about The Present State and Regulations of the Church of Russia. Establish'd by the Late Tsar's Edict....
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London: Printed by J. Churchill, J. Nicholson, et al, 1712. Seventh edition newly corrected. With an Account of the Author and his last Minutes. How to Prepare to Die Well. Read More about The Christian's Defence against the Fears of Death. With Seasonable Directions how to Prepare...
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London: W. Innys and J. Richardson, 1754. Twelfth Edition. Laid in is small brodside entitled "My Wish" Read More about Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from his Works of...
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(Elizabeth, N. J.) [for the last two issues the National Headquarters was relocated to Wichita, Kansas]: The Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc, 1950-1951. First edition; eight (8) separate issues, including Volume 1, Nos. 1/2, and Volume 1, Nos. 6 to 12. "DIANETIC AUDITOR'S BULLETIN"-- EIGHT(8) ISSUES, INCLUDING THE PREMIERE ISSUE..... Read More about THE DIANETIC AUDITOR'S BULLETIN. Volume 1, Nos. 1-2, July-August, 1950; Vol. 1, No. 6 - Vol. 1,...
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London: Joseph Masters, 1850. PRINTED ON VELLUM, apparently the only copy thus. Printed on Vellum. Following the manuscript tradition, liturgical printing in both the Catholic and Anglican churches frequently employed vellum as well as paper. D.B. Updike writes that economic considerations were also a factor: “As early printed books were..... Read More about A List of Printed Service Books, according to the ancient uses of the Anglican Church
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Paris: Quai des Augussins, près du Pont Saint-Michel, 1762. Read More about Mémoires pour servir a l'Histoire des Egaremens de l'Esprit Humain par Rapport a la Religion...
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Brookfield, [Mass.]: Isaiah Thomas, Junior, September...1810. Later edition of a popular sermon preached by Doddridge, first printed in London in 1735, with title, THE CARE OF THE SOUL URGED AS THE ONE THING NEEDFUL. Doddridge was a prolific writer and his works were widely reprinted. Read More about The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul: Illustrated in a Course of Serious and Practical...
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Providence: Carter and Wilkinson, 1796. First edition, with half-title. Read More about Concerning the Way to Eternal Life. A Discourse, Preached to the Congregational Society in...
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New York: Ninth Ward Temperance Society, 1841. First edition. A Downer Indeed! A decidedly pessimistic sermon on the evils of drink by the aptly named David R. Downer, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Carmine Street, New York. He contends that all persons engaged in the production, distribution, and marketing of..... Read More about Intemperance, The Great Destroyer. A Sermon
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Venice: Christopher Zane, 1737. Read More about De re sacramentaria contra perduelles haereticos libri decem, duobus tomi comprehensi : quibus...
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Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Son, 1838. Read More about Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons; illustraing the Perfections of God in the Phenomena of the Year
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