New York, Cincinnati, and St. Louis: Benziger Brothers, 1872. Contemporary full brown leather, blind-ruled boards, gilt-lettered spine, and metal-mounted board edges with clasp fittings. Leather heavily rubbed and abraded. Front joint split, with exposed underlying material. Spine extremities and corners worn. Clasp connecting piece lacking. Pages age-toned, with scattered foxing.....
New York: Leavitt and Company, 1851. 428; 430 pp. Original publisher’s boards with elaborate blind-stamped decorative borders and central medallion to boards; spines lettered in gilt. Spines show significant wear with softening and small chips to head and tail; Vol I has a circular library/cataloging sticker to the lower spine.....
New York: American and Foreign Bible Society, 1864. 32mo. 288 pp. Civil War-era pocket New Testament in original blind-stamped brown cloth. Boards and spine heavily rubbed and faded, with ornamental stamping faintly visible. Spine ends frayed with some chipping. Pages toned due to age. A genuine Civil War-era pocket New.....
New York: American Bible Society, 1853. Early American Bible Society pocket printing. Original dark brown embossed cloth, covers decoratively blindstamped, all edges darkened. Moderate exterior wear; rubbing and scuffing to boards and extremities; corners rounded; spine ends softened; text block toned due to age; binding worn but apparently intact in.....
![Item #532 Adyar Pamphlets [set of 4]. H. S. Olcott Annie Besant, W. Wybergh, C. W. Leadbeater](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/532.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1764622447)
Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House. Very good. (Circa 1918, 1919, and 1921.) Later printings. 4 pamphlets, 20 pp., 16 pp., 14 pp., 14 pp. Tan printed paper wrappers. Light toning to covers, minor creasing and edge wear, interiors clean.A well-preserved group of fragile Adyar pamphlets. Karma and Social Improvement by Annie.....
![Item #971 Les Pensees [Signed]. Blaise Pascal](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/971.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1787210186)
Bloomfield: The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Ismar David. Royal Octavo. xxviii, 344 pp. Quarter red cloth over off-white buckram boards blind-embossed with calligraphic title design, top edge stained red, in original printed glassine wrapper and navy cloth slipcase. Limited Edition of 1500 numbered copies, this being number 1200, signed in.....
Chicago: Fleming H. Revell, 1884. First Edition. 127 pp. Original cloth with decorative black-stamped title and floral motifs on the front board and spine; title also in gilt on spine. Spine ends and corners show light rubbing and wear. Binding worn. Pages toned; includes a neat contemporary gift inscription on.....
London: The Folio Society, 2017. David Jones. Quarto. Limited facsimile edition, copy no. 226 of 750. Cream cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with taupe paper dust wrapper printed in black after the original 1926 Golden Cockerel Press design. Illustrated with 14 wood engravings by David Jones. Printed on Corolla Book.....
New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Company, 1872. 198 [4] pp. Original brown board decoratively stamped in black, rear board with blind-ruled border and small crown device, dark cloth spine with paper shelf label. Moderate to heavy rubbing and soiling to cloth; corners bumped and worn; spine ends frayed;.....
Boston: New York Graphic Society Ltd, 1974. First Edition. 190 pp. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, no tears or writing. Price is cut on inner jacket. Bright green boards with gold gilt. Spine is intact. Pages are clean, no foxing. Photos are crisp. No writing, marks or tears. Excellent mid-century.....
Philadelphia: The Vir Publishing Company, 1908. 16mo. 293 pp. Maroon cloth over boards with blind-stamped titles on the front, spine stamped in gilt; minor edge wear and light fraying to the spine ends, small abrasion to the lower front board. Complete with photographic frontispiece portrait of the author. Tissue gaurd.....
London: Folio Society, 2018. Quarto. 268 pp. Full dark red cloth, upper board elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt after Eric Gill's original design; spine gilt. Top edge gilt. Grey endpapers and ribbon marker. Publisher's grey paper-covered slipcase with gilt star device. Minor handling and superficial rubbing to slipcase; volume.....
London: The Folio Society, 2017. Hardcover. Quarto. 44 pp. Limited facsimile edition, number 220 of 750 copies. Reproduced from the celebrated 1925 Golden Cockerel Press edition. Oatmeal cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Printed in black and red on Corolla Book Laid Ivory paper. Nineteen wood engravings by Eric Gill. Retains the original.....
London, Edinburgh, and New York: George E. Eyre & William Spottiswoode, 1875-1885. 24mo. Pearl. Unpaginated. Full dark pebble-grained leather, blind-stamped double border, and central gilt lily vignette to the front cover; spine ends and joints worn with minor loss to the head and endcaps. Complete with its original protective brass.....
![Item #95 Teaching Christian Knowledge for Children [Manuscript]. G L. Bjork](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/95.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1749495358)
Sweden: 1890. Sweden, 1890. 265 pages. A one of a kind nineteenth-century Swedish manuscript entitled Teaching Christian Knowledge for Children, attributed to G.L. Bjork. This autograph manuscript makes reference to "Lyrkohornden in Winbergs -ch- starsinge parishes" and is distinguished by an elegant, distinctive cursive hand throughout. The original manuscript wrapper.....
Philadelphia: Alexander Towar, 1833. Early Philadelphia edition. 396 [indication of page loss beyond] pp. Contemporary full leather, plain boards, neatly ruled spine, engraved portrait frontispiece of George Horne. Heavy wear to binding; scuffing across boards; corners worn; spine worn with some fraying; pages toned; foxing and staining throughout; prominent old.....
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. Hardcover. This is a good condition copy of "Celibate Lives" by George Moore, a collection of pious biographies of celibate Christians. Cover has some blemishes and scratches. The Internal text is clean and clear but there are some blemishes on the pages. Catalogue check.....
LDS Church, 1991. VHS. 1991. Produced and distributed by the Public Affairs Department of The Church of Latter-day Saints. Encased in its original black poly-box. Minimal to no wear. “Delaware LDS Library” sticker on side. A LDS Church educational VHS originally produced in 1986, part of the Times and Seasons.....
Philadelphia: L. Johnson & Co., 1839. Good. Fourth Edition. Small 12mo. Bound in original 19th-century quarter-binding over institutional paper-covered boards. Covers show general surface wear, edge-wear, and worn corners. Spine structurally secure with light scuffing. Internal text block remains solid with toning, sporadic foxing. Markings and writings from previous owner.....
Boston: Manning & Loring, 1812. Early American edition. 468 [1] pp. Contemporary full sheep, plain ruled spine. Heavy rubbing and scuffing to leather; corners worn; spine abraded; joints worn but holding; text block toned and somewhat wavy; title and table leaves foxed and soiled; staining visible to a few leaves.Generally.....
New York: Kirk and Mercein, 1819. 12mo. 428 pp. Full contemporary brown sheep, spine ruled in gilt with dark morocco lettering piece. Fourth Edition. Substantial shelfwear, surface crazing, and abrasions to leather boards and spine. Spine ends chipped; corners bumped and worn. Front free endpapers lacking. Title page chipped at.....
New York: Vantage Press, 1994. 142 pp. Black boards bound in cloth. Silver gilt lettering along the spine. No visible shelf wear; clean, tight, and unmarked.Philosophical and metaphysical reflections on consciousness, spiritual presence, and the continuity of awareness Jacquelyn Bowers.Privately published during a period of growing interest in experiential spirituality.....
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1888. Very Good edition classic Martineau 19th century study of Religion. No fading. No underlining. Owners signature inside. 417 and 408 pages. Inventory: 34.
London: The Folio Society, 2020. Large format. xxiv, 355 pp. Limited edition; copy 422 of 750 numbered copies for sale, with a further 25 lettered copies hors de commerce. Quarter dark red leather over pictorial blue cloth boards. Gilt spine lettering; inset red leather title panel, framed and lettered in.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. Catholic Digest Book Club Edition. 1010 pp. Two volumes in coarse-weave tan cloth with cross-and-line motif. Original paper-covered slipcase. Slipcase is heavily worn with significant peeling to the edges and corners; volumes remain structurally sound with slight sunning to spines.Translated from the Spanish by.....