Cincinnati: The Methodist Book Concern, 1854. Illustrated. First Edition, later printing. James B. Finlay [1781-1857]. Finley’s familiarity with Native-American customs prompted Methodist Bishop McKendree to station him at the newly created Wyandot Indian mission at Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Under Finley’s leadership, the mission prospered with the establishment of a church..... More
Camden, NJ: Louis B. Cox, 1895. Frontispiece Portrait of the Author. First Edition. Bookplate of Melville E. Snyder, an official with the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association in New Jersey. 8vo., red cloth, stamped in gilt; all edges gilt; 207 pages. Very Good (gilt bright with some soiling covers; contents..... More
Lucknow, [India]: Methodist Publishing House, [no date]. Frontispiece of the Author. First Edition. Signed presentation from Buck on the front endpaper: "To T.J. Scott, My early ideal of a Christian and Missionary Teacher. With Chistian love, from the Author India. Nov. 15, 1917." Dr. Philo Melvin Buck, who died in..... More
NY: Phillips & Hunt, 1883. First Edition. Compiled about a decade after Guard's death. 12mo., embossed brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine; 370 pages. Very Good (little wear covers with very minor dampstain text; gilt bright; crease to corner of few pages & very occasional pencil notation), More
NY: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1851. Illustrated. Eighth Edition. 12mo., embossed slate-colored cloth; gilt titles on spine; 514 pages. Very Good (covers nice with little fading spine; contents clean & tight). More
NY: Phillips & Hunt, 1883. First Edition. Small 8vo., embossed brown cloth, gilt-tooling on spine; 370 pages. Very Good (minor wear, spine bright; contents clean & tight with minor, light staining). More
Bordentown, NJ: The New Jersey Conference, 1889. First Edition. Signed presentation from the author on a front blank page: "To Mr. Chas. F. Davies, With the compliments of the Author, James E. Lake." Lake was an early founder of Ocean City, NJ. 12mo., brown cloth, spine stamped in gilt; 216..... More
Eatontown, NJ: Environmental Education Publishing Service, [1976]. Illustrated. First Edition. An uncommon book! Quarto: pictorial wraps; 52 pages. Very Good (little soil covers). More
London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longman, 1854. Frontispiece of the author. Fourth Edition. James William Gilbart [1794–1863] was an English banker and author, frequently updating books on finance and banking. 12mo., embossed green cloth, stamped in gilt; 392 pages. Very Good (covers nice & bright; contents clean & tight) with..... More
NY: Fleming H. Revell Company, [1908]. First Edition. John Wilbur Chapman was an American Presbyterian evangelist, pastor, author, and hymn writer whose innovative “simultaneous campaign” method and global preaching tours influenced modern evangelism. 8vo., red cloth, stamped in white; 157 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight. Personal..... More
[Belmont, Victoria, Australia: Rowick Printers, 1995]. First Edition. Signed presentation on the title page: "For the Ocean Grove Community, New Jersey- a novel by our mother who brought us up with our father in Ocean Grove, Victoria, Australia. Alex & Eleanor." 8vo., pictorial white wraps; 258 pages. Very Good (covers..... More
[Belmont, Australia: Rowick Printers, 2003]. First Edition. Signed presentation on the half-title page: "A novel by our mother. We were brought up in the town of Ocean Grove, Victoria, Australia- named after Ocean Grove township New Jersey. Alexandra Kuebluer/ Eleanor Townsend." 8vo., pictorial wraps; 134 pages. Very Good (covers nice;..... More
[NY: Black Fig Press, 2024]. Signed, Limited Edition of 40 numbered copies (this is #13), signed by the author & Andra Sheinkopf, , the book designer. 8vo., printed wraps with threading along spine;101 pages. Fine condition. More
NY: The American Museum Of Natural History, 1933. Illustrated. First Edition. Guide Leaflet Series, No. 78. 8vo., pictorial gray wraps; 15 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight). More
NY: The American Museum Of Natural History, 1933. Illustrated. First Edition. Guide Leaflet Series, No. 80. 8vo., pictorial white wraps;18 pages. Very Good (small ink notation front cover). More
Ellison Bay, WI, Cross Roads Press, 2008. First Edition. Signed by Baatz on the title page. 8vo., printed green cardboard wraps. Near fine (covers nice; contents clean & tight). More
London: Chapman And Hall, 1915. First Edition. Signed presentation from Thurston on the front endpaper: "To Lady (Stuart?), Hoping that when she meets me on an island - where I often am- she will stop and speak- from Yours Sincerely, E. Temple Thurston. Xmas '16." Ernest Charles Temple Thurston [1879..... More
[Cincinnati, Ohio: Board of Missions, Methodist Church, 1966. First Edition. 8vo., printed wraps; 99 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight). More
Atlantic City. NJ: Angelo Publishing Company, [1977]. Illustrated. First Edition. 8vo., printed cardboard wraps; 150 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight). More
Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1913. Illustrated By F. Vaux Wilson. First American Edition. Small 8vo., embossed blue cloth, stamped in gilt; 350 pages. Very Good (covers nice; gilt bright; contents clean & tight). More
Chester, NJ: The Chester Historical Society, [1974]. Illustrated. First Edition. Small quarto: printed wraps; 169 pages plus index. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight). More
London & Madras: The Christian Literature Society For India, 1898. Papers On India No. 2. First edition. 12mo., printed wraps; 76 pages. Very Good (little wear & soil wraps, contents clean & tight). More
London & Madras, The Christian Literature Society, 1897. Illustrated. Reprinted From "The Administration to the East India Company. A History Of Indian Progress. Good (bit of soil & wear covers; half of the right-hand width to the edge of the front cover has repairs with clear, archival tape; contents clean..... More
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ:[1976]. Barnaget Products, Illustrated. First Edition, first printing. A book on Point Pleasant, NJ. Small quarto: tan cloth in dust jacket; 144 pages. Very Good (covers nice, contents clean & tight with little faint browning front endpapers). More
Lahore: Sant Singh Luther Oriental Press, 1899. First Edition. 12mo., printed wraps; 63 pages. Good (some wear covers & few roughed-up corners; small clear-tape repair front cover; contents clean & tight). More
