Kristiania, Norway: V.F. Steensballes, 1884. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. pp: (iv), 100; double-page map. Printed in Kristiania (now Oslo), this copy has the endpaper signature of Julie Mathilde Kristiansen. 6.75" x 4.25". (more information)

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Minneapolis: Den forenede kirkes forlag, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding somewhat used. pp: (iv), 83; double-page map. Printed in Minnesota for German-American immigrants. 6.75" x 4.75". (more information)

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San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1959. Later printing. Original wraps. Very Good. pp: (vi), 25. Watts looks at Zen Buddhism and its relationship with art and the American Beat movement. 8" x 5.5". (more information)

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N-Y American Tract Society nd [ca. 1825]., 1825. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 6.5" x 4.25" 12pp Tract No. 29 offers a selection of children's prayers by Dr. Watts and "advice relating to prayer.". Illustrated by woodcuts on cover and title. 1st ATS Edn. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Boston: Isaiah Thomas, Jun., 1813. First US Edition. Full-Leather. Good. Spotty foxing to first and last few leaves. 214pp. The final three pages contain a list of works printed and published by and for Isaiah Thomas, Jr. The English nonconformist theologian, hymn-writer and author was best known for his sacred poems, including this collection, first published at London in 1706. Bound in full 19th-century calf, gilt-ruled spine with green leather label. [AMERICAN IMPRINTS #30485.] This copy has the endpaper signature of Ann Prescott, Newburyport, June 24, 1815. 5.5" x 3.5". (more information)

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NY: McLoughlin Bros., 1870. First thus. Pictorial wraps. Good. Spine repaired with thread and tape. (16)pp; color lithographs in text. Contains nine poems against cursing, scoffing, pride in clothes, etc. 5.75" x 3.75". (more information)

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Macmillan, 1932. Revised Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Good. pp: xiii, 243, index. Webster examines initiation rites and secret societies among primitive communities in Australia, Melanesia, Africa, and North America. Includes chapters on: The Men's House, Training of Novices, Power of Elders, Magical Fraternities, etc. This new edition incorporates the author's corrections and expanded index. 8.75" x 5.5". (more information)

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Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1951. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. 53pp. "Inspired by the Civil War and written soon thereafter," this treatise examines the philosophy of nonviolence. 7.5" x 5.25". (more information)

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Philadelphia L. Johnson 1832., 1832. Soft cover. Usual signs of age, else near very good condition. 3.75" x 2.5" 32pp This little catechism has 107 sets of questions and answers. Illustrated by woodcut illus on cover. Early edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson, 1955. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. pp: xv, 275, index; frontispiece, 16 plates. This "full and accurate history" includes biographies of pastors, missionary lists, etc. 10" x 6.5". (more information)

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Independence, MO: Press of Zion's Printing, 1920. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. 16 pp. Elder Whitney here describes the Mormon Church's tenets on the rite of baptism. [Flake #9754.] 7.75" x 4.5". (more information)

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Independence, MO: Press of Zion's Printing, 1930. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. (4)pp. A Mormon discusses the role of religion in everyday life. 7" x 4.75". (more information)

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Mount Joy, PA, 1880. Original. not bound. Very Good. Side one: .Alexander Wiley, Pastor. Residence, Main St., West of Market. The four margins contain lines from the Bible. Side two: "PREACHING EVERY SABBATH, MORNING AND EVENING. Sabbath School and Bible Class at One P.M.Lecture and Prayer Meeting every Thursday Evening." Unusual Lancaster County, PA item. 2.75" x 4.25". (more information)

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Yamaguchi City, Japan: Japan Women's Missionary Circle, 1969. Second Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. 22pp Firewood-Field is the anglicized name of Shibata, a Japanese man who, with his family, was converted by female missionaries. Several illus from photographs. 7" x 5". (more information)

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NY Friendship Press (1958)., 1958. Soft cover. Small sticker scar on cover, else in very good condition. 9" x 6" 64pp Wilson, who spent 20 years as a missionary to Iran, here explains major beliefs and practices of the Islamic faith. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. Revised Edn. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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United Church Press, 1967. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 20pp. Traces the development of English Puritanism, including its role in colonizing America and in Europe's civil wars. 8.5" x 6". (more information)

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North Manchester, Indiana: News-Journal, Printers, 1942. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 29pp; text illus from photos and drawings. 7.5" x 5.5". (more information)

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Philadelphia: United Church Press, 1976. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 17pp. Withers looks at some of the women in history who "stepped outside of the roles proscribed by a predominantly male culture." 8.5" x 6". (more information)

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1906. not bound. Good. Broadside; a little damage to two corners. Printed on yellow stock within a frame of printer's devices, decorative title, photogravure of young child with long hair. 4.5" x 6.25". (more information)

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Philadelphia Published by the author nd [ca. 1956]., 1956. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Few spots on back cover, else near very good condition. 9" x 6" (9)pp Cope claims to have "seen and sometimes touched at least 1,000 spirits materialized in human form.". First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Indianapolis: Meigs, 1940. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. Two volumes, pp: 61 + 77. These volumes contain 13 plays for female casts, appropriate to Christmas, home missions, Biblical subjects, etc. 7.5" x 5". (more information)

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NY American Bible Union June 30, 1859., 1859. Old fold marks, else in very good condition. 10" x 8" (4)pp Notes the success of Bibles-for-soldiers during the Crimean War, just ended; asks each family to send $1; testimonials; &c. Illustrated by vignette of open Bible. orig document edition. Binding is not bound. (more information)

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Lititz, PA: John G. Zook, 1921. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1" stain on paper cover & few leaves. 84pp; 25pp illus from photographs. Issued simultaneously in a cloth binding. 9" x 6". (more information)

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Philadelphia Ptd Manly, Orr & Lippincott 1842., 1842. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Some wear along spine, little faint foxing, else good condition. 5" x 3.5" 86pp [Citation: American Imprints 42-937 locates three copies]. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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