Gospel Bells volumes 1 to 22 by J Wiseman, H Brooks, A D McPherson (editors) - 1987

Amsterdam: Gerardus Borstius, 1696. Hardcover. Good+. Den negenden dzult, Ninth Edition, stated; Dutch text only; 16mo, original vellum with repaired internal hinges; good+ (vellum boards and spine soiled, stained, and darkened; tear to top joint end of front board; title piece chipped from spine; spine ends and corners crimped, bumped, and worn; tears to pastedowns; penciled shorthand notes on front pastedown; bookworm holes, mainly off the text, near the spine at the bottom edge in front, from ffep through the Opdragt and Aansprakk to p17 of 'der Godlyke', and in back, from p115-234; bookworm holes affect very last word in text from first page of Opdragt to middle of Aanspraak; large waterstain to top corner from title page to p50; waterstain to side edges of pp21-50); 282pp of Lutheran theology by d'Outrein (1662-1722).

Amsterdam: Offficina Elseviriana, 1674 pp (1) + (2) + (8) + 408 ; internally very good subject to a little browning, pages evidently trimmed but no loss, binding firm. The cover, morroco with tooled decorations, which looks to be early 19th cent, has moderate wear to the extremities of the spine

Anderson, IN: Gospel Trumpet Company, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 447pp; Brown cloth moire boards with gilt lettering to front & spine, previous owner's name in pencil to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is tight, boards clean and square, VG+ condition. Life and work of Daniel Sidney Warner (1842-1895), American church reformer and co-founder of the Church of God.

196 pp.

First and only edition. Chez Louis Janet Libraire, successor de son pere. nd [c.1800]. 12mo. 212pp. Engraved title page, 12 engraved plates, with tissue guards. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary full red grained morocco, spine with gilt rules, lettering and embellishment. Boards with double gilt border rules, foliar and floral embellishment, edge tooling, inner foliar curlicues. All edges gilt, (gilding a little faded in places), green silk ribbon bookmark. Small area of surface loss to lower board (see photo). Corner tips lightly rubbed. Occasional light spotting, mainly to free endpapers. Text and plates crisp and bright.
Guy Toussaint Julien Carron (1760-1821) born in Rennes. Educator, writer and philanthropist who founded a number of social and educational institutions: schools, libraries and pharmacies while in exile in England. Deported to Jersey (1792-1796), on the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, Carron returned to France and became head of the Institut de Marie - Thérèse.
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Amsterdam: Gerardus Borstius, 1696. Hardcover. Good+. Den negenden dzult, Ninth Edition, stated; Dutch text only; 16mo, original vellum with repaired internal hinges; good+ (vellum boards and spine soiled, stained, and darkened; tear to top joint end of front board; title piece chipped from spine; spine ends and corners crimped, bumped, and worn; tears to pastedowns; penciled shorthand notes on front pastedown; bookworm holes, mainly off the text, near the spine at the bottom edge in front, from ffep through the Opdragt and Aansprakk to p17 of 'der Godlyke', and in back, from p115-234; bookworm holes affect very last word in text from first page of Opdragt to middle of Aanspraak; large waterstain to top corner from title page to p50; waterstain to side edges of pp21-50); 282pp of Lutheran theology by d'Outrein (1662-1722).

Anderson, IN: Gospel Trumpet Company, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 447pp; Brown cloth moire boards with gilt lettering to front & spine, previous owner's name in pencil to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is tight, boards clean and square, VG+ condition. Life and work of Daniel Sidney Warner (1842-1895), American church reformer and co-founder of the Church of God.

London: Assigns of J. Sowle, 1738. Hardcover. Very Good +. "For the Testimony of a Good Conscience, From the Time of Their being first distinguished by that Name, Taken from Original Records, and other Authentick Accounts; Volume III From the year 1660 to the year 1666." [2], 546, xxviii, [10] p.: 1 leaf, folded; 20 cm. Signatures: B8(+x1) C-2H8 2I-2U4 [x]4 (8vo). Modern calf with original original gilt-tooled spine label. The folded leaf contains the table A Summary Account of the Sufferings in the Second and Third Volumes. Contains: An Alphabetical Index of the Names of the Sufferers in the Third Volume (pp. 479-546), and An Index Containing Some of the Principal Contest of this Third Volume (pp. 1-xxviii). Includes Errata on first page following p. xxviii, and publisher's advertisements on final 8 unpaginated pages. In Very Good+ Condition: very occasional soiling; folded leaf is intact and solid. A clean and tight copy of an important work in Quaker history.

240 Seiten. Gut erhaltenes Buch, Schnitt stockfleckig, Seiten alters- und papierbedingt etwas gebräunt

First and only edition. Chez Louis Janet Libraire, successor de son pere. nd [c.1800]. 12mo. 212pp. Engraved title page, 12 engraved plates, with tissue guards. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary full red grained morocco, spine with gilt rules, lettering and embellishment. Boards with double gilt border rules, foliar and floral embellishment, edge tooling, inner foliar curlicues. All edges gilt, (gilding a little faded in places), green silk ribbon bookmark. Small area of surface loss to lower board (see photo). Corner tips lightly rubbed. Occasional light spotting, mainly to free endpapers. Text and plates crisp and bright.
Guy Toussaint Julien Carron (1760-1821) born in Rennes. Educator, writer and philanthropist who founded a number of social and educational institutions: schools, libraries and pharmacies while in exile in England. Deported to Jersey (1792-1796), on the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, Carron returned to France and became head of the Institut de Marie - Thérèse.
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