Search Results: Church Histories from Lippincott Books

Bangor, Maine: All Souls Congregational Church, 1983. Revised Edition . Paper Wrappers. Very Good+. 54 pp. 1 color plate tipped-in. This is the author's copy, with his inked name on page [3]. Ranlett was an editor at Youth's Companion and the author of "Let's Go," Houghton Mifflin, 1927, a memoir of his service as an infantryman on the Blanc Mont Ridge in France during World War I, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart. He was Head Librarian of the Bangor Public Library from 1937-1962. "Corrected copy" on front cover, occasional notes. VG+

Bangor, Maine: All Souls Congregational Church, 1962. Paper Wrappers. GVG. 69, [3] pp. 2 color plates tipped-in, 1 b&w photo. This is the author's copy, with his inked name on ffep. Ranlett was an editor at Youth's Companion and the author of Let's Go, Houghton Mifflin, 1927, a memoir of his service as an infantryman on the Blanc Mont Ridge in France during World War I, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart. He was the Head Librarian of the Bangor Public Library from 1937-1962. Edge wear and creasing to front cover. "Corrected copy" on front cover, pencil notes throughout, typed note stapled in. With letter from author's daughter laid-in. GVG

New York: Christian Literature Co. First Editions . Hardcover. Very Good. Thirteen volumes; complete set. Navy blue cloth, title gilt on front panel and spine. Published by the American Society of Church History between 1893 and 1897. General editors Rev. Philip Schaff, Rt. Rev. H.C. Potter, Rev. Samuel M. Jackson [et al]. Volume 1: The Religious Forces of the United States: Enumerated, Classified, and Described on the Basis of the Government Census of 1890, by H. K. Carroll. Vol. 2: A History of the Baptist Churches in the United States, by A. H. Newman. Vol. 3: A History of the Congregational Churches in the United States, by Williston Walker. Vol. 4: A History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States, by H. E. Jacobs. Vol. 5: A History of Methodists in the United States, by J. M. Buckley. Vol. 6: A History of the Presbyterian Churches in the United States, by R. E. Thompson. Vol. 7: A History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, by… Read More

New York: The Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. [8], 136 pp. Maroon cloth, titles gilt, marbled endpapers. With bibliography, notes, b&w and color photos.

n.p., 1976. First Edition . Spiral Bound Paper Wrappers. Very Good. 129, [1] Photo-offset typescript. Includes index. Swett has included a number of church and circuit records.

Brookline, Mass: Privately Printed, 1934. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Very Good. 24 pp. First edition. Includes 3 b & w illustrations. Written to mark the 100th anniversary of the Parish of Saint John's [Episcopal], originally called St. Luke's. The original building designed by Richard Upjohn was destroyed in the Bangor Fire of 1911, along with the church records. Upjohn's design for Saint John's was one of the first examples of English perpendicular Gothic in America. Original light green paper wrappers, minimal bumping on lower corners and spine edges.

Lynn, Mass.: Press of Geo. C. Herbert, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. 147 pp. 1791-1891 Centennial Souvernir. Brown cloth, gilt title. Previous owner's inscription, damp stains to tail edges. VG.

Lynn, Mass.: Press of Geo. C. Herbert, 1891. Hardcover. GVG. 147 pp. Brown cloth, title gilt. 1791-1891 Centennial Souvernir. Frontispiece loose, some wear to boards, damp-stained at head of spine, otherwise VG.

White Plains, New York: Saint Bartholomew's Church, 1940. Soft cover. GVG. [32 pp.] Illustrated paper wrappers. Light foxing and edge wear. GVG

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1970. Hardcover. GVG. [xv], 124 pp with index, bibliography, appendices, 54 plates. Blue cloth with pictorial plate on front cover. Light fading to edges and spine, title on spine rubbed. GVG

Dedham, Maine: Sesquicentennial Committee, 1991. Pictorial Paper Wrappers. Very Good. 78 pp. With map, photos. Covers lightly creased. VG

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1909. Hardcover. Good. xvi, 194, [vi] pp. Red cloth, spine titles gilt. Bibliography, index, 5 b&w plates. Covers stained, wear at spine edges, bookplate on front pastedown.

Atlanta: Protestant Episcopal Church, 1960. Hardcover. GVG/Good. 334 pp. With appendices, glossary, index. Red cloth, map endpapers, many b&w plates throughout. Previous owner signature, corners bumped, thumb-soiling, GVG. With dust jacket with worn edges, 1/2" piece missing near bottom of spine.

Baltimore: Regional Publishing Company, 1971. Facsimile of 1900 Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Reprinted with an added Half-title. [xii], viii, 160, xxvi pp. Green cloth, spine titles stamped in silver, frontispiece, indices. Review copy, with review slip laid in. Slight spine slant, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown.

Bangor, Maine: Ira H. Joy, 1911. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Very Good. 46 pp. Includes 5 photographic plates and appendix. Recounts the history of the first Congregational Society in Bangor. On April 30, 1911 their third church building was destroyed in the Bangor fire. Following the fire, with both church buildings in ruins, the First Congregational parish merged with Central Congregational to form All Souls' Congregational Society. The present All Souls' Congregational Church at the corner of State and Broadway was built on a lot owned by the First Congregational Society. Grey wrappers a bit yellowed with a small stain on front cover.

n.p., 1992. Soft cover. Very Good+. [viii], 142 pp. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos, maps, appendix, errata slip laid in. Would be Near Fine but for a touch of soiling on cover. Text is in ENGLISH and in FRENCH. VG+

Orono, Maine: N.p., 1996. First Edition . Spiral Bound Paper Wrappers. Very Good+. 104 pp. The Maine Christian Association at UMO was formed from the older campus chapters of the YMCA and YWCA and other Protestant groups. Wilson's husband Elwin, a Methodist minister, was appointed the first Director of the new group in 1950. The Wilson Center, the current MCA building, is named for the couple. Dorothy Wilson is best known for her novels and biographies. Most of her subjects were either missionaries or, like Dorothea Dix and Doc Pritham, were dedicated to serving others. This publication is much less common than her books.

Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image, 1988. Soft cover. Near Fine. [xvi], 604 pp. A history of the Pentecostal movement in Maine, how the Pentecostal movement spread from Topeka, Kansas to Houston to Los Angeles to Bangor, Maine; With appendices, indices, map, b&w photos. Near Fine.

Holden, Maine: Holden (Maine) Congregational Church, 1978. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 48 pp. Stiff paper wrappers. Includes photographs and facsimile of early church records. Of interest are several sections on the sanctions and punishments voted against errant members, including excommunication of a woman for "avowed spiritualism." With newpaper clipping about the 150th anniversary laid in. Near Fine

White Plains, New York: Commercial Printing Service. Soft cover. Fair. 92 pp. History of parish, parish directory, index, b&w photos. Illustrated brown papers covers present but detached, 3/4" chip off top of spine, soiling, creases. Text block lightly foxed, penciled notes, staple holes in two leaves. Fair