Search Results: Religion from Nick Bikoff, Bookseller

Antuerpiae (antwerp): Ex Officina Plantiniana, Apud Ioannem Moretum. Very Good. 1603-07. Flexible covers. Contemporary full vellum with hand-lettered title on spine and leather ties (one tie has half missing). Internal & external hinges intact. Text Is tight & intact with age toning to some sections & rare spotting through text. 1/2" tear on top edge of rear cover. Rear endpaper has 1" tear on front edge, Early owner's signature on first title page & initials are embossed into bottom edge. 5 works in one volume. Each has illustrated title page, publisher's woodcut device at end & varying number of historiated letters. (*1*) : DIVA VIRGO HALLENSIS. Beneficia eius & Miracula fide atque ordine descripta. 1605. [8, 86pp, 10]. 2 full-page engravings by Cornelis Galle and Adrian Collaert : (Interior of the chapel & siege of Hallae Opidum). (*2*) DIVA SICHEMIENSIS SIUE ASPRICOLLIS: Noua eius Beneficia & Admiranda. 1606. [8, 69pp, 11]. (*3*) DE… Read More

Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers. Very Good. 1783. First Edition. Hardcover. Title Continued: "At a General Communication, Celebrated, Agreeable to the Constitution on Monday, December 28, 1778, as the Anniversary of St. John the Evangelist". The first book of Masonic law published by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. It was prepared by the Grand Secretary, the Rev. Brother William Smith, D. D. , Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, it was approved by the Grand Lodge November 22, 1781, published in 1783, and dedicated to Brother George Washington Full leather with raised bands on spine. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Pages are slightly age toned. (xvi) ,166pp. Pictorial frontispiece. Prior owners inscription on front endpaper. Rear endpapers contains hand written notes by Mason, S. Mayhew, dated 1871. Preserved in a custom made book box covered in blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Religion, Americana; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 166 pages .

Springfield Mass.: D. Harbaugh. Very Good-. 1852. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Clean black blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Text tight & intact. Light foxing. Frontispiece with small hole. The true history, present position and distinctive features of the Lutheran Church. Religion ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 280 pages .

Arkansas: Lex B. Davis. Very Good. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean brown faux leather. Profusely illustrated with portrait photographs. This publication is dedicated to the men & women of the present whose influence & achievements in religion, statecraft, commerce, industry, banking, medicine and society added prestige to Arkansas. Rare book. Genealogy, South, Arkansas Leaders; Portrait B/W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 105 pages .

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: B. F. Meyers, State Printer. Very Good. 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean black cloth binding with gilt title on spine. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Lightly rubbed spine ends. Various table illustrations and a fold-out 18"x30" color map laid-in. Compiled from records of companies, Canals, Railroads, Navigation and Telegraph Companies; Various Table Illustrations; Thick Large 8vo; 930 pages .

Harrisburg, PA: United Evangelical Church. Very Good. 1914-1927. Softcover. 6 of the 8 soft cover copies tight, clean & intact. March 1914 issue with small damp stain on front cover. March 1917 with soiled covers & edge tears. (G) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Cambridge: Hillard & Brown. Very Good. 1828. Hardcover. The first edition was published in 1796. Clean black blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Text tight, clean & intact. Later part of text with small damp stain on bottom margin only. Corners lightly rubbed. Prior owners signature. Religion ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 173 pages .

Londini: Gualterus Kettilby. Very Good. 1692. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebacked with brown calf spine with 5 bands and rich gilt decoration & lettering over original ornately blind stamped, contemporary mottled brown calf boards. Hinges & text are tight & intact. One small engraved text figure. [16, 358pp, 8]. Leaves are generally bright & clean with last few pages, endpapers & some edges age toned. Armorial bookpate of John Orlebar (1697–1765) of Hinwick House, Bedfordshire. He was a British lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1734. Burnet considered whether The Fall of Man was a symbolic event rather than literal history. His views were totally unacceptable to contemporary theologians. Latin text. Philosophy, Religion. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 358 pages .

La Chaux De-fonds: F. Zahn. Very Good-. 1897. Hardcover. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt lettering. Tight, clean & intact copy. Ornate endpapers. Double page fold-out frontispiece. Illustrated with 112 engravings & vignettes. [xx, 476pp]. Prior owner's signature. Lightly faded front cover. Text page edges tanned. Text in French. Religion, Middle East, Egypt, Jerusalem, Galilee, Art; B&W Illustrations; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 476 pages .

New York: The MacMillan Co.. Very Good+. 1911. Hardcover. Clean brown cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine & front cover. Top edge gilt. Text tight, clean & intact. Religion; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 252 pages .

Chicago: John Calhoun Club. Very Good+. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition, #72 of 160 copies in publisher's brown cloth-backed patterned boards with matching slipcase. Printed on Italian handmade paper. Brown cloth spine with bright gilt title. Deckle page edges, top edge gilt. Interior of text is tight, clean and intact. Contains14 illustrations of early printings, including a folding Deseret News (unopened). Text & slipcase bordering near fine. Typography, Western Americana; Samples of printing; 8vo; 91 pages .

Augusta, Maine: Howard Owen. Very Good. 1879. Softcover. Original 1879 clean grey paper covers. Rear cover with small tear by spine bottom. Text tight, clean & intact. Giving name, Residence, Politics, Religion, Occupation, Marital Status, Birthplace, Education, Official Position Held. Events in the Life of Each. New England; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 16 pages .

Amsterdam?: Publisher Not Stated. Very Good. 1758. First French Edition. Hardcover. Handsome later binding of full brown calf with raised bands and gilt decoration & lettering. Encased in a near fine brown slipcase with matching labels to book. Text & hinges tight & intact. Title page has black & red lettering. Illustrated with a few head & tail-pieces. Browning mostly to edges of first 5 leaves. 16 double-page engraved plates, printed on one side of leaves & bound in rear. According to Sabin (Dictionary of Books Relating to America, New York: 1869) ," First published in German in 1757, this brief history of the origins and doctrines of Church of the Unity of the Brethren is of particular interest for its plates depicting their rites and their missionary work to indigenous peoples." “The plates contain elaborate representations of the Moravian ceremonies of ordination, of the different modes of baptizing infants, negroes, Greenlanders, and American… Read More

Andover, Mass.: Gould & Newman Printers. Very Good. 1837. Softcover. Green paper covers with a few areas of color loss. Pamphlet tight & intact. Pictorial frontispiece, lithograph of the seminary. Damp stain on pages. New England; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 12 pages .

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.. Very Good. 1855. Revised Edition. Softcover. Beige paper covers with modest edge wear. Text tight, clean & intact. The church catechism simplified. Religion ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 47 pages .

Harrisburg, PA: Publishing House of Evangelical Church. Very Good. 1943-1948. Paperback. 4 soft cover volumes. Texts tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispieces. Prior owners signature. May, 1946 with slightly soiled front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: Fleming H. Revell. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Clean gray cloth with gilt lettering on spine in a nice dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Text tight, clean & intact. Prior owner's inscription. Pictorial color tinted frontispiece. Illustrated with B/W photos & drawings. "A series of sketches of the quaint, curious & loveable women who impressed their individualities upon their generation". A fascinating look at the life of the women in the Moravian Sisterhood. Religion; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union. Very Good. 1890s. Hardcover. Clean brown cloth with gilt decorated spine. Text tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. Illustrated with engravings. No date-ca.1890's. Prior owners inscription dated Dec. 25, 1898. Religion; Engravings; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 251 pages .

NY: D. Newell. Very Good. 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean black cloth with gilt lettering. Vol#1. Includes 6 hand colored plates (birds & plants) & 6 steel engravings + pages of hymns. Magazine is devoted to the best interests of the family circle especially marriage and parenting. Scattered foxing. Minor spine edge shelf wear. Religion; Hand Colored Plates; 8vo; 300 pages .

Boston: T. B. Wait & Sons. Fair. 1817. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn brown leather corners & spine over clean marbled boards with chipped label & gilt lettering. Cover wear. Hinges cracked. Some light foxing & age toning.. Ex-lib with book plate. Religion; Ex-Lib; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 880 pages .