Westport: Praeger, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. 193 pages. In Very Good Condition. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on black spine label. Boards shows mild edgewear. Textblock clean. More

New York: Burt Franklin, 1970. Seventh Edition. Octavo, Three Volumes. In Very Good Condition. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Light bumping to corners, light soiling to boards overall. Pages clean with no markings. CONTENTS: Vol. I. (cxxi, [4], 488 pages) -- Vol. II. (xvii, 610 pages. With one fold out print at verso of title page.) -- Vol. III. (799 pages.). RWO Consignment. More

Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1989. Four Volumes in Two books; Octavos; VG; Black spine with gold lettering. Volume I Textblock has creasing to pages; Volume II textblock has crinkling along gutters of some pages Volumes I and II; 607 pages; Volumes III and IV: 624 pages;. More

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1975. First Edition. Octavo; 359 pages; VG-/VG-; Tan spine with black text; Dustjacket has slight wear along spine edges; Textblock has slight toning to front endpaper, slight writing in pen on front endpaper. More

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2000. First Edition. Quarto; 223 pages; VG-/VG; Light brown with black text; Dustjacket protected by mylar covering, mild edgewear and shelfwear; Boards have white marks along edges; Textblock clean; Shelved Architecture. More

Natal, South Africa and Portuguese Mozambique: 1903-1932. A collection of photographs, postcards, medicines, and personal artifacts belonging to Dr. William A. Backenstoe of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, and his wife Mamie Backenstoe of Windsor, New York, who worked as medical missionaries under the auspices of the Free Methodist Church of North America in Natal, South Africa and Portuguese Mozambique between 1903 and 1932. Collection contents: 1. Approximately 948 photographs relating directly to the Backenstoes’ time in Africa between 1903 and approximately 1932, including their journey from the United States, their travels in Africa, their homes and work in Inhambane, Edwaleni, and Izingolweni, and the communities within within which they lived and worked. Photographs vary significantly in size, from w 8.5 in x h 6.5 in to w 1.5 in x h 0.75 in. a. A photograph album dating from the early years of the Backenstoes’ time in South Africa, including 110 photographs with handwritten captions dated between 1902 and 1905. (Several photographs in this album appear to be gifts from other people, as the 1902 date suggests). Good-. Light rubbing to spine and corners of binding; binding splitting in several places; photographs and pages with at least light to light+ age-toning, but some photographs with significant age-toning. b. A photograph album dated 1906 with the dedication “To My Dear Mother / Wishing you a Merry / Christmas. / 1906,” apparently dating from the Backenstoe’s residence in Inhambane. The album contains 69 photographs with handwritten captions, mostly affixed to the pages of the album but with some loose photographs tucked between the leaves. Good+, with some minor wear and insect damage to album binding. Some photographs loose or loosening; all photographs and pages with light to light+ age-toning. c. A photograph album containing 84 photographs. The photos with dated inscriptions are largely from the years 1905-1908, but later photos have been tucked between the leaves of the album. Overall fair condition with individual pages in good and good+ condition. Moderate bumping and discoloration to binding, including a small white stain on rear cover and a small open tear to front upper edge near spine. The cord that originally held the album together is no longer affixed to the first five leaves, and only loosely affixed to subsequent leaves. Photographs in good to very good- condition. Most show light to light+ age-toning, but some with moderate or significant age-toning, creases to corners, small tears to edges, etc. d. A photograph album, undated, but containing images from the construction of the Ebenezer Hospital in Izingolweni in 1920 and 1921, as well as pictures of patients and staff at the hospital after it was completed. 127 photographs present in total, many having loosened from their pages or never having been formally placed in the album at all; some but not all of those still in their original positions in the album have captions, and some loose photos have text on their versos. Fair to good+; light+ discoloration and wear to spine and corners of binding; approximately half of the original pages in the album have been roughly cut out; photographs mostly with light or light+ age-toning, but some with moderate or substantial age-toning. e. An undated photograph album without captions containing 131 photographs which, except for the large image of the Ebenezer Hospital tucked between the front cover and the first leaf, seem to predate the Backenstoes’ time in Izingolweni. Good; light wear and discoloration to binding; some photos loose or loosening from their adhesive corners. Most photos with light or light+ age-toning; some with moderate or significant age-toning. One photo creased and partially torn at right edge, having been damaged during repeated opening and closings of the album over decades. Several other photos with creasing to corners. f. An undated photograph album containing 200 photographs without captions that appears to date to the Backenstoes’ early days in South Africa: several of the individuals and buildings depicted in photographs in this album are identified elsewhere with the city of Inhambane and the years 1903-1905, approximately. Good to good+. Light+ wear to binding, particularly at spine and corners; photos mostly with light or light+ age-toning, but some with moderate or significant age-toning. Some loosening or loose from the pages to which they were affixed; a few of those that have come loose show creased corners. g. An undated photograph album containing 180 photographs without captions which appear to date to the Backenstoes’ early days in South Africa: several of the photographs of individuals and buildings appear in other albums with early material, and this album contains no photographs of the Ebenezer Hospital at Izingolweni. Good. Moderate wear to binding, particularly at spine and corners; two large (1.5 in and 2.25 in) split in the leather at the tail of the spine. Photos mostly with light or light+ age-toning, but some with moderate or significant age-toning. Some loosening or loose from the pages to which they were affixed; a few of those that have come loose show creased corners. h. An undated blue photo album containing 13 photographs without captions. Very good. Light bumping to corners of boards. Photos with light+ age-toning; one photograph with spotted yellow discoloration. 2. 36 loose snapshots of the type included in the albums, including several duplicates. Three of these images are very small (w 2.75 in x h 2 in) color photographs showing the Ebenezer Hospital and Dr. William Backenstoe’s grave in Edwaleni. Very good-; slightly age-toned with moderate spotting to one of the color photographs. 3. 47 loose family photographs, mostly studio portraits, including many duplicates presumably intended as gifts. Twelve of the photographs are signed by William Backenstoe. Good+ to very good; light bumping to some corners and light foxing to some photographs. Light to light+ age-toning to all photographs. 4. Two glass negatives (both gelatine dry plates, both w 8.5 in x h 6.5 in) showing front and rear views of what came to be called the Backenstoe Memorial Hospital in Izingolweni. Good condition only; both plates show multiple scratches to gelatin coating and significant silver mirroring throughout dark areas of negatives. 5. An album containing 426 postcards. Most of these are from Africa, including some which are labeled Inhambane; others are from the Holy Land and Palestine, Italy, England, and other European destinations. Good+. Moderate wear to binding; postcards with light+ age-toning, with some postcards loose or loosening; tissue protectors moderately age-toned; long closed tears to several pages. 6. A staple-bound booklet entitled A Photographic Souvenir of Natal, hand-addressed to “Mrs. Mary A. Backenstoe / Emaus, / Penn. / U.S.A.,” stamped and postmarked November 30, 1906, from Durban, Natal. The contents of this booklet consist of 12 black and white photographs of Natal. Good+. Light wear to wraps; photographs lightly age-toned; staple rusted with associated minor staining. 7. One cloth-bound album entitled A Souvenir of South Africa, containing 12 color postcards. Good+. Light+ bumping and fraying to corners of binding; postcards lightly age-toned. 8. Seven pairs of glasses, including one pair of pince-nez and three pairs of bifocals, contemporary to the Backenstoes’ tenure in South Africa; each pair of glasses is housed in a case. Good- to very good-. All glasses with some amount of scratching to lenses, one pair of bifocals with chipped glass; several pairs with rust damage to frames. 9. Two early twentieth-century leather medicine cases with glass vials a. One case containing six glass vials with cork stoppers and metal caps. All six vials are labeled (“Pills for Cold,” “Digestive Pills 1 after Meals,” etc.); all but one still contain pills. Good condition. One of the glass vials (once containing Sal Hepatica) is not original to the set; the cork stopper from another vial has broken off, resulting in the loss of the metal cap. The leather case shows moderate wear with some red rot. b. One case of “Alkaloidal Granules” produced by the Abbott Alkaloidal Co. of Chicago. Nine of 24 glass vials with cork stoppers, all original to the set, labeled and containing pills. The lower row of bottles conceals a small pocket within the case (see photographs). Very good condition. The leather case shows minor wear. 10. A book on the history of William Backenstoe’s family, along with a folder full of news and magazine articles and typewritten documents providing context for the Backenstoes’ work in South Africa and insights from individuals who worked alongside them. BG consignment. More

Garden City, New York: Hanover House, 1958. Octavo; 312 pages; VG/VG; blue spine with white and gold lettering; dust jacket protected in a mylar covering, price unclipped '$4.50', minor shelfwear, chipping along dust jacket edges; visible foxing along back flap hinge; shelved in Christianity. More

London: International Headquarters of the Salvation Army, [1890]. First Edition, Second Issue. Octavo, 285, xxxi pages, [6] ads; VG-; bound in publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettering; some light rubbing, mostly to the head and tail of spine, hinges; bright full color chromolithograph folding frontispiece; ink name stamp to front pastedown, ffep; ink stamp dated 1968 on verso of page xxxi; lacking Salvation Army subscription flyer; shelved case 9. More

Germantaun: Gedruckt bey Michael Billmeyer, 1803. Third Edition. Octavo, 602, [28], 80 pages; Fair; bound in contemporary leather, plain paneled spine; moderate shelfwear and rubbing, front board nearly detached; both clasps present; light worming to front pastedown, small holes to frontispiece, following few pages; some water-staining and tide-marks throughout; Frontispiece portrait of Luther. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #1. More

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 302 pages; VG/VG-; spine black with white and purple lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$5.95', light foxing, light wear to head and tail of spine; inscribed by Ciszek on the ffep, dated Feb. 2 1965; scarce signed; shelved case 5. More

Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1972. First American Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, 346 pages; VG/VG; spine purple and white with purple and black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$6.95', mild shelfwear and rubbing; shelved Christianity. More

London: T. Cadell, 1771. Second Edition. Octavo, xxiv, 284 pages; VG-; bound in contemporary polished calf, plain paneled spine; mild rubbing and general shelfwear, chipping to head and tail of spine, cracking to hinges; ink name to title page; light staining to margins from glue on pastedowns; shelved case 4. More

Jenae [Jena]: [Ernesti Steinmanni] Ernst Steinmann, 1634. Quarto, [50], 947, [1] pages; VG; bound in full contemporary vellum, paneled spine with ink titling, initials 'WVL and 1634 stamped in ink ot front cover, with the seal of Wolf Siegfried von Lüttichau, Chamber Director and Chancellor of the Electorate of Saxony; small ownership sticker to front pastedown; small ink to verso of ffep, 'N.98' in ink to title page; some toning to textblock; smallwater-staining to lower fore corner from page 495-685, small piece missing from corner of pagers 601/602, archival replacement, very minor word loss; This volume is part one of four, being 'Liber I. Generalis'; extremely scarce on the market; shelved case 3. More

London: Privately Printed for Lady Meux, 1906. Limited Edition: 250 copies. Elephant Folios, Two Volumes; G-; Full brown cloth, tooled, with gilt lettering to spines; Boards show moderate wear to cloth along joints, light plus bumping to corners, light wear to edges, light plus wear and discoloring overall, and several instances of minor worming; Textblocks have light shelfwear and age-toning to marbled edges, several instances of moderate worming to endpapers and subsequent pages, and varying degrees of light to moderate plus age-toning and foxing to pages throughout interiorly; Three leaves (half-title through titlepage) of Volume One are loose, but intact; All original 165 color plates are intact; Marbled endpapers; CONTENTS: Vol. I. (viii, lxiv, 243 pages (with 112 interleaved plates, numbered cxii)) -- Vol. II. (pp. 244 - 396, 142 pages). JR Consignment. More

Amsterdam: erven van de wed. G. de Groot en A. van Dam, 1724. Fourth Edition. 12mo., [12], 540 pages; G-; bound in contemporary vellum, ink titling to spine; vellum with general soiling and wear, both boards largely detached, with only the upper quarter still attached, boards separating from vellum, pastedowns becoming detached; bookplate to rear pastedown, Rutgers Theological College bookplate to front pastedown, discarded stamp; ink name to title page; general toning and wear to text block; closed tears to lower fore corner of last leaf; text in Dutch; shelved case 3. More

Kiobenhavn: [1704?]. Quarto, 1330 pages; G-; bound in contemporary leather, leather boards, early quarter-leather piece bound over spine; binding heavily scarred and worn, with significant shelfwear; text-block distended, with the middle heavily protruding; formerly clasped, with two of the four metal pieces still attached; significant water-damage to first few and last few signatures, foxing throughout, most severe to title page and last leaf; ink writing to both pastedowns, first few pages; lacking leaf A1 (pages 5/6); ex-Library, Luther Seminary Library bookplate to front pastedown, embossed stamp to title page, ink number to page 3, stamp to page 25, label to spine; SEE ALL SIX IMAGES. Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restriction(s). Contact seller if you have any questions. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, in bookcases wrapping around the 15's bookcases. More

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953 - 1982. First Editions. Large Octavos, Ten Books; VG-/VG- (Vols. I and VI G/G); Beige spines with black lettering; Dustjackets show light plus wear to heads/tails of spines, moderate age-toning to Vols. I - III and VI, moderate soiling to Vol. VI, moderate chipping to corners of Vols. I and VI, and a two-inch tear along the joint near tail of spine on the front cover of Vol. VI; Prices unclipped; Teal buckram boards have light wear to corners/bottom edges (bottom corner of front cover of Vol. I shows moderate plus wear), and minor bumping to tails of spines; Textblocks show minor shelfwear to bottom edges, moderate age-toning to edges on Vol. I, and occasional pencil emendations to margins; Dustjackets present on all volumes, and all are in protective mylar jackets; Volumes IV and V are each respectively split into a Parts I and II; Volume VII is present in a revised edition of 1980; CONTENTS: Vol. I. "1624 - 1642" (xvi, [2], 1073 pages) -- Vol. II. "1643 - 1648" ([xiv], 840 pages) -- Vol. III. "1648 - 1649" ([xiv], 652 pages) -- Vol. IV. Part I "1650 - 1655" (xvi, [2], 686 pages) -- Vol. IV. Part II "1650 - 1655" (xiv, [2], pp. 687 - 1166) -- Vol. V. Part I "1648? - 1671" (lx, [2], 467 pages, [18]) -- Vol. V. Part II "1649 - 1659" (xiv, [2], pp. 469 - 876, [14]) -- Vol. VI. "ca. 1658 - ca. 1660" (xxiv, [2], 863 pages) -- Vol. VII. "1659 - 1660 (Revised Edition)" (xiii, [2], 547 pages) -- Vol. VIII. "1666 - 1682" ([xvi], [2], 625 pages). RW. Shelved in Room A. More

London: John Murray, 1840. First English Edition. Octavos, Three Volumes; VG-; Full calf, with elaborately tooled covers, gilt tooling to spine, and morocco spine labels with gilt lettering; Boards have moderate wear to corners, light wear to gauffered edges, and light wear to leather along joints; Textblocks show light plus age-toning to marbled edges, and the bookplate of "Maud Ketteler" appears on the front-pastedown of each volume (possibly the Baroness Matilda "Maud" Ledyard Ketteler, wife of German diplomat Baron Clemens von Ketteler who was killed in the Boxer Rebellion); Marbled endpapers; CONTENTS: Vol. I. (xxiv, 528 pages) -- Vol. II. (iv, 596 pages) == Vol. III. ([vi], 416 pages). RWO. More

New York: Carlton & Porter, [1857]. 12mo., 288 pages; G+; Full brown cloth, tooled, with gilt lettering and design to spine; Boards have moderate bumping to corners and head/tail of spine, minor toning to spine, and light light soiling/wear overall; Textblock shows light plus age-toning and soiling to edges, occasional faint staining to pages interiorly, and a former owner's book stamp on the ffep; An extremely popular and influential text in early Methodism. RWO. More

New York: Arial Books, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 54 pages; G; contemporary full red cloth binding; spine with rubbed gilt lettering; ex-library, with usual marks; some shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; some fading to spine; some wear to crown and tail of spine; white library lettering at tail of spine; dark soiled spot at back board; binding slightly shaken; library stamps at both pastedowns and endpapers; illustrated in full color and black and white; pages clean else library marks; shelved above Case 14. More

Cleveland: World Publishing Company, [c. 1965]. Limited Edition, #712/1500. Thick Folio; VG; Original gilt-paneled brown calf as a replica of a contemporary binding, paneled spine; housed in a VG beige slipcase; light wear to front hinge, some cracking starting; mild wear to binding; Limited Edition, #712/1500 copies, printed on Ventura Mill laid paper, made specially for this edition, printed in Italy; Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restriction(s).; shelved front case. More

New York: Riverhead Books, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 340 pages; VG-/VG-; light blue spine with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; minor shelfwear and rubbing to the dust jacket, including a small tear to the upper front corner of the jacket flap; white sticker indicating author's signature at the front of the jacket; minor creasing at head and tail of the spine; minor soiling to the front and back of the jacket, as well as the back flap; price unclipped '$27.00'; bumping to the head and tail of the spine; minor soiling to the edges of the text block; name of previous owner on verso of ffep; signed flat by Conley on the title page; shelved LGBTQ. More

Princeton: The Department of Art and Archaeology of Princeton University, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Folio, xx pages, 275 pages; VG; contemporary full brown buckram binding; spine with gilt lettering; mild shelf wear and scuffing; corners bumped; mild wear to crown and tail of spine; binding slightly shaken; previous owner's inscription at front free endpaper; mild age-toning throughout textblock; contains black and white photographs and architectural diagrams; pages clean; shelved Front Case. More

[London?]: [Elizabeth Allde], 1630. Presumed First Edition. Octavo, [4], 36 pages; Quarter bound in modern brown calf with cloth boards; a*I cancelled and replaced by two leaves; Text block age-toned with some damp staining.; shelved case 7. More

London: printed for Robert Scot, Thomas Basset, John Wright and Richard Chiswel, 1682. Folio, [14], [10], 286, 289-371, [1], 331-553, [1]; G+; newly rebacked in brown leather, burgundy label with gilt titling, previous contemporary diced calf boards preserved; boards with moderate rubbing, wear, and scraping; housed in a VG-brown cloth clamshell, red label with gilt titling; very minor worming contained to lower gutter; water-staining and tide-marks primarily to last 100 pages, worse to rear endpapers, slightly extending to earlier margins; name in ink to ffep; front pastedown with two bookplates; engraved frontispiece portrait, mild wear to edges, additional engraved title page; Title page in red and black.; Text is continuous despite pagination.; shelved above mythology. More