Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Co., 1828. Second Edition. Treatise by the Federalist Boston lawyer John Lowell (1769-1840), criticizing Orthodox congregationalism while promoting religious freedom and tolerance, arguing "Has not a man, or a body of men, a right to found a church for the maintenance of any religious opinions, and..... More

Boston: R.P. & C. Williams, 1821. First Edition. Octavo (ca. 23cm.); disbound; 168pp. Light foxing throughout, contemporary ownership signature at head of title page (serving as upper cover), else Very Good overall. SABIN 102563; SHOEMAKER 6613. More

Hammond, IN: Printed for the Author by W.B. Conkey Company, 1925. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; [4],5-133,[3]pp, with portrait frontispiece of the author and 13 inserted plates of illustrations. Gentle sunning to spine, heel gently nudged..... More

[Richmond, IN: Paul Graphics, Inc.], 1977. First Edition. Collection of sermons by Harvey (1911-1976), an A.M.E. Church pastor and educator who, together with his wife, Claire Collins Harvey (1916-1995), were heavily active in civil rights causes in Mississippi and Louisiana. Octavo (21.5cm); pictorial card wrappers; [viii],188,[4]pp; illus. Signed by editor..... More

Brattleboro: Brattleboro Typographic Co, 1837. Third (?) ed. Thick quarto (27cm). Contemporary gilt panelled calf, marbled endpapers and page edges; vi,[7]-1275,[5]pp; engraved frontispiece, extra-title, and 22 inserted leaves of plates on thick paper, both wood and steel engravings are used, of which four are maps. Two leaves of plates are..... More

New York: American Tract Society / D. Fanshaw, Printer, 1841. First Edition. 12mo (18cm.); publisher's blue stitched wrappers printed within decorative border; 2,[73]-84,3-4pp. Old vertical crease, small damp spot to upper cover fore-edge margin, else Very Good and fresh. Contents devoted chiefly to the sixteenth annual meeting and report. More

New York: American Tract Society, 1839. First Edition. Issue of the magazine chiefly devoted to the activities of the "American Christian Press abroad," including reports from Burmah and China. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's blue pictorial stitched wrappers; [13]-24pp. Faint vertical fold, some general wear to extremities, tiny dampstain to upper cover..... More

New York: American Tract Society, 1839. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's blue pictorial stitched wrappers; [97]-108pp. Faint vertical fold, light wear to extremities, brief soil to upper cover, else Very Good and sound. Contents include a report of the publications produced in a village in India. More

[New York: American Tract Society, n.d., ca. 1840s]. First Edition. 12mo (18cm.) bifolium. A hint of wear and chipping to extremities, tiny ink spot to upper panel, else Very Good and sound. OCLC locates four separately catalogued copies as of June, 2020, at Columbia, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Miami..... More

[New York: American Tract Society, n.d., ca. 1840s]. First Edition. 12mo (18cm.) bifolium. Faint dampstain along bottom margin, else Very Good and sound. Advisory tract addressed to parents, warning them to "Think not, that because you may count the failure a small one--your servants only are detained from public worship--your..... More

[New York: American Tract Society, n.d., ca. 1840s]. First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.); self-wrappers; 8pp. Light wear and foxing, else Very Good and sound. More

[New-York: American Tract Society, n.d., ca. 1830s]. Offprint. 12mo (18cm.); self-wrappers; 8pp. Light spotting and dampstaining, bottom fore-ege corner slightly creased, else Very Good. Short religious tract on the religious training of children by their parents, citing various historical men of God and their own parental practices. More

[New York: American Tract Society, n.d., ca. 1830s]. First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.) bifolium; light toning and a hint of wear from handling, else Very Good or better. Concludes with the anecdote out of the Evangelical Magazine: "T.G.... having lost a considerable sum at cock-fighting, to which practice he was notoriously..... More