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Vocal Poetry, Or, a Selection of English Songs : To Which is Prefixed, an Essay on Song Writing, by John Aikin, M. D.

By: Aikin, John

Price: $50.00

Publisher: David Longworth : 1811

Seller ID: 9400

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

226 pages; 24mo (5.75") 15 cm; Small format (3.5 x 5.75 inches) 91 x 144 mm, b/w frontispiece engraving of ancient lyre, about 220 songs and ballads by various poets, including anonymous, under the following headings: Pastoral, Moral, Convivial, Amatory. Lyrics only, no tunes. ; Reprint of 1772 original. This edition 1811, with essay revised by author, and addition of one original poem, Origin of Song Writing, by Mrs. Anna Laetitia Barbauld, author's sister. ; Author wrote prolifically on freedom of conscience, was longtime editor London Monthly Magazine (1796-1807) and wrote massive 10-vol se...
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Image for Bailey's School Songs and Music Reader : A New Singing Book for Schools, Containing a Complete Course of Elementary Instruction, and a Large Collection of Exercises, Songs, Duetts, Trios and Quartettes . . . (1880)

Bailey's School Songs and Music Reader : A New Singing Book for Schools, Containing a Complete Course of Elementary Instruction, and a Large Collection of Exercises, Songs, Duetts, Trios and Quartettes . . . (1880)

By: Bailey, Eben H.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: White, Smith & Company : 1880

Seller ID: 8457

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

222 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Hardcover, dark brown cloth over spine, green lettered boards, about 50 pages of music theory, numerous scales and exercises, about 150 songs. Printed on rag (cotton-fiber) paper, light foxing here and there. ; Complete subtitle: "A New Singing Book for Schools, Containing a Complete Course of Elementary Instruction, and a Large Collection of Exercises, Songs, Duetts, Trios and Quartettes, Adapted to the Use of Primary, Intermediate, Grammar and High Schools, Singing Classes, and the Home Circle." ; Heavily worn. Boards chipped and soiled but readable. Owner name (...
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World's Fair, The, Being a Pictorial History of the Columbian Exposition : Containing a Complete History of the World Renowned Exposition At Chicago; ... .

By: Cameron, William E.

Price: $32.00

Publisher: M. J. Monahan : 1893

Seller ID: 20991

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

816 pages; 4to (10.5") 27 cm; Large thick hardcover, black embossed leather binding, gilt lettering, 816 pages, floral endpapers, gorgeous presentation page with full-color and gilt decor, four frontispiece portrait photos of Thomas W. Palmer, George R. Davis, Mrs. Potter Palmer (Bertha Honore Palmer) and Frances E. Willard, main text in 2 columns, hundreds of b/w and monochrome photos and engravings with captions, many full-page. ; Complete subtitle: 'Being a Pictorial History of the Columbian Exposition, Containing a Complete History of the World-Renowned Exposition at Chicago, Captivating D...
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Works of Charles Follen, Volume 2 : 33 Unitarian Sermons

By: Follen, Charles, with Eliza Lee Cabot Follen

Price: $33.00

Publisher: Hilliard, Gray & Company : 1841

Seller ID: 21219

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

390 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, dark brown cloth, [viii] + 390 pages, 33 sermons and one sermon fragment, each based on a Biblical text. ; This is Volume 2 ONLY of a 5-vol set. ; Rev. Charles Follen (1796-1840) was a poet, antislavery activist, professor of German at Harvard, and is perhaps best remembered for introducing Christmas tree to US. His wife, Eliza Lee Cabot Follen (1787-1860) who edited this volume, was also antislavery activist; she wrote numerous books of stories, songs, poetry, children's verse, etc, including 'Three Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens.' ; This is an act...
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Memoir of Rev. Edward Mott Woolley : By His Daughter, with an Appendix Containing Selections from His Sermons

By: Gillett, Fidelia Woolley

Price: $54.00

Publisher: Abel Tompkins : 1855

Seller ID: 20161

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

360 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, dark brown blindstamped cloth, 360 pages, appendix of 6 sermons, b/w frontispiece portrait engraving of Woolley, with tissue guard. ; Written by the Rev. Fidelia Woolley Gillett, assisted by the Rev. Aaron B. Grosh. ; The Rev. Edward Mott Woolley (1803-1853) was an early American Universalist preacher in western New York and one of the first in Michigan. His daughter was also a noted pastor in Michigan, one of the earliest ordained women in North America (1877); We have graded this book Poor. Edges quite worn, tips rounded, pages yellowed from age, wit...
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History of Levi Greene of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, Michigan, the : And His Descendants.

By: Green, Mary Shaw

Price: $58.00

Publisher: Adrian College Press : 1944

Seller ID: 20084

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

415 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Hardcover, blue cloth, [vi] + 415 pages, extensive index, 1012 individuals listed, 10 b/w photos and facsimiles on glossy plates. ; Amazing genealogy compiled by Mary Shaw Green (Greene) of Farmington, Michigan, who traced her family tree back five generations to Timothy Greene of Rhode Island, born 1725. Many family members were devout Universalists, including author. ; We have graded this item Poor. Water damage apparent on fore-edge and spine. Spine lettering pretty much gone. Old bookplate on front endpaper. Rear endpaper spotted. Former owner placed a sticky ...
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Child's History of the United States, for Little Men and Women : The Most Interesting Events in American History Described in Words of One Syllable

By: Hanson, John Wesley Jr.

Price: $29.00

Publisher: W. B. Conkey Company : 1898

Seller ID: 24480

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

290 pages; 4to (10") 27 cm; Hardcover, red cloth over spine, gilt lettering on front; chromolithographed boards with mounted George Washington on front, little girl reading to her pug on rear; 31 chapters, 2 appendixes, 184 b/w photos and illustrations in text, many full page; 3 color glossy plates. ; Copyright 1896. This edition 1898. ; Complete subtitle: "A Thrilling Account of the Progress of Our Country told in the Simple Language of Childhood; The Most Interesting Events in American History Described in Words of One Syllable; Profusely Illustrated." Topics include: Columbus. Pilgrims. Dut...
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History of Rationalism : Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology, with Appendix of Literature

By: Hurst, John Fletcher

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Carlton & Porter : 1866

Edition: Third Edition

Seller ID: 21217

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

623 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark brown cloth over beveled boards, gilt spine lettering, [xx] + 623 pages, brown glossy endpapers, all edges red, footnotes, excellent bibliography of rationalist literature including a list of Unitarian and Universalist titles. ; Originally published 1865. This is 3rd edition, revised, 1866. ; Written by anti-rationalist Methodist bishop who decries the sorry state of Protestantism (in the 1860s) as it succumbs to intellectualism, skepticism, higher criticism and freethought. ; We have graded this item Poor. Cloth quite worn. Pages heavily foxed throug...
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History of the Great Rebellion, from its Commencement to the Close, Complete in 1 Volume : (Civil War) Giving an Account of its Origin, the Secession of the Southern States, and the Formation of the Confederated Government

By: Kettell, Thomas P.; Illustrated by O. Pelton

Price: $44.00

Publisher: L. Stebbins : 1865

Seller ID: 21700

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

783 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Thick hardcover, brown pebbled leather, green marbled endpapers, [viii] + 783 + 24 pages, cotton-fiber (rag) paper throughout, index, footnotes, many excerpts from military correspondence, brief glossary of military terms, 25 lists and tables, 13 b/w maps, most full-page, 40 b/w steel engravings with tissue guards. ; Copyright 1865 stated. Complete subtitle a mile long. Published in Hartford, Connecticut, by L. Stebbins, and Cincinnati, Ohio, by F. A. Howe. Engravings by O. Pelton, Fisk & Russell, NY. Written by noted economic analyst famous for formulating theory ...
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Sovereign Wreath of Song, The, Book 3 : For Intermediate and High Schools

By: Luse, J. D.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: J. D. Luse : 1905

Seller ID: 20157

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

240 pages; 8vo (9.75") 25 cm; Hardcover, black cloth over spine, gray-green boards, 240 pages, section on how to read music followed by about 150 songs, most arranged in four parts (music uses C clef, G clef, and F clef). ; Copyright 1897. This printing 1905. Many songs written or arranged by Jesse Dial Luse, noted instructor of music in public schools of Ohio. Complete subtitle: 'For Intermediate and High Schools, containing a complete course of rudimental instruction, with diagrams, and a graded course of exercises and songs; the selections consist of hymns for devotional exercises, selectio...
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Civil War in Song and Story, the : 1860-1865

By: Moore, Frank

Price: $28.00

Publisher: P. F. Collier, Publisher : 1889

Seller ID: 21479

ISBN-13: 9785877221185

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

560 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Tall hardcover, dark brown cloth, gilt lettering, 560 pages, index, main text in 2 columns, dozens of songs (lyrics only, no tunes) 16 full-page b/w illustrations on unnumbered plates. ; Copyright 1882. This is an early reprint by P. F. Collier company, 1889. ; This amazing publication is a compendium of sketches, excerpts, anecdotes and rhymes by various authors, the vast majority of whom were ordinary soldiers fighting in the American Civil War, writing in the field. This material has been carefully collected from numerous contemporary newspapers and magazines ...
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Old Mother Goose, the Only Complete Collection : All of Her Memorable Writings, Melodies, Alphabets, Tales, Jingles and Rhymes, Lavishly Illustrated

By: Mother Goose

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Homewood Publishing Company : 1905

Seller ID: 22591

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

214 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, blue cloth over spine, full-color chromolithograph on front board depicting bearded Father Goose, 214 pages numbered 15 to 228, full-color chromolithograph frontispiece, over 150 rhymes, over 200 b/w illustrations. Illustrator uncredited but resembles art of John Tenniel, famed for Alice on Wonderland. ; Title on front: Mother Goose Rhyme Book. Title page says "complete" but this is just marketing hyperbole, though the book does include some obscure rhymes. Also, there are no tunes or melodies. ; We have graded this item Poor. Exterior quite worn, board ...
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Forgiveness of Sin, the : Illustrated in a Practical Exposition of Psalm 130, Revised and Abridged

By: Owen, John

Price: $20.00

Publisher: American Tract Society : 1850

Seller ID: 23455

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

429 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, dark brown blindstamped cloth, 429 pages, brief bio of author, publisher catalog on rear page. ; Originally published 1663. This edition circa 1850. "In the revision of this work for the present edition, a few sentences implying denominational peculiarities have been omitted." John Owen (1616-1683) DD was an English Nonconformist preacher, theologian, and chancellor of Oxford University. ; Topics include: Depths of sin. Relief in God alone. Discovery of forgiveness. Nature of forgiveness. Evidences of forgiveness. Rules for obtaining forgiveness. Fruits...
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Universalist Union : Volume 2

By: Price, Philo

Price: $185.00

Publisher: P. Price & Company : 1836

Seller ID: 22089

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

408 pages; Folio (14.5") 37 cm; Very tall hardcover, 14.5 inches tall, 8 pages per issue, 51 issues, 408 total pages, rag (cotton fiber) paper throughout, text in three columns, a very few b/w illustrations. ; Contents include: theological discourses, original short stories, original poetry, moral tales, marriages, deaths, progress of Universalism, etc. Many different authors including several women. ; Complete name: "Universalist Union, Embracing the New York Christian Messenger & Philadelphia Universalist, and Religious Inquirer & Gospel Anchor." This bound volume contains every issues from ...
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Myrtle Reed Cook Book, The

By: Reed, Myrtle

Price: $32.00

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons : 1916

Edition: Fourth Edition

Seller ID: 16220

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

552 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Gray-green cloth, gilt lettering, white decor, [vi] + 552 pages, index, over 2000 recipes of all kinds. ; 4th edition, copyright 1905, 1906, 1911, 1916. This book includes recipes from several of author's previous books, plus new material. This is an actual book from 1916, not a flimsy computer-generated reprint. ; Myrtle Reed wrote 17 popular novels and many cookbooks. ; We have graded this item Poor. Cloth worn and spotted, lettering rubbed but readable, both hinges partly cracked. No writing inside, but some pages do show spots to margins. Textblock intact. No ...
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Memoirs, Journal, and Correspondence of Thomas Moore, Complete in 8 Volumes

By: Russell, John

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans : 1851

Seller ID: 22210

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

8vo (8") 21 cm; Set of 8 hardcover vols, brown leather over spines and tips, richly marbled boards and edges and endpapers, about 350 pages per vol, 2 b/w engravings per vol, extensive index in last vol. ; Edited by Lord John Russell, future prime minister of England. Vol-1, 1853. Vol-2, 1853. Vol-3, 1853. Vol-4, 1853. Vol-5, 1854. Vol-6, 1854. Vol-7, 1856. Vol-8, 1856. ; The mighty Thomas Moore (1779-1852) was a hero to both Catholics and Protestants, an actor, literary critic, keen political satirist, and Ireland's greatest lyric poet. ; We have graded this set Poor. While no boards are miss...
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Lehigh Valley Guide, Guide Book of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and its Several Branches and Connections : With an Account, Descriptive and Historical, of the Places Along Their Route

By: Sayre, William H.

Price: $22.00

Publisher: J. B. Lippincott & Company : 1873

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 12570

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

186 pages; 12mo (7.25") 19 cm; Original dark brown cloth over flexible boards, list of officers and directors of Lehigh Valley RR Co and of Pennsylvania and New York Canal and RR Co, 27 pgs of company history, 121 pgs descriptive of cities and towns on the route, 3 appendixes, a few tables and footnotes, several b/w illustrations of scenery reproduced from engravings. Includes original 13 x 20 inch fold-out map, bound in, as issued. ; 1st edition, 1873. Complete subtitle: 'With an Account, Descriptive and Historical, of the Places along their Route, Including also a history of the Company from...
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Golden Threads of English Song : 23 Beautiful Songs by Eminent Composers

By: Scott-Gatty, Alfred

Price: $34.00

Publisher: Ginn & Heath : 1884

Seller ID: 20143

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

98 pages; 4to (12") 31 cm; Tall hardcover, brown cloth over spine, 98 pages, 23 artful songs, ballads, and duets, with tunes, lyrcs, and full piano accomaniments. Not for beginners. English throughout. ; Includes: North wind, by Scott-Gatty. Once again, by Sullivan. Luna, by Gabriel. Polly, by Molloy. Message to heaven, by Tours. Good-bye dear love, by Pinsuti. Old village church, by Hatton. More. ; We gave graded this item Poor. Front cover is nearly detached. Four leaves have closed tears. Everything is readable. Textblock intact. Scarce. Sold as is.
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Psalmist, the : A New Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Baptist Churches; with a Supplement, 1843

By: Stow, B. (Rev) and S. F. Smith (Rev)

Price: $28.00

Publisher: American Baptist Publication Society : 1843

Seller ID: 9924

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

1180 pages; 32mo (4.75") 12 cm; This is a real book from 1843, not a flimsy overpriced travesty. ; Small hardcover, 3.25 x 4.75 inches, 1.75 inches thick (75 x 115 mm, 38 mm thick) fully bound in tan leather, gilt title over black spine band, blindstamped decor on boards, index of first lines, 2 subject indexes, 1180 hymn texts, plus 14 doxologies, plus 100 more hymns. Writers indicated. Texts only, no tunes. ; (Image shows spine and front) Published by American Baptist Publishing and Sunday School Society, 1843. Editors: Rev. B. Stow, Rev. S. F. Smith. Publication committee: William R. Willi...
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Our Young Folks, an Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls : Volume 2, Numbers 1-12, January-December 1866

By: Trowbridge, J. T.

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Ticknor & Fields : 1866

Seller ID: 24376

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

772 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Thick heavy hardcover, green cloth, blindstamped boards, gilt on spine, speckled edges, [viii] + 772 pages, complete index in front, 75 stories and tales, 18 poems, 3 songs with lyrics and full music, 3 color plates, 8 b/w engravings on plates, 186 b/w illustrations in text. ; Edited by John Townsend Trowbridge, Gail Hamilton, Lucy Larcom. Many contributors. ; Main text consists of original stories for children: tales of adventure, fairy stories, funny stories, animal tales, Civil War tales, etc, plus some nonfiction: how to do magic, natural history, etc. There ar...
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