Baptist Herald, Vol. 66, No. 3 (March 1988)
1988. Paperback. [Cameroon] Baptist Herald, Vol. 66, No. 3 (March 1988). 31p. Wrapper. 28cm. Pages 2 and 4-21 are devoted to articles about Baptist missionary efforts in Cameroon. More
1988. Paperback. [Cameroon] Baptist Herald, Vol. 66, No. 3 (March 1988). 31p. Wrapper. 28cm. Pages 2 and 4-21 are devoted to articles about Baptist missionary efforts in Cameroon. More
[Providence]: The Providence Press: Snow & Farnham, Printer, 1889. Hardcover. 121p. Contemporary 1/2 leather. Original wrapper bound in. 21cm. Clean ex lib. (Pequot Library in Southport). More
[Chicago: 1958]. Paperback. [16]p. Wrapper. 24cm. African American Church. More
n.p. n.d. [Preface dated 1954]. Hardcover. 100 + photos (black & shite), 82p. Original blue cloth. 28cm. Gouged area on backstrip. Slightly swaybacked. Contents sound. No Jacket. Martha P. Anderson is listed as General Chairman --0presumably of the committee which produced this loosely organized history of this Illinois convention of..... More
1938. Broadside flyer. Approximately 14 x 28cm. Creased. Some wear. Church located at the corner of Bronson & 18th Streets. City and state not given but this came to us with a few other Florida items of African American interest. More
[Berne, Indiana??]: Berne Witness Company [name at base of backstrip], n.d. [1944?). Hardcover. photos, 194p. Original blue cloth. dj. 19 cm. Jacket heavily chipped, has several ringmarks and is soiled. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Foreword by Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. An admiring son's biography of his father..... More
London: John Snow, 1865. [Rare 19th century edition]. Hardcover. xx, 359p. plus (32)p. publisher's advertisements at end. Original green cloth which had been rebacked (with portion of original backstrip mounted). 20cm. Cover scuffed and is moderately worn. More
[NY]: [1956?]. Paperback. 40p. Wrapper. 15cm. A few numerals inked on last page. A large African American church in Harlem. More
[Washington, D.C.]: [2000]. Sunday Bulletin. 5-page bulletin with colorful glossy cover. Inner leaf thinner. 20 cm. Single staple. Order of service and words to hymns. Neither president was scheduled to speak. Obasanjo served as Nigeria's President, 1999-2007. More
Providence: Cranston; Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1839. Hardcover. 192p. Original cloth. 19cm. Clean ex lib. (Pequot Library). Gift inscription. Bookplate of George Phillips Parker. Scattered foxing. Parker's Library was dispersed at auction in New York in 1859. More
Norwalk, Ct. John A. Weed; NY: Gould, Newman and Saxton [etc.], 1841. Hardcover. vi, [1], [8]-156p. Original dark cloth. 19cm. Some cover discoloration and wear. Ex lib. (Pequot Library). More
Augusta, Ga. Chronicle Job Print, 1909. 1st ed. Hardcover. 24 plates (photos, mostly portraits, including frontis),276p. plus [3]p. Table of Contents at end. Hardcover in original cloth. 22cm. Cover very heavily worn, lacking original original backstip which has been replaced/reinforced by a utilitarian but unsightly piece of plastic tape which..... More
n.p. (1953). Paperback. (18)p. Wrapper. 28cm. African American. Held at Prince of Peace Baptist Church in St. Louis. More
Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, (c. 1854). Hardcover. frontis, 288p. Original red cloth. 15cm. Library bookplate inside front cover and embossed library stamps (Newton Theological Seminary) on first several pages. Front free endpaper chipped and patially detached. Compiled and edited by her husband (Edward Lord) and consisting mostly of selections..... More
Washington: n.d. [ca. 1985]. Hardcover. illustrationss (in advertisements), photos (some color), (3), 202p. Embossed cloth. 28cm. No jacket (as published?). An prominent African American church which subsequently attempted to move some or all of its operations to Largo, MD. More
1953. Paperback. photos (portraits), unpaged [16p.]. Wrapper. 27cm. More
Springfield, Mass. Willey & Co., 1892. 1st Edition. Hardcover. frontis (portrait of the African American author), photos & ills, 622, 18p. Original brown cloth. 20cm. Covers dull, with some spotting and wear. Contents browning and becoming somewhat brittle. Biographical sketches of about 137 African American ministers. The book also contains..... More
Springfield, Mass. Willey & Co., 1892. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (a photo of the African American author), photos & illustrations, 622, 18p. Recent quarterbinding (marbled boards neatly backed in leather). 20cm. Contents browned and somewhat brittle, with some chipping and repair. The frontis was backed by later plain paper when..... More
Springfield, Mass. Willey & Co., 1892. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), photos & illustrations, 622, 18p. Original red cloth. Pictorial scenes in black on front cover. 20cm. Extremities lightly rubbed. Biographical sketches of about 137 African American ministers. The book also contains short sketches of 15 Baptist colleges and seminaries..... More
A small, slightly oblong (15 x 13cm.) and probably homemade, album containing only six pages. Six color photos (9 x 11cm.) inserted one to a page in corner slits. Four of the photos are of a woman holding or admiring a mass of azaleas. A fifth is of a man..... More
[London: 1797]. Hardcover. viii, 534, plus Index of (11) unnumbered pages and (1) page of publisher's advertisement. Modern 1/2 leather. 21cm. Contents sound with moderate dog-earing, foxing, soiling, etc. Name inked on title-page. Defective -- lacks all plates and portraits and also lacks the correct title-page and possibly other introductory..... More
[London]: Sold by Mr. Rippon [and others], n.d. [1793]. 1st ed. Hardcover. tables (1 folding), viii, 16, [4], [17]-564, (21)p. Contemporary leather. 21 cm. Ex lib. (Bangor Hist. Soc. and Bangor Theological Seminary). Cover worn (backstrip heavily scuffed and lacking numerous surface pieces; split at front joint). Contents sound and..... More
Middleburg, Va. 1979. Paperback. photos, (28)p. Original wrapper. 28cm. Minor wrinkling & staining. An African American church. More
n.p. 1976. Paperback. photos, 282p. Softcover in original wrapper. Small strip of cellophane tape reinforcement at head of backstrip. Darkened strip along top of front cover. According to a brief introductory note, Alberta Shipley, the co-author, died as the final chapter was being written. More
London: Marshall Brothers, n.d. [ca. 1911]. Hardcover. frontis, photos, folding map, index, xviii, 287p. Decorated cloth. 22cm. Moderate foxing. No Jacket. A Baptist missionary. More