Rev John Collins (11 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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booklet. B029199; 45 pp Booklet, very good contents, good covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Four volumes reissued as one. Sextdecimo, half green leather with marbled boards, some wear and title label missing from spine, binding firm, previous ownership on front free end paper, internally clean and bright, engraved title page and each volume has an engraved frontis piece, each volume paginated separately: 96, 84, ix plus 110, iv plus 69, further 2 pages of S.E.& C.'s list of New and Elegant Pocket Editions. [QP].…

Quarter leather and marbled pa. Condition: As Described. No Jacket. British Poets. An unusual small volume being a compilation of works printed and published between 1806-8 by W. Suttaby and others, containing works written by various British poets, namely: - The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. with an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. London, Printed for W. Suttaby, Stationers Court, and C. Corrall, 38, Charing Cross. 1806. 70pp;- The Poetical Works of James Hamond and Lord Hervey; with Biographical Sketches of the Authors. Published by W. Suttaby, Crosby and Co. and Scatcherd and Letterman, Stationers' Court. 1808. 65pp, with frontispiece;- Poems Upon Several Occasions by the Rev. John Pomfret. With the Life of the Author. Printed for W. Suttaby, Stationers' Court. 1807. x + 110pp, with frontispiece;- The Poems of Samuel Johnson. To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, by F.W. Blagdon, Esq. London: Published by W. Suttaby and B. Crosby, Stationers'-Court. 1806. 64pp, with frontispiece.- The Poetical Works of William Collins with the Life of the Author and Critical Observations by Dr. Langhorne. London: Published by W. Suttaby and B. Crosby, Stationers'-Court. 1806. 94pp, with frontispiece. Black quarter-leather and marbled paper. Raised bands, gilt-blocked title and decoration. Marbled page edges. Measures 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" x 1". Scuffing and wear to binding but reasonably clean. Rubbing at edges and on hinges and chipping to paper. Bumped and torn corners. Binding reasonably firm. Page edges contain some scuffing and marking, and a degree of fading to marbling pattern. Inscription to free endpaper prior to Goldsmith work and signature to endpaper prior to Johnson. Some page corners dog-eared. Top edge of page 65 of Hamond and Hervey has had the top piece cut off. Some foxing, staining and other marking throughout, with a little ink blotching to initial front endpapers of book, but no underlining, marginalia, etc. 70, 65, 110, 64, 94 pp. 1806-8. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Half pebbled, green cloth with marbled paper sides. Gilt lettering on spine label. Previous owner's rubber stamp on front paste-down. A few minor blemishes; a few hand written notes and minor marginalia; tide mark in top margin on some pages. One unpaginated plate loose. Illustrations. Index. 521, viii. pp. 8.75 x 6 inches. A thorough record of the 1892 non-denominational, evangelical Christian convention including the addresses and reports given. One of these is a talk given by Booker T. Washington, called "Normal Industrial School for Colored Young Men and Women" including a question and answer segment as recorded by the stenographer. A wide variety of other topics are covered, e.g. The Stereopticon and its Uses in Christian Work; Christian Nurses for the Sick Poor; International Medical Missionary Society; Work for Fallen Women; The Bedford Street Mission (Philadelphia); Tracts and How to Use Them; Gospel and Colportage Carriage Work; Evangelistic Solution of the Country Church Problem; Work Among Factory Girls; Progress Report from Burnham Farm (Canaan, NY); An Excursion for Poor Children and What Became of It; Christian Work for Jews; Correspondence Work for Prisoners; Work Among Firemen; Christian Work Among Indians, Mormons and Mexicans; How to Care for Revival Converts in a Great City; Aggressive Work in Whitechapel (London); The Anti-Gambling Association; Tent Work in Chicago; Rescue Work for Women in Western India; Christian Homestead Mission (Buffalo, NY, featuring a map of the Canal Street vicinity showing the locations of the houses of ill-repute, liquor stores, free theatres, etc.). One appendix shows the portraits of 40 "saved drunkards" and provides their names and biographies (some of them quite detailed). Previous owner was the Rev. John August H. Wuttke (1870-1948), a Baptist minister who served at churches in Bethany (Oregon), Tacoma, Winnipeg, Los Angeles and Sacramento.…

Full Calf. Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. Complete in 3 volumes. Books measure 30.5x24.5.cm. lii, 45,84,277pp, 508pp, 648,[2]pp, 40 plates, large folding map.Bound in full period calf, raised bands, leather labels. Calf rubbed, some wear loss on edges, hinge joints weak, 1 board nearly detached, others holding. Generally nice bindings. Internally, large map laid on linen, some light spotting to plates. Pages and plates in good clean condition. Generally a nice set, in period bindings. Size: Quarto.…