Stevens abel editor (16 Ergebnisse)

Magazine. Zustand: Fair Only. No Jacket. Significant exterior wear, including edge chips, tears and creases, with dark soils and foxing, as well as a tattered spine; interior foxing. A copy of the National Magazine from 1854, with many articles and illustrations. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. none, as issued. First Edition. tips worn through, corners bumped. Clean and tight; all edges gilt; brown and gilt decorated blind-stamped cloth. Abel Stevens (18151897) was an American clergyman, editor, and author known for his books on Methodist religious history. He wrote History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America, an early history of the church that is frequently referenced in historical works, and A Compendious History of American Methodism. Some of the articles: Circassian Tribes and Shamyl, Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Magic in India, Wyoming-Its Scenery and Incidents (Pennsylvania), Costumes of the Wallachians, etc. Browse my books: www.abebooks.com/The-Book-Shed-Benson-VT-U.S.A/602765/sf Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Tracking number and estimated delivery date always provided. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed, an ABE Heritage Seller, has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An on-line bookseller with a bookshop sensibility.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. none as issued. First Edition. tips worn through, corners bumped. Clean and tight; all edges gilt; brown and gilt decorated blind-stamped cloth. Abel Stevens (18151897) was an American clergyman, editor, and author known for his books on Methodist religious history. He wrote History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America, an early history of the church that is frequently referenced in historical works, and A Compendious History of American Methodism. Some of the articles : A detailed description of the last witch trial in 1691; The opium trade in the east; Badges, history and design; Persian Poetry with Samples; Israel and the Pyramids; Metaphysical Spectacles; Ecclesiastical Life in the Middle Ages; Artic Research; The Christian Negro (a discussion of faith with a plantation slave); 'The Drunkard's Bible" etc. Browse my books: www.abebooks.com/The-Book-Shed-Benson-VT-U.S.A/602765/sf Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Tracking number and estimated delivery date always provided. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed, an ABE Heritage Seller, has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An on-line bookseller with a bookshop sensibility.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. Spine heavely taped. Covers very worn. Front cover taped inside. Shaken. Foxing. Yellowed pages. Water stains. Volume VIII; Reading Copy; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Softcover. Zustand: Good. Stevens, Abel editor. THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE: DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, ART, AND RELIGION. VOLUME II. JANUARY TO JUNE, 1853.New York: Published by Carlton & Phillips 1853. Bound volume. Articles. Illustrations. 572pp with index. 4to (6 1/2" wide x 10" tall). Spine lettered ingilt, dark brown leather with tips, brown floral patterned boards (hardcover). Front fixed endpaper written on, title-page name at top; rear fixedendpaper bookplate. Toned with offset. Cracked front gutter and hinge. Unmarked and tightly bound. Good.…

Softcover. Zustand: Good. Stevens, Abel editor. THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE: DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, ART, AND RELIGION. VOLUME I. JULY TO DECEMBER 1852.New York: Published by Carlton & Phillips 1852. Bound volume. Articles. Illustrations. 572pp with index. 4to (6 1/2" wide x 10" tall). Spine lettered ingilt, dark brown leather with tips, brown floral patterned boards (hardcover). Front fixed endpaper written on; title-page name at top; rear fixedendpaper bookplate. Toned with offset. Front cover present though loose. Unmarked and tightly bound. Good.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Decorated leather covers are detached but present. Spine backstrip is missing. Private owner's name on the front cover. Covers have corner and edge wear. Pages are slightly browned. ; Volume Four, Numbers One to Six, January to June, 1854, bound together.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. August 1853. Volume III, Number 2 pages 97-192 and September 1853 Volume VII, Number 40 pages 433-572. Hard cover in good condition. 572 pages. Pages are in good condition with some age-toning and spotting. Binding and cover have some repair work. Pencil markings and underlines one page. Previous owner's stamp affixed inside cover.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Handsome, clean marbled boards, brown leather corners & spine with raised bands & gilt lettering. Text tight, clean & intact. Minor cover wear. A few pages with very light foxing. Numerous engraved illustrations. Contains: Trip to St. Petersburg; Catacombs of Rome; Reform School, Mass; Opium Trade; Terrors of Jesuitism. Bound Magazines ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 572 pages. …

Cloth. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. General wear with rubbing to the corners and the spine ends. Top of spine has several small chips. Mild foxing to text. Overall a nice copy. Black decorative embossed covers.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. New York: Carlton & Phillips, 1852. First edition, 1852. Illustrated with engravings. Three quarter dark brown leather over marbled boards, gilt spine lettering and ruling, 10" tall. Covers rubbed and scuffed at the extremities, sound binding, endpapers foxed, pages age-yellowed but clean with some occasional light foxing, name in pencil on front free endpaper. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. New York: Carlton & Phillips, 1953. First edition, 1853. Illustrated with engravings. Three quarter dark brown leather over marbled boards, gilt spine lettering and ruling, 10" tall. Covers rubbed and scuffed at the extremities, sound binding, endpapers foxed, minor insect damage around edges of front pastedown endpaper, pages age-yellowed but clean with some occasional light foxing, name in pencil on front free endpaper. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Cover shows minor wear, tear, rubbing, edgewear, and loss at the spine ends. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 6 issues bound. Dark brown rib-grained cloth over boards; covers blind stamped with foliate design around centerpiece; gilt stamped titles on spine. Covers and spine are clean but for few white paint spots on front cover and spine; lightly scuffed; some rubbing wear at spine ends; tightly bound; small owners bookplate on front paste down; pencil name and place on title page; clean interior but with few terminal leaves showing old damp stain at lower fore corner; some age darkening but leaves remain supple. Heavy on religious dogma with articles about authors, including 'satanic' ones, e.g., Smollett, Fielding, Byron, Voltaire, George Sand, Victor Hugo, Balzac, as well as some seemingly not satanic, e.g, Hawthorne, Whittier, Poe (though a drunkard), and Saxe. Includes: early printing of Poe's 'The Bells'; Thomas De Quincey on 'Final Catastrophe of the Gold-Digging Mania'; serialized 'Life and Times of [Samuel] Johnson' (mostly from Boswell); serialized 'The Mississippi Bubble'; monthly columns on arts, books, religion. Also, a biography of Poe, uncredited but said by the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore to be by Richard Henry Stoddard. 8vo, 572 pp; illustrated throughout.…

hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Moderate shelf wear. Bumping on all sides of the spine, which is still tite. Bumping on corners of covers. What appears to be water staining on front endpapers, tanning and dust stains throughout. For its age, its in great shape.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG set in orig. black cloth. Reprint. 4 vols., complete; frontis. to each vol.; 19 cm. Vol. I. The planting of American Methodism [1766-1784]: introduction; book I. from the origin of American Methodism to the beginning of the Revolutionary War; book II. from the beginning of the Revolutionary War, to the episcopal organization of Methodism, 1775-1784 (ch. 1-5, general history) [first printed in 1864] 423 p.; front. (port. of Thomas Coke) -- Vol. II. The planting and training of American Methodism: book II (ch. 6-9, the annual conferences); book III. organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church; book IV. from the organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church to the first regular general conference, 1785-1792 [first printed in 1864or5] 511 p.; front. (port. of Captain Thomas Webb) -- Vol. III. Book V. from the general conference of 1792 to the general conference of 1804 (ch. 1-11, 1792-1796; 12-17, 1796-1804 in the South, middle and northern states, 1796-1804) [first printed in 1865] 510 p.; front. (port. of William McKendree) -- Vol. IV. Book V (ch. 18-22, eastern states and the West; conferences of 1800 and 1804); book VI. from the general conference of 1804 to the general conference of 1820 [first printed in 1867] 522 p. (index to set, p. [512]-22); front. (port. of Richard Whatcoat).…