Black Swan Books

Jeremiah B. Jeter

A MEMOIR OF ABNER W. CLOPTON, A.M.

Richmond, VA: Yale & Wyatt, 1837. 16mo. Full Leather. First Edition. An account by Jeremiah Jeter, the great Baptist pastor and missionary, of the ministry of Abner Clopton, the Pastor of Baptist Churches in Culpeper, Virginia. With much on Clopton’s.....

Price: $250.00

John Abernethy

SERMONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. VOL. III. (ONE VOLUME ONLY)

London: Printed for D. Browne, C. Davis, and A. Millar, 1751. Full Leather. First Edition. Vol. III only. John Abernethy was an Irish Presbyterian minister who proved ahead of his time for his public struggles for religious freedoms, and the.....

Price: $125.00

Item #255094 BRIEF CONCORDANCE TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS: BY WHICH...

John Brown

BRIEF CONCORDANCE TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS: BY WHICH ALL, OR MOST, OF THE PRINCIPAL TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE MAY BE EASILY FOUND OUT. REVISED AND CORRECTED.

Charlestown [MA]: Samuel Etheridge, 1803. Full Leather. John Brown of Haddington (1722 - 1787) was a self-taught and prolific Scottish theologian. This Brief Concordance printed in Charlestown, Massachusetts is is an attractive American edition. It’s popularity is evidence by the.....

Price: $150.00

Item #294649 [LOUISA] [HARRISONBURG] SELECTIONS FROM THE RELIGIOUS AND LITERARY WRITINGS OF JOHN...

John H. Bocock | Vaughan, C. R., D.D. (Biographical Sketch); John Bocock’s Widow (Editor)

[LOUISA] [HARRISONBURG] SELECTIONS FROM THE RELIGIOUS AND LITERARY WRITINGS OF JOHN H. BOCOCK, D.D.

Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson, Printers, 1891. Hard Cover. First Edition. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s brown cloth binding; xxvii, [xxviii, xxvix], 644 pages, including 2 page Addendum; with~frontispiece of John H. Bocock, D.D.; small chip to the leading edge.....

Price: $150.00

Item #288056 [SALESMAN’S SAMPLE] MY MOTHER’S BIBLE STORIES. TOLD IN THE LANGUAGE OF A GENTLE,...

John H. Vincent

[SALESMAN’S SAMPLE] MY MOTHER’S BIBLE STORIES. TOLD IN THE LANGUAGE OF A GENTLE, LOVING MOTHER CONVERSING WITH HER CHILDREN. DESIGNED FOR FAMILY USE DURING “CHILDREN’S HOUR” AROUND THE EVENING LAMP.

Chicago, Ill. National Book Concern, [1896]. Hard Cover. Salesman Copy. Salesman sample copy, with two sample cloth spines and the leather spine on the pastedowns. Pink slips of short salesman pitches or explanations of the various plates stubbed in throughout.....

Price: $75.00

John Tillotson

THE BEAUTIES OF THE MOST REVEREND JOHN TILLOTSON

Dublin: Printed for T. Stewart by T. M. Bates, 1794. Octavo. Hard Cover. First Edition. “Carefully selected from his works. Containing his admiral System of Early Education -- Thoughts on Religion -- Atheism and Infidelity--The Immortality of the Soul, &c.”.....

Price: $200.00

John Tillotson

THE WORKS OF THE MOST REVEREND DR. JOHN TILLOTSON, LATE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY: CONTAINING FIFTY FOUR SERMONS AND DISCOURSES, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. TOGETHER WITH THE RULE OF FAITH. BEING ALL THAT WERE PUBLISHED BY HIS GRACE HIMSELF, AND NOW COLLECTED INTO ONE VOLUME. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS.

London: Printed for J. Round, J. Tonson, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, J. Osborn, T. Longman, J. Batley, F. Fayram, E. Symon, J. Pemberton, J. Hooke, C. Rivington, F. Clay, 1728. Hard Cover. Ninth Edition. The ninth edition of the religious.....

Price: $150.00

Item #289972 THE SERAPH, A COLLECTION OF SACRED MUSIC, SUITABLE TO PUBLIC OR PRIVATE DEVOTION,...

John Whitaker

THE SERAPH, A COLLECTION OF SACRED MUSIC, SUITABLE TO PUBLIC OR PRIVATE DEVOTION, CONSISTING OF THE MOST CELEBRATED PSALM AND HYMN TUNES, WITH SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF HANDEL, HAYDN, MOZART, PLEYEL AND FAVORITE ENGLISH AND ITALIAN COMPOSERS. ADAPTED TO WORDS FROM MILTON, &C., TO WHICH ARE ADDED MANY ORIGINAL PIECES, COMPOSED, AND THE WHOLE ARRANGED FOR FOUR VOICES, WITH AN ACCOMPANIMENT FOR THE PIANO FORTE AND VIOLONCELLO.

[London]: [Whitaker & Co.], [1818]. Full Leather. First Edition. Two volumes bound together in one. Previously owned by Noah Knowles Davis of Philadelphia, his wife Mary Young, given to her before their marriage, and thereafter presented to their daughter, Marelle.....

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Item #293137 [THEOLOGY] OBSERVATIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. I. ON THE SEVEN TIMES SEVENTY YEARS OF...

John [Johann] Caspar Velthusen

[THEOLOGY] OBSERVATIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. I. ON THE SEVEN TIMES SEVENTY YEARS OF DANIEL, CH. ix. 24-27. II. ON THE CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. III. ON THE TRUE READING OF THE PASSAGE I. TIM. iii, 16.

London: C. Heydinger, 1773. Hard Cover. 8vo.; in contemporary paper covered boards, with titling penned at the top of the spine; [6], 104, [2] pages. Complete with the half-title page, and the advertising leaf at the back of the book.....

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Item #292112 A LETTER TO A FRIEND ON THE AUTHORITY, PURPOSE, AND EFFECTS, OF CHRISTIANITY, AND...

Joseph John Gurney

A LETTER TO A FRIEND ON THE AUTHORITY, PURPOSE, AND EFFECTS, OF CHRISTIANITY, AND ESPECIALLY ON THE DOCTRINE OF REDEMPTION.

London: John and Arthur Arch, Cornhill, 1824. Blue paper-covered boards backed in drab paper; printed label to the spine. There is some minor loss to the spine.

Price: $75.00

Item #288857 DISCOURSES RELATING TO THE EVIDENCES OF REVEALED RELIGION, DELIVERED IN...

Joseph Priestley

DISCOURSES RELATING TO THE EVIDENCES OF REVEALED RELIGION, DELIVERED IN PHILADELPHIA. VOL. II. (VOLUME TWO ONLY)

Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1797. Hard Cover. First Edition. Volume II only; Vol. I was published a year prior. A book of theology by the English chemist, minister, and philosopher, Joseph Priestley. Some years prior, he had been chased.....

Price: $200.00

Katsuki Sekida

TWO ZEN CLASSICS: MUMONKAN AND HEKIGANROKU

New York | Tokyo: John Weatherhill, 1977. Hard Cover. First Edition. A clean First Edition copy with no marks in the book. The dustjacket has not been price-clipped and is now protected with a new mylar cover. The flaps of.....

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L. Ron Hubbard

[NEW AGE AND OCCULT] SCIENCE OF SURVIVAL: SIMPLIFIED, FASTER DIANETIC TECHNIQUES

Wichita, Kansas: The Hubbard Dianetic Foundation, 1951. Hard Cover. First Edition. The first trade edition, with “First Edition” stated on the copyright page.. Typed slip on the front endpaper: “This book should contain two charts eight inches by twenty-four inches.....

Price: $1,250.00

Item #265719 SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS OF THE VIRGINIA CONFERENCE, Methodist Episcopal Church,...

Lafferty, Rev. John J., D.L.

SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS OF THE VIRGINIA CONFERENCE, Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Richmond, VA: Christian Advocate Office, 1890. Hard Cover. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with worthies of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Hinges have been repaired with japanese tissue, and the rear endpaper is lacking (as is a piece of the “Fore-word”.....

Price: $150.00

Item #239722 HUMAN CONSCIENCE AND MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS: Modern Egyptian thinkers on...

Leirvik, Oddbjorn

HUMAN CONSCIENCE AND MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS: Modern Egyptian thinkers on Al-Damir

London; New York, NY: Routledge, 2006. Hard Cover. No markings in text. Blue hardcover binding with white lettering.

Price: $95.00

Louis Maimbourg

HISTOIRE DU SCHISME DES GRECS

Paris: Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1677. Full Leather. First Edition. 4to, in speckled calf with a patch to the upper board; decorations in compartments with morocco label; lacking the engraved title; [26]. 702, [22] with last leaf blank.~~The first printing of the.....

Price: $350.00

Item #279328 THE REHEARSALS ABRIDGED. CONTAINING A VIEW OF THE TIMES, THEIR PRINCIPLES AND...

Lover of Truth [Charles Leslie]

THE REHEARSALS ABRIDGED. CONTAINING A VIEW OF THE TIMES, THEIR PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES. VOL. I.

1719. First Edition. Designed to “instruct and confirm People in right Principles of Church and State, that every one may be rescued from the raging Contagion of Atheism, Deism, Socianism, Fanaticism, Rebellion and Debauchery, that like a Deluge have overpowered.....

Price: $450.00

Item #285551 AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF APOLLONIUS TYANEUS. TRANSLATED OUT OF THE FRENCH. TO WHICH...

M. Le Nain de Tillemont | Robert Jenkin

AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF APOLLONIUS TYANEUS. TRANSLATED OUT OF THE FRENCH. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, SOME OBSERVATIONS UPON APOLLONIUS. | A BRIEF CONFUTATION OF THE PRETENCES AGAINST NATURAL & REVEALED RELIGION. (ONE VOLUME)

London: Printed for S. Smith and B. Walford, 1702. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Editions of two works by Robert Jenkin, bound together, both published by Smith and Walford in 1702. Jenkin served as an English clergyman and later master.....

Price: $650.00

Item #228411 AN ALARM TO METHODISM. With an Account of the Re-constitution of a Methodist...

Macdonald, Jas. Alex.

AN ALARM TO METHODISM. With an Account of the Re-constitution of a Methodist Church, at Leith, in Scotland, and John Wesley's Sermon on the Reformation of Manners.

Leith: Charles Thomson, 1903. Hard Cover. Illustrations; Scarce. Notes written on fep. No pencil or ink markings in text. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. Boards slightly cocked. Endpaper torn at front hinge. Light edgewear to boards...

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Item #281672 BIBLIA, DAS IST: DIE GANZE HEILIGE SCHRIFT DES ALTEN UND NEUEN TESTAMENTS, NACH DER...

[Martin Luther]

BIBLIA, DAS IST: DIE GANZE HEILIGE SCHRIFT DES ALTEN UND NEUEN TESTAMENTS, NACH DER DEUTSCHEN UEBERSETZUNG D. MARTIN LUTHERS. MIT EINES JEDEN CAPITELS HURZEN SUMMARIEN, AUCH BEYGEFUGTEN VIELEN AUFS NEUE BERICHTIGTEN PARALLEN, UND 40 VORTREFFICHEN BILDLICHEN VORSTELLUNGEN VERSEHEN.

Philadelphia: Kimber und Scharpless, 1828. Full Leather. A Luther Bible, with 40 “excellent plates” called for, of which 39 appear to be present. Some plates are numbered and some are not, but the numbered plates appear to skip from plate.....

Price: $150.00

Mary McEvilly | Walter Franklin Prince (Editor)

[NEW AGE AND OCCULT] TO WOMAN FROM MESLOM. A MESSAGE FROM MESLOM IN THE LIFE BEYOND.

New York: Brentano?s, [1920]. Hard Cover. The book review section of Volume 14 of the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research describes how the author has “given evidence of intelligence other than her own, acting through her brain.....

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Item #221889 TREATISE ON THE DIVINE NATURE, Exhibiting the Distinction of The Father, Son, and...

Moore, Humphrey

TREATISE ON THE DIVINE NATURE, Exhibiting the Distinction of The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1824. Hard Cover. No pencil or ink markings in text. Full brown leather binding with red spine label, gilt lettering. Chip at bottom spine with small piece missing.

Price: $150.00

Mrs. E. L. Motheral

THE SOLWAY FAMILY: OR, HOW WE CAN CONQUER (OUR $100 PRIZE BOOK)

Nashville, Tenn: Cumberland Presbyterian Board of Publication, [1874]. Hard Cover. First Edition. The second prize book of The Cumberlant Presbyterian Board of Education, for the fall of 1873. In the publisher’s blue cloth binding. Front hinge has been reinforced with.....

Price: $75.00

Mrs. H. Dwight Williams (author)

LEAVES OF CONSOLATION FOR THE AFFLICTED, OR VOICES FROM THE SILENT LAND.

Philadelphia: Presbyterian Publication Committee, 1865. Hard Cover. Small Octavo; sound binding; light rubbing to edges of spine and front cover; offsetting to pages 10 and 11 no markings in text. Page 49 has small chip to bottom corner (not obscuring.....

Price: $75.00