New Arrivals, April 24, 2015: 18th & 19th Century Works

18th Century Works

Tasso, Torquato, Le Gerusalemme Liberata (with the observations of Niccolo Cianculo and Scipio Gentili; Nimes: Michele Gaude, 1764), Volume I. Interesting and rare volume containing marginalia by one C. Thiemann, including a diagram of the Ptolemaic system and a note that he read the book in the year 1805 in the endpapers. Tasso (1544-95) was one of the most-read poets in Europe until the last century. This book is one of a broken set of his best-known work, a highly imaginative account of the combat between Muslims and Christians at the culmination of the First Crusade. Leather bound, 6.25” x. 4.25”. Worn but solid condition. HBB price: $350.

19th Century Works

S.S. Schmucker, D.D., Appeal to the American Churches, With A Plan for Catholic Union (New York: Gould & Newman, 1st. ed., 1838). Inscribed on the front end papers, Rev. D. Bernhard, With the respects of the Author, S.S. Schmucker.” Hardcover, 100 pp., black boards with gilt title, no dust jacket; spine cover missing; foxing on many pages. Schmucker, (1799-1873) was a founder of the General Synod of the Lutheran Church in America, professor at Gettysburg Seminary and College for 38 years. A noted abolitionist, he held heterodox views of the Lutheran confession that engendered much controversy and led to accusations he was a closet Calvinist. Schmucker’s Appeal argues for a common doctrinal agreement among the sects and denominations of the time. Rare, esp. with inscription. HBB price $200.

Howard, Theodosia, Letters and Papers of the Late Theodosia A. Viscountess Powerscourt (Rev. Robert Daly, D.D., Rector of Powerscourt, afterwards Bishop of Cashel, etc., New Edition, G. Morrish, 20, Paternoster Square, London E.C., no copyright/publication date given). Preface by Rev. Daly, Powerscourt Glebe, April 1838). Theodosia Anne Howard (1800-36). Born in County Wicklow, Ireland, she accepted Christianity (some sources cite Rev. Daly as her mentor) at 19. Her cousin, wife of Richard Wingfield, Viscount Powerscourt, died in 1820; Theodosia married him in 1822, and he died a year later. In 1826 she attended a series of “prophetic meetings” in England, and began holding similar events at Powerscourt. In 1831 she turned them into a formal annual conference than ran until 1833. The prophetic movement was millennialist, driven by the idea that the turmoil of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars marked the beginning of the End Times and presaged the return of Jesus Christ. This volume is a conspectus of her spiritual life, and includes papers presented at her Powerscourt Conferences. Her work has remained in print since her death. Hardcover, green cloth boards with gilt Gothic lettering. No dust jacket. Published in London by G. Morrish. Bookseller tag from Erie Bible Truth Depot, Erie, PA. Rare. HBB price: $300.

March, Rev. Daniel, D.D., Walks and Homes of Jesus (Ziegler & McCurdy, 1866). A retracing of the Savior’s journey’s by the 19th century American minister (1819-1905). Hardcover, no dust jacket, dark green boards embossed with gold titles on spine and cover. Numerous black-and-white lithograph illustrations. Acceptable condition; some separation of spine from covers. HBB price: $25.

Burnett, Frances Hodgson, Little Lord Fauntleroy (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1st ed., 1886; 1889 printing). Hardcover, quarto, 209 pp. with 16 pages of ads in the back. Classic Reginald Birch illustrations that kicked off a regrettable American craze for dressing boys like a Gainsborough painting. Grey-green cloth boards.  No dust jacket. Covers and spine faded with some staining, front hinge slightly separated. Brown endpapers. HBB price: $175.

Croll, James, Discussions on Climate and Cosmology (D. Appleton & Co., 1st ed. 1886). Fascinating survey of weather and climate change from 125 years ago. Croll (1821-1890) was a Scots scientist who developed a theory that cliate change occurred because of oscillations in the earth’s orbit. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Fine condition. No dust jacket. Octavo, 327 pp, with six pp of advertisements for other science books. 

Rare. HBB price: $100.

Nesbit, E., and Mack, Robert Ellice, Morning Songs and Sketches (E.P. Dutton & Co. 1890).  Elegant octavo volume; 32 pages of poetry by Nesbit, Graham Tomson and Theo. Gift. Card wrappers sewn with gilt cord; color lithographs on front and back covers; monochrome lithos inside, by Tom, Kelly, Julius Luz, Robert Ellice Mack, A.M. Clausen, and others. All edges gilt. Printed in Heidelberg. Gilt edging. Very good condition. HBB price: $225.

Du Maurier, George, Trilby (London: Osgood & McIlvaine & Co., 1st. ed., 1895). Said to be the inspiration for The Phantom of the Opera, this novel inspired the Trilby hat (worn by a character in the stage play), introduced the phrase “in the altogether” and inspired the notoriously litigious artist Whistler to threaten suit over a character (Du Maurier apologized and rewrote the offending sections). Du Maurier also introduced the character Svengali, whose name became a synonym for  a man holding utter sway over a submissive woman. 121 lithographic illustrations by Du Maurier. Hardcover, blue boards with gilt titling on cover and spine. No dust jacket. 447 pp, octavo, with six pages of publisher’s ads. Slight separation of spine at back endpapers; small tear across bottom of spine. Bookseller label of Gilbert & Field, 67 Moorgate Street, London, E.C., which operated from the mid-1870s to circa World War I.

Wingard, E.A., Echoes and Other Poems (Newberry, SC: Lutheran Publication Board, 1899). Wingard (1849-1900) was ordained in the Lutheran Church in 1875 and called to St. Paul’s in Columbia, SC in 1887. He served in that pulpit until his death; this book was published the year before he passed away. 170 pp of poetry covering a variety of subjects, ranging from war to memoria, religious poems and hymns and a miscellany that includes his Ode on Laying the Corner-Stone Y.M.C.A. Building, Columbia, S.C.  Hardcover, red boards, no dust jacket. Very good condition. HBB price: $25.