Philadelphia: Francis Bailey, 1783. Small octavo. 28pp. Spotted. Bound in modern blue quarter morocco and decorated boards, with private bookplate. Good+. The rare first edition of this Presbyterian group's Constitution, published just after the Synod was organized in 1782. The Constitution eschews any intention of engaging in "controversies about the..... More

New-York: Printed by T.& J. Swords, 1799. 612, [3], [1 blank] pp. With the half title. Bound in original sheep [rubbed, corners bumped], red leather spine label [rubbed]. Scattered foxing. Rear endpaper torn with no text loss. Very Good. In five parts, each having a separate title page. An errata..... More

1871. 1871, WITH A SKETCH OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE. Mt. Gilead, OH: J. W. Griffith, Book and Job Printer. 1871. 34pp, stitched. Original printed and decorated yellow wrappers [light wear, old institutional and deaccession stamp], else clean and Very Good. Reverend Henry Shedd sketches the..... More

Pittsburgh: [Printed by Alexander Jaynes, Irwin's Row, Market Street], 1836. 8pp. Disbound and lightly toned. Good+. The 1836 General Assembly received petitions "from many members of the church that the Assembly would bear their testimony against the practice of slaveholding as a SIN." Therefore, "it has been thought proper to..... More