JOSEPH ALLEINS GRUNDLEGUNG ZUM THATIGEN CHRISTENTHUM AUS DEM ENGLISCHEN UBERSETZT.
Lancaster: 1796. 12mo, 332pp, scattered spotting. Original leather (chipped along spine). Good+. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 29965. Arndt 1037. More
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A COMPLETE GERMAN GRAMMAR, IN TWO PARTS. THE FIRST PART CONTAINING THE THEORY OF THE LANGUAGE THROUGH ALL THE PARTS OF SPEECH; THE SECOND PART IS THE PRACTICE IN AS AMPLE A MANNER AS CAN BE DESIRED...THE SECOND AMERICAN EDITION. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED RULES FOR PRONUNCIATION AND SPELLING.
Philadelphia: Charles Cist, 1793. [ii], 285, [1 blank], [2 Index] pp. Pages 213, 266 numbered incorrectly as issued; page 59 correctly numbered. Light fox, light wear, light tan. Bound in original brown sheep, rebacked with pale leather spine, new endpapers. Good+. A scarce German grammar. The first American edition issued..... More
HANDBUCH FUR IMMIGRANTEN UND KURZE DARSTELLUNG DER VORTHEILE WELCHE CHARITON COUNTY IM STAATE MISSOURI DEN IMMIGRANTEN BIETET.
St. Louis, MO: Niedner, Menning & Co., 1873. 15pp. Original blue printed wrappers [light toning, minor wear to spine, wraps partly detached], stitched. Text lightly tanned, else quite clean. Very Good. Benecke was President of the Chariton County Board of Immigration. His handbook, issued for German immigrants, of whom Missouri..... More
LEBEN UND WIRKEN EINES EHRENMANNES.
[1884]. Original printed and illustrated front title wrapper, 40pp, disbound. Lightly worn and toned, Good+. German translation of Miles 682, emphasizing Cleveland's reform policies, honesty in government, and friendship with the working man. His biography and public accomplishments are chronicled here. Miles 684. More
EINE REISE VOM MITTELRHEIN...NACH DEN NORDAMERIKANISCHEN FREISTAATEN, BEZIEHUNGSWEISE NACH NEW ORLEANS.
Wien: 1868. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 160pp. Wraps lightly soiled, Very Good plus. The first edition issued in 1857. "Travelled largely in the south." Howes. Much on New Orleans, with material on the Indians of the Mississippi region. Howes E159. Not in Clark, Sabin, Eberstadt, Thompson, Owen, DeRenne... More
STENOGRAPHISCH AUFGEZEICHNETES COLLOQUIUM DER VERTRETER DER SYNODE VON IOWA UND DER VON MISSOURI, OHIO U. A.ST., GEHALTEN VOM 13.-19. NOV. IN MILWAUKEE, WIS., VERABFASZT UND VEROFFENTLICHT VON J.P. BEYER, PASTOR.
Chicago, IL: Gedruckt in der Office der Chicago Union, 233 Randolph Str, 1868. viii, 175, [1, errata] pp. Printed green paper over boards [spine ends chipped, boards lightly edgeworn with short closed tear at head of front board, lightly soiled]. Light scattered foxing, heavier on endpapers. Occasional light chipping to..... More
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S JUGENDJAHRE, VON IHM SELBST FUR SEINEM SOHN BESCHRIEBEN.
Berlin: Heinrich August Rottman, 1792. 12mo. 214, [2 blank] pp. Original plain blue stiff wrappers [light staining; spine wear, with some cover loosening], untrimmed, wide margins, clean text. Very Good plus. The first edition in German of Franklin's celebrated autobiography. Howes F323. Sabin 25517. Ford 384. More
DIE WORTE EINES STAATSMANNES. AUSZUGE AUS EINIGEN DER REDEN DES ACHTB. JAMES A. GARFIELD.
np: [1880]. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Lightly toned, Very Good. 'No. 18' is printed above and to the left of the caption title. Not in Miles. OCLC 11509871 [6]. More
KURZER ZEITVERTREIB, BESTEHEND IN EINIGEN LIEDERN, DIENLICH ZUE GITTENLEHRE.
Dayton, OH: [1851?]. 143, [3] pp. Contemporary plain wrappers, lightly soiled. Light scattered foxing, lower blank forecorner a bit chewed. Good+. Not in Sabin. More
NEUE REISE-BESCHREIBUNG DURCH VIELE LANDER, WEIT GROSSER ALS GANTZ EUROPA/ DIE NEULICHST ZWISCHEN NEU-MEXICO UND DEM EISS-MEER IN AMERICA ENTDECKET WORDEN.
Bremen: Phil. Gottfr. Saurmans, 1698. 12mo. [44], 288pp. [Lacks map and plates.] Bound in modern gilt-decorated red morocco with title in gilt on spine and raised spine bands [light wear], new endpapers, all edges gilt. Tanned. Bookplate and release on front pastedown, rubberstamp at head of dedication page. Else Very..... More
DER KLEINE CATECHISMUS DES SELIGEN D. MARTIN LUTHERS...
Philadelphia: Herausgegeben von G.W. Mentz und Sohn, Buchhändler... Stereotypirt bey J. Howe, 1836. 12mo. 144pp. Frontispiece woodcut illustration of Martin Luther. Bound in contemporary decorated paper over boards [rubbed] with cloth spine [some fraying and wear]. Text with light to moderate foxing, endpapers tanned. An attractive 19th century decorative binding..... More
SONNTAGS-SCHULE AN DER BERGER KIRCHE./ KOMMEN ZU JESU./ JA WIR KOMMEN, LIEBER HEILAND. WIR FOLGEN DEINEM RUF.../ AUF ZIONS BERG.../ DAS SCHIFF DER GNADE... [Translated roughly to: SUNDAY SCHOOL AT THE BERGER CHURCH./ COME TO JESUS./ YES, WE COME, DEAR SAVIOUR. WE FOLLOW YOUR REPUTATION..../ ON MOUNT ZION.../ THE SHIP OF MERCY...].
[Reading, PA?]: @1820?]. Broadside, 6" x 8.75", printed in two columns using different sizes of typesettings. Completely in German, three hymns, words only with no music. Lightly foxed. Good+. This rare broadside contains words to three hymns: "Kommen zu Jesu" [five stanzas with a varying chorus]; "Auf Zions Berg" [three..... More
EIN ERNSTLICHER RUF AN DIE DEUTSCHEN IN PENNSYLVENIEN.
Lancaster [PA]: [1799]. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched as issued, untrimmed and uncut. Uniform light tanning, Near Fine. "A federalist pamphlet, advocating James Ross for Governor." Evans. FIRST EDITION. Evans 35450. More
DIE PRASIDENTSCHAFT- WINFIELD SCOTT - FRANKLIN PIERCE...
[Washington: Towers, 1852]. 15, [1 blank] pp. Caption title [as issued]. Disbound, scattered light foxing. Good+ or so. This is the rare German-language printing of Miles 341, supporting General Winfield Scott, the last Whig presidential candidate. Franklin Pierce, his Democratic opponent, is found wanting on a number of issues. Miles..... More
REDEN DES EX-GOUVERNEUR HORATIO SEYMOUR UND DES ACHTBAREN SAM. D. TILDEN, VOR DER DEMOSTRATISCHEN STAATS-CONVENTION ZU ALBANY, UM 11. MARZ 1868. WORLD TRACTS, NO. 1.
1868. [n.p., 1868?]. 16pp, Disbound. Attractive new plain wrappers, caption title [as issued], light tan, light wear, old numerical stamp. Good or Good+. Seymour ran for President on the Democratic ticket in 1868. Not in Sabin, Eberstadt, Decker. More
REISE IN CANADA UND EINEM THEILE DER VEREINIGTEN STAATEN VON NORD-AMERIKA, IM JAHRE 1823.
Wien: 1825. 140pp, disbound, spine reinforced with cloth tape, untrimmed. Light scattered foxing. Occasional rubberstamps in bottom blank margins of text. Else Very Good. Edward Allen Talbot [1796 – 1839] was an inventor, a militia officer, a schoolmaster, an author, and a journalist. This is the German translation of his..... More
GEISTLICHES BLUMEN-GAERTLEIN INNIGER SEELEN ODER KURZE SCHLUSS-REIMEN, BETRACHTUNGEN UND LIEDER, UEBER ALLERHAND WAHRHEITEN DES INWENDIGEN CHRISTENTHUMS; ZUR ERWECKUNG, STAERKUNG UND ERQUICKUNG IN DEM VERBORGENEN LEBEN MIT CHRISTO IN GOTT; NEBST DER FROMMEN LOTTERIE. ACHTE UND VERMEHRTE AUFLAGE.
Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer, 1800. pp [12], 564, [12]. Contemporary full leather [some rubbing] with raised spine bands and fore-edge clasp. Light tanning and foxing of text, Very Good. Evans 37496, 38615. More
VIER MONATE UNTER DEN GOLDFINDERN IN OBERCALIFORNIEN.
Hamburg: B.S. Berendsohn, 1849. 32pp, stitched into contemporary plain pale green wrappers. Bit of light extremity wear, Very Good. "One of the most remarkable 'imaginary voyages' since Defoe." Howes. The first edition was published in London earlier in the same year, under the title, 'Four Months Among the Goldfinders of..... More
CHRISTLICHE BETRACHTUNGEN UBER DIE EVANGELISCHEN TEXTE...
Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer, 1791. 4to. [8], 785, [3] pp. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary calf [quite attractive with only light rubbing, one wormhole at base of front hinge], raised spine bands. A clean and lightly tanned text, some chipping to blank gutter of last leaf, rear free endpaper loosening. Near Fine. The..... More
WISCONSIN: BEVOLKERUNG, BODENBESCHAFFENHEIT, KLIMA, HANDEL, GEWERBE UND INDUSTRIELLE...
[Milwaukee: Druck der "Germania" [1895?]. Original printed wrappers and original staples. 48pp, full-page photo illustrations, folding map. Wraps a bit spine-worn. Near Fine. A publication of the State Board of Immigration. More
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