(Berkeley, California): (The Center for Environmental Structure, 2002-2005), 2002. Hardcover. Four volumes (complete), quarto size, 2228 pp. Complete four-volume set of the philosophy of architecture; as the dust jacket so aptly phrases it: "Neither scientists, nor mystics, nor architects, nor politicians have so far found a single view of the... More about The Nature of Order, An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe (Book One,...

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 390 pp., from the library of the Science Hill School. Catherine Esther Beecher (1800-1878) , the sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe, was an outspoken educator and writer, and advocated for equal access to education for women. She... More about An Appeal to the People; In Behalf of Their Rights as Authorized Interpreters of The Bible

Tel Aviv: Beth Hatefutsoth, The Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, Ministry of Defence Publishing House, 1990. Hardcover. Quarto size, 222 pp. Nazi Germany was a time of brutality and oppression to many, for the Jews of Czechoslovakia it was particularly horrific. The Jewish population there was almost annihilated... More about Where Cultures Meet, The Story of the Jews of Czechoslovakia

Oxford: The University Press, 1866. Leather bound. Sixmo size, with working clasp. A lovely, leather-bound 1866 copy of the English Book of Common Prayer, with a working clasp engraved "M.L. / to S.G. (?) M.L. / Easter / 1869" in an elegant script.___DESCRIPTION: Full brown leather, both boards with embossed... More about The Book of Common Prayer; And Administration of the Sacraments

Erie, Pa: Chas. F. Adams, ca. 1885. Hardcover. Folio size, 894 pp., in German. This impressive Bible, printed prior to 1890, is replete with engravings and chromolithographs, illustrating the text throughout; the engravings have a wonderful depth and detail of line, exquisite renderings of the characters that populate the Old... More about Heilige Schrift [Holy Bible

[Harrow Weald, Middlesex]: The Raven Press, Printed by Robert Ashwin Maynard and Horace Walter Bray, 1931. Bray, Horace Walter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 20 of 275, octavo size, 35 pp. The Book of Tobit is part of the Apocrypha, generally included in Catholic and Orthodox biblical canons, but not those... More about The Book of Tobit, from the Apocrypha, According to the Authorised Version

(New Brunswick): (Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking), (1993). Feldman, Walter. Limited Edition. Folio in a case. No. 7 of 18, folio size, seven unbound folio sheets, signed by Walter Feldman. Walter Sidney Feldman (1925-2017) received numerous awards and critical praise spanning a lifetime achievement over seven decades; his paintings were... More about The Creation

Winona, Minnesota: Sutton Hoo Press, [2002]. Hanka, Ladislav. Limited Edition. Original wraps. One of 100 copies, duodecimo size, 33 pp. This printing of the Book of Ruth is the Thanksgiving 2002 release by the Sutton Hoo Press. A precursor to other biblical texts the Press intends to print, this lovely... More about The Book of Ruth, King James Version

Paris: Chez Saintin, 1811. First Edition. Hardcover. Twenty-fourmo size, 234 pp., in French. The biblical story of Ruth and Naomi, two women who leave the land of Moab to return to Naomi's native land of Bethlehem, is a story of love, devotion, and loyalty; it is a story of strength... More about Ruth et Noemi; ou Les Deux Veuves, Sujet Episodique

[Waltham Saint Lawrence]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Rooke, Noel. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 259 of 370 copies, octavo size, 44 pp. This volume comprises a portion of text from the Book of Saint Luke, telling of the birth of Jesus Christ; printed by The Golden Cockerel Press, this publication... More about The Birth of Christ; from the Gospel according to Saint Luke

Torino: Zecchi e Bona, 1850. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 176 pp., text in Italian. Text in Italian, with some Latin quotes scattered throughout.___DESCRIPTION: Quarter tan leather with marbled paper boards, gilt lettering and decorations direct to spine, text block edges appear to have been stained at some point, now faded, plain... More about A' Cherici in Solitudine, Ragionamenti Sul Vero Spirito Ecclesiastico

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 248 of 750, quarto size, 86 pp. John Donne (1572-1631), eminent English poet and primary figure among the metaphysical poets, delivered this sermon just before leaving on a journey to Bohemia in 1619, accompanying Viscount Doncaster; the sermon voices Donne's apprehensions... More about Donne's Sermon of Valediction; At His Going into Germany Preached at Lincoln's Inn April 18,...

San Francisco: Printed for The Book Club of California by John Henry Nash, 1921. Nash, John Henry. Limited Edition. No binding. Single leaf folded once to make [4] pp. A lovely broadside printed by the San Francisco printer extraodinaire, John Henry Nash (1871-1947) with his characteristic mitred ruled border, this... More about The Great Comforting Sermon; From the San Francisco Examiner