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Mennonite . GLAUBENSLEHRE UND KIRCHENZUCHT ORDNUNG DER EVANGEL. MENNONITEN GEMEINSCHAFT
Skippackville 1866 Dambly. In German. Hardcover. 24mo., 44pp., green cloth with gilt lettering. Good, a few small chips on spine. (a19278)
$75.00 (religion) . ERZAHLUNGEN AUS DER GESCHISCHTE DER CHRISTLICHEN KIRCHE
Reading n.d. (c.1880) neunte auflage. Bilger Buchhandlung. Religious instruction book in German. Hardcover. Square 12mo., 72pp., 30 illustrations, cloth. Numerous pencil notes on rear end pages. Good. (a3816)
$39.00 Preysing, Lindi . U S A - REISE DES GARDEN - CLUB OF BAVARIA VOM O8. BIS 22. MAI 1987
1987. In German. 4to., 29 leaves (rectos only), green cloth with gilt lettering. very near Fine. (a51584)
$75.00 Kauffman, Henry . PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH AMERICAN FOLK ART
NY 1946 1st American Studio. Sm.4to., 31 pages of text plus 136 glossy pages of monochrome photo illustrations, a few color plates, hardcover. Good, some light soiling, no DJ. (a6371)
$24.00de Francesco, Italo L.. THE ART OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS
1947 Prang. 4to., short text, 30 loose (as issued) plates with line drawings of Pennsylvania Dutch art designs (plate 22 appears twice and plate 21 is missing), original decorative folder. Good cover worn and frayed but text VG. (a65721)
$24.00 (mennonite) . DIE KLEINE GEISTLICHE HARFE DER KINDER ZIONS, ODER AUSERLESENE GEISTREICHE GESAENGE, ALLEN WAHREN HEILSBEGIERIGEN...
Doylestaun 1848 F�nfte Auflage. Die Kleine geistliche Harfe der Kinder Zions, oder auserlesene geistreiche Gesaenge, allen wahren heilsbegierigen... In German. 12mo., 412pp., frontis, registers, original leather with brass clasps. Good, outer hinges cracking, leather worn, old dry water stain throughout. (a66833)
$150.00 (pennsylvania dutch) . TEN PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH ALMANACS 1879 TO 1916 ADLER CALENDER AND DER NEUE READING CALENDER
1879-1916. Not a complete run. Ten separate almanacs. Each Sm.4to, about 30pp., wraps. Good, wraps worn. 10 almanacs. (a68077)
$125.00 Johnson, Henry H. . BALLADS OF THE HEARTHSTONE
Elkhart 1901 1st Mennonite Publishing. Poetry. Octavo, 262pp., illustrations.red cloth hardcover. Owner signed (C P Ditmars.) VG, cover a bit worn. (a68241)
$22.00 Pennsylvania Dutch . GEMEINSCHAFTLICHES GESANGBUCH, ZUM GOTTESDIENSTICHEN GEBRAUCH DER LUTHERISCHEN UND REFORMIRTEN GEMEINDEN IN NORD-AMERICA NEBST EINEM UNHANGE VON AUSERWAHLTEN GEBATERN
Reading 1827 G. Adolph Tage. In german. 12mo., 360pp., full leather with mounted leather spine label. Fore-edges bright yellow. Owner signature faded away but faint date of 1835 visible inside front cover. Good, binding worn, toning and staining throughout text but still legible. (a72220)
$65.00 Harbaugh, H . HARBAUGH'S HARFE - GEDICHTE IN PENNSYLVANISCH DEUTSCHER HUNDART
Philadelphia 1870 Reformed Church Publication. Poetry. included glossary of Penn Dutch German. Hardcover. Octavo, 121pp., illustrations, original blue cloth with title and picture of a harp in gilt on front. VG, spine ends and corners a bit worn. (a75052)
$35.00Gossler, J. C.. CARL GOCK'S VERLAUMDUNGEN ODER DIE RECHTFERTIGUNG DER HOCHDEUTSCHEN LUTERISCHEN UND REFORMIRTEN SYNODEN VON NORD-AMERICA
Reading 1823 1st Bruckman. Hardcover. In German. 12mo., 160pp., patterned boards with leather spine. Near Good, end papers have large chips, leaves toned (but legible), corners of many leaves bumped. Scarce. No owner marks. (a76773)
$140.00 (Philadelphia) . WELTAUSSTELLUNG 1876 IN PHILADELPHIA - DIE KESSELHAUSER UND DIE HAUPT-BETRIES-MASCHINE FUR DIE MASCHINENHALLE
Wien 1876. In German. Small folio, pp. 139-142, fullpage engraved map of Philadelphia showing landmarks and sites of interest as well as Centennial Building locations, removed fromt the Zeitschrift des Oesterreichischen Ingenieur- und Architekten-Vereins and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a77501)
$75.00Gossler, J. C.. CARL GOCK'S VERLAUMDUNGEN ODER DIE RECHTFERTIGUNG DER HOCHDEUTSCHEN LUTERISCHEN UND REFORMIRTEN SYNODEN VON NORD-AMERICA
Reading 1823 1st Bruckman. Hardcover. In German. 12mo., 160pp., patterned boards with leather spine. Bookplate of Johannes Heister: von Bern Taunschip, Verfs Caunty, Pennsylvanien, where Heister is buried. He lived 1754-1826. Good, worn, text clean but a bit toned in text block. Binding secure. (a77766)
$185.00Franconia Mennonite Conference. DIE KLEINE GEISTLICHE HARFE DER KINDER ZIONS, ODER AUSERLESENE GEISTREICHE GESANGE
Germantaun 1803 first edition Michael Billmeyer. First Mennonite Hymnal printed in the United States. In German. Hardcover. Small octavo, (40), 412pp., (20), full page illustration of David on the harp, full leather with both original fully functioning metal clasps, lightly rouged fore-edges. Three neat lines of ink inscription dated 1804 on front blank end paper. Complete and in amazing condition. Very Good plus, with just very light wear, small stain on lower corner of initial pages. Almost no wear at all on leather. Lovely book. (a77770)
$920.00Mennonite. EIN UNPARTHENISCHES GESANG-BUCH ENTHALTEND GEISTREICHE LIEDER UND PSALMEN ZUM ALLGEMEINEN GEBRAUCH DES WAHREN GOTTESDIENSTES AUF BEGEHREN DER BRUDERSCHAFT DES MEMONISTEN GEMEINEN
Lancaster 1808 Georg und Peter Albrecht. In German. Small octavo, 448pp., 18pp., full leather with clasps (only one clasp remains and is still functional.) Some lines of music throughout. Some contemporary inscription and signatures on front end paper. Near Good, worn, toning and soiling in text, a few page corners bumped but overall intact. Contemporary ink signature and a few lines of writing by Daniel Rudy on front end paper. (a77776)
$170.00 Luthers, Martin . LEBEN, THATEN UND MEINUNGEN D. MARTIN LUTHERS, EIN LESEBUCH FUR DEN BURGER UND LANDMANN
Reading 1811 Johann Ritter. Erste Americanische, von der dritten verbesserten Leipziger, Auflage. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 161pp., (1), 1/2 leather with blue paper-covered boards. Good, boards rubbed and worn, toning in text block but still quite legible. (a77777)
$225.00 Habermann, Johyann . CHRISTLICHES GEBET-BUCHLEIN, ENTHALTEND MORGEN UND ABENDSEGN AUF ALLE TAGE IN DER WOCHE
Lancaster 1838 Johann Bar. In German. 16mo., 128pp., frontis of Last Supper, 1/2 leather with marbled boards. Owner signed (Samuel Sheaffer, October 8th 1853). Good, worn. (a77780)
$45.00 (Engel, Abraham) . EINE SAMMLUNG VON GEISTLICHEN LIEDERN, ANGEPASZT DEN VERSCHIEDENEN ARTEN DES CHRISTLICHEN GOTTESDIENSTES, UND BESONDERS BESTIMMT FUR DEN GEBRAUCH DER "BRUDER IN CHRISTO"
Lancaster 1876 zweite auflage. Inquirer Printing. Prayer book of River Brethren or United Brethren in Christ. In German. Octavo, 396p., xxviii, full calf with mounted black spine label and gilt horizonal trim on spine. Blind stamp border on boards. VG, nice condition. (a77783)
$250.00 Kegel, Philipp (Nicodemus) . EVANGELIUM NICODEMI ODER: HISTORISCHER BERICHT VON DEM LEBEN JESU CHRISTI WELCHES NICODEMUS EIN RABBI UND OBERSTER DER JUDEN; TESTAMENT UND ABSCHRIFFT DER ZWOLFF PATRIARCHEN DER GOHNEN-JACEBOS; DAS TESTAMENT JOSEPHS
Lancaster 1784 Jacob Bailey. In German. Hardcover. 12mo., 247pp., half leather with papercovered boards. Handpainted color Pennsylvania Dutch bookplate (no words or names on bookplate- just a sundial-type starburst. Fair, leaves toned but legible, corners bumped, boards very worn, board corners rounded, almost all marbled paper worn off boards, endpapers worn and quite stained. Binding secure. No ownership marks. Rare. (a77805)
$2000.00 Herr, Johannes . ERLAUTERUNGS-SPIEGEL ODER EINE GUNDLICHE ERFLARUNG VON DER BERGPREDIGT UNFERS HERRN JESU CHRISTI
Lancaster 1827 Johann Bar. Hardcoverr. In German. 16mo., 395pp., (1), full leather. Originally had one clasp which is now gone. Fair, leather rubbed, chipped and worn, text block toned, some stains in text, several page corners bumped. Binding secure and no ownership marks. (a77806)
$350.00 Porcupine, Peter (William Cobbett 1763-1835) . DIE BLUT-FAHNE AUSGESTECKET ZUR WARNUNG POLITISCHER WEGWEISER IN AMERICA ODER EINE GETREUE ERZAHLUNG EINER GROSSEN ANZAHL HANDLUNGEN DER ABSCHEULICHFTEN FGRAUSAMKEITEN, SOLCHE ALS NIE EIN AUGE GESEHEN...EHE DIE FRANZOSISCHE REVOLUTION ...WELCHEM EIN UNTERRICHTENDER BERSUCH
Reading 1797 Gottlob Jungermann. Translation for the Pennsylvania Dutch community of Cobbett's The Bloody Bouy. Anti-Jacobin tract. Small octavo, (10), 198pp.,1 plate (of 4), original paper covered boards with leather spine. Signed by Peter Spang Jr. Febuary (sic) 18th 1842. The plate shows "Shooting of men, women and chidren, Drowning men and women tied naked together called republican marriages" is Good with toning/staining on margins but image good, not foxed, not ton. Book overall is fair to poor, one internal leaf has large chip at lower corner with loss of several lines, one of the preface pages has a one-inch square cut from the text, corners bumped and worn, spine ends frayed, paper on cover chipped, leaves a bit worn and toned, some staining in text, one small puncture in final two leaves (taking out only a tiny number of letters). Sold as is. (a77809)
$95.00(hymnal). DAS KLEINE DAVIDISCHE PSALTERSPIEL DER KINDER ZIONS, VON ALTEN UND NEUEN AUSERLESSENEN GEISTES GES �NGEN, ALLEN WAHREN HEILS-BERGIE-RIGEN GAUGLINGEN DER WEISHEIT
Chestnut Hill 1791 Samuel Saur. In German. 12mo., (4), 572pp., (22), full leather with later leather melded to spine in repair. Bound with Die Kleine Harpe..Liedern Oder Lob-Gesangen, Chestnut Hill 1792 Samuel Saur, 55pp. (1). Good, original leather clasps gone, front hinge crudely repaired, spine somewhat tilted, a few pages have tiny marginal tears, some toning and staining in text. (a77810)
$375.00 Pennsylvania Dutch German Americana . CATECHISMUS, ODER: KURZER UNTERRICHT CHRISTLICHER LEHRE, F�R DIE ANGEHENDE JUGEND
Philadelphia 1846 Mentz und Kovoudt. In German. Hardcover. 16mo., 133pp.,frontis, lovely color blockprint geometric patterned paper on boards with cloth spine. Good, some light soiling throughout but binding secure and book is solid. (a78528)
$85.00 Pennsylvania Dutch German Americana . DIE LEIDENS-GESCHICHTE DER UNSCHULDIGEN GENOVESA
Harrisburg c.1835 Theo. F. Scheffer. 16mo., 38pp., original printed wraps. Contemporary owner signature (Mary Kettinger.) Fairly Good, worn but intact. (a78530)
$70.00 Pennsylvania Dutch . BAUERN JOURNAL BAND 1 NO 7 JULI 1857 THROUGH NO 12 DEZEMBER 1857
Allentown 1857 Mohr und Trexler. Six original issues of this Pennsylvania Dutch Monthly Journal bound in one volume. Hardcover. 4to., pp. 97-192 (one issue bound out of order), double column text in German, some woodcut engravings, mostly of farm equipment and machines, 1/2 leather with marbled boards. Near Good, cover worn, light soiling in text. Scarce. (a79478)
$260.00(Martin Luther ) Bible. DAS NEUE TESTAMENT UNSERS HERRN UNDHEILANDES JESU CHRISTI,NACH DER DEUTSCHENUEBERETZUNG VON DR. MARTIN LUTHER
Carlisle 1827 Moser und Peters. 12mo., 511p., (5) , double column text, twelve full page woodcut illustrations, original full leather with 4 raised bands and original metal clasps still in full working order which is quite unusual. Good plus, toning in text block, staining and foxing throughout but still legible. (a79680)
$295.00 (Mennonite) . DIE KLEINE GEISTLICHE HARFE DER KINDER ZIONS, ODER AUSERLESENE GEISTREICHE GESANGE
Northampton 1834 Vierte Auflage, A. A. and W. H. Blumer. In German. Small octavo, 424pp., (20 register), some musical scores, full leather with 5 raised bands and original metal clasps present and still working. Fourth edition of the first Mennonite hymn book produced in America. Near Good, beginning to crack along hinges in and out, text spotted, lightly stained and foxed throughout but still legible. (a79682)
$148.00 Meyer, Jacob . DIE GEFAHR IN DEN STRASSEN NEBST EINIGEN ANDERN ERZAEHLUNGEN
Philadelphia 1810 Jacob Meyer. Children's book for Pennsylvania Dutch. In German. 5-1/4 x 2-1/2 inches, fine strong woodcut on title page of dog pulling a tablecloth off a table dragging plates of food and vat of wine to the ground, stiff wraps. VG, pink paper cover slightly discolored, faint staining on a few text pages. (a81928)
$70.00 (evangelical) . EVANGELISCHE JAHR-GETRACHTUNG MANUSCRIPT DATED 1734 AND 1778
Hardcover. Sm.4to., 832p., fully manuscript, dark brown ink, full leather with metal clasp binding (one of the 2 clasps is gone.) Very carefully and neatly written but text block has browned impeding its reading although book is still legible. Pages a bit toned as well, with some light spotting and foxing throughout. Title page has very long title which begins: Evangelische Jahr-Getrachtung das ist De Samlete Anmerikung, ubr die von Langen Fahren her ublih und Gebrauchhen Abgetheilten Evangelins Texte...von einem Sehr Gringen Befenner und Ungnungsamen Handleiter...Vollendet im Jahr Christi Jesu M. DCC. XXXIV Abermal aufs neu Abgesihrieben 1778 A." (a bit difficult to make out the handwriting.) Binding secure; although front board is cracked, board seems securely attached with the binding strings. Whether this is an original work or a copy of an earlier printed book is not known although book is cleary 18th century. Laid in the book is a typed message dated May 7, 1945 which reads: "This book came with letter from Mr. B. G. Otto, President, Baker & Brooks, Inc. He calls it a handwritten, religious book...written by a very patient person, most likely a Sektierer from one of Pennsylvania many sects." Book lacks blank end papers and opens to title page. Near Good. (a87708)
$950.00