1860 - Randall, George M. (George Maxwell), 1810-1873. The Purpose and Profit of the Diaconate, as an Essential Part of the Ministry of the Christian Church. A Sermon, Preached in the Church of the Messiah, on the Occasion of the Admission of Mr. Richard F. Putnam to the Holy Order of Deacons on Monday Morning, Sept. 26, A.D. 1859 / by Geo. M. Randall. Boston: E. P. Dutton & Co. 1860. 8vo. 24pp. Original pink printed wraps lightly soiled to rear, vertical center crease. Contemporary ownership inscription: Thos. R. Lambert* to top margin of front wrap. Leaves clean and bright. [Randall's sermon at the ordination of Richard F. Putnam] Ordination sermons. Rev. Putnam married Southern author Sallie A. Brock in 1883. [Putnam, Richard F. born about 1834] *Rev. Thomas R. Lambert, one of 16 "Brothers" requesting the publication of this sermon. Rev. Lambert was Chaplain in the United States Navy (1856 - 1883), and later rector of the Episcopal church at Charlestown, MA. He was the brother of Lucy Hill Lambert. Very Good. $125

1862 - Randolph, Edward John (d. 1896 ?). The Good Properties of the Revised Code Considered in a Letter to His Grace the Archbishop of York / by E. J. Randolph. London: Rivingtons, 1862. 8vo. 40 pp. Disbound pamphlet title page repaired (laid down). Title and first leaf of text with library stamp. Else very good. COPAC locates one copy only. [Education and state — Great Britain – Law and legislation] $35

1855 - Rankin, Charles Woodruff. The Blessed Virgin Vindicated: A Sermon, Preached in St. Luke's Church, Baltimore, on Sunday, March 25th, 1855, the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. / by the Rev. Charles Woodruff Rankin.  Baltimore: Joseph Robinson. 1855. 8vo. 38pp. Original blue wraps lightly rubbed, chipped at lower spine. A Very Good clean copy. Contemporary gift inscription to tom margin of front wrap. Rare.$35

1876 - Reichel, Charles Parsons, (1816-1894), Bishop of Meath. Praise and Prayer A Sermon Preached in Chester Cathedral by Charles Parsons Reichel. London: Nisbet & Co. [Phillipson & Golder, printers, Chester.] 8vo. 24pp. Disbound pamphlet. Title with an ornamental border, lightly toned. Otherwise clean and bright. OCLC: 79421111 locates no copies. COPAC locates 2 copies. $45

1850 - Remarks on a Pamphlet Concerning the Canon on Lay Discipline, Passed at the Recent Convention of the Virginia, Held in Alexandria, May, 1850. Washington [D. C.]: Gideon & Co. 1850. 8vo. 31pp. Sewn pamphlet, no wrappers. Leaves generally quite clean and bright, title lightly soiled, faint damp-staining to corner of first 9 pages. P. 9 with vertical centre fold. A pamphlet published in defense of "those who voted against the Canon on Lay Discipline", who are charged with being "favourable to the offences proscribed in it." Includes a brief history of the Convention of Virginia,  Argument drawn from the Ordination service, Mistaken views of the 42nd canon shewn, Advantages of joint legislation and danger of monopoly, Examples and Objections, etc...Very Good. $75

1847 - Report of a Deputation Appointed at a Meeting held in Aberdeen, May 1846, of Ministers and Lay Members of the Church of England Representing the Congregations Adhering to Her Forms and Doctrines in Scotland, in Order to Visit England, and to Communicate with the Bishops and Other Parties in The Established Church, on the Subject of Their Ecclesiastical Position in Scotland. Edinburgh : W.P. Kennedy ; Glasgow : D. Bryce ; Aberdeen : D. Wyllie & Son ; Belfast : W. M'Comb ; London ; Hamilton, Adams & Co., and J. Nisbet & Co. ; Dublin : W. Curry, 1847. 8vo. 63, [1]pp. Pamphlet removed from binding, no wraps. Last leaf with small chip to bottom corner. Includes Appendix; Bishops in Scotland (1661-1735), Succession of Bishops in the American Church (Seaburry-Claggett), Church of England Chapels in Scotland. [Episcopal Church in Scotland, Appointment, call and election of Clergy--Relations with Church of England]. Near Fine. $95

[c. 1820s] A Respectful Address to the Reverend the Clergy of the United Kingdom, From the Society for Promoting the Due Observance of the Lord’s-Day. London: Ellerton and Henderson. [c. 1820s] 8vo. 8pp. Sewn pamphlet no wraps. Lightly foxed. Very Good. [Lord’s-Day--Sabbath--Observance & Practical Measures] Rare imprint. $45

1844 - Richardson, N. S. (Nathaniel Smith), 1810-1883. Reasons why I am a Churchman, or, The Episcopalian armed against popular objections. 3d. ed. Revised & Enlarged. Hartford, Henry S. Parsons, 1844. 8vo. 48pp. Sewn pamphlet removed from bound volume no wraps. Leaves clean and bright, title and rear leaf lightly foxed. Very Good. $45

1878 - Robertson, C. F. (Charles Franklin), 1835-1886. The Churchman's Answer as to the History and Claims of the Episcopal Church. A Lecture by the Right Rev. C. F. Robertson Bishop of Missouri. St. Louis: W. B. Chittenden. 1878. 8vo. 31pp. Original paper wraps lightly rubbed & soiled, gift inscription to to top margin of front cover "Rob. C. Winthrop from Bishop Smith." Few marginal lines in pencil. Clean and bright.

[Smith, Benjamin Bosworth (1794 - 1884) First Episcopal Bishop of Kentucky -  Winthrop Robert Charles (1809 - 1894) United States Senator] Very Good. $65

1769 - Robertson, Alexander (1742 - 1784) and James (1747 - 1816). The New-York Chronicle; Open to All Parties, and Influenced by None. Vol. I. [Numb. 23] From Thursday September 28, to Thursday October 5, 1769. New-York: Printed by Alexander and James Robertson. 4to. [4 leaves] 8pp. (p. 177-184). 3 columns per sheet. Unbound, possibly removed from bound volume. First and last leaf separated, untrimmed. Some light toning to a few edges including front page, otherwise clean and fresh. An excellent copy. Includes: Extracts from the American Society held at Philadelphia, with an essay on the riches of America, the Indians, climates and latitudes of "Pekin", Madrid and California "of which Sir Francis Drake took possession.", Much news about barracks and provisions for Royal troops, letters from South-Carolina, Thomas Gage, etc. News of the Comet, Almost an entire page devoted to the late terrible fire at St. John's, Antigua  "in the neighbourhood of the little Negro-market, at the house of Mrs. Finly, occasioned by a Negro heating an oven". Imposing taxes on the inhabitants of South-Carolina, News from New-Orleans (General O'Reily arrives with 4000 black and white Spanish troops to take possession of that place, Advertising for Concerts, Fire-Works, Poetry, etc...According to the library of congress: May 8th 1769 - January 4th, 1770. The last issue located is that of Jan. 4, 1770. Scottish printers and staunch Royalists, the Robertson brothers first arrived in America in 1768, and established the weekly newspaper, The New-York Chronicle in 1769. It was short lived (about 7 months), when they decided to  move to Albany: "The Robertsons were the first who opened a printing house in Albany." (History of printing in America, vol. ii, p. 118. Isaiah Thomas). They eventually fled the country and after a brief return to New York with the Royal troops, established printing houses in Nova Scotia where Alexander died and James returned to Scotland. Near Fine. $625

1794 - Rowan, Archibald Hamilton (1751-1834). Report of the trial of Archibald Hamilton Rowan, Esq. on an information, filed, ex officio, by the attorney general, for the distribution of a libel: with the subsequent proceedings thereon. Containing the arguments of counsel, the opinion of the court, and Mr. Rownan’s address to the court, at full. [New York]: Dublin: printed, March 12, 1794. New-York: re-printed by Tiebout & O’Brien, no. 358, Queen-Street, near the Friends Meeting-House., 1794. [First American Edition] 8vo. [2], 152pp. In modern paper wraps label to front. Early ownership stamp: “D. Henshaw” to title and lower margin of p. 20. Leaves toned/foxed. This copy does not contain frontis portrait or the Address of the Independent Dublin Volunteers which is generally considered as p. [153]. Trial of the Irish nationalist “being a person of wicked and turbulent disposition” who was arrested, tried and found guilty of seditious libel, and sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment.

Evans 27643 $175

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