[Updike (Daniel Berkeley)] A description of the pastoral staff given to the Diocese of Albany, one of 150 copies, half title, text in red and black in two columns, black letter, illustrations and decorative borders by Bertam Grosvenor Goodhue, 6 photogravure plates with tissue guards, light finger soiling, front free endpapers and half title loose, contemporary morocco-backed boards, upper cover detached, worn, Boston, Merrymount Press, 1900 § The Book of Ruth, limited edition signed by Arthur Szyk the illustrator, half title, frontispiece and 7 tipped-in colour plates, lacking front free endpaper, original half white morocco-backed sheepskin, gilt design on upper cover, joints worn, spine cracked, upper cover loose, brown paper cover, New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1947; and 50 others, 19th and 20th century, Americana, largely religious, v.s. (52)

⁂ The frontispiece of A Description of the Pastoral Staff depicts the interior of the choir of the Cathedral of All Saints in Albany, New York. The surrounding and opposing borders feature representations of Jesus and the Evangelists, scenes from the life of Christ, and the arms of the City and Diocese of Albany. The photogravures were created from photographs by Dr. Chester A. Lawrence and are rendered to exact scale relative to one another.