A HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF OHIO UNTIL THE YEAR 1918

Cleveland: Published by the Diocese, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Limited to 400 copies, with an original prospectus laid in. Inscribed by Smythe to The Right Reverend Lewis W. Burton, D.D., of Lexington, Kentucky on a label affixed to the front pastedown, with two handwritten letters from Smythe to Burton laid in. Extensive history of the Episcopal Church in Ohio from its beginnings to 1918, examining the formation of its parishes, the building of its churches, the establishment of Kenyon College, and the lives of its leading bishops, clergymen, and laymen. Octavo: xii, 627 pp. with a frontispiece, 22 illustrations, and an endpaper map. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles. Minor foxing to the top edge; otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 77859)