Mennonite Life, 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, curates rare and historically significant books and offers them for sale at three annual auctions. The next Rare and Used Book Auction will take place in the Mennonite Life Community Room on Friday, July 11, at 6:30 p.m.

The full auction catalog is available for download at http://www.mennonitelife.org/events. Notable lots in this auction include a 1740 copy of Menno Simons' "Ein Fundament und klare Anweisung," second edition; a 1681 copy of Menno Simons' "Opera Omnia Theologica"; a 1793 printing of Johann Arndt's "Paradies Gaertlein: Wie solches zur Uebung des wahren Christenthums durch geistreichen Gebete"; "Annals of the Conestoga Valley" by Mast and Simpson; and an 1814 "Martyrs Mirror," published by Joseph Ehrenfriend in Lancaster.

The auction will also feature Magnus Friedrich Roos' "Die Lehre und Lebensgeschichte Jesu Christi," published in 1776; "The Wenger Book," including index; a signed copy of "The Earth Is the Lord's" by John L. Ruth; 112 issues of "Mennonite Family History"; 115 issues of "Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage"; and multiple issues of "Mennonite Quarterly Review."

Bids may be submitted online and by mail until Thursday, July 10. Auction books are on display in the Mennonite Life Community Room.

Mennonite Life's vision is diverse communities connecting across boundaries by knowing and valuing their own and each other's stories of life, faith, cultures, and histories.