Baha'i Publishing Trust. Hardcover. This is the 2nd printing of the 4th edition of religious writings by Abdu'l-Baha, son of the founder of the Baha'i religion, Baha'u'llah. Binding is tight and pages are bright and clean. Dust jacket has a fair amount of loss at edges and a large piece..... More
New York: John B. Alden, 1891. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 7.5"x5.25". Olive cloth with gilt lettering and embossed black decorations on spine and cover. 268 pp. Several small stains on covers. Hinges overopened. Foxing to endpapers. Occasional foxing throughout. The is a first edition of Elder David Bartley's allegorical religious novel about..... More
West Concord, MA: Hadley Press, [1929]. 2nd Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x6". Purple cloth. Gilt lettering to front cover. Frontispiece. [13], 12-70, [2]. Minor edge wear. Several superficial stains to front cloth. Additional notes pasted on recto and verso of title page, as issued by publisher. This is a scarce case study meant..... More
Los Angeles: DeVorss and Co., 1954. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Blue cloth. 192 pp. No dust jacket. Minor scuffing to cloth. Front hinge overopened. Tight and clean. This is a scarce memoir about being abducted by aliens. More
Paris: Perisse Freres, 1857. Leather bound. In Latin. 8vo. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering to spine. 536 pp. Rubbing to edges and boards. Foxing throughout. Very tightly bound. This is an attractive volume from French theologian Billuart's study of St. Thomas. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 9.5"x6.5". Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 18 maps and plates. 566 pp. No dust jacket. Ex-library with stamps on block edges, bookplate, withdrawal stamps, and card pasted in. Some stains and scuffs to edges and 1.5" loss of cloth at..... More
University of Chicago, 1928. Hardcover. This is an early reprint of Case's influential book about the historical Jesus, signed by Case. At the time of listing, we were able to find no other instances of Case's signature for sale online, so this book is an incredible rarity for collectors of..... More
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Winterberg: Steinbrener, [1911]. Full leather. In German, Gothic script. 12mo. 5.25"x3.25". Blind tooled morocco. Brass borders and working clasp (not original to this edition). Decorative endpapers. Steel engraved frontispiece. 640 pp. Front hinge is broken and detached. Attractive brass edges and clasps added by a previous owner. Leather a bit scuffed..... More
Harmony Books, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. This is a signed first edition of Chopra's bestselling study of the spiritual component of the aging process and why people who look old didn't believe in themselves hard enough. More
Paris: Felix Alcan, 1913. Hardcover. In French. 8vo. Red quarter leather over marbles boards. Hubbed spine. Decorative endpapers. 279 pp. Wear and scuffs to all outer edges, including some superficial chipping to the leather. Corners bumped. Minor tanning throughout. Owner's mark on half title and title page, with a pencil notation..... More
Los Angeles: Oriental Missionary Society, 1945. 24th printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Faux-leather. 378 pp. Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. This is an influential devotional by evangelical Christian missionary Lettie Cowman (1870-1960). Streams in the Desert is her best known book, reprinted many times, inspired by her mission work..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1955. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x6". Black cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. Many photographic plates by the author. 334 pp. 1" closed tear at bottom left corner of front jacket cover. This is a scarce first edition account of explorer and anthropologist Davis' experience with black magic..... More
New York: Stokes, 1895. Cloth. 12mo. Cloth. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. 380 pp. Minor shelf wear. Tight and clean. This is an uncommon Christian devotional from the late 1800s. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1934. First Edition. Boards. 8vo. Embossed boards. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Rag paper with two-color text. Mild sunning to spine and a few scuffs to boards. Previous owner's name inside front cover. Contemporary newspaper clipping reviewing this book laid in. This is a limited edition..... More
Boston: First Church of Christ, Scientist, [1970s]. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. Beige cloth. Dust jacket. Contains full facsimiles of 13 books by Eddy. Top edge of jacket rather worn, with numerous chips and closed tears. Book is near fine. This is a reprinted collection of non-canonical writings by Mary Baker Eddy, founder of..... More
Bruce Publishing Company, 1943. First Edition. Cloth. This is a very scarce first edition of Eden's final collection of poetry. Eden was an English poet whose verses often involved Catholic themes. In fact, this copy was former property of the Notre Dame convent in Milwaukee. It bears a few small..... More
Pilgrim Press, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. Small chips around edges of dust jacket. This is a scholarly assessment of the Christian Apocryphal Gospels unearthed in the Dead Sea Scrolls of Nag Hammadi, including the fragments in the original Greek and Latin and a handful of photos of the fragments. Those..... More
New York: Putnam, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo Yellow quarter cloth over grey boards. 406 pp. No dust jacket. Minor scuffing to boards. Discoloration on spine. Tight and clean. This is a scarce book purporting to prove the existence of UFOs by famed conspiracy theorist Flammonde. More
Hardcover. In Hebrew and English. At the time of listing, we were able to find no other copies of this book listed for sale online. This is an evidently self-published collection of the influential rabbi's letters and published articles inscribed by Fogelman. Handsomely bound in faux leather with gilt lettering..... More
Jewish Publication Society of America, 1973. Unada. First Edition. Cloth. This is a juvenile adaptation of the epic tale of the Israelites' defense of the fortress Masada. More
American Sunday-School Union, 1861. Cloth. Flyleaf is inscribed to the recipient as a gift, Christmas, 1875. This is an 1861 edition of the Christian juvenile fiction novel. Curiously, the author's name does not appear in the book, though other editions of the book are attributed to the "author of 'Twenty..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. Brown cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. Black and white photographic plates. 272 pp. Ex library. Jacket has very light edge wear. Library stamps on top, right, and bottom block edges. Stamps and library markings on front free endpaper and title page. Stamp on..... More
Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company, [1950]. Pamphlet. 8vo. 8.5"x5.5" Staple-bound wraps. 7 pp. of "Notes and Comments" by Haldeman-Julius. 24 pp. Many creases, marks, and a faded stamp on covers. Title page and p. 24 discolored from offset orange color of wraps. Toning throughout. Tight and clean. This is a reprint of Ingersoll's philosophical..... More
London: Collins, [1940]. Boards. 12mo. Publishers's flexible leatherette boards with gilt lettering on spine and cover and gilt top edge. Unpaginated. Covers nearly unglued from text block. Front cover is wrinkled, likely from a damp stain. Minor shelf wear. 1948 inscription on front free endpaper. This is an attractive reprint collecting both..... More
Chicago: Lily Publishing House, 1888. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x5.75" Green cloth with embossed decorations on cover and spine. 471 pp. Edges are rubbed and scuffed, especially at header and footer of spine. Several stains to covers. Rear hinge overopened. Soiling to endpapers. Several contemporary newspaper clippings and a paper..... More