Philadelphia: J. L. Landis, (1882). With many engraved portraits and other illustrations. Small 4to. Brown pebbled cloth stamped in gold and black. 558 pp. plus Illustrated History of Sunday School Song bound in back with separate pagination which begins with p. 18 (probably previously published and preliminary pp. are omitted)..... More
Cincinnati: Walden & Stowe, 1882. 8vo. Blind stamped brown cloth cover. Spine stamped in gold. 464 pp. including indices. Table of Contents: Preliminary Observations; Prophecy Compared with Miracle; The Human Will Acts Under Two Laws; The Four Kingdoms of God; The Application of These Principles; The Case of Hazael Considered;..... More
Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1980. First Edition. 8vo. Red cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 260 pp. including index. The horological revolution began in England in 1660, when mechanical clocks first became sufficiently accurate for the requirements of urban man. Since this time, and particularly in the ensuing 100 years..... More
New York: Macoy & Sickels, 1864. Sixth Edition. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Brown blind stamped cloth boards. 570 pp. plus one p. publisher's ads. More
London: Alexander Strahan, 1867. Small 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-1/2." Red cloth stamped in gold. 425 pp. Descriptions and anecdotes of the scenery, the people and their customs and beliefs, in the Skye Highlands of Scotland. More
Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1857. With an introduction by Rev. Bishop Scott. Ninth edition. Blind stamped brown cloth. 12mo. 7-9/16" x 5-3/8". 398 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Manship and two engraved illustrations of chapels. "This book is characteristic of its author: sprightly, earnest, energetic; full of allusions, incidents..... More
New York: African American Family Press, (1993). 156977000x. Stated First Edition. 8vo. paperback. 190 pp. More
London & New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 8vo. 8-3/16" x 5-5/8". Red buckram covered boards. Spine stamped in black and gold. Title page printed with red and black ink. 364 pp. plus xii pp index. More
New York and London: Harper and Brothers, (1935). Black cloth 8vo. Old Testament, 1039 pp. New Testament, 329 pp. All edges of text block stained red. More
London: Adam and Charles Black, (1953). First Edition. 8vo. Bright blue cloth covered boards. Spine stamped in gold. 460 pp. including index. More
New York: Nelson and Phillips, (1875). Four Illustrations. 12mo. Brown cloth stamped in black and gold. Yellow endpapers. "In the orthography of words belonging to the extreme northern regions we have used the simplest form, supported by good literary authority, following mainly that of Professor Dall, of the Smithsonian Institution..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Trubner & Co., 1930. Large 8vo. 400 pp. including index. Blue cloth covered boards stamped in black. This book is nothing less than a survey of the history of Possession from the most ancient times to the present day in all countries of the inhabited..... More
New York: J. W. Bouton and London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1881. First American Edition. 2 volumes. 8vo. 6-1/8" x 9". 464 pp. & 516 pp. bound in tan cloth stamped in black and gold. Midnight blue endpapers. Vol. I covers Pre-Christian Skepticism and Vol. II, Christian Skepticism. "The primary..... More
Columbia SC: University of South Carolina Press, (1992). Translated by Laura Grillo. With seventeen illustrations. 0872497933. 8vo. Glossy brown cloth covered boards. 201 pp. Ritual masking is an important institution in many traditional societies and has attracted much attention from Western scholars. In Ritual Masks, Pernet provides a thorough survey..... More
Cincinnati: The Western Book Concern, 1859. Illustrated with four engravings. 8vo. Decorative blind stamped black cloth covered boards.431 pp. Written for the ministers and members of the Methodist Episcopal Church: "The life of a missionary, in a wild and uncultivated field, is far from being monotonous. He is constantly brought..... More
New York: Shulsinger Brothers, (1949). Illustrated with many full color and some black and white halftone pictures and floral page decorations by Siegmund Forst. Tall 4to. 12-3/8" x 8-1/2". Blue flocked cloth colored boards stamped in gold 94 pp. "A Supplement to the Haggadah" illustrated in black and white followed..... More
Containing the Old and New Testaments at Large: and the Apocrypha. With Comments and Annotations, Theological, Historical, Critical, and Moral: by the Reverend W. Rider, A.B. Late of Jesus College, Oxford, One of the Master's of St. Paul's School, and Chaplain to the Worshipful Company of Mercers. London: Printed for..... More
Cambridge University Press. (Reprinted 1992). 8vo. 8-15/16 x 5-15/16". Perfect bound paperback. 432 pp. This book studies later medieval culture (c. 1150-1500) through its central symbol: the eucharist. From the twelfth century onwards the eucharist was designed by the Church as the foremost sacrament. The claim that this ritual brought..... More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, (1975). 0807812234. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-5/16". Red cloth covered boards. Spine stamped in gold. 506 pp. including extensive bibliography and indices. "To write about Sufism, or Islamic mysticism, is an almost impossible task. At the first step, a wide mountain range appears before..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1980). 0520038150. First Edition. 8vo. Brown marbled paper covered boards with Grey cloth spine stamped in gold. 382 pp. including index. In 1706 three prophets appeared in London. They were Huguenots from southeastern France, heirs to a prophetic tradition which had taken root among French..... More
Rutherford, Madison, Teaneck: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, (1974). Color frontispiece photo and 150 black and white drawings and photos. Large 8vo. black cloth covered boards stamped in silver. 489 pp. including bibliography and index. More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. With portraits. Two large 8vo. volumes. 469 pp. and 535 pp. including index for both volumes. Top edges gilt. This work will be found to be, in many respects, an ecclesiastical history as well as a biography. It is the life of one whose career..... More
Washington, D.C. Review and Herald Publishing Assn. 1905. Fifty-five illustrations. Brown cloth 8vo. stamped in black and gold. 757 pp. including index. Decorated endpapers. Marbled text block edges. More
New York: Sheldon, Blakeman & Co., 1857. Small 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-3/8." Dark brown cloth blind stamped. Spine stamped in gold. 448 pp. plus 8 pp. publisher's ads. Engraved frontispiece. More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., (1920). Second edition. Royal 8vo. 10-1/16" x 7-7/8". 351 pp. Map endpapers. Red cloth covered boards stamped in gold. From the Preface: "This book is a continuation of "The Glory that was Greece," written with the same purpose and from the same point of view..... More