The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross
Washington, D.C. Institute of Carmelite Studies, 1973. Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez, O,C,D, Thick 8vo. 9" x 6". Perfect bound paperback. More
Christian Literature
Millennial Dawn. Volume I, The Plan of the Ages
Allegheny, PA: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, 1902. 12mo. Dark bluish-green cloth covered boards stamped in silver. 356 pp. including index. 10 pp. publisher's ads. Patterned endpapers. Fold-out frontispiece chart. More
Symbolism in Liturgical Art
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1959). First edition. 8vo. Red cloth stamped in gold. 120 pp. This practical handbook illustrates and explains the 134 symbols most commonly employed in Christian religious art and liturgical practice. Each drawing is based on a study of the many uses in art of the..... More
Armageddon: or the Overthrow of Romanism and Monarchy; the Existence of the United States Foretold in the Bible
Cincinnati: Applegate & Co., n.d. (1854). 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-1/4". Blind stamped brown cloth covered boards. 480 pp plus 12 pp. publisher's ads. Contents: The First Spiritual and Political Prophecy; Second General Prophecy; Panorama of Christianity and of the World; Israel Restored Identical with the United States; Ezekiel's Symbolic Prophecies..... More
Religio Medici together with a Letter to a Friend on the Death of His Intimate Friend and Christian Morals
Birmingham, AL: Classics of Medicine Library, (1981). Privately Printed for the Members of The Classics of Medicine Library. Originally printed in London by William Pickering in 1845. Marbled endpapers. 12 mo. 6-15/16" x 4-1/2". Full dark blue leather elaborately stamped in gold. All edges gilt. More
The Pilgrim's Progress From This World to That Which is To Come
White, Stokes & Allen: New York, 1886. Small 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Brown cloth covered boards, embossed and stamped in gold and black. Beveled edges. Attractive decorative spine. All edges gilt. 410 pp. More
No Foot of Land: Folklore of American Methodist Itinerants
Metuchen, N. J. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1975. 081080798x. The ATLA (American Theological Library Association) Monograph Series, No. 6. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-7/8". Green cloth stamped in white. 354 pp. "Theologians operating in isolation always risk religious sterility, confusing truth with its propositional forms. And, worse than lifelessnes, they risk..... More
The Colonial Parson of New England, A Picture
New York: Baker and Taylor Company, (1896). 12 mo. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8". Green cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 226 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher's ads. Top edge gilt. Table of Contents: Parsons and Parsons; Boyhood and Ordination; The Agricultural parson; The Political Parson; The Literary Parson; The Parson as..... More
The Melody of Life, A Presentation of Spiritual Truth through Musical Symbolism
New York: THe Alliance Publishing Company, 1902. FIrst Edition. 12 mo. 7-1/4" x 4-15/16". Red cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 139 pp. The Melody of Life in Five Cantos: l.. The Staff . . .Spirit. II, The Key . . .Love. III. The Score . . . Life. IV..... More
Christianity and Symbolism
St. James Place, London: Collins, 1955. 8vo. Black paper covered boards made to look like cloth. 320 pp. More
The Circuit Rider, A Tale for the Heroic Age
Illustrated with charming wood engravings. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/8". Tan cloth covered boards. 332 pp. "The Circuit Rider" originally appeared as a serial in The Christian Union. . . . .Whatever is incredible in this story is true. The tale I have to tell will seem strange to those who..... More
Two Sticks: or The Lost Tribes of Israel Discovered. The Jew and the Israelite Not the Same.
Mount Morris, Ill: The Brethren's Publishing Company, 1887. First Edition. 8vo. Green cloth covered boards with gold stamped cover. 265 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher's ads. More
The Sacred Plains
Buffalo: Wanzer, McKim & Co., 1856. Illustrated with seven lithographs. First Edition. Small 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". 239 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher's ads. Brown cloth covered boards blind stamped and stamped in gold. More
The Sun in the Church, Cathedrals as Solar Observatories
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press, (1999). Second Printing. 4to. 10" x 7". Cream paper covered boards. Red cloth spine. 366 pp. including index. THrough much of the Scientific Revolution, between 1650 and 1750, Catholic churches were the best solar observatories in the world. Constructed initially to solve the pressing problem..... More
The Song of Tekakwitha, Venerable Kateri Tekakwitha, The Lily of the Mohawks
New York: Fordham University Press, Nov. 6, 1941. Color illustrated by Le Roy H. Appleton. Stated First Editon. Tall 8vo. 10" x 6-1/2". Decorated blue printed endpapers. The Song of Tekakwitha is a poem, narrative of the life of Venerable Kateri Tekakwitha, some 3680 lines, written in the celebrated Kalevala..... More
Christ in Russia, The History, Tradition, and Life of the Russian Church
Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Company, (1960). 8vo. 8-5/8" x 6-11/16". Black cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 213 pp. including bibliography and index. More
The Aramaic New Covenant, A Literal Translation & Transliteration
Orange, CA: Exegeses Bibles, (1996). 0963195166. 4to. 10-1/4" x 7-1/8". Gold paper covered boards stamped in iridescent red. 271 pp. More
The Pennsylvania Dutch
New York: Macmillan Co., 1950. Illustrated with 33 charming pen-and-ink drawings by the author. Stated First Printing. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-3/4". Blue cloth covered boards with red and cream colored hex symbol printed on front cover. Spine stamped in red and cream. 451 pp. including extensive bibliography. Map endpapers. This..... More
The Byzantine-Slav Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Its Origin and Evolution
Allendale, N.J. Alleluia Press, Jan 1, 1971. 0911726063. Thick 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6-1/2". 836 pp. Green endpapers. This book is divided into two parts. Part One a succinct survey of the Eastern Eucharistic Liturgies during the first four centuries captures the original flavor of early Christianity, its fervor, simplicity and..... More
The Sacramental Mysteries, A Byzantine Approach
Allendale, N.J. Alleluia Press, (1976). 0911726063. 8vo. 9-5/16" x 6-1/2". Red cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 415 pp. This book is divided into three parts. Part I explores the genesis and meaning of the mysteries in both pagan and Christian contexts, the problems solved by the early Fathers, and..... More
The Divine Liturgy of the Holy Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Graeco-Russian Church
London: Cope and Fenwick, 1909. Translated from the Old-Slavonic Service Books by P. Kuvochinsky. Square 8vo. 8-11/16" x 7". Blue cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 143 pp. More
Frog Alley and What Came Out of It
The Religious Tract Society, n.d. ca. 1890s. Illustrated wIth seven pen and ink drawings. 12 mo. 7-1/4" x 5". Brown cloth covered boards stamped in gold and black. 95 pp. and16 pp. publisher's ads. More
The Life of Christ in Woodcuts
New York: Farrar and Rinehart, (1930). Tall 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Unpaginated. Seventy-one woodcuts without text except for chapter headings: The Infant; The Boy; The Son of God; The Son of Man; The Messiah;. Beige paper covered boards stamped in black with a silver rule separating boards from black silk..... More
The Christian's Family Bible.
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
Corpus Christi, The Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture
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