Religion

Format Title Author Publisher Date Condition Price
HC/DJ The Koran (Qur'an) [Koran] Palmer, E. H., trans. Oxford University Press, london 1951 Fine copy/tattered DJ. 16mo-over 5¾-6¾ tall. Excellent translation. Worth the read, even demanded. Really nice edition.
25.00
HC The Economy of Human Life in Two Parts A Bramin Alexander Donaldson, Edinburgh 1784 VG, no front cover all pages sold edge worn a bit, edges soiled, paper spotted with age but very supple and strong. Rare early eastern translation of Hindu tenants.
100.00
HC/2nd Faiths Men Live By Archer, John Clark New York: The Ronald Press Co. 1958 VG/no DJ. Second Edition. revised by Carl E. Purinton.A history of religions. 8vo, 553pp. Index.
8.00
HC/DJ Spiritual Gems Beas, Radha Soami Satsang Punjab, India 1976 VG/Fine. Slight edge wear on DJ. 3rd edition
45.00
PB Religion and Violence Brown, Robert McAfee Westminster Press 1973 Fair book highlighted 8vo-over 7¾-9¾ tall.
5.00
HC/DJ Thirteen Tibetan Tonkas Bryner, Edna The Falcon Wing Co. 1956 G+. Illus. Spine edges bumped, some wear to DJ illus
150.00
PB The Way Of Man : According To The Teaching Of Hasidism BUBER, Martin, Citadel Press 1970 Fine copy. ISDN: 0-8065-0024-7. 3rd printing.
10.00
PB/1st For the Sake of Heaven Buber, Martin; Translated By Ludwig Lewisohn Greenwood Press 1970 Fine copy. ISDN: 8371-2592-8. Translation of Gog u-Magog.
5.00
HC/DJ The Way of Life: According to Laotzu Bynner, Witter John Day Co, NY 1944 Fine/VG some wear and stain.
25.00
HC What Men Live By Cabot, Richard C. Houghton Mifflin, NY 1914 1st Good Condition 8vo, 341/w/index
15.00
HC Wisdom of Confucius Confucius (Critical and biographical Sketches By Epiphanius Wilson, A.M.) Books Inc, NY 1900 G+/no DJ. edition not stated.
5.00
HC/DJ/1st Between Earth and Heaven Cox, Roger L HOLT, REINHART AND WINSTON, NY 1969 Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. ISBN: 03-081842-7. 'Shakespeare, Dostoevsky and the Meaning of Christian Tragedy. Essays on Christian tragedy in the Gospels, Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, the Novel, Crime and Punishment, the Grand Inquisitor and more.
30.00
HC/DJ Hindu Polytheism Danielou, Alain Bolligen, NY 1964 Fine/ strong G, some splits some soil
35.00
PB Chapters in Church History Dawley, Powell Seabury, NY 1965 G
5.00
HC/DJ/1st The Concept of Maya Devananda, Swami Vishnu. Lutterworth, London 1950 Good copy. Scarce book of esoteric explanation of perceived reality written while still in India.. Swami Vishnu-Devananda Born in Kerala in 1927, Swamy Kuttan Nair, as he was then known, joined Sivananda Ashramin Rishikesh in 1947. Upon leaving India for the West, Swami spent a year traveling, lecturing, and teaching Yoga in several countries. Arriving in San Francisco in 1957, he taught himself to drive and spent the next year driving throughout North America, studying the lifestyles of its people. In 1971, Swami made headlines by flying around the world in his Piper Apache plane, painted by the American artist Peter Max. Hemarched through the streets of Belfast with actor Peter Sellars, chanting and praying for peace. A tireless worker for world peace and inspiring teacher, he attained Maha-samadhi on November 9, 1993.
35.00
PB Pilgrims of the Stars Dilip Kumar Roy & Indira Devi Delta, NY 1974 p.c.s First remaindered punch-out on cover. Minor scuffing Large format PB. G+
8.00
HC The Book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church : together with the Psalter or Psalms of David according to the use of the Episcopal Church Episcopal Church London 1784 Leather binding badly worn at spine and corners. Owners inscription in book three times as she wrote her name better and better, the best is perfect. One is dated Dec. 28, 1795. The pages are aged put not discolored and very supple. Deserves rebinding. Contains a daguerreotype of the family which owned it in the 1850's. The original owner would have been in her seventies.
750.00
HC Mohammedanism: an historical survey Gibb, H. A. R. Oxford Univ. Press, London 1961 G+, slight bumps. Late edition. An historical survey of Mohammedanism, the origins, the growth of the theology, the solutions it offers today, and its future as the faith of one-seventh of the world's population. (think it has become closer to one-half the worlds population) Originally published in 1949 the dangers were already apparent.
5.00
HC Holiday Tales Goldin, Hyman E. Jordon, NY 1929 VG copy no DJ Jewish Holidays and their legends
6.00
HC/1st Why Four Gospels?: Or The Gospel for All the World Gregory, D.S. Sheldon & Company, NY 1877 Very Good, a little penciling on cover, name plate within, very minor wear.
35.00
HC The Problem of Human Life (Here and Herafter) Hall, Wilford Hall and Co., NY 1889 G+. Cover hinges going, chip off end paper, body solid strong and supple. Decorative brown boards with black and gilt lettering. Cover soiled. Contemporary attempt to reconcile religious concepts through a review of the six great modern scientists, including Darwin and Huxley. Full-page frontis illustration of the six scientists.
20.00
HC/DJ Islam & Christianity Hamid, Abdul Carlton, NY 1967 Fine/ G, some soil small splits
10.00
PB Yoga: The Eight Steps to Health Hittleman, Richard Bantam, NY 1978 G, illus.
10.00
PB Jaina Sutras Part 1: the Akaranga Sutra; the Kalpa Sutra Jacobi, Hermann trans. Dover, Ny 1968 Fine, price cut copy.324pp. Sacred books of the East series, vol. 45; edited by F. M. Muller. Reprint of 1st ed. , Oxford, 1884.
25.00
HC Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion Jevons, Frank Byron Macmillan, NY 1930 VG reprint. Slight markings to cover at edge. The Hartford-Lamson Lectures on the Religions of the World. 12mo, cloth, xxvi,283 pp. including index, plus ads.
12.00
HC The Chrisian Failure Lepp, Ignace Newman, MD 1962 VG/ no DJ. Water stained in rear and library number scribed on spine . Illus. b/w photo
10.00
PB/1st Tales of Angels Spirits and Demons Martin Buber Hawk's Well Press, NY 1958 VG+ pages separating a bit but very clean and square, slight discoloration to spine. Translated by David Antin and Jerome Rothenberg. Introduction written by Buber in 1934. This is also David Antin's first book and the first book of the press. A very nice little edition, Scarce.
85.00
HC DRAUGHT OUTPOURED An Anthology of Anglican Verse. Poems Published in the Living Church 1924-1934 Martin, Portia (ed.) Milwaukee, WI Morehouse Publishing 1934 VG/no DJ. Scarce.
50.00
HC The Unchangeable Church Vol 2 McGolrick, Very Rev. Mgr. Edward John Duffy, NY 1910 Fine, little sign of age. Red leather on black leather. Catholicism. Marbleized page edges. Her Heroes, Martyrs, Trials and Triumphs. Illus.
20.00
PB Religions of the Ancient Near East Mendelsohn, Isaac (ed.) NY: The Liberal Arts Press 1955 G+. 12mo, 284 pp...represent the religions of the Ancient Near East in their context and, at the same time, it emphasizes certain elements which are of special interest for the study of the Old Testament. In his survey, Dr. Ringgren gives special attention to Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian, and West Semitic religions. After outlining the literary and archaeological sources for these studies, he treats such significant themes as the gods, mythology, cult and ideas of kingship, man, piety, ethics, and the afterlife.
15.00
PB/1st A Primer of Perfection Meyer, James Franciscan Herald, Chicago 1946 VG+ minor fading otherwise as new.
35.00
HC/DJ Seven Reasons a Scientist Believes in God Morrison, A. Cressy Fleming H. Revell 1962 Fair reading copy.
7.50
HC/19th The Little Red Book (The Twelve Steps) N/A Minneapolis, MN: Coll-Webb Co. 1965 Good clean copy. 19th printing. 16vo, red boards, 176 pp.
85.00
HC/DJ The Jewish People, Faith and Life NEWMAN,Louis I. NY : Bloch Publishing Company 1965 F/VG DJ, spine sunned, minor soil. A Manual and Guidebook of Information Concerning Jewry and Judaism. 277pp. 8vo, cloth.
30.00
PB Sounds from the unknown : a collection of Japanese-American tanka NIXON, Lucille M./T. Tana A. Swallow, Denver 1963 G. Bit soiled and dusty
15.00
HC Prophecy Explained Patch, George H. The Christian Herald 1921 VG/no DJ. Edition not stated. 453pp. Gives the Bible's own teaching on the Prophecies - those already fulfilled, those in process of fulfillment and those to be fulfilled in the future.
85.00
PB Collected Works Ramana Maharishi Weiser, NY 1970 VG+ save price cut. Scarce edition. ask or best offer
HC/DJ/1st Language, Man and Myth Reiss, Joseph Philosophical Library , NY 1963 Fine/Good, minor dj scuffing
20.00
HC/DJ/1st New Gods in America Rowley, Peter David McKay 1971 G+, a bit skewed/G DJ, minor tears and bumps. 1st ed., pp.208 'An informal investigation into the new religions of American youth today.' It's a slightly way-out sensation to hear their American accents, and see their young American faces above their saffron robes. Covers Gurdjieff, Subud, Witchcraft, Yoga, Meher Baba, Scientology and many more.
18.00
HC The Koran- Alkoran of Mohammed Sale, George trans. Frederick Warne & CO. London 0.1889 Fine/ no DJ. Well known translation of The Koran from the original Arabic with Explanatory notes taken from approved commentators. Contains a 145 page discourse on the subject. The Koran itself is 479 pages in small type.
85.00
PB Islamic Sufism Shah, Sirdar Ikbal Ali Weiser, NY 1971 Fine save for price cut.
15.00
Pamphlet Ruhani Satsang: Science of Spirituality Singh, Kirpal Secretary, Ruhani Satsang, Delhi 1970 VG+, minor wear, discoloration on spine edge. 25pp+ intro. Very well explained intro to this spiritual path, Orange wraps, bibliog.
8.00
PB The Gospel According to Zen Sohl, Robert & Audrey Carr (eds) New American 1970 Fair
5.00
HC Psalter und harse Spitta, Karl Johann Philipp Carl Hirich, Konstanz 1888 Fine. Gilt and beautifully bound and printed religious verse in German.
15.00
PB The Fifth Gospel STEINER, Rudlof. London: Rudolf Steiner Publishing Co 1985 Fine, Investigation of the Akasha Chronicle
20.00
PB The Deed of Christ: Two Lectures Steiner, Rudolf steiner, London 1954 Scarce Steiner lectures on Christ consciousness. G+, slight soiling.
45.00
PB Zen: Poems, Prayers, Sermons, Anecdotes, Interviews Stryk, Lucien & Takashi Ikemoto Doubleday, NY 1965 Fine
10.00
HC The Origin and Propagation of Sin Tennant, F.R. Cambridge Univ. Press Cambridge, England 1908 Good copy, moisture stain on spine. Hulsean Lectures; Small 8vo; xv, 231p., index.
15.00
HC Divine Service Book The Minister of National Defence Toronto: The Ryerson Press 1950 Very good copy G+, one corner a bit bent. Small, pocket sized, hard cover. No DJ. This Service Book is designed to meet the religious needs of the men and women in the various branches of the Forces. Its a treasury of prayers and intercessions for all occasions and religions -with emphasis on being a good Canadian citizen
8.00
HC Hindu Religion: Customs and Manners THOMAS,P. Taraporevala Sons, Bombay 1956 260 illus. G. 4to, cloth-backed bds
50.00
hc/dj/1st The Two Hands of God, The Myths of Polarity Watts, Alan george braziller, ny 1963 Fine/VG+. P.c. DJ. Stated First Edition. One of the volumes in the series Patterns of Myth with Alan Watts as General Editor. This is Volume III of three in the series.
35.00
PB CRUX ANSATA, An Indication of the Roman Catholic Church Wells, H.G. NY, FREETHOUGHT 1953 Very Good copy
15.00
HC Patriarchs and Prophets: The Conflict of the Ages Illustrated in the Lives of Holy Men of Old White, Ellen G Review and Herald, Wash. DC 1958 Fine copy. Has picture of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments on the front. Unknown printing. Illustrated by. 805 p.
8.00
HC Union Haggadah Central Conference of American Rabbis 1923 G+/ no DJ. Some soiling to cover, pencil annotations.
7.50
HC/1st The Neglected Book or The Bible Unveiled The Truth Seeker 1926 VG+, one spine bump/no DJ. Scarce.
45.00
HC/Boxed The Laymans Missal Baltimore, MD: Helicon Press 1962 Fine/VG+ wraps. White Leatherette, gilt. Prayer book and ritual.
20.00
HC/Boxed Weekday Prayer Book Philadelphia, PA Rabbinical Assembly ND Fine in Fine box. silver stamped spine & cover. Language: Hebrew
18.00