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Christian Doctrine and Practice in the Second Century

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, England, William Pickering: 1844

Seller ID: 008814

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Small Books on Great Subjects, Vol. VII. 121 pp., publisher's catalog at rear. Dark green cloth. Chipped with approx. 1" strip of loss along front joint at top spine extremity, a bit of chipping at bottom extremity. Cloth modestly soiled, with chipped title label on spine. Cloth split and neatly mended along joints. Vintage Racine College book plate on front pastedown, no other library marks. Clean interior save for pencil annotations on one rear blank following text and slight text loss to final leaf, which concludes the publisher's catalog at rear. Presumed 1st edition. Acceptable refere...
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The Life of John Knox, the Scottish Reformer

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, American Sunday-School Union:

Seller ID: 011515

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Originally issued 1833, this copy obviously vintage but undated; we would date to circa 1860s-70s. Burgundy cloth, blind ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine panel. Cloth shows modest surface rubbing with a few marks, rubbed corners and extremities, spine panel age-toned and somewhat flecked. 141 pp., frontis. illus. of Knox. Clean text block, much nicer than typically found.
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Jungian Perspectives on Creativity and the Unconscious: A Conference - Miami University - Oxford, Ohio [Abstracts]

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Oxford, OH, Jungian Studies, Miami University:

Seller ID: PSY014

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Undated. Original typescript abstracts reproduced two per page. Approx. 60-75 pp. Lightly soiled stiff paper wraps. Stapled binding, oblong format.
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Other Voices: An Exhibition of Artifacts of Religious and Supernatural Beliefs of Other Cultures

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Houston, TX, University of St. Thomas: 1962

Seller ID: 018231

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Catalog to accompany 25 Oct. - 16 Dec. 1962 exhibition. Color pictorial wraps. Booklet. Unpaginated, [32] pp., b&w plates. 103 catalogued works and objects, with photographs of selected artifacts. Mild surface rubbing to covers, a bit of wear along edges. Scarce.
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The Tarot [Sacred Symbols]

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: London and New York, Thames and Hudson: 1995

Seller ID: MYTH0234

ISBN: 0500060193

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Orange cloth-effect paper covered boards, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Dust jacket as issued. Approx. 60 pp., illus. in color.
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Proceedings of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of the . Free & Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania,.at the Bi-Centenary Anniversary Celebration in Commemoration of 200 Years of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania [1933]

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, F.&A.M.: 1933

Seller ID: 025617

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Purple cloth, lettered and with front cover medallion in gilt, top text block edge in gilt, deckled text block edges. Cloth is mildly sunned/tanned along spine panel and edges, sunned a bit unevenly on rear cover, with slight indentation along rear fore-edge, otherwise just slight shelf wear. xiii,226 pp., illus. Commemorative volume from the 200th anniversary event held at the Grand Lodge in 1931.
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The Waldenses: Sketches of the Evangelical Christians of the Valleys of Piedmont, with Illustrations on Wood, Drawn by Doepler, and Engraved by Lyons, Louderback, Orr, and Roberts

By: N/A

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Presbyterian Board of Publication: 1853

Seller ID: 027447

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Brown cloth, decorated in blind, lettered in gilt. Light shelf wear, spine panel mildly sunned, text block edges somewhat dulled by age. Corners intact, binding firm, interior clean. Former owner signature on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. xii,17-392 pp. (as given - complete), illus. w/ reproductions of engraved plates.
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Masterpieces of Biblical Art

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Chicago, IL, Catholic Press: 1973

Seller ID: 031278

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Black "leatherette" paper covered boards, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows light shelf wear, now in mylar. xvi pp. + 95 full page color plates w/ facing-page commentary.
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Huwelijks Onderricht voor Katholieke Echtgenoten [Marriage Education for Catholic Couples]

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Hilversum, N.V. Gooi & Sticht: 1948

Seller ID: 034686

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: VG+

Gray wraps, lettered in black, edges bordered in red. 4th ed. 40 pp. Slight handling wear, contents toned. Text in Dutch.
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The Song of Songs - Copper Engravings by Ru Van Rossem

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 1967

Seller ID: 036878

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Pale orange cloth, lettered in gold foil. Cloth along spine panel is slightly sunned, otherwise as issued. 23 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates. Gift inscription on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. Original cardstock slipcase is slightly age-toned, otherwise as issued, thus Near Fine.
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The Holy Bible, Containing All the Books of the Old and New Testaments: A facsimile of the Pennyroyal Caxton edition of the King James Bible

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Viking Studio/Penguin Group: 1999

Seller ID: 037367

ISBN: 0142005029

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff mottled tan wraps, lettered in red, with front cover illus. by Moser. [xvi],994,[10] pp., illus. Lightly rubbed bottom front edge, minor wear to corners and a few slight marks to text block edges. Firm, square, uncreased binding, clean interior. Light diagonal bottom corner crease to the first several leaves. 2nd ptg.
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The Prayer-Book of Queen Elizabeth, 1559, to Which are Appended Some Occasional Forms of Prayer Issued in Her Reign [The Ancient & Modern Library of Theological Literature]

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Griffith Farran Okeden and Welsh: 1890

Seller ID: 039540

ISBN: B002WUM73Y

Condition: Good

Orange cloth, lettered in black, deckled text block edges. Tanned along edges of both covers and along spine panel, corners somewhat curled. Text block a bit toned, flyleaves darkened. xii,279,16 pp., catalog at rear. Undated with no copyright, intro. dated Jan. 1890. Cosmetically a bit rough, but a sturdy enough reference copy, scarce.
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The First Prayer-Book of King Edward VI, 1549, Reprinted from a Copy in the British Museum [The Ancient & Modern Library of Theological Literature]

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Griffith Farran Okeden and Welsh: 1890

Seller ID: 039541

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Good

Orange cloth, lettered in black, deckled text block edges. Tanned spine panel, corners somewhat curled, mild wear. Text block a bit toned, flyleaves darkened. Former owner's signature, 1891 date inked on front pastedown. viii,269,16 pp., catalog at rear. Undated with no copyright, ca. 1890. Scarce.
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The Apochryphal New Testament, Being All the Gospels, Epistles, and Other Pieces Now Extant, Attributed in the First Four Centuries to Jesus Christ, His Apostles, and their Companions, and not Included in the New Testament by its Compilers

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Printed for William Hone: 1820

Seller ID: 043742

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Brown pebbled cloth, both covers decorated in blind, spine panel lettered in gilt. xvi,17-271 pp. Cloth backstrip is split vertically along portions of binding, cloth along front joint split and with evidence of neat mending, firm. Mild rubbing to bottom corners and heel of spine. Former owner's calling card taped to front fixed endsheet. Firm binding, clean interior. Main title page shows 1820 Hone imprint, but neither the paper nor the binding is consistent with an issue of this era, appears more likely a reprint from the 1870-1895 era.
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The English Version of the Polyglott Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, DeSilver, Thomas, & Co.: 1835

Seller ID: 046824

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good

Full calf, gilt on black title label mounted on upper spine. Leather shows typical rubbing along edges and joints, with exposure at three corners ranging slight to moderate. Former owner Mary Ann Fellows signed front flyleaf and mounted her book plate on front fixed endsheet. Main title shows several short closed tears along binding edge and may have been trimmed along fore-edge; interior generally clean, with edges typically dulled by age. Firm binding. Of the 2 plates separating Old and New, one has edge tears, and the other is incomplete. Worn but not abused, still useful.
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Es Nei Teshtament: Special Pennsylvania Dutch-English Edition

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: South Holland, IL, The Bible League: 1993

Seller ID: 047890

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Limp black leatherette, lettered in gold foil. Spine letting somewhat rubbed, slightly soiled text block fore-edge, otherwise as issued. viii,912 pp. New Testament rendered into Ohio Dutch (a variant of Pennsylvania German), with English translation in marginal columns. From the 1993 printing of 10,000 copies.
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Hele's Select Offices of Private Devotion [New and Improved Edition]

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, Printed for J. G. & F. Rivington: 1833

Seller ID: 049217

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Full smooth black calf, front cover lettered in blind. Rubbed edges, some rounding/exposure to corners, repaired separation to upper front joint. Firm binding. xxx,358,[2] pp. 1844 gift inscription and later owner stamp on front flyleaf, binder's stamp (John Bird, Hatton Garden) on front pastedown, signatures and notes in pencil on rear blanks and endpapers. First issued 1717, relatively scarce.
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Western Folklore Vol. XXXIII, No. 1 (Jan. 1974): Symposium on Folk Religion

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA, University of California Press for California Folklore Society: 1974

Seller ID: 051812

ISBN: B001TJO5BQ

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: VG+

Stiff tan wraps, lettered in black. 88 pp. Light wear, several creases to bottom front cover corner.
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The History of the Knights Templars

By: Addison, Charles G.; David Hatcher Childress (intro.)

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press: 1997

Seller ID: 046504

ISBN: 0932813402

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff illus. wraps. Slight shelf wear, nearly as issued, with square, uncreased binding, clean and unmarked interior. xviii,395 pp.
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The History of the Knights Templars

By: Addison, Charles G.; David Hatcher Childress (intro.)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Kempton, IL, Adventures Unlimited Press: 2001

Seller ID: 049052

ISBN: 0932813402

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: VG+

Stiff illus. wraps. 2001 ptg. Minor shelf wear, title inked on bottom text block edge, minor dampstaining to top text block corner of final 30 or so pages. Square, uncreased binding, clean interior. xviii,395 pp., rear ads.
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Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism

By: Anonymous ['By an Illustrious Anonymous Author"]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Rockport, MA, Element: 1993

Seller ID: MYTH0248

ISBN: 1852302224

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Color illus. wraps, French flaps. xii,658 pp., illus. Unread copy, but with approx. 2" razor slit to surface paper (not cut through) along front cover fore-edge (likely occurred when unboxed) and light vertical crease extending partway up rear cover from bottom rear edge. Square, uncreased binding, otherwise as issued.
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Conversing with the Planets: How Science and Myth Invented the Cosmos

By: Anthony Aveni

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Times Books-Random House: 1992

Seller ID: 045175

ISBN: 0812919750

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Ivory 1/4 cloth, ivory paper covered boards, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Color illus. dust jacket as issued. xiii,255 pp., illus. 2nd ptg.
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Saint Thomas Aquinas: Selections from his Works [#33/1,500, SIGNED]

By: Aquinas, Thomas; George N. Shuster (editor)

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Chatham, England, The Limited Editions Club: 1969

Seller ID: 043195

ISBN: B0012IXJD4

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Gray cloth, decorated in blind, spine panel lettered in gilt, in original glassine dust wrapper. Slight foxing to text block edges, otherwise as issued; wrapper as issued. Original slipcase show mild foxing toward edges, thus Near Fine. xvi,112 pp., illus. No. 333 of an edition limited to 1,500 copies, signed by illustrator Price on rear colophon.
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Chart of Christ's Journeyings

By: Arnold, C. E., A.M.

Price: $14.50

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, Sunday School Times Co.: 1898

Seller ID: 028966

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Based on Riddle's Outline Harmony of the Gospels. Burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly soiled cloth. Chart is mildly toned by age, with light creasing to corners, 3/4" separation along one fold. Nicely intact.
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Christ's Image

By: Auclair, Marcelle; Lionel Izod (transl.); Sonja Knapp (book design)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Tudor Publishing Co.: 1961

Seller ID: 039193

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Light gray cloth, lettered in gold foil. Former owner's handwritten address label mounted on upper front pastedown, otherwise essentially as issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows slight rubbing along edges, 1/4" closed tear at head of rear joint, light toning to rear panel. 144 pp., illus. w/ numerous tipped-in color plates, additional sepia illus.
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Category: Myth, Religion & Folklore