London: Atlantic Books, 2006. Uncorrected Bound Proof. Wrappers. Tall 8vo, white lettered wrappers, gillt-lettered golden dust jacket (unclipped), xvi + 444 pages. Karen Armstrong OBE FRSL (born 1944) is a bestselling British author and commentator of Irish Catholic descent known for her excellent books on comparative religion. FINE /..... More
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1891. Second Edition, Revised. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. 12mo, brown gilt- and black-stamped cover, pictorial endpapers, [148] pages + [2] Ads for By-Paths of Bible Knowledge. Excellent and useful study in Very Good condition! Tight, clean copy without internal markings or signs of previous ownership..... More
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. Reprint of 1993 edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo (9 1/4" x 6 3/8"), pink quarter cloth with gilt lettering on spine over red boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of an early [Gandharan?] sculptured Buddha's face, xviii + 334 pages..... More
Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1974. First Edition [text in German]. Cloth. Tall 8vo, brown cloth with black lettering on spine and cover, Mylar-protected lettered light gray dust jacket, viii + 249 numbered pages + [2] advertisements. Text in German. Important study on the relationship between Simon Magus..... More
New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Simon & Schuster, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, red quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over red boards, Introduction by Adam Gopnik, xvii, [xviii] + 298 pages. An Excellent anthology of responses by noted authors to the Bible..... More
NewYork: Random House, 1995. First Edition: Hebrew facing English Translation. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by poet Chana Bloch, 4to, green cloth over bright forest green boards with gilt embossing on cover and spine, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket by Jerry Bauer, Afterword by Robert Alter, x + 253 pages + [4]..... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1945. Modern Library Giant G-79. Cloth. Thick 8vo, red cloth with black labels with gold lettering on spine and front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) withthree medallions with representations of a Torah scroll & shofar, Hanukkah candelabra, and Ten Commandments, publisher's black topstain..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Rütten und Loening, 1908. E. R. Weiss, engraved letters. German Limited Edition: 1 of 2,000 copies printed by Imberg & Lefson. Limp cloth. 8vo, brown buckram over limp boards with gold lettering on spine and front cover which also has the image of a golden bowl with..... More
London: Published for the British Academy By Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1914. Photograph. First Edition. Cloth. Small 4to, black cloth with gilt spine lettering and blind-stamped rules along edges of covers, illustrated photographic frontispiece of the Gezeh MS. of Enoch, [x] + 80 pages. A great scholar of Hebrew..... More
Leiden New York Köln: E. J. Brill (Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism. Formerly Studia Post-Biblica; Vol. 54), 1997. First Edition. Cloth. INSCRIBED by "John" [by the Author: Collins), small 4to (10" x 6 3/4"), blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped)..... More
Denmark: Aarhus University Press, 1993. First English Edition. Cloth. Quarto (9 3/4" x 7" x 1 1/2"), orange cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover, illustrated with several in-text diagrams, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with oil painting by Cranach of The Old & New Testament, x...... More
Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1968. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, pale scarlet cloth with gilt spine stamping, dust jacket (unclipped), vii + 157 pages. Another important collection of studies by the great New Testament scholar, C.H. Dodd, Professor Emeritus of Cambridge University. Among important topics covered in these..... More
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1953. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, light green cloth, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket, vii +182 pages. Major collection of essays by one of the greatest New Testament scholars. Exceptional Condition overall! Contents: Preface, 1. The Framework of the Gospel Narrative, 2. A New Gospel, 3. Matthew and Paul, 4..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 16mo (6 5/8" x 4 1/2"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over gold boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial orange-reddish dust jacket (unclipped) with iimage by Jed Share, 180 pages. Richard Dworkin (1931..... More
Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1967. First Edition. Wrappers. Tall 8vo, wrappers with black printing on spine, cover & title in red, 185 pages. A major collection of studies on shamanism by several renowned scholars; among them: Helmer Ringgren, Gustav Ränk, Ake Hultkrantz, Arvid S. Kapelrud, Halfdan Siiger, and the editor. Clean..... More
London: Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 1977. First Edition. Cloth. Small 4to, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, frontispiece is a colored photograph of Yazilikaya, illustrated with line drawings & 8 photographic plates, Mylar-protected dust jacket, [viii] + 78 + 8 B&W photographic plates, or..... More
New York: AMS Press / Extra Vol. 4, 1974. Reprint of 1922 Edition. Cloth. 8vo, dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover, 368 pages + folding map. The Soma Sacrifice in ancient India involved an unidentified plant the juice of which was a fundamental offering of..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1907. Popular Edition. Cloth. 8vo, russet cloth with gilt lettering, xlviii + 428 pages. "Fourth Edition edited and enlarged by E. W. West, Ph.D., To which is also added, A Biographical Memoir of the Late Dr. Haug by Professor E. P. Evans."..... More
New York: Riverhead Books, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Small 4to (5 3/4" x 9 1/2"), green quarter cloth with gold lettering over gray boards with embossed Buddhist symbol in gold, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a tree in water with superimposed red cross, green..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. Small 4to, tan cloth with gold lettering on spine and cover, xii + 148 pages. E. O. James was a superlative scholar of comparative religion. VG+ almost NF Copy: internally very clean, tight, bright. Bookplate on front pastedown rudely removed leaving residue; small 1"..... More
London: Williams and Norgate, 1876-1883. First English Edition. Blind-stamped cloth. 6 vols., 8vos, publisher's brown original embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering and blind-stamped rules and embellishments on front covers, Vol. I: 4 [prospectus], [i-v]-xii, [1]-404, [xii ads] pp. + Vol. II: 4 [prospectus], [i-v]-viii, [1]-403, [blank detached] + Vol..... More
London: Published for the British Academy by Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1910. First Edition. Cloth. Small 4to, black cloth with gilt spine lettering and blindstamped rules along edges, vi + 94 pages. An excellent scholarly study delivered as three lectures by the Regius Professor of Hebrew, Queen's College, Cambridge..... More
Cambridge: at the University Press, 1939. First Edition. Cloth. Tall 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover, [xi] + 261 pages. Companion volume to Canon Knox's equally important St. Paul and the Church of Jerusalem. Chapters include comparisons of the Wisdom of Solomon to Orthodox Judaism; From..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953 & 1957. First Edition. Cloth. Set of 2 volumes, 8vos, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pale blue lettered dust jackets (partially price-clipped); Indexes in both vols; Vol. I: xiii, [xiv] + 161, [162] pp. & Vol. II: ix, [x] + 170..... More
London: Published for the British Academy by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1944. First Edition. Cloth. Small 4to, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, Mylar-protected dust jacket, [vi] + 108 pages. Knox is an excellent scholar who was much influenced by greats like F.C. Burkitt and C.H. Dodd. This..... More