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
Chicago London: The Open Court Publishing Co., 1918. First Edition [Latin poems & English translations]. Pictorial cloth. 16mo (6 1/8" x 4 1/4"), tan pictorial and textured cloth with black lettering on spine and an elaborate and angular Art Deco Christmas Tree with gilt angel and embellishments on front cover..... 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
London: The Folio Society, 2005. Durer, Holbein, et al. Second Printing. Quarter leather and marbled boards. Tall & thick Royal 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 3/4" x 2"), quarter bound in dark green leather with elaborate gilt title & floral designs on leather spine and sides over marbled boards; Foreword..... 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
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1917. First Edition. Cloth. 2 volumes, tall 8vos, gray cloth with gilt spine lettering and rectangular "tablet" with title on cover, xix + [i] + [1-2], 3- 325 + [vii] + 326-733 pages. SCARCE FIRST EDITION. An important title. (Compare, for example..... 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 Edinburgh Glasgow New York Toronto Melbourne Bombay: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1915. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo maroon cloth, xxxii + 574 pages + Errata leaf + [16] Advertisements. Scarce study by an important scholar who "wrote the book" on comparative religion. Cloth somewhat rubbed with a bit of..... 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