Religion & Philosophy from Classic Books and Ephemera

Philadelphia: Temple University Press1, 1993. Paperback. Near Fine. xiii, [3], 272 p.: tables, illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. In Near Fine Condition: edges slightly rubbed; clean and tight.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Paperback. Near Fine. xiii, [1], 298 p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Contains interviews with: Jared Taylor, Reno Wolfe, Michael Levin, Don Black, David Duke, Michael H. Hart, Dan Gayman, Matthew Hale, Lisa Turner, and William Pierce. In Near Fine Condition: year of publication written on first page before title page; otherwise,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson, 1851. Hardcover. Good. 288 p., engraved frontispiece and added engraved title page; 14 cm. Contemporary red-brown cloth with criss-cross grain, double ruled borders, and blind-stamped center medallion reading "J. B. S. & Co." All page edges gilt. The frontispiece is an engraving of a country wedding, signed: "Miss L. Sharp del.… Read more about this item

Halle a. Saale: Th. Wischan, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good -. Imprint includes: Reading, Pa.: Pilger-Buchhandlung; Philadelphia, Pa.: Pfarrhaus. [6], 415, [1] p., frontispiece; 23 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, and front cover decoration. Top page edges black. Grey decorated endpapers. Title page printed in red and black. … Read more about this item

New York: Farmer & Daggers, 1845. Paperback. Near Fine. "Reprinted From the Fifth London Edition." 120 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary? blue, green, and gilt marbled wrapper. Printed in two columns per page. Not in WorldCat. The experiences of a woman from Turin, alone in the world, who decides to visit a convent before… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Ig. Kohler, 1880. Hardcover. Fair +. 428, [2], 31, [1] p.: many plates included in pagination; 20 cm. Dark brown cloth with black spine and cover titles. Publisher's catalog on 32 pages following text. No date of publication. Ignatius Kohler is shown at 911 Arch St. in this imprint; he was at that… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber & Co, 1844. Paperback. Good. [3], 6-50 p.; 23 cm. Lacking wrapper. No date of publication; copyrighted 1843 by Burgess & Stringer. This probably appeared between 1844 and 1850. One of the popular anti-Catholic novels of the 1830s and 1840s about the imagined horrors of life in a convent. Scarce.… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1859. Hardcover. Good -. 180 p., frontispiece and 2 leaves of plates: illustrations; 15 cm. Black leather spine with marbled paper over boards. Five spine compartments between gilt rules with gilt-tooled spine title in second compartment. All page edges speckled black. Publisher's advertisements on endpapers. Note on p. 7… Read more about this item

Mountain Valley, Va: Andrew Hess & Henry A. Showalter, 1853. Hardcover. Fair. Printed at the Office of Joseph Funk & Sons. 336 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary calf with five spine compartments between double gilt rules; black leather label with gilt-tooled title in second compartment. Green label on front fixed endpaper: "From Joseph Funk & Sons… Read more about this item

Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1991. Paperback. Very Good +. Second impression. xvi, 519, [1] p.: tables; 23 cm. Paperback. "Based on a ten-year study, The Black Church in the African American Experience is the largest nongovernmental survey of urban and rural churches ever undertaken and the first major field study since the thirties."… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1922. Paperback. Very Good. Copyright 1902. 15 p.; 19 cm. Light blue wrapper with dark blue wrapper title; stapled. Charles R. Erdman (1866-1960) was an American Presbyterian minister. He was serving at First Presbyterian Church in Germantown, Philadelphia, when this was first published in 1902. … Read more about this item

Philadelphia: William H. Pile's Sons, Printers, 1899. Paperback. Good -. 34 p.; 20 cm. Plain wrapper printed in black; stapled. Includes the report of the book committee; the report of the trustees of the legacy of Charles L. Willits for the publication and distribution of literature "to promote morality and religion among the colored race in… Read more about this item

Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Imprint includes the American Theological Library Association. [2], xvi, 299 p.; 22 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. This is no. 10 in the publisher's ATLA Monograph Series. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. The author "surveyed the activities and convictions… Read more about this item

Paris: Anisson, 1702. Hardcover. Very Good. "Nouvelle Edition, revûe & augmentée." [12], 448, [2] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary? full polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title on leather label in second compartment. Double gilt-ruled border on each board. Gilt-rolled decoration of board edges. All page edges red. … Read more about this item

London: Printed for C. Hitch, 1742. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 volumes; 17 cm. Contemporary speckled calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Black leather label in the second compartment of each volume with gilt-tooled title: Rollin's Belles Lettres; volume number gilt-tooled in third compartment of each. Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. "London 1742"… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Blair-Murdock Co, 1912. Paperback. Fine. 54, [2] p.: table, map; 17 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black; stapled. Contains: a map of the campus; calendar for 1912-1914 academic year; lists of trustees, officers, faculty, alumni, and students for the 1911-1912 academic year; and description of courses. The Pacific Unitarian School opened in 1904;… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Murdock Press, 1910. Paperback. Fine. 42, [2] p.: table, map; 17 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black; stapled. Contains: calendar for 1909-1911 academic year; lists of trustees, officers, faculty, and students for the 1909-1910 academic year; description of courses; the dean's report on the 1909-1910 academic year; gifts to the library; treasurer's report; and… Read more about this item

Berlin: Verlag Halaschon, 1923. Hardcover. Near Fine. iv, 470 p.; 20 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title "Dr. Sachs Begetbuch" and giltl decoration on spine and front cover. Blind-ruled borders on both cover. All page edges red. In German and Hebrew. In Near Fine Condition: cover slightly rubbed; pages slightly browned; otherwise,… Read more about this item

Fremont, Ohio: Chantry Music Press, 1962. Paperback. Very Good. 32 p.: music; 30 cm. Stapled paperback with cover illustration of St. John the Evangelist. Adaptation of English Translation of Henry S. Drinker by C. F. Pfatteicher and W. H. Reese. Intended for a capella performance -- contains only vocal parts. Note by former owner on inside… Read more about this item

New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. x, 249 p.; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with silver spine title; brown paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the publisher's Religion in America series. Contains articles by Gutbi Mahdi Ahmed, Carol L. Stone, Byron L. Haines, Abubaker al-Shingiety, John L. Esposito,… Read more about this item