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Science, Metaphysics, and the Chance of Salvation: An Interpretation of the Thought of William James Levinson, N.S.
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Science, Metaphysics, and the Chance of Salvation: An Interpretation of the Thought of William James


Levinson, N.S.

Softcover. Missoula, MT, American Academy of Religion, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 258 pages. Softcover. Mild wear to edges, small crease to lower front corner of cover, otherwise clean and tight copy. American Academy of Religion Dissertation Series.

Record # 2230768


Price: $44.00 

James and Bradley: American Truth & British Reality Sprigge, T.L.S.
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James and Bradley: American Truth & British Reality


Sprigge, T.L.S.

Softcover. Chicago, IL, Open Court Publishing Company, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 630 pages. Softcover. Very light normal age wear, name of former owner in pen in front end papers. Clean and tight copy.

Record # 2231075


Price: $23.00 

 

Short Talk Bulletins, The: Volumes 61-80: 1983-2002: Volume V


Morris, S. Brent (Editor)

Hardcover. Burtonsville, MD, Masonic Service Association of North America, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 812 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Blue cover boards with navy quarter cloth, gilt title on spine and decoration on front cover. Small bump to bottom right corner of front cover board. In great condition, binding tight. Clean and bright inside.

Record # 31478


Price: $50.00 

Off Main St. West Glover, VT Young, Loudon, Illust. by: Anna Baker
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Off Main St. West Glover, VT


Young, Loudon, Illust. by: Anna Baker

Softcover. Barton, VT, The Chronicle, 1st Edition, 1977, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nonpaginated. Softcover, black plastic spiral bound. Newspaper article about author laid in. B/w illustrations throughout. Light tanning throughout (especially where newspaper clipping was laid in). Drawings by Anna Baker. Pages unmarked. In great shape. Weekly columns from The Chronicle (174-1977 by Loudon Young & Friends.

Record # 32829


Price: $50.00 

World and Other Writings, The Descartes, Rene
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World and Other Writings, The


Descartes, Rene

Softcover. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages. Softcover. Some wear to covers, slight crease across front cover from folding. Light pencil marking and name of former owner in front end papers in pen.

Record # 2230988


Price: $35.00 

 

A Compendious History Of The Rise and Progress Of The Methodist Church Both In Europe and America Consisting Principally Of Selections From Various Approved And Authentic Documents


Meacham, A. G.

Hardcover. New York, Knowlton & Rice, 1st US, 1835, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 500 pages plus 4 page index and errata list. Worn leather binding, light soil and foxing throughout. Still, a solid and presentable copy. Chipped leather label on spine reads Rise & Progress of Methodism. First published in Canada by John Wilson. This appears to be the first American publication of the early denominational history. Meacham was a Vermont-born American Methodist preacher from New York who lived and worked in the Bay of Quinte region in 1832-34. He later moved to Illinois where he also practiced medicine. In 1839 he was expelled from the Conference for immoral conduct.

Record # 415148


Price: $375.00 

 

Where the Lightning Strikes: The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places


Nabokov, Peter

Hardcover. US, Viking Adult, 1st, 2006-01-19, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 350 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464693


Price: $13.00 

Myths of the North American Indians by: Taylor, Colin
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Myths of the North American Indians by: Taylor, Colin

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Barnes & Noble, reprint, 1995-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 176 pages. Extensive b&w and color photography throughout. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 466129
Price: $12.00 

Religion and American Life: Resources Fraker, Anne T. (Editor)
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Religion and American Life: Resources


Fraker, Anne T. (Editor)

Hardcover. Urbana , University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 236 Pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Small tear to dust jacket rear top corner. Tight copy.

Record # 470621


Price: $15.00 

 

John Dewey: His Contribution to the American Tradition by: Edman, Irwin

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 322 pages, very good in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket. Record # 604538
Price: $12.00 

 

Two Wheels of Dhamma - Essays on the Theravada tradition in India and Ceylon, The


Obeyesekere, Gananath/Frank Reynolds/Bardwell L. Smith

Softcover. Chambersburg, American Academy of Religion, 1st, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 121 pages. American Academy of Religion Studies in Religion - Number Three. Previous owners initials at top right edge of front cover. Sun fading to spine, and areas of covers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610655


Price: $20.00 

 

Five Essays on the Bible: Papers read at the 1960 Annual Meeting of the American Council of Learned Societies


Goodenough, et al. , Erwin R.

Hardcover. New York , American Council of Learned Societies, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 pages. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856112


Price: $25.00 

 

Pluralism Comes of Age


Lippy, Charles H.

Hardcover. NY, M.E. Sharpe, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 250 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. American religious culture in the twentieth century. Mild rubbing to dust jacket. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951223


Price: $13.00 

 

History of American Congregational


Atkins, Gaius Glenn and Frederick L. Fagley

Hardcover. Boston MA, The Pilgrim Press, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 432 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine and front panel. Moderate bumping to corners. Light rubbing and edgewear to boards. Previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf. Mild age toning to text block edges

Record # 952019


Price: $15.00 

 

Genuine Reality: A Life of William James


Simon, Linda

Softcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1st Thus, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 467 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations. Wrapper very good. A touch of tanning and a little bit of soil to edges. Pages clean. Binding tight. "A tender, ironic portrait of the philosopher William James, who came at the world with energetic diffidence and forged an inspiring philosophy of pluralistic, psychological nuance."

Record # 31759


Price: $15.00 

 

Radio Preaching: Far-Flung Sermons by Pioneers in Broadcasting


Roberts, Philip I. (Ed.), Bernard C. Clausen, D.D. (Introduction)

Hardcover. New York, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 221 pages. Hardcover. Cover boards bound in red cloth, gilt title on spine (slightly faded). Cover boards have some fraying about the corners, and bottom and top of spine. Pages and edges have a touch of tanning from age, doesn't affect text. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful condition. Actual radio broadcasts of religious "radio talks" compiled. Represents a typical cross-section of the character of radio preaching to which people of that era (1920's) listened.

Record # 31919


Price: $63.00 

Christian Science and Legislation: The Endeavor to Handicap Truth, Civil and Religious Liberty by: Kimball, Edward A Smith, Clifford P. Hanna, Septimus J.
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Christian Science and Legislation: The Endeavor to Handicap Truth, Civil and Religious Liberty by: Kimball, Edward A Smith, Clifford P. Hanna, Septimus J.Christian Science and Legislation: The Endeavor to Handicap Truth, Civil and Religious Liberty by: Kimball, Edward A Smith, Clifford P. Hanna, Septimus J.

Christian Science and Legislation: The Endeavor to Handicap Truth, Civil and Religious Liberty by: Kimball, Edward A Smith, Clifford P. Hanna, Septimus J.

Softcover. Boston, MA, The Christian Science Publishing Society, 2nd, 1909, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is in rough shape, the front hinge is cracked, and the paper spine is separating. A rare 1909 copy, this pamphlet contains 3 volumes in one, each detailing certain complex interactions between the American legal system and Christian Scientists, who do not elect to employ medical doctors. Clean copy. Record # 33745
Price: $12.00 

 

Christian Self-Culture - Counsels For the Beginning and Progress of a Christian Life


Bacon, Leonard

Boston, American Tract Society, 1st, 1862, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 255 pages. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Previous owner's sticker on inside of front cover. Cover has edgewear. Front hinge cracked.

Record # 206815


Price: $30.00 

 

On Jordan's Storming Banks - Religion in the South: A Southern Profile


Hill, Jr., Samuel S. (Ed.)

Macon, Ga , Mercer University Press, Revised Edition, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 159 paages, B&W illustrations. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf . Remainder lines on edge.

Record # 304030


Price: $20.00 

 

Joseph or Sketches of Scripture History - Fourth Edition


N/A

Hardcover. Philadelphia, American Sunday School Union, 4th Ed., 1829, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 216 pages, b&w engraved frontispiece, smaller text illustrations. Leather spine and corners, patterned boards with light wear to fore-edge. Light foxing to pages, previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Record # 407741


Price: $38.00 

 

Christian Americanization: A Task for the Churches


Brooks, Charles A.

Hardcover. np, Council of Women for Home Missions and the Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, 1st, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 160 pages, light gray cloth, b&w illustrations, light ink marking to pages 8 and 9 in margins, otherwise clean. Uncommon in original hardcover.

Record # 410603


Price: $23.00 

 

Nature Religion in America: From the Algonkian Indians to the New Age


Albanese, Catherine L.

Hardcover. Chicago, University Of Chicago Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 267 pages. Light wear to white dust jacket. Neat, tight copy.

Record # 453565


Price: $18.00 

 

Matter of Faith, A : Religion and the 2004 Presidential Election


Campbell, David E. (Editor)

Softcover. Washington, D.C., Brookings Institution Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 308 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 454349


Price: $12.00 

 

Hartshorne and Brightman on God, Process, and Persons: The Correspondence, 1922-1945


Auxier, Randall E. (Editor)

Hardcover. Nashville, Vanderbilt University Press, 1st, March 1, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 184 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 458213


Price: $15.00