Hardcover. New York, NY, Oxford University Press, First US, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages. Hardcover with white printed titles to cover & spine. Dust jacket with age toning, chips and light wear to edges., now protected with a plastic cover. Tight binding, clean & unmarked pages throughout.
Hardcover. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 490 pages. Paint marking/underlining in pencil on a few pages, previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Dust jacket worn with light rubbing, chipping to edges.
Hardcover. New York, Hermitage House, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 528 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page. A history of New England culture and the four phases of Puritanism from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Edgewear to dust jacket, light fading and soiling as well. Faint bumping to corners. Red tint to top edge text block. Light fading to end papers. A tight copy
Hardcover. New York, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 545 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth covers. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Clean, unmarked text.
Hardcover. Exeter NH, C. Norris & Co., 1st, 1817, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages, followed by an unpaginated section of topographical and statistical tables, hardcover. Leather covers are scuffed, with most wear to hinges and corners. Sticker residue present on bottom of spine. Interior pages have significant foxing throughout, but are free of any markings. Binding is loose, as the front and rear hinges are both cracked. This is the first gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire, and is made up of three parts: a comprehensive geographical and statistical overview of the state, a description of each town, county, and major feature in the state, and a set of tables of distances and town statistics. This volume describes New Hampshire's climate and seasons, canals and turnpikes, monuments, vegetable production and agriculture, domestic and wild animals, government, military strength, religion, customs, institutions, companies, societies, and state prison. This information provides the locations of features which may have since been renamed or disappeared. Title page stamped with ex-library mark, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33990
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 874 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, black cloth covers with gilt text, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid, though the spine cloth is indented. This book, which won the 2007 Templeton Prize, explores how a goodly chunk of Western society changed from a world where belief in God was the unquestioned default, to one where faith is merely one option among many. It redefines secularism not as the mere removal of religion, but as a fundamental shift in the "conditions of belief". Clean copy. Record # 34574
Hardcover. Toronto, ON, Novalis, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 542 pages, hardcover, in a worn, chipped dust jacket. This diary chronicles the daily work and thoughts of Archbishop Oscar Romero, one of this century's most important and outspoken religious figures. The diary covers the period of March 31, 1978, through March 20, 1980. Four days after the last diary entry, Archbishop Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass. Spine of dust jacket is faded to white, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33576
Hardcover. NY & London, Columbia University Press & Jewish Publication Society, 2nd Edition, 4th Printing, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 340 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is chipped and stained, with open tears at the spine. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. In this volume, Professor Baron discusses the position of the Jews in the pre-Islamic world, and the ways in which it was altered by the emergence of Mohammed and the Caliphate. Previous owner's signature on front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33884
Softcover. Manassas, VA, Trinity Rivers Publishing, Inc., 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 363 pages, soft cover. Covers have some light edge wear, but are still in very good condition overall. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is an illuminating history of the Calvary Baptist church, located in Washington, DC. Clean copy. Record # 34329
Softcover. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2nd pr., 1991, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 309 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book investigates the parallels between contemporary literature and critical theory, as it pertains to the emerging interdisciplinary field known as the science of chaos. Previous owner's light underlining is present throughout in black pen. Record # 34196
Hardcover. New York, Abingdon-Cokesbury, 1st, 168 pages. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Light wear to top and bottom of spine. Beautiful tight, clean, copy. Record # 40050
Hardcover. Chicago, IL, The University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 351 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some chipping and edge wear, but is still in good condition overall. Yellow cloth covers have some staining and wear, but interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations and photography throughout. This book chronicles the history of the Chautauqua Institution, which was founded in 1874 on Chautauqua Lake, in New York. It describes how a modest camp meeting for training Sunday-school teachers grew into a massive adult education and social phenomenon that shaped American culture, combining religion, public lectures, and the arts. This is an ex-library book, and contains all expected markings such as a paste-in on the front end page, and stamps on the edges of the pages. Otherwise clean copy. Record # 34626
Hardcover. Jerusalem, Israel, Reubeni Foundation, 1st, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Unpaginated, hardcover. Dust jacket is in poor condition with multiple open tears concentrated near the spine. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This volume covers the period from the First Crusade to the First Zionist Congress, a span of 800 years. It is a fictional newspaper designed to look like a real one, covering historical events from this time period in a unique format. Folds out to A3 size. This is a large format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34077
Hardcover. London, UK, Bloomsbury Continuum, 1st, 2024, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 332 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition, with one closed tear on the bottom edge, and a peeling price sticker on the rear cover. Teal cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout, as well as a bind-in halfway through with full-color photography. This book is an evocative and lyrical history of Cyprus and the Mediterranean. Cyprus: where the ancient olive trees of Homer's time exist alongside the undersea cables which provide the world's internet. It combines the political, cultural, and geographical history of Cyprus with reflections on time, place and belonging. A remainder dot is present on the bottom edge, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34121
Softcover. Houston, TX, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1st (in English), 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with glossy white covers, minor rubbing and scratching. Paper wrappers tight. Pages clean and crisp, with 16 plates, 5 in color, of various pieces of embroidery over the course of history. Exhibition was originally organized by a Paris museum. 172 work listing. Glossary of different types of stitches at back. Short introduction on embroidery's history and connection to religion. Record # 807667
Hardcover. NY, Fordham University Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 246 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some minor discoloration, but is still in very good condition overall. Black paper cover boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and maps throughout. This book explores the religious history of antebellum and Civil War-era Gettysburg, shedding light on the remarkable diversity of American religion and the intricate ways in which it interacted with the broader culture. Clean copy. Record # 34207
Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 17 pages of text, followed by an unpaginated section with over 150 illustrations, hardcover. Dust jacket, orange cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and some full-color photography throughout. This book focuses on the Gates of Paradise in Florence, detailing how Ghiberti revolutionized Renaissance art through deep perspective, 10-panel Old Testament narratives, gilded bronze casting, and workshop collaboration. Clean copy. Record # 34405
Hardcover. NY, Stein and Day, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 319 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some very minor wear on the edges. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. The cultural and religious capital of northern Spain was reduced to rubble on April 26, 1937. Franco said the people of Guernica destroyed the town themselves. Others--in Spain and throughout the world--protested what they believed to be an unprecedented wartime slaughter of innocent civilians. The investigative journalism that resulted in this book proves both views wrong, at last presenting the truth about a tragedy too long misunderstood. Clean copy. Record # 33742
Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 446 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book contains a compilation of the most recognizable works of Heinrich Heine, demonstrating the remarkable man's witty, satirical style. A major portion of this book is devoted to Heine's two most important prose works, "The Romantic School" and Concerning the History of Religion and Philosophy in Germany." This volume also includes a brief selection of Heine's most representative poetry. Clean copy. Record # 34019
Hardcover. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st thus, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 228 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has significant wear, with several chips and closed tears. Tan cloth cover boards have some minor discoloration, but are still in very good condition overall. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book is a historical investigation which argues that pre-Columbian American civilizations were influenced by visitors from the Mediterranean. Previous owner wrote the date on the rear end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34516
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