Thoughts on Various Subjects
Baltimore: Steam Press of Wm. K. Boyle & Son, 1872. Hardcover. Very good in black cloth with gilt lettering on spine; 357 pages; dimensions: 9x6. Religion. REL106070. Very Good. More
Baltimore: Steam Press of Wm. K. Boyle & Son, 1872. Hardcover. Very good in black cloth with gilt lettering on spine; 357 pages; dimensions: 9x6. Religion. REL106070. Very Good. More
New York: Twayne Publishers, 1960. Hardcover. Very good. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. Spine bright. Contents clean and tight. 507 pp. Religion. REL/9192. Very Good. More
[Raleigh NC]: Jon Kolkin, 2014. Hardcover. Number 37 of 50 copies. Inscribed: "May you experience Inner Harmony as you continue along your life's journey - Jon Kolkin." Kolkin is a fine arts photographer, Buddhist, and an international speaker on achieving a more enriching and balanced life. This beautiful book has thirty black and white images selected from his photographic series, Inner Harmony. The evocative and mysterious photographs were taken at Buddhist monasteries in China and Bhutan. The text is both in English and traditional Chinese with calligraphy created by Oi Yee Tai. Bound in black Japanese cloth and bound using a traditional Chinese binding technique. In fine condition. 12 x 13 inches. 72 pages. PRI/031215. Fine. More
Bethel Park, PA: Spiritus Press, 1990. Paperback. First Edition. Red paper wrappers with white title to spine and front panels. Previous owner markings in pen to half title page, else clean. 149 pages. REL/071520. Very Good. More
Sewanee, TN: Dorothy Simpson Krause, 2011. Hardcover. A unique artist's book from noted book artist Dorothy Simpson Krause and signed by her. She is a painter, collage artist and printmaker who incorporates digital mixed media into her art. Her work is exhibited regularly in galleries and museums and featured in numerous current periodicals and books. In her artist's statement she says: "My work includes large scale mixed media pieces, artist books and book-like objects that bridge between these two forms. It embeds archetypal symbols and fragments of image and text in multiple layers of texture and meaning. It combines the humblest of materials, plaster, tar, wax and pigment, with the latest in technology to evoke the past and herald the future. My art-making is an integrated mode of inquiry that links concept and media in an ongoing dialogue – a visible means of exploring meaning." Copts are a Christian ethnoreligious group indigenous to North Africa who have primarily inhabited the area of modern Egypt and Sudan since antiquity. Most ethnic Copts are Coptic Oriental Orthodox Christians. They are the largest Christian denomination in Egypt and the Middle East, as well as in Sudan and Libya. They had the oldest and largest Christian communities in the Middle East. From the 4th to the 6th century Copts were the majority religion in Roman Egypt. According to ancient tradition, Christianity was introduced to the Egyptians by Saint Mark in Alexandria around 42 AD. Today they make up somewhere between 5 and 20 percent of the population of Islamic Egypt where they face marginalization, discrimination and persecution. This Coptic bound book uses well-known book artist Daniel Essig's binding variant with wood covers. The front covers have cutout openings protected by acrylic that display small scarab artifacts. The paper and mica pages are collaged with found materials and alcohol gel transfers that incorporate distressed images of saints and other ephemera. The book is housed in a vintage metal box decorated with mica and a metal scarab on the front cover and a black elaborate cross on the back of the cover. This is a fascinating production in fine condition. The book measures 5 x 3.5 x 2 inches. The metal box measures 6 x 4.5 x 3 inches. Unpaginated [208 pages] ARTB/061223. Fine. More
Viewpoint Editions, 2009. Paperback. Number 51 of 55 copies. Signed and numbered by the artist. Includes excerpts from "Le Ditie de Jehanne d'Arc" by Christine de Pizan, a French poetess. "Written in 1429 when Joan was at the height of her successful campaign, it celebrates her life and achievements. On each facing page, an image is combined with comments on Joan of Arc's brief history. The pages covering her trial for heresy incorporate Joan's own words, taken from the trial document." Printed by Acme Bookbinding on Mohawk Via Superfine Eggshell 100# paper in German Latin, Uncial, and 10th Century Bookhand typefaces. Fine in paper wrappers with full color photographic illustrations throughout. Housed in a box that was designed to resemble a well-worn library enclosure for a rare book. The box has a cloth tie closure, faux-library stickers, and other appropriate markings. Unpaginated. ARTB/011524. Fine. More
Fort Lauderdale: Dorothy Simpson Krause, 2009. Hardcover. Number 6 of six copies of the deluxe edition of this powerful book by noted book artist Dorothy Simpson Krause, signed and numbered by her on the colophon. There were also 55 copies of the standard edition. Dorothy Krause is a painter, collage artist and printmaker who incorporates digital mixed media into her art. Her work is exhibited regularly in galleries and museums and featured in numerous current periodicals and books. In her artist's statement she says: "My work includes large scale mixed media pieces, artist books and book-like objects that bridge between these two forms. It embeds archetypal symbols and fragments of image and text in multiple layers of texture and meaning. It combines the humblest of materials, plaster, tar, wax and pigment, with the latest in technology to evoke the past and herald the future. My art-making is an integrated mode of inquiry that links concept and media in an ongoing dialogue – a visible means of exploring meaning." This exquisite book includes excerpts from the 1977 English translation of "Le Ditie de Jehanne d'Arc" written by the French poetess Christine de Piza in 1429. "As the first poem to have been composed – in any language – on Jeanne d’Arc, the only major one to have been written while Jeanne was still alive, and the last from the pen of a distinguished poetess, the "Ditié de Jehanne d’Arc" has unique claims to fame. It was completed on 31 July 1429, in the midst of continuing successes on the part of the French army which had just taken Château-Thierry, on 29 July. With the brilliant victory at Orléans and the coronation at Rheims now behind them, Jeanne and Charles VII were expected to enter Paris at any moment, defeat the Anglo-Burgundian forces and thus bring to an end the long years of foreign occupation and civil strife." [from the website Jeanne d'Arc La Puselle]. The text, printed on the verso pages, is taken from the poem. On each facing page,there is a striking image of Joan as portrayed in sculpture, with brief comments on her life, printed in red type on a black backgound. The pages covering her trial for heresy incorporate Joan's own words, taken from the trial document. Bound in full calf vellum with a longstitch over tapes for the spine. Held closed with red leather ties. The book's pages were printed on the Epson 3800 on InkPress Duo Matte 80 using German Latin, Uncial, and gold 10th Century Bookhand fonts. In fine condition. Measures 5 x 7 inches. Unpaginated [56 pages] ARTB/011524. Fine. More
Fort Lauderdale FL: Dorothy Simpson Krause, 2018. Hardcover. A unique book signed by the book artist. Dorothy Krause is a painter, collage artist and printmaker who incorporates digital mixed media into her art. Her work is exhibited regularly in galleries and museums and featured in numerous current periodicals and books. In her artist's statement she says: "My work includes large scale mixed media pieces, artist books and book-like objects that bridge between these two forms. It embeds archetypal symbols and fragments of image and text in multiple layers of texture and meaning. It combines the humblest of materials, plaster, tar, wax and pigment, with the latest in technology to evoke the past and herald the future. My art-making is an integrated mode of inquiry that links concept and media in an ongoing dialogue – a visible means of exploring meaning." This intriguing book from Krause was inspired by the biblical verse from Genesis about the serpent, “more subtle than any beast of the field” that convinced the woman Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit in the garden of Eden thus causing her expulsion with Adam from Eden. The 24 stanzas from Genesis describing this event are included in this small book, interspersed with garden images and painted or collaged pages. The book has a Coptic binding with mica covers . It is housed in a black cloth covered clamshell box with an unusual large snake rattle affixed to the front cover. In fine condition. Measures 3 x 2½ x ½ inches. Unpaginated [126 pages]. ARTB/011724. Fine. More
not listed. Hardcover. VG in orange cloth with black lettering on spine and front cover; signed by the author; author's picture on title page; illustrations throughout; pp. 240. Religion. REL306030. Very Good. More
Little Rock: August House Inc, 1985. Hardcover. First Edition. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Red ownership marking to front free endpaper, else clean. In dark red and black dust jacket with white title to spine and front panels. Minor wear to edges of jacket. 196 pages. REL/070820. Very Good / Very Good. More
Keene, J. and J.W. Prentiss, 1846. Paperback. About Very Good in wraps. Wraps a bit stained, with owner name on front cover, but text is clean. Religion. REL1/04131. Very Good. More
Parma, Italy: Alberto Pazzoni and Paolo Monti, 1696. Hardcover. Quite scarce. Annibale Leonardelli (1623-1702) was an Italian Jesuit priest and biblical commentator. He was the author of several works on religion and morals. Bound in contemporary vellum. Binding is soiled, bumped, and missing a piece along the bottom of the front cover, revealing the board underneath. Brown leather spine label with titling. Marbled endpapers missing front free endpaper. Half title page has tear along right edge. Text pages are browned and spotted, not affecting legibility. A good copy of an uncommon book. In Italian. Measures 3 x 5.75 inches. 480 pages including index. ITALLANG/073021. Good +. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1962. Hardcover. SCARCE in this nice condition. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. The interior has a musty smell, a spot of soiling to the fore edge, and a small bookplate from a bookstore in New Mexico but is otherwise in fine condition. Black dust jacket with white title to spine. Jacket is price-clipped. Minor wear to edges of jacket and light rubbing to spine panel. Index, 250 pages. REL/062509. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. More
Clinton: Office of the Saturday Courant, 1855. Paperback. Vg in wraps/8 pgs. Religion. REL410181. Very Good. More
Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1848. Paperback. Front wrapper detached, wrapper edgewear, small public library sticker affixed to back of front wrapper Religion. REL108291. Good. More
Jena: Eugen Diederichs, 1910. Hardcover. Number 214 of 1000 copies. A handsomely printed German edition of the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Printed under the supervision of well known typographer Rudolf Koch using a typeface designed by him. Bound in brown leather with embossed design to cover and black titling to spine. Originally closed with leather thongs attaching to front clasps but the thongs have broken. Leather on covers is rubbed and corners are bumped. Wear along joints. Front hinge is cracked but text block is firm. Beautiful decorative endpapers. Title page printed in a calligraphic style in black and red. Interior pages area clean and bright with top edges gilt and darkening to fore-edge and lower edge. Very good condition. Measures 8 x 10.5 inches. 310 pages. GERLANG/121322. Very Good. More
Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, 1908. Hardcover. A finely printed revised edition of the Luther Bible. Very good in black cloth boards with gilt title "Bibel" to spine and gilt decoration to front board. Sunning to spine, minor rubbing to boards, and minor wear to corners and edges. Clean, bright interior. Owner inscription in German dated 1919 to front free endpaper. Printed in red and black inks with large initials on watermarked paper by J.W. Zanders. Decorations by Ludwig Sütterlin. Distributed by the Prussian Main Bible Society. 830 pages. Folio. Size: 13 x 9.5 x 3 inches. IN GERMAN. REL/020623. Very Good. More
Techny, IL: Divine Word Publications, [1966]. Paperback. First Edition. "The challenge facing the Church in the inner city is the dominating theme of these papers and discussions, the proceedings of the 1965 Conference on Inner City Research. Sponsored by the recently founded Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), this conference was a major effort by committed churchmen to assess the strengths and weaknesses of inner-city life and to fix the responsibility of the Church for that life" (back cover). Calling card of editor is laid in. Black and white paper wrappers with red title to spine and front cover. Writing in red pen to front cover and to front free endpaper. 197 pages. REL/071520. Very Good. More
Lanham: University Press of America, 1985. Hardcover. Includes an overview of the colonial days and the first parish. Subsequent chapters revolve around specific people: John England, Ignatius Reynolds, Patrick N. Lynch, Henry P. Northrop, William T. Russell, Emmet M. Walsh, John J. Russell, Paul J. Hallinan, and Francis F. Reh. Includes foreword by Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, preface, footnotes, and appendix. Bound in red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Previous owner marking in red pen to front free endpaper. The year of publication has also been hand-written in red pen on title page. Notes in red pen on a taped in page inserted to rear. Tickmarks in pen to margins of some pages. Clean overall despite noted markings. 418 pages. REL/071620. Very Good. More
Cincinnati, OH: Xavier University, 1943. Paperback. Third Edition. Grey paper wrappers with black titles to spines and front covers. Browning to spines. Clean interiors. 267 pages; 208 pages. REL/061720. Very Good. More
Paris: Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1684. Hardcover. Early edition of this work by Louis Maimbourg (1610 -1686). Maimbourg was a French Jesuit and historian. He entered the Society of Jesus at the age of sixteen, and after studying at Rome became a classical master in the Jesuit college at Rouen. He afterwards devoted himself to preaching, but with only moderate success. After having taken some part in minor controversies he threw himself with energy into the dispute which had arisen as to the Gallican liberties; for his Traité historique de l'établissement et des prérogatives de l'Eglise de Rome et de ses évêques (1682) he was by command of Innocent XI expelled from the Society, but rewarded by Louis XIV with a residence at the abbey of St Victor, Paris, and a pension. His numerous works include histories of Arianism, the iconoclast controversy, the Great Schism of 1054, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Calvinism, and of the pontificates of Leo I and Gregory I. [Wikipedia} Bound in full light brown calf with gilt titling to spine. Frontispiece engraving. Interior pages have light aging along margins but are generally clean. Some cropping to upper margins where book sized to fit binding. Very good. Measures 3 x 5.5. inches. Housed in a brown cloth slipcase. 542 pages plus table des matieres. REL/041421. Very Good. More
Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, 1992. Hardcover. "Set forth are the stories of fifty-nine old Catholic churches located east of the Mississippi River whose stories disclose many of those roots .... This is not a book about architecture or religious artifacts. It is a book focused upon present communities in all parts of the country that are the living results of the efforts of Catholics who have long since passed to their rewards" (jacket). Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Ownership markings in pen to front endpaper, else clean and bright. Illustrated dust jacket with black title to spine and front panels. 591 pages. REL/071520. Very Good / Fine. More
Antwerp. Hardcover. Two volumes only of a four volume set. Collection of sermons and homilies written in Latin by the Italian Joseph Mansi (Giuseppe), in the late sixteenth century. Bound in full brown leather with gilt ornaments to covers and spines. Covers are bumped, and worn, spines with six compartments faded, and joints and hinges cracked. Marbled endpapers. Interior pages generally nice with some creasing and browning. Folio volumes. Volume I: 875 pages plus unpaginated indexes; Volume II: 913 pages plus unpaginated indexes. REL/081621. Very Good. More
London: University of London / Athlone Press, 1955. Paperback. Lecture delivered on 3 March 1954. Octavo in light blue side-stapled paper wrappers with dark blue title to front cover. Slight browning to edges of wrappers. Clean. 18 pages. REL/090815. Very Good. More
Cincinnati: 1962. Paperback. Ninth printing. Beige side-stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Minor wear, light soil, and rubbing to covers. Clean interior. Laid in materials. 16 pages. REL/070220. Very Good. More