London: Methuen, 1933. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii + 380pp + 8pp ads. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. Spine slightly leaned & rubbed at ends, top-edge browned, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, marginal pencil marks to just a few pages, slight foxing to page-edges &..... More
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 366pp. Original cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Loosely-inserted is a small printed sheet (one side only), advetising another of the author's books, 'England,' published by Benn in 1926; this leaflet is in VG+ condition). Spine ends..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., ND (circa 1900). Hardcover. Large octavo. 406pp. + 10pp. ads. Original blue cloth with gilt titles & red-&-green decorations on spine & front board. B/w frontis. & plates. Spine slightly leaned & rubbed at ends, page-edges foxed & browned, previous owner's inscription on half-title page..... More
London: Privately Printed, 1868, 1869. First Editions. Hardcover. thick 8vo. Two volumes. xliv + 792 pp & xvi + 1028 pp. Gilt decorated brown cloth, gilt titling to spines, elaborate blind stamping, beveled edges, etc. to spines, b&w illustrations, extensive indexes. Heavy volumes well rubbed, bumped and chafed at all..... More
Deptford-Bridge, England: Printed for the author by J. Delahoy, 1799. First edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo. xxiv + 306pp. Later green papered spine & gray papered boards. Printed paper spine label. B/w frontis-portrait. A collection of eleven sermons, each comprising a chapter of the book. The Rev. Jethro Inwood (b. circa..... More
London: Pickering & Inglis, 1932. Seventh Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. 182pp. + 4pp. ads. Pink printed card covers. Includes articles by A. McD. Redwood, Lt.-Col. L. M. Davies, Arthur H. Carter, and Wm. Hoste. Front cover & spine discolored, small surface scuff on rear cover, page-edges browned, otherwise a solid..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Slim octavo. 94pp. Blue textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. "A book of haunting beauty and, we believe of vital importance for our times: a contemporary addition, one might call it, to the Wisdom literature." Spine ends rubbed, bumps to corners of boards..... More
New York, NY: G.W. Dillingham & Co., nd (circa 1910). Reprint. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 326 pp + 4 pp of adverts. Original black cloth, blind stamped, gilt title, etc. to spine. A curious work by the French barrister and colonial judge Louis Jacolliot (1837 - 1890). Jacolliot was a prolific..... More
Tokyo: Oriens Institute for Religious Research, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. vi + 314pp. Mauve silk with copper lettering to front cover and gilt titling to spine, index. The third volume in the "Encounter Series" published by Oriens Institute for Religious Research. The series encompasses studies on the japanological and..... More
Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xx + 424pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index & bibliography. Discoloration to spine, boards & endpapers (previously damp-affected), front pastedown a little wrinkled, top-edge dusty, page-edges foxed, otherwise a solid, internally-clean Good+ copy in Good+ dust jacket..... More
Liverpool: Edward Howell, 1871. First Edition. Disbound. Octavo. 32pp. Sewn. A disbound copy of this anti-Spiritualism sermon delivered in Chadwick Mount Chapel by Reverend Jones in September 1871. It was presumably originally issued in wrappers, which have not been preserved. The sermon seems to have drawn enough attention to warrant..... More
Philadelphia, PA: The John C. Winston Company, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 124pp. + iv ads. Original olive cloth lettered in gilt on spine and upper board, gilt device to upper board. Uncut edges. Top-edge-gilt. A simple yet scarce work by Jones (January 1863 - 1948) a Maine-born Quaker..... More
London: Macmillan, 1923. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxxviii + 512pp + 2pp ads. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index. An early printing of this work first published in 1909 and written by Rufus M. Jones (1863 - 1948), a Maine-born Quaker author with a profound interest in mysticism, who..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1928. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 182pp. Blue cloth with paper title-labels on spine & front board. Index. In the 'The Faiths: Varieties of Christian Expression' series. Spine discolored & rubbed at ends, page-edges toned, occasional pencil marks & annotations throughout, middle gathering sprung..... More
Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1987. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. x + 926pp. + 4pp. b/w maps. Blue papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Index. Slight bumps to spine ends, hint of foxing to top-edge, otherwise a solid, internally-clean VG copy in Good+ dust jacket (dust jacket chipped at bottom..... More
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1981. Reprint. Hardcover. Large octavo. 422pp. Original red cloth with gilt title, etc. Appendix, index. This volume follows Kadblousky and Palmer's earlier "Writings from the Philokalia, on Prayer of the Heart". Both volumes are collected and translated from the writings of Fathers of the Orthodox..... More
New York, NY: Paulist Press, 1987. Hardcover. Large octavo. viii + 326pp. Gray papered spine lettered in white, pictorial glossy boards. Bibliography & index. Nick to bottom of spine, large bump to bottom-corners of rear board & last pages, occasional pen underlining & marginal marks, still a solid Good+ reading..... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: T. & T. Clark, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. viii + 208pp. + 4pp. ads. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Spine ends rubbed, slight marks to boards, short fore-edge tear on page 69/70, else a tight, internally-clean near-VG copy (no dust jacket). More
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1960. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 502pp. Cloth. Index. Bumps to spine ends & corners of boards, slight discoloration to boards, page-edges foxed, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, otherwise a solid VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, discolored). More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Hardcover. Small octavo. xvi + 252pp. Original cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Fold-out color frontis. map. One other color map. Top-edge browned, spine ends rubbed, extensive pen annotations on front endpapers, otherwise a tight Good+ copy (no dust jacket). More
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [x] + 230pp. Blue textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Bibliography & index. Map endpapers. B/w illustrations. History of 300 years of Christian missionaries in the South Seas. Small bumps to spine ends & bottom-corners of boards, top-edge..... More
London: R. T. S., ND [ 1919 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Booklet. Small octavo. 52pp + (iipp: advert & blank). Rebound in modern brown cloth with gilt lettering to upper board, original illustrated front wrapper bound in at rear. The author, Coulson Kernahan (1858–1943), was an English novelist, whose Christian-orientated..... More
Cambridge, England: University Press, 1911. Hardcover. 16mo. xvi + 156pp. Red cloth lettered in black on spine, lettered & decorated in black on front board. Cloth rubbed, spine & boards faded & discolored, page-edges browned, bookplate on front pastedown, else a solid Good+ copy (no dust jacket). More
New York, NY: The Seabury Press, 1981. Hardcover. Large octavo. xiv + 154pp. Yellow papered boards lettered in black on spine. Slight rubbing to spine ends & corners of boards, occasional highlighting to text on some pages throughout, otherwise a solid near VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket..... More
Kila, MT: Kessinger, ND [ 1997 ]. Reprint. Softcover. Quarto. viii + 256pp. Red wrappers lettered in black. Index. A cheaply produced reprint of this work by Anna Bonus Kingsford (1846 - 1888). Kingsford was one of the first women to work as a physician in England, and a passionate..... More
