Springfield, IL: Templegate, 1951. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 352pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Slight rubbing to bottom of spine, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, top-edge age-toned, else a solid, internally-clean VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket rubbed & discolored, clear plastic tape-repairs on verso)..... More
Rochester, VT: Bear & Co., 2003. Softcover. Large octavo. xx + 394pp. Glossary & index. Color plates, b/w text illustrations. Signed by the author on title-page. A sharp, clean near-Fine copy. More
London: The Order of the Cross, 1949. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [xii] + 416pp + 30pp index. Purple cloth gilt-lettered on spine, gilt lettering & symbols on front board. One of the works of J. Todd Ferrier (1855-1943 ) founder of The Order of the Cross, a Christian theosophical group..... More
London: The Order of the Cross, 1963. Third edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Volume two only (of two volumes). xxiv + 564pp + 4pp ads. Purple cloth gilt-lettered on spine, gilt lettering & symbols on front boards. Index. This is one of the works of J. Todd Ferrier (1855-1943 ) founder of..... More
London: John M. Watkins, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 128pp. Original bright blue cloth, with gilt titling to spine, frontis portrait of St. Francis of Assisi by Ludovico Cardi. A study of Saints, looking at the miracles and such like attributed to them, in the light of Spiritualist thought..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1959. Second Edition. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. xxxviii + 638pp. Light grey cloth lettered in silver on spine. Index. B/w plates. A presentation of the archaeological background of the Middle East from 5000 B.C. to A. D. 500 which offers a connected account of Judaism..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. xxxiv + 500pp. Light grey cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. B/w plates. Erratum slip loosely-inserted. A presentation of the archaeological background of the Middle East from 5000 B.C. to A. D. 500 which offers a connected..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. xxxiv + 500pp. Light grey cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. B/w plates, maps, index of scriptural references, general index. A presentation of the archaeological background of the Middle East from 5000 B.C. to A. D. 500..... More
New York, NY: T. Y. Crowell & Co., 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 492pp. Green cloth lettered & decorated in gilt & black on spine & front board. B/w frontis. & plates. Map. Ex-library copy - spine leaned, extremities chafed, boards rubbed, page-edges browned & with library marks..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 202pp. Blue textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Appendices, indexes. A bright, sharp near-Fine copy in near-Fine dust jacket. More
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Small thick quarto. xxviii + 664pp. Original green cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover, blind rules, patterned endpapers. duo-tone fold-out maps, b&w illustrations. Index. The author of the work, Major-General James George Roche Forlong (1824-1904) was a soldier, engineer..... More
London: Williams & Norgate, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxxvi + 360pp. Original brown cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index. Fold-out b/w frontis. B/w title-page vignette. Spine ends chafed, light wear to boards, top-edge browned, endpaper gutters split (front just holding), top-corners bumped, slight foxing to prelims, else a solid Good+..... More
London: MacMillan, 1923. Abridged edition, first thus. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxx+ 476pp. + 4pp. ads. Original blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index. Spine ends bumped & chafed, bumps to corners of boards, top-edge browned, otherwise a solid, internally-clean VG copy (no dust jacket). More
London: MacMillan, 1923. Abridged edition, first thus. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxx+ 476pp. + 4pp. ads. Original blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index. Small creased tear to top of spine, bottom of spine rubbed, top-edge browned, otherwise a solid, internally-clean near-VG copy (no dust jacket). More
New York: Three Rivers Press, 2005. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. x + 263pp + advert. Endnotes, suggested reading, index. From the publisher: "Discover for yourself why the Gnostic Jesus laughs." By the authors of "The Jesus Mysteries" and "Jesus and the Lost Goddess". Covers lightly rubbed, corners very..... More
London: Hutchinson's University Library, 1951. Hardcover. Small octavo. 186pp. Textured papered boards. Index. Ex-library copy - shelf numbers at lower spine, spine leaned, page edges lightly browned, library stamps on prelims & bottom-edge, slip removed from rear free endpaper, otherwise a solid Good+ copy (no dust jacket). More
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 308pp. Illustrated papered boards, titled on upper board and spine, end notes, index. A volume from the 'Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities' series. Of this work, the publisher says: "New religious movements both read the Bible in..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. First UK edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 360pp. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine. "A Complete and Reliable Translation which allows the documents to raise their own Voice amid the Controversy about Them." Bumps to top-corners of boards, otherwise a clean VG copy in VG dust..... More
London: Trubner & Co., 1877. First Edition. Hardcovers. Large octavos. Two volumes. xvi + 424pp.; viii + 432pp. Linen boards with paper spine labels. Indexes. Top-edges browned, spine ends chafed, spine labels rubbed & discolored, handwritten shelf numbers near bottoms of spines, previous owner's engraved emblematic Masonic bookplates on front..... More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1993. First edition. Softcover. Large octavo. viii + 252pp. Original wrappers; many b&w and color illustrations; bibliography. From the publisher: "This beautifully illustrated book discusses angels in various religious traditions: Dionysius the Areopagite, Lucifer the fallen angel, the pope and angels, the angels of..... More
New York, NY: MacMillan, 1913. Hardcove. Octavo. xvi + 230pp. Maroon cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index. Spine ends rubbed, page-edges slightly discolored, previous owner's name across title on title-page, occasional marginal pencil annotations to some pages, else a solid near-VG copy (no dust jacket). More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1883. Reprint. Hardcover. Royal octavo. xiv + 532pp. + 12pp. ads. Original decorated cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Spine faded, spine ends chafed, boards slightly discolored & rubbed, top-edge browned, short top-edge tear to front free endpaper, endpaper gutters split but holding, otherwise a solid, internally-clean..... More
New York, NY: Scribner, 1995. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 446pp. Gilt-lettered black cloth spine, cream papered boards. B/w illustrations. Notes, bibliographay & index. A well-known scholarly examination of the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Minor marks to top-edge, slight rubbing to corners of boards, short pen line to..... More
New York, NY: Scribner, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 446pp. Gilt-lettered black cloth spine, cream papered boards. B/w illustrations. Notes, bibliographay & index. A well-known scholarly examination of the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls. A solid, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
New York, NY: Cooper Square Publishers, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. xxxvi + 458 pp. Dark gray cloth with gilt titling to spine; index, appendix. One very light scratch to upper board; corners and spine ends rubbed; fore edge slightly darkened. Overall, a tight and bright VG+ copy. No dust jacket..... More
