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
London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1931. Third Edition. Hardcover. Large thick octavo, lvi + 632pp. Original olive cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover. The third edition of this anthology of Gnostic texts together with Mead's explanations. Mead, a Cambridge-educated classicist and long term member of the Theosophical Society..... 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
London: David Nutt, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. lv + 360pp. + 152pp. Original cloth with gilt lettering to spine, blind rules to upper board, b&w frontis w/ tissue guard. English and Hebrew text. A collection of religious-ethical treatises by Berechiah ben Natronai ha-Nakdan (known as Berachya or Berakhyah)..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. xii + 348 pp. Original navy buckram with gilt title, etc. to spine, b&w illustrations, bibliography. Inscribed by the author on the front blank: "With happy memories from the 'bai' to the 'ka'. Erwin R. Goodenough." From the..... More
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. vi + 294 pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board, frontis, list of Biblical passages, indexes of authors. An important and scarce scholarly survey. Spine and outer edges of boards lightly faded, boards very slightly bowed, corners bumped..... More
New York, NY: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1976. First American edition. Hardcover w/ dust jacket, 8vo, 286 pp, very good condition, green cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine, minor wear and soiling to dust jacket, slight tears on top of jacket, minor soiling to page edges. More
Beckenham, Kent, England: T. W. Thornton, 1925. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. 8pp. (inclusive of wrappers). Stapled wrappers. A sympathetic discussion of Spiritualism by a venerable Reverend Gentleman (then in his 95th year) based both on literary sources and his own personal observation. Vertical & horizontal creases from having been folded -..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1963. Hardcover. Octavo. 298pp. Cream papered boards lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Slightest bumps to spine ends & corners of boards, previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper, page-edges lightly age-toned, else a solid, clean VG copy (no dust jacket). More
London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 300pp. Blue textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Index. Spine ends slightly rubbed & faded, top-edge lightly browned, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, otherwise a clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly rubbed, small bottom-edge..... More
London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, ND ( circa 1940 ?). New Edition, edited and revised. Hardcover. Small 8vo. xii + 372pp. Red cloth with black title, etc. to spine and front cover, index. A work of Christian prophecy and eschatology, by Henry Grattan Guinness (1835-1910), Irish born protestant evangelist and..... More
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1911. Hardcover. Large octavo. xlii + 208pp. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Fraying to cloth at spine ends, some tiny white specks on spine, page-edges browned, spine slightly discolored, pencilled annotation on front free endpaper, else a solid near-VG copy (no..... More
Chichester, Sussex, England: The Science of Thought Press, 1964. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small octavo. 128pp. Blue cloth with gilt-lettered on spine. Boards bowed, otherwise a solid, clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket faintly discolored, short bottom-edge tear to front panel). More
London: Augustine Press, 1954. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 232pp. Original red cloth with gilt titling and rules to spine, b&w frontis & illustrations. The author, William Walton Thomson Hannah (1912 –1966), was an Anglican clergyman who in later life converted to Roman Catholicism. "Darkness Visible", in which Hannah examined the..... More
Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1973. Hardcover. Octavo.192pp. Silver papered boards lettered on spine, blind-stamp-lettered on front board. Index. Top-edge slightly discolored, else a clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, lightly rubbed, short tear at top of spine). More
London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 1895. Fifth edition, Revised. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 422pp. + 14pp. ads. Original cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Fold-out map. B/w llustrations. Index. Some pages unopened. Ex-library copy - slight fraying to cloth at top of spine, shelf number on spine, page-edges..... More
London: C. J. Clay / Cambridge University Press, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii] + 84pp. Original green cloth gilt lettered on spine. James Rendel Harris (1852 – 1941 was an English biblical scholar and curator of manuscripts, who was instrumental in bringing back to light many Syriac Scriptures and..... More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. First Edition. Hardcovers. Small thick quartos. Two volume set. Vol.I: xiv + 730pp.; Vol.II: xii + 724pp. Original decorated cloth lettered in gilt on spines. Spine ends chafed, small tears to cloth at top of spine of Vol.II, spine lettering dulled on Vol.II..... More
London: Williams & Norgate, 1895. Hardcovers. Octavos. The first two volumes (only) of four volumes. Vol.I: xxviii + 216pp.; Vol.II: viii + 240pp. Original cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Spine ends chafed, spines & boards marked & rubbed, small cloth snag to spine of Vol.I, slight wax residue on front board..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 220pp. Original cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w frontis. Bibliography & index. Spine ends rubbed, several tiny specks of white on spine, some foxing to page-edges, bumps to bottom-corners of boards, some foxing to prelims..... More
Altadena, CA: Millennium Press, 1997. Softcover. Octavo. iv + 178pp. Bibliography & index. B/w illustrations & map. A tight, clean near-Fine copy. More
New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxxvi + 148 pp. Red cloth with paper label on spine; blind stamp illustration on upper board; b&w illustrations, index. Rubbing to edges, corners and spine ends; half-inch split on bottom end of spine; end papers and..... More
