London: Robert Scott, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. xiv + 878pp. Red cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Spine ends chafed, spine faded, boards slightly rubbed & marked, bumps to corners of boards, top-edge lightly browned, previous owner's name on free front endpaper, otherwise a solid, internally-clean near-VG copy (no..... More
Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1886. Third edition. Hardcover. 16mo. xii + 252pp. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine. The author name "John Robert Seeley" is written in pencil on the title-page. Spine cloth chipped at ends & along edges, boards slightly discolored, gutter split (but holding) at first blank..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton London, 1945. Reprint. Hardcover, 8vo, 320pp. Bright blue cloth with titling. B/w plates; fold-out map at rear. Accounts of the authors' adventures in Mongolia during the 1920s and 1930s. Minor shelf wear to original boards; upper board slightly bowed. Owner name on front free end paper;..... More
London: Methuen, 1926. First edition. Hardcover,. Octavo. xii + 276pp. + 8pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine, lettered in blind on front board. B/w frontis. & plates. Index. Chipping at top of spine, small marks & a few spots of paper residue on rear board, page-edges & endpapers..... More
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 136 pp. Quarter dark blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and blue papered boards; index. Light general wear with a bit of rubbing to edges and corners. Otherwise, a bright and clean Near Fine copy in VG+..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xvi + 254 pp. Red cloth with black and gilt titling to spine; b&w illustration, charts and tables; index, references. Light fading to top edge of cloth. Otherwise, a tight and bright VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1901 (4th edition). Hardcover. 8vo. xxiv + 344pp. Cloth. Portrait in front. B/w plates. Biography. Spine slightly faded & chafed at head & foot, inscription on front free end paper, one gathering at page 224 cracked but solid, else a VG copy (lacks dustjacket)... More
Philadelphia, PA: David McKay, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 88 pp. Original brick cloth with gilt titling, b&w illustrations. Lght chafing to spine ends and corners, lower corners lightly bumped, previous owner's name, a few pencil marks on two pages - easily erased, otherwise VG + condition. More
Chicago, IL: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, viii + 112pp. Quarter blue cloth w/ cream papered boards which are illustrated and titled in blue, gilt title etc. to spine, b&w frontis and illustrations. An examination by Paul Carus (1852 – 1919) a German-born American..... More
Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 120pp. From the cover: "probes the connection between the [Christian] Gospel and the practice of meditation". Light cover wear else a tight, unmarked VG copy. More
London: Gibbings & Co., Limited, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxiv + 400pp + 4pp adverts. Navy blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, blind rules. The author examines the major trends and figures in nineteenth century British Christian thought. Spine a bit darkened, light bumps and bruising..... More
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 180pp. Black textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Bibliography & index. B/w plates. Minor scuff to rear board, page-edges age-toned, else a clean VG copy (no dust jacket). More
Nashville, TN: Cokesbury Press, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 312pp. Red cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine. Bibliography and index. Largely a study, survey and history of the small Protestant evangelical groups that proliferated in the United States. Light rubbing to covers and edges, owners name etc on front..... More
New York, NY: Mathers Publishing Company, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxxii + 902pp. Dark blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index. Top-edge lightly browned, minor rubbing at spine ends, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise a clean, solid VG copy (no dust jacket). More
London: The Catholic Truth Society, 1892. First Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. 48pp. Printed string bound wrappers. A well-argued and restrained rebuttal of Spiritualism: the author accepts that there is most likely some validity to the claims of Spiritualism (ie it is not all fraud and imposture) but argues that it..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover, 4to, 234pp, Later full patterened leather binding with leather spine label titled in gilt, and multi-colored Egyptian motif imprinted to front and rear boards. Top edge gilt, patterned endpapers, b&w illustrations and fold-outs, index. A huge, detailed study of Coptic / early Christian..... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: T. & T. Clark, 1912. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 284pp + 8pp ads. Original cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Spine ends rubbed, faint fading to spine, minor bumps to corners of boards & fore-edge of rear board, top-edge a little dusty, else a clean..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1921. Fifth edition, revised. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxxiv + 708pp. Dark navy cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Index. B/w frontis & plates. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and rubbed, page-edges browned, very slightly shaken, else an unmarked VG copy (no..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1921. Fifth edition, revised. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxxiv + 708pp. Dark navy cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Index. B/w frontis & plates. Bumps to corners of boards, slight fraying to cloth at spine ends, page-edges browned, owner's name on front free..... More
Manchester: Lewis's, ND. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 472pp. Original maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, blind rules to upper board. A novel with a sleep-walking protagonist first published in 1844 and often reprinted. From the collection of Dr. M. H. Coleman. Boards rubbed and darkened, pages browned..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 330pp. Blue textured papered boards lettered in silver on spine. Index. Bumps to spine ends & corners of boards, otherwise a solid near-VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket marked & discolored, several small edge-tears). More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1961. Hardcover. Octavo. 310pp. Crimson cloth lettered in black on spine. Index to introduction. Explorations of the medieval mystics St. Aelred of Rievaulx, St. Edmund Rich, Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton, Julian of Norwich and others. One inch piece missing from top of spine, previous..... More
New York: Weatherhill, 1994. Softcover.Trade paperback, 416 pp, b/w plates, map, appendices, bibliography, index. Spine lightly creased otherwise VG. More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. lii + 702pp. Brown cloth with white and blue lettering. From the publisher: "This Festschrift honors the life and work of John D. Turner (Charles J. Mach University Professor of Classics and History at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln)..... More
Chicago, IL: A. C. McClurg, 1887. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 328pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Page-edges browned, slight wear & fraying at spine ends, splits to endpaper hinges (which remain solid), previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else a solid Good+ copy (no dust jacket )..... More
