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"The argument from miracles is a non sequitur": Rare First issue of The Equinox: The Official Organ of the A∴A∴; containing the first appearance of Aleister Crowley's The Wizard Way and The Soldier and the Hunchback: ! And ?
[CROWLEY, Aleister; Frank Harris; Victor B. Neuburg et al].
The Equinox: The Official Organ of the A∴A∴ The Review of Scientific Illuminism. Vol. I. No. I.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd, 1909.
Rare first issue of The Equinox, containing the first appearance of Aleister Crowley’s The Wizard Way and The Soldier and the Hunchback: ! And ?. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated. In addition to Crowley’s contributions, Vol. I. No. I. also contains An Account of A∴A∴; ; Liber Librae [The Book of the Balance]; Liber Exercitiorum; The Magic Glasses. By Frank Harris; The Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua; The Lonely Bride. By Victor B. Neuburg; At the Fork of the Roads; The Magician; The Temple of Solomon the King (Book I); and The Herb Dangerous (Part I): A Pharmaceutical Study. By E. Whineray, M.P.S. In near fine condition. A rare and desirable piece of occult literature, particularly so being the first issue containing An Account of A∴A∴.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 123063
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"Master, ere the ruby dawn gild the dew of leaf and lawn, bidding the petals to unclose of heaven's imperishable rose": RARE FIRST edition OF the third issue of THE EQUINOX: THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE A∴A∴; containing the first appearance of Aleister Crowley's Aha !
[CROWLEY, Aleister].
The Equinox: The Official Organ of the A∴A∴ The Review of Scientific Illuminism. Vol. I. No. III.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., 1910.
Rare first edition of Vol. I. No. III of The Equinox, containing the first appearance of Aleister Crowley’s AHA !, which he considered his “greatest magical poem”. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated. In near fine condition. A rare and desirable piece of occult literature.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 123085
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"I would rather travel thousands of miles in peace than take a single step toward war": The Book of Common Prayer; Uniquely signed by President Gerald Ford
[GERALD R. FORD],.
The Book of Common Prayer Together With The Psalter of Psalms of David.
New York: The Seabury Press, 1953.
The Book of Common Prayer, boldly signed by President Gerald Ford as follows, “I would rather travel thousands of miles in peace than take a single step toward war. Gerald R. Ford.” Octavo, bound in full leather, all edges gilt. In fine condition. The famous phrase “I would rather walk a thousand miles for peace than to have to take a single step for war” was first spoken by President Gerald Ford at an Air Force commissioning ceremony in Arizona on November 14, 1974. It was subsequently used the following week as Ford departed for Japan, becoming the first president to make an official trip to the island nation and marking Ford’s first trip as president. During the trip, President Ford met with Emperor Hirohito and worked to improve trade relations. The now-famous phrase was used during the trip, upon departure from the South Lawn of the White House and at the Japan Press Club. A unique piece.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 122598
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Westhall and Heath's splendid illustrated edition of the King James Bible
[HEATH, Charles and William Westall].
The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with The Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised by His Majesty’s Special Command.
Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Bensley, Cooke, and Collingwood, Printers to the University, 1815.
Westhall and Heath’s splendid illustrated edition of the King James Bible. Quarto, three volumes bound in full red straight grain morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spines, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbons bound in, illustrated with 31 plates engraved by Charles Heath from the designs of William Westall including 2 frontispieces. In very good condition with some toning throughout the text. Uncommon.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 123938
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Rare First Edition of Thomas A Kempis' The Imitation of Christ
A KEMPIS, Thomas.
The Christian Pattern, or the Imitation of Jesus Christ, being an abridgement of the works of Thomas a Kempis. By a Female Hand.
Germantown: reprinted by Christopher Sowr, 1749.
First American edition of The Imitation of Christ and the first printing of any work by a Kempis in America and one of the earliest works of Catholic Americana. In very good condition with some browning to the text and rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 112577
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“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be": Finely Bound By Bayntun of Thomas a Kempis' The Imitation of Christ
A KEMPIS, Thomas.
The Imitation of Christ.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1908.
Finely bound example of a Kempis’ classic work. Octavo, bound in morocco by Bayntun, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt doublures, illustrated including color plates by Flint. Translated from the Latin by Richard Wbytford and then re-edited into modern English by Wilfrid Raynal. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 120987
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"Without the Way, there is no going, Without the Truth, there is no knowing, Without the Life, there is no living" First illustrated Latin edition of the most influential devotional work of the later Middle Ages: Thomas à Kempis' Imitatio Christi
à KEMPIS, Thomas.
Imitatio Christi. [The Imitation of Christ].
Strasbourg: Johannes Gerson, 1489.
First illustrated Latin edition of the most influential devotional work of the later Middle Ages. Chancery octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, woodcut engraving of Christ with a suppliant at this feet, decorated illuminated initials. In near fine condition with light toning to the text. An exceptional example of this rarity.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 119380
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First Edition of Prayer and Al-Islam; Inscribed by Muhammad Ali
ALI, Muhammad.
Prayer and Al-Islam.
Chicago: Muhammad Islamic Foundation, 1982.
First edition of this prayer book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Muhammad Ali on the front free endpaper, “To Marc from Muhammad Ali 9-25-86.” In fine condition.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 123489
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Le monde d'Albert Schweitzer; Inscribed by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Albert Schweitzer
ANDERSON, Erica; Eugene Exman. [Albert Schweitzer].
Le Monde D’Albert Schweitzer.
Paris: A. Michel, 1955.
First edition of this work on the Nobel laureate. Quarto, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Schweitzer on the front free endpaper, “To Mr. Jean Marie Dubernard upon leaving Lambaréné with my good thoughts, Albert Schweitzer Lambaréné, 18 March 1957.” Photographs by Erica Anderson. Text by Eugene Exman. Preface by Daniel Halevy. In near fine condition. Books signed by Schweitzer are rare.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 120738
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Early Printing of Thomas Aquinas' Masterpiece Summa Theologica
AQUINAS, Thomas .
Summa Theologica Sancti Thomae Aquinatis, Divinae Voluntatis Interpretis: Sacri Ordinis Praedicatorum.
Parisiis: Sumptibus Maturini Henault, 1638.
Early printing of Aquinas’ seminal work. Folio, bound in full contemporary leather with a red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, woodcut engraving of Aquinas in prayer to the title page. In very good condition with tape repairs to the title page.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 90390
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"One of the classics of the history of philosophy and one of the most influential works of Western literature"; Rare 17th century example of Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica
AQUINAS, Thomas.
S. Thomae Aquinatis Summa Totius Theologiae (Summa Theologica).
Ex Officina Guilielmi Riverii: Atrebati [Arras, France], 1610.
Rare 17th century example of Thomas Aquinas’ “most perfect work, the fruit of his mature years, in which the thought of his whole life is condensed.” Folio, bound in full period calf with elaborate tooling to the front and rear panels, red morocc spine label lettered in gilt, raised bands to the spine, woodcut printers device to the title page, woodcut initials, title vignettes, head and tail pieces. Printed in double columns with marginal notes and double lines. Contains the three parts of the Summa theologica, followed by the Supplement as well as the indexes. In very good condition. A desirable example of this important and influential work.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 90392
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Finely bound example of Les Fioretti de Saint François d'Assise
ASSISI, Saint Francis of.
Les Fioretti de Saint François d’Assise [The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi].
Paris: Club de Livre, 1966.
Finely bound example of this classic work with full-page color reproductions of illuminated manuscript pages; decorative initials. full antique-style tooled brown leather, metal clasps. With explanatory text and accompanying sample leaves, set loose in leather-backed folder. Both set in folding case. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 110822
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Rare First Edition of Merer Baba's God to Man An Man To God
BABA, Meher.
God to Man And Man To God.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1955.
First edition of this work by Meher Baba. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. With an introduction by C.B. Purdom.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 117989
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Rare 17th century example of Balduini's Pauline Epistles
BALDUINI, Friderici.
Commentarius In Omnes Epistolas Beati Apostoli Pauli.
Francofurti ad Moenum: Johanne Oleario, 1691.
Rare 17th century example of the Pauline Epistles. Quarto, bound in full period vellum. Engraved headpiece, initials, and tailpiece. From the library of Professor F. A. Schmidt, one of the best known Lutheran scholars in the northwestern United States, with his bookplate to the front pastedown (Curtiss-Wedge, 409). In very good condition with some browning to the text.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 95907
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Rare First Edition of Richard Baxter's A Treatise of Conversion
BAXTER, Richard.
A Treatise of Conversion.
London: Printed by R. W. for Nevel Simmons, 1657.
Rare first edition of this book on conversion by one of the chief pioneers of English Protestantism, and also revered in the United States for his contributions to the cause of evangelism. Octavo, bound in three quarters leather over boards, morocco spine label. In very good condition, owner name to the preliminary blank and he has also used this to delineate all the authors in Bells English Poets; the rear blank pages, and these contain notes, by the same reader, on the main religious and philosophical works to read Exceptionally rare with no copies appearing at auction in over 80 years and of the 140 books authored by Baxter one of his most enduing, ranking with his Call to the Unconverted (published the year after this) and Saints Everlasting Rest (1650).
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 123511
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"The establishment of peace on earth is a fundamental belief of universal Judaism with its principles of one universal God and one humanity": Rare type-written manuscript signed and hand-corrected by Palestine's first attorney general Norman Bentwich
BENTWICH, Norman.
The Jews and International Relations: The Pursuit of Peace.
c. 1950.
Rare manuscript written by Mandatory Palestine’s first attorney general, British Zionist Norman Bentwich. 21 pages, type-written with copious corrections and revisions in Bentwich’s hand throughout, signed by Bentwich at the conclusion of the last page. Developed during his term as Chairman of the United Restitution Organization, the manuscript contains content and notes which would later be published as Bentwich’s 1959 book: The Religious Foundations of Internationalism; A Study in International Relations Through the Ages. Also included at the conclusion of the text is a list of suggested reading. In very good condition. A rare and desirable signed manuscript.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 81253
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First Edition of In Praise of Doubt; Inscribed by Peter Berger
BERGER, Peter and Anton Zijderveld.
In Praise of Doubt: How to Have Convictions Without Becoming a Fanatic.
New York: Harper Collins, 2009.
First edition of this “book of great practical wisdom by authors who have profound insight into the intellectual dynamics governing contemporary life” (Dallas Willard). Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Berger on the front free endpaper, “For Christal, from Peter Berger.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 41764
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First Edition of The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions; Inscribed by Marcus Borg
BORG, Marcus & Wright.
The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions.
San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1999.
First edition of this work by theologians Borg and Wright. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Borg on the front free endpaper prior to publication, “Dec. ’98 To Maren, From one who knows yours parents, and with best wishes. Marcus Borg.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 101663
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"My little tasks - the little tasks even of my little life - claim the divinest inspirations": First edition of Reverend Phillips Brook's Perennials
BROOKS, Reverend Phillips.
Perennials: Selections From the Writings of Reverend Phillips Brooks.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1898.
First edition of this book of aphorisms created by American Episcopal clergyman and lyricist Phillips Brooks, best known for writing the lyrics to the Christmas hymn, “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” Small octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges gilt, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, green marbled endpapers. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 81240
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"People go off to marvel at the height of mountains and the great waves of the sea and the broad courses of rivers, and the flow of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars: but they neglect themselves": C.S. Lewis' copy of Sir Thomas Browne's highly influential 17th century Christian confessional Religio Medici; with Lewis' ownership signature and notes throughout
BROWNE, Thomas. [C.S. Lewis].
Religio Medici and Other Essays by Sir Thomas Browne.
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd, [1911].
C.S. Lewis’ copy of Browne’s celebrated 17th century “confession of Christian faith qualified by an eclectic and generally skeptical attitude” (The Oxford Companion). Octavo, original boards, paper spine label, gilt vignette to the front panel, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Browne. British author and theologian C.S. Lewis’ copy with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper, “C.S. Lewis April 1919”, underlines, marks, and footnotes to several pages, most notably a lengthy quote from The Confessions of St. Augustine to page 29: “(1) Et eunt homines mirari alta montium et ingentes fluctus maris et latissimos lapsus fluminum et oceani ambitum et gynos siderum et relinquunt se ipsos nec mirantur. (Augustin.Conf.X.viii.15). Cf Davies Nosce Teipsum. Introd.p.49”, which translates as: “People go off to marvel at the height of mountains and the great waves of the sea and the broad courses of rivers, and the flow of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars: but they neglect themselves”, which Lewis has added as a footnote to the passage, “we carry with us the wonders we seek without us: there is all Africa and her prodigies in us “(1)” We are that bold and adventurous piece of nature, which he that studies wisely learns, in compendium, what others labour at in a divided piece and endless volume.” Lewis has also noted “Antimonies p. 41” on the verso of the rear endpaper and left marginal pencil marks next to several passages including, “As for those wingy mysteries in divinity and airy subtleties in religion which have unhinged the brains of better heads, they have never stretched the pia mater of mine. Methinks there be not impossibilities enough in religion for an active faith; the deepest mysteries ours contains have not only been illustrated, by maintained, by syllogism and the rule of reason” and “There is therefore some other hand that twines the thread of life than that of nature: we are not only ignorant in antipathies and occult qualities: our ends are as obscure as our beginnings: the line of our days is drawn by night, and the various effects therein by a pencil that is invisible.” Regarded by many as one of the most influential Christian apologists of his time, C.S. Lewis has been referred to as “The Apostle to the Skeptics” due to his early approach to religious belief as a sceptic, and his following conversion. Lewis was very interested in presenting an argument from reason against metaphysical naturalism and for the existence of God. His works Mere Christianity, The Problem of Pain, and Miracles were all concerned, to one degree or another, with refuting popular objections to Christianity. His autobiography, Surprised by Joy, recounted his conversion and his most famous work, Chronicles of Narnia contained strong allegorical Christian messages. In near fine condition. A remarkable example linking two great intellectual theologians and exhibiting Browne’s direct influence on Lewis’ thinking.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 122430
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First Edition of Frederick Buechner's Now & Then; Signed by Him
BUECHNER, Frederick.
Now & Then.
San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983.
First edition of the author’s second memoir. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Frederick Buechner on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Catherine Flanders.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 58012
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First Edition of Frederick Buechner's Now & Then; Signed by Him
BUECHNER, Frederick.
Now & Then.
San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983.
First edition of the author’s second memoir. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Frederick Buechner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Catherine Flanders.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 38965
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“I NOT ONLY HAVE MY SECRETS. I AM MY SECRETS. AND YOU ARE YOU’RE YOUR SECRETS”: FIRST EDITION OF FREDERICK BUECHNER’S TELLING SECRETS; SIGNED BY HIM
BUECHNER, Frederick.
Telling Secrets.
San Francisco: Harper, 1991.
. First edition of Buechner’s third autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Frederick Buechner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 110
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First Edition of The Faces of Jesus; Signed by Frederick Buechner
BUECHNER, Frederick.
The Faces of Jesus.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974.
First edition of this work on the life of Jesus. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Signed by Frederick Buechner on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Photography by Lee Boltin. Design by Ray Ripper.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 67998
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First Edition of Frederick Buechner's The Eyes of the Heart: A Memoir of the Lost and Found; Signed by Him
BUECHNER, Frederick .
The Eyes of the Heart: A Memoir of the Lost and Found.
San Francisco : Harper Collins, 1999.
First edition of this powerful memoir. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “Frederick Buechner Dec. 2009.” Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Laura Beers.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 75019
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First Edition of The Alphabet of Grace; Warmly Inscribed by Frederick Buechner
BUECHNER, Frederick.
The Alphabet of Grace.
New York: Seabury Press, 1970.
First edition of this work by the author of A Long Day’s Dying. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Vernon and Mary with love. Freddy Sept. 1970 Rupert Mountain.” The recipients were close friends and neighbors of Buechner. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 46355
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Rare illustrated edition of The Pilgrim's Progress, The Holy War, and Other Selected Works of John Bunyan; finely bound in full morocco
BUNYAN, John.
The Pilgrim’s Progress, The Holy War, and Other Selected Works of John Bunyan. The Life of the Author written by himself. With Interesting Historical Facts Affecting Religion at the Period in which He Wrote Explanatory Notes and Illustrative Passages From Modern Divines. Arranged by the Editors of Sturm’s Devotions.
London and New York: The London Printing and Publishing Company, n.d..
The illustrated edition of the selected works of John Bunyan. Quarto, elaborately bound in full morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt ruling and stamping to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with engravings, frontispiece, and engraved title page.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 122608
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Finely Bound Example of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress; With a Foredge
BUNYAN, John.
Pilgrim’s Progress [Fore-Edge Painting]
London : L. and G. Seeley, 1840.
Finely bound example with a foredge painting of a sailing ship initialed and dated 1840 of one of the most significant works of religious English literature, Pilgrim’s Progress. Octavo, bound in full morocco, all edges gilt, 15 plates and illustrations, all hand-colored, with a fore-edge painting of a sailing ship initialed and dated 1840, engraved frontispiece. In very good condition. An nice presentation.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 120842
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Rare Second Venetian edition of Giovanni Domenico Mansi's Latin translation of Antoine Augustin Calmet's dictionary of the Holy Scriptures
CALMET, Antoine Augustin. Translated by Giovanni Domenico Mansi.
Dictionarium Historicum, Criticum, Chronologicum, Geographicum, et Literale Sacrae Scripturae, Cum figuris Antiquitates Judaicas repraesentantibus Authore R.P.D. Augustino Calmet Ordinis S. Benedicti Abbate, E Gallico in Latinum translatum A Joanne Dominico Mansi, Congregationis Matris Dei, Lucensi.
Venetiis: Apud Sebastianum Coleti, 1757.
Second Venetian edition of Giovanni Domenico Mansi’s Latin translation of Antoine Augustin Calmet’s dictionary of the Holy Scriptures, perhaps the most famous and meticulous exegetical, historical and geographical dictionary of the Holy Scriptures produced. Folio, 2 volumes bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels, all edges speckled red, elaborately illustrated with full-page woodcut engravings, folding maps, printers device to the title page. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 114059
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First edition in English of John Calvin's Commentarie upon S. Paules Epistles to the Corinthians
CALVIN, John.
A Commentarie upon S. Paules Epistles to the Corinthians.
London: Imprinted by Thomas Dawson for John Harison and George Byshop, 1577.
First edition in English of John Calvin’s commentaries on the Pauline Epistles. Octavo, bound in full speckled calf with raised bands to the spine, all edges red, rebacked. Title within architectual woodcut border, woodcut initials. In very good condition. First editions are rare.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 96188
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one of the most influential works of Protestant theology; John Calvin's Institutio Christianae Religionis; In Rare Contemporary Vellum
CALVIN, John.
Institutio Christianae Religionis, Johanne Calvino Authore [Institutes of the Christian Religion].
Geneva: Apud Iohannem le Preux, 1592.
Rare early printing of Calvin’s seminal work on systematic theology and one of the most influential works of Protestant theology. Folio, bound in full contemporary vellum with a burgundy spine label lettered in gilt, elaborate woodcut printer’s device to the title page, woodcut headpiece and initial to the first page of text. In near fine condition with ownership inscriptions to the front free endpaper. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 90388
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First Edition of Joseph Campbell's The Masks of God: Creative Mythology; Inscribed by Him
CAMPBELL, Joseph.
The Masks of God: Creative Mythology.
New York: The Viking Press, 1968.
First edition of this Campbell classic, which discusses the primitive roots of mythology. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Anne and Brendan with my love and good wishes from Joe.” The recipient, Brendan Gill wrote for the New Yorker for more than 60 years where he wrote more than 1,200 pieces including scores of reviews and served as the main architecture critic from 1987 to 1996. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 101266
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First Edition of Joseph Campbell's The Masks of God: Creative Mythology; Inscribed by Him
CAMPBELL, Joseph.
The Masks of God: Creative Mythology.
New York: The Viking Press, 1968.
First edition of this Campbell classic, which discusses the primitive roots of mythology. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Lee Graham All my good wishes Sincerely Joseph Campbell.” Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 98776
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First Edition of Joseph Campbell's The Flight of the Wild Gander; Inscribed to fellow writer Richard Adams
CAMPBELL, Joseph [Richard Adams].
The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension.
New York: The Viking Press, 1969.
First edition of Campbell’s first collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Richard Adams on the occasion of our first meeting- with all good wishes Joseph Campbell 4/19/78.” Best known as the author of Watership Down, English novelist Richard Adams was heavily influenced by American professor Joseph Campbell’s work in comparative mythology, specifically the concept of the monomyth, or journey of the archetypal hero that can be applied as a common template to a range of mythological narratives. Popularized in The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell described the narrative pattern of the hero’s journey as follows: “A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.” He and other scholars described the narratives of Odysseus, Gautama Buddha, Moses, and Jesus Christ in terms of the monomyth. Adams’ Watership Down exhibits strong parallels to the epic themes of Homer’s Odyssey, following a group of anthropomorphised rabbits who encounter perils and temptations on their journey to establish a new home after their warren is destroyed. Bookplate of Richard Adams, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jules Maidoff.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 94764
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"For Richard Adams, Animal Master Supreme, with warm good wishes": First Edition of The Way of the Animal Powers; Inscribed by Joseph Campbell to Richard Adams
CAMPBELL, Joseph [Richard Adams].
The Way of the Animal Powers. Volume 1: Historical Atlas of World Mythology.
San Francisco: Alfred Van Der Marck Editions/ Harper & Row, 1983.
First edition of this work on mythology by the author of The Hero With A Thousand Faces. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Richard Adams, Animal Master Supreme, with warm good wishes. Joseph Campbell 9/15/84.” Best known as the author of Watership Down, English novelist Richard Adams was heavily influenced by American professor Joseph Campbell’s work in comparative mythology, specifically the concept of the monomyth, or journey of the archetypal hero that can be applied as a common template to a range of mythological narratives. Popularized in The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell described the narrative pattern of the hero’s journey as follows: “A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.” He and other scholars described the narratives of Odysseus, Gautama Buddha, Moses, and Jesus Christ in terms of the monomyth. Adams’ Watership Down exhibits strong parallels to the epic themes of Homer’s Odyssey, following a group of anthropomorphised rabbits who encounter perils and temptations on their journey to establish a new home after their warren is destroyed. Bookplate of Richard Adams, fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 95632
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First edition of Changing Backgrounds in Religion and Ethics: A Metaphysical Meditation
CARR, Herbert Wildon.
Changing Backgrounds in Religion and Ethics: A Metaphysical Meditation.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927.
First edition of Carr’s reflective study on the effects of the principle of evolution in ethics, religion, and philosophy. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mrs. Lamont with pleasant recollections of a dejeuner at Bergson’s A. Wildon Carr.” The recipient, Florence Corliss Lamont, was married to American banker Thomas W. Lamont, the acting head of J.P. Morgan & Co. on Black Thursday in 1929. Previous to their marriage, Florence attended Smith College, where the Lamont House is named after her. With the Smith College Lamont House bookplate to the pastedown. In very good condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 115018
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" A man's karma consists of all the deeds, both good and evil, that he has done in his present and in any prior existence": First Edition of Paul Carus' Nirvana: A Story of Buddhist Philosophy
CARUS, Paul.
Nirvana: A Story of Buddhist Philosophy.
Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Co, 1896.
First edition of this work on Buddhist philosophy. Octavo, original wrappers, printed on crepe paper and sewn with pale blue silk. Illustrated and printed by T. Hasegawa, Tokyo, Japan. In near fine condition. A stunning example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 70069
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First Edition of Oswald Chambers' God's Workmanship; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
CHAMBERS, Oswald.
God’s Workmanship.
Wheaton, Ill: Van Kampen Press, 1953.
First edition of this collection of essays by the author of My Utmost For His Highest. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a few small chips. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 75634
