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First Edition of Prophetic Fragments; Inscribed by Cornel West
WEST, Cornel.
Prophetic Fragments.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans/ Africa World Press, 1988.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 3265
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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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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 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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Rare photographic portrait of Desmond Tutu; warmly inscribed by him
TUTU, Desmond.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu Signed Photograph.
Color photograph signed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, “God bless you Desmond Tutu 10.12.98.” The photograph measures 5.75 by 4.25 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 112961
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First Edition of N.T. Wright's For All God's Worth: True Worship and the Calling of the Church; Inscribed by Him
WRIGHT, N.T.
For All God’s Worth: True Worship and the Calling of the Church.
Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Erdmans Publishing Company, 1997.
First edition of this “passionate and thoughtful book” (The Library Journal). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Jacqueline with love Tom.” In fine condition. Cover design by Lorraine White.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 100861
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John Ruskin's The Queen of the Air; elaborately bound in full vellum
RUSKIN, John.
The Queen of the Air: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm.
London: George Allen, 1892.
Finely bound edition of Ruskin’s classic work on Greek mythology. Octavo, bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, inner dentelles and gilt decorated endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in. Laid in is an original carte-de-visite of Ruskin by L. Cadesi. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 111030
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Paul: In Fresh Perspective; Signed by N.T. Wright
WRIGHT, N.T.
Paul: In Fresh Perspective.
Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006.
First edition, second printing of this work on the Apostle Paul. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by N.T. Wright on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 57007
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"Striving towards the heavenly desirable regions, I long to behold the wise with insight": First edition of H. W. Wallis' Cosmology of the Rigveda
WALLIS, H. W.
The Cosmology of the Rigveda, An Essay.
London: Williams and Norgate, 1887.
First edition of Wallis’ exhaustive study of the Cosmology of the ancient Indo-Aryan Indian Rigveda. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 92537
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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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“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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The Analytic Theist: An Alvin Plantinga Reader; Inscribed by Alvin Plantinga
PLANTINGA, Alvin.
The Analytic Theist: An Alvin Plantinga Reader.
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdman's Publishing Company, 1998.
Early printing of the Plantinga Reader. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Len with best wishes Alvin Plantinga.” The recipient was a student of Plantinga at Notre Dame. Edited by James F. Sennett. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 92577
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Signed by Tasha Tudor
TUDOR, Tasha.
A Tale For Easter.
New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1972.
First edition of the Walck reprint of this Tasha Tudor classic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed on the title page, “greetings! Tasha Tudor.” Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 2079
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"Patriotism, honor, glory, and national prosperity are terms to which the Christian and the mere politician attach different ideas": Second edition of American abolitionist William Jay's A Review of the Causes and Consequences of the Mexican War
JAY, William.
A Review of the Causes and Consequences of the Mexican War.
Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co, 1849.
Second edition of American abolitionist and jurist William Jay’s classic antiwar treatise. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In good condition with some wear to the crown and foot of the spine.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 82412
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First Edition of Thomas Merton's Silence Dans Le Ciel
MERTON, Thomas.
Silence Dans Le Ciel.
Paris: Arthaud, 1955.
First edition of Merton’s work on monastic life and preparation for death. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, illustrated with photographs, with the rare original dust jacket laid in. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 95366
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"From my youth I had greatly desired to see the Holy land and tread, if ever so distantly, in the footsteps of my Lord and Master": First edition of Clara Huston Miller's High Places of Sacrifice
MILLER, Clara Huston.
High Places of Sacrifice.
Philadelphia: Self Published, 1922.
First edition of Clara Huston Miller’s detailed memoir of her pilgrimages to the most important holy places of sacrifice throughout the world. Octavo, original half cloth over boards, illustrated throughout with photographs. In very good condition.
Price: $85.00 Item Number: 89033
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First Edition of Thomas Merton's What are These Wounds?
MERTON, Thomas.
What are These Wounds? The Life of a Cistercian Mystic: Saint Lutgart of Aywieres.
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1950.
First edition of Merton’s interpretation of the life of St. Lutgarde, a thirteenth centiry saint and mystic who chose the way of La Trappe as her path to God. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 67983
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First Edition of The Thomas Merton Reader
MERTON, Thomas. Edited by Thomas P. McDonnel.
A Thomas Merton Reader.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1962.
First edition of the definitive text on Merton’s thought and development. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anita Walker Scott.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 110470
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First Edition of Thomas Merton's Seasons of Celebration: Meditations on the Cycle of Liturgical Feasts
MERTON, Thomas.
Seasons of Celebration: Meditations on the Cycle of Liturgical Feasts.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965.
First edition of this work by Merton. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 69959
