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First Edition of C.S. Lewis' Reflections on the Psalms
LEWIS, C.S.
Reflections on the Psalms.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1958.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a good price-clipped dust jacket. Ownership name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Elizabeth Andrews.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145135
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“Suspicion often creates what it suspects"; First Edition of C.S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
LEWIS, C.S.
The Screwtape Letters.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1943.
First edition of Lewis' classic novel of spiritual conflict, one of his most celebrated works. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. An excellent example. Very rare in this condition.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 144515
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"REDESIGNING THE SHAPE OF HISTORY AUGUSTINE WOULD DOMINATE WESTERN THOUGHT FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIUM": RARE SECOND EDITION IN ENGLISH OF AUGUSTINES CITIE OF GOD
SAINT AUGUSTINE,.
Of the Citie of God: With the Learned Comments of Jo. Lod. Vives. [City of God].
London: Printed by G. Eld and M. Flesher, 1620.
Rare second edition in English of Augustine's monumental work. Quarto, bound in half calf, woodcut printer's device to title. Translated by John Healey. In very good condition, bookplates, a few examples of marginalia. A nice example of this scarce and important work.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 144119
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“The deeper the Self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less he himself is affected by the phenomenal flux": First Edition of Autobiography of A Yogi; Inscribed by Yogananda Paramhansa
YOGANANDA, Paramhansa.
Autobiography of a Yogi.
New York: The Philosophical Library, 1946.
First edition of one of the most important spiritual books of the twentieth century, Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Signed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "With blessings Paramhansa Yogananda Dec 10, 46. LA." Preface by Walter Evans-Wentz. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Exceptionally rare signed and in the original dust jacket.
Price: $18,000.00 Item Number: 144018
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"There is no other fire but this, This speck of life, this fading spark": The Screwtape Letters; signed by C.S. Lewis with an inscription of his poem The Salamander
LEWIS, C.S.
The Screwtape Letters.
London: Geoffrey Bles: The Centenary Press, 1945.
Early printing of Lewis' classic novel of spiritual conflict, one of his most celebrated works; signed by him with his poem The Salamader in the year it was published in The Spectator. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "C. S. Lewis" and inscribed by him on the final free endpaper with an inscription of his poem The Salamander which was published in the same year (1945) in The Spectator, "The Salamander I stared in to the fire: - blue waves of shuddering hear that rose and fell and blazing ships and binding caves Canyons…
Price: $30,000.00 Item Number: 143837
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A LANDMARK IN THE HISTORY OF PRINTING, AND ONE OF THE GREATEST ILLUSTRATED BOOKS EVER PUBLISHED: FIRST EDITION OF THE MONUMENTAL NUREMBERG CHRONICLE; Published in 1493 and containing over 1800 splendid woodcuts illustrating the history of the world from the Creation of man to the invention of the printing press
SCHEDEL, Hartmann.
Liber Chronicarum [Nuremberg Chronicles].
Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493.
First edition of the most fully realized illustrated book of the fifteenth century and one of the most impressive volumes ever published. Imperial folio, bound in three quarter calf with five raised bands to the spine, morocco title labels lettered in gilt to the spine and front panel, copiously illustrated with 1,809 splendid woodcuts by Wohlgemuth and Pleydenwurff (the teachers of Durer), some full page, others double-page, illustrating Schedel's year-by-year account of notable events in world history from the Creation to the year of publication, including the creation of Adam and Eve, birth of Jesus Christ, invention of printing at Mainz,…
Price: $92,000.00 Item Number: 143505
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First Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
WILSON, William [Bill W.].
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism.
New York: Alcoholics Anonymous, 1939.
First edition of Bill Wilson’s classic work, one of the best-selling books of all time, having sold 30 million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the spine lightly toned, contemporary name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional example.
Price: $55,000.00 Item Number: 143075
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RARE FIRST EDITION OF JONATHAN EDWARDS TWO DISSERTATIONS
EDWARDS, Jonathan.
Two Dissertations, I. Concerning the End For Which God Created the World. II. The Nature of True Virtue.
Boston: S. Kneeland, 1765.
First edition of this important work by Edwards. Small octavo, bound in half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, morocco spine label. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 142014
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First Edition of John C. Maxwell's 5 Levels of Leadership; Inscribed by Him in the year of Publication
MAXWELL, John C.
5 Levels of Leadership.
New York: Center Street, 2011.
First edition of this inspirational work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "To Melody J. Maxwell 12.11." Very good in a very good dust jacket, marginalia. Jacket design by Brand Navigation.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 141311
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From the collection of Joan Didion: First edition of Michael D'Antonio's Heaven on Earth
D'ANTONIO, Michael. [Joan Didion].
Heaven on Earth: Dispatches From America’s Spiritual Frontier.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1992.
First edition of the journalist's objective exploration of "New Age" spirituality. Octavo, original half cloth. From the library of Joan Didion with the original typed transmittal letter signed by the Senior Editor of Crown Publishers to Joan Didion laid in. The recipient, American journalist and novelist Joan Didion gained a reputation in the 1960s and 70s as a pioneer of the New Journalism style of news writing. Her articles and political writing engaged audiences in the realities of the counterculture of the 1960s, the Hollywood lifestyle, California culture, and California history. She also gained recognition for her sensational novels, including…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 141834
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“HAPPINESS IS NOT SOMETHING READY MADE”: First Edition of The Art of Happiness At Work; Signed by His Holiness The Dalai Lama
HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA AND HOWARD C. CUTLER,.
The Art of Happiness At Work.
New York: Riverhead Books, 2003.
First edition of this beloved classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by His Holiness The Dalai Lama on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lisa Amoroso.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 140812
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“When you expect the best, you release a magnetic force in your mind which by a law of attraction tends to bring the best to you": First Edition of The Power of Positive Thinking; Signed by Norman Vincent Peale
PEALE, Norman Vincent.
The Power of Positive Thinking.
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1952.
First edition of Norman Vincent Peale's enduring classic. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Norma-Jean Roth with best wishes Norman Vincent Peale." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First printings are uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 140273
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First Editions of Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam; First Edition Six Volume Set of Great Religions of Modern Man
J. LESLIE DUNSTAN [PROTESTANTISM]; GEORGE BRAND [CATHOLICISM]; ARTHUR HERTZBERG [JUDAISM]; RICHARD A. GARD [BUDDHISM]; LOUIS RENOU [HINDUISM]; JOHN A. WILLIAMS [ISLAM],.
Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam: Six-Volume Set of Great Religions of Modern Man.
New York: George Braziller, 1961.
First editions of this classic collection of works. Octavo, original cloths, 6 volumes, original slipcase. Near fine in near fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Joseph Low.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140432
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“For anyone who loves intensely lives not in himself but in the object of his love, and the further he can move out of himself into his love, the happier he is": Exceptionally Rare first edition in English of Erasmus' in Praise of Folly; elaborately bound in full crushed levant morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
ERASMUS, Desiderius. Translated by Sir Thomas Chaloner.
In Praise of Folie: Moriae Encomium. A book made in latine by the great clerke Erasmus Roterodame. Enlightened by Sir Thomas Chaloner, knight. [In Praise of Folly].
London: Thomas Berthelet, 1549.
First edition in English of one of the most notable and popular works of the Renaissance which played an important role in the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation and swiftly brought its author international fame. First printing with 'latine' and the printer's initials 'TB.' to the title page. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, wide woodcut border to the title page signed…
Price: $275,000.00 Item Number: 139476
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A fine set of the works of Theodoretus; Each Beautifully Painted on the front and back of each panel
Opera Omnia. Ed. Jac. Sirmond (Volumes 1-4), and J. Garnier (Volume 5).
Paris: Sebastian and Gabriel Cramoisy, 1682-84.
A fine set of the works of Theodoretus, Bishop of Cyrus, beautifully painted on each panel. Quarto, five volumes, bound in full 17th-century vellum, both covers on each volume fully painted with a scene from the life of Christ, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, brown and black morocco lettering pieces. The first four volumes were edited by J. Sirmond and were published in 1642. The fifth volume, not published until 1684, was completed by Sirmond's fellow Jesuit Garnier and contains an auctarium, comprising fragments of commentaries and sermons and some additional letters, together with Garnier's five learned but…
Price: $27,500.00 Item Number: 140490
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First Edition of Alvin Plantinga's The Nature of Necessity; Signed by Him
PLANTINGA, Alvin.
The Nature of Necessity.
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1974.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Alvin Plantinga on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 139212
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First Edition of Alvin Plantinga's Warrant: The Current Debate; Signed by Him
PLANTINGA, Alvin.
Warrant: The Current Debate.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Alvin Plantinga on the half-title page. In near fine condition. Cover design by Ann Lowe.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 139243
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"The search of your life is the search for your life": First Edition of Erwin McManus' Soul Cravings: An Exploration of the Human Spirit; Inscribed by Him
MCMANUS, Erwin Raphael.
Soul Cravings: An Exploration of the Human Spirit.
Nashville : Nelson Books, 2008.
Early printing of this early work by McManus. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Dan- Live your story Leave a mark! Erwin McManus." In very good condition with some highlighting. Cover design by Joby Harris.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 136213
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Rare fifth edition of Erasmus' Praise of Folly with numerous splendid engravings after Holbein
ERASMUS, Desiderius.
Moriae Encomium: Or, the Praise of Folly. Made in English from the Latin of Erasmus.
London: Printed for J. Wilford, 1735.
Rare fifth edition in English of Dutch Renaissance theologian Erasmus’ classic satire which influenced the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation. 16mo, bound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 46 engraved plates after Hans Holbein, 6 folding, and 2 engraved portraits including the frontispiece of Erasmus. In very good condition. Small bibliographic descriptions tipped in, period ownership inscription.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133450
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“The deeper the Self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less he himself is affected by the phenomenal flux": Autobiography of A Yogi
YOGANANDA, Paramhansa.
Autobiography of a Yogi.
New York: The Philosophical Library, 2005.
Reprint of one of the most important spiritual books of the twentieth century, Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 135452