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Gates, Theophilus R.
The Life and Writings of Theophilus R. Gates, Containing His
Trials, Experiences, Exercises of Mind, and First Travels; Truth advocated, or
explanations on part of the Revelation and Other Prophecies; A sincere inquiry
concerning the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God; Observations on the
signs of the Times: intended as a supplement to Truth Advocated; Remarks on the
Goodness and Severity of God; A View of the Last Dispensation of Light that
will be in the World, etc. Annexed is the Dream, first printed in the
Philadelphia True American; A History of Two Jews, in their pursuit after the
truth; An account of the People of the Catacombs; Concluding remarks in
application to the whole.
Philadelphia: Printed by David Dickinson for the Author, 1818. 2d edition, with
additions. 12mo (small book). 514 pages.
Fair hardcover, bound in leather with spine title label. Front cover partially
detached, 1 inch of bottom of backstrip partially missing, covers worn and
stained. Lacks front free endpaper. Writing inside front cover. Foxing
throughout. The text is complete and tightly bound. #21660. $110
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Gordon, Dane R.
Thinking and Reading in the Philosophy of Religion: The
Religious Sensibility. Coming to Grips with What We Believe.
New York: Haven Publications, 1994. 314 pages. Bibliographical references.
Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 093056844X. #24791.
$30
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Gurney, Joseph John.
Four Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity: Delivered in
Southward, 1834, to The Junior Members of The Society of Friends.
Philadelphia: Longstreth, 1857. 2d American edition. 12mo (small book). 151
pages.
Very good hardcover, buckram binding, some foxing. #12268. $17.50
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Hailperin, Herman.
A Rabbi Teaches: A Collection of Addresses and Sermons.
Foreword by Samuel Harden Church. New York: Bloch Publishing Co., 1939. viii,
[3], 171 pages. Dated, inscribed and signed by the author on the blank front
flyleaf.
Good hardcover, with a few spots on the spine. #24633. $20
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Harris, Rendel.
Josephus and His Testimony.
Cambridge: W. Hefer and Sons, 1931. 35 pages. Evergreen Essays, Number Two.
Good pictorial hardcover, edges and spine slightly worn. #23894. $30
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Hassett, Eleanor D.
Free and Untrammeled: The Story of The Church of the
Reconciliation, Utica, New York.
Utica, New York: Church of the Reconciliation, 1961. 29, [11] pages. Dated,
inscribed and signed by the author.
History of the Universalist Church in Utica. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers
(soft cover). #25593. $35
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Henneberry, Rev. F. S.
Short History of Ireland. Adapted from 'A Bird's-eye View of
Irish History' by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, for Supplementary Reading in Our
Parish Schools.
Revised by the Eminent Irish Scholar Rev. P. Dillon, D.D. Chicago?: Henneberry
Company, 1901. 12mo (small book). 156 pages. 'With much pleasure, therefore, we
dedicate this Short History of Ireland to the faithful members of Division No.
25, Ancient Order of Hibernians, who have always shown a warm interest in
Catholic Education and have ever given their best support to our Catholic
Schools; praying that this ancient and holy spirit will at all times be found
amongst Ireland's descendants in America.' -Dedication by The Pastor.
Very good decorative hardcover with gilt title. Edges slightly worn. Front
blank flyleaf detached. #23031. $35
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Hervey, James.
Meditations and Contemplations, by the Reverend James Hervey,
A. M., Late Rector of Weston-Favell, Northamptonshire; Containing his
Meditations among the Tombs, Reflections on a Flower-Garden, together with The
Life of the Author.
New York: Printed and Published by J. H. Turney, 1832. 24mo (very small book).
2 volumes in 1 (194, 176 pages).
Leather-bound hardcover. Backstrip and covers worn, lower part of backstrip
chipped. Hinges weak, rear hinge partially detached. Fair to good volume.
#23110. $20
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Huberman, Steven.
New Jews: The Dynamics of Religious Conversion: A Summary
Report of the Intermarriage and Conversion Project.
New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1979. Small 4to (medium-large
book). 53 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations.
Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #24700. $17.50
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Jaeger, Werner.
The Theology of the Early Greek Philosophers. The Gifford
Lectures, 1936.
Translated from the German by Edward S. Robinson. Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1947. 1st printing. vi, 259 pages. Index. Bibliographical references.
Very good hardcover. #24835. $30
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Jayakumar, Vijayalayam.
Sree Narayana Guru: A Critical Study.
Translated into English by K. Sadanandan. Prologue by Guru Muni Narayana
Prasad. Foreword by Sreemat Saswathikananda Swamigal. New Delhi: D. K.
Printworld, 1999. 1st printing. xxv, 430 pages. Bibliography.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. Unrelated gift inscription on
last page. ISBN 8124601208. #24728. $15
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Klosinksa, Janina.
Icons from Poland.
Translated by Magda Iwinska and Piotr Paszkiewicz. Warsaw: Arkady, 1989. 1st
edition. 4to (large book). 19 pages of text, and 70 color plates with facing
text. Bibliography. 'The icons presented in this album originate from the
South-eastern part of Poland, mostly the Sub-Carpathians, and were painted
between the 15th and 19th centuries.' - Introduction.
Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 8321334571. #24465.
$30
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Kokoro No Kate.
Kokoro No Kate: A Collection of Essays by Ministers of the Los
Angeles Buddhist Church Federation. No. 8.
Los Angeles, California: Los Angles Buddhist Church Federation Audio-Visual
Department, 1992. 12 pages in English and 16 pages in Japanese. Illustrations.
Text in English and Japanese. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #26067.
$15
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Kokoro No Kate.
Kokoro No Kate: A Collection of Essays by Ministers of the Los
Angeles Buddhist Church Federation. No. 13.
Los Angeles, California: Los Angles Buddhist Church Federation Audio-Visual
Department, 1997. 18 pages in English and 19 pages in Japanese. Illustrations.
Text in English and Japanese. Good stiff wrappers (soft cover), front cover
soiled. #26068. $15
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Kokoro No Kate.
Kokoro No Kate: A Collection of Essays by Ministers of the Los
Angeles Buddhist Church Federation. No. 15.
Los Angeles, California: Los Angles Buddhist Church Federation Audio-Visual
Department, 2000. 12 pages in English and 11 pages in Japanese. Illustrations.
Text in English and Japanese. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #26069.
$15
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Kook, Abraham Isaac.
The Lights of Penitence, The Moral Principles, Lights of
Holiness, Essays, Letters, and Poems.
Translation and Introduction by Ben Zion Bokser. Preface by Jacob Agus and
Rivka Schatz Uffenheimer. New York: Paulist Press, 1978. xxviii, 415 pages.
Index. Bibliography. Frontispiece portrait. Classics of Western Spirituality: A
Library of the Great Spiritual Masters.
Very good large pictorial trade paperback (soft cover). ISBN 080912159X.
#24698. $17.50
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Kuby, Clemens.
Unterwegs in die nachtse Dimension. Meine Reise zu Heilern und
Schamanen.
Vorwort [von] Franz Porzsolt. Munchen: Kosel, 2004. 6. Auflage. 339 pages.
Photographs. First published in 2003.
Text in German. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket.
ISBN 3466344697. #23783. $25
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Lindsley, James Elliot.
This Planted Vine: A Narrative History of the Episcopal Diocese
of New York.
New York: Harper & Row, 1984. 1st edition, 1st printing. x, 371 pages. Index.
Bibliographical notes. Photographs. Illustrations.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 0060153474. #24655.
$20
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Mandel, Connie L.
Raoul Wallenberg: A Chronicle of Courage.
Los Angeles: Simon Wiesenthal Center, Yeshiva University of Los Angeles, 1981?
4to (large book) 195 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Facsimile
documents. A tribute bestowing the Simon Wiesenthal Humanitarian Laureate upon
Raoul Wallenberg.
Good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). Front and rear covers slightly
stained. #23278. $70
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Mason, John, Rev.
Remains of The Rev. John Mason, A. M. Containing a Variety of
Devout and Useful Sayings.
Norwich: Printed and sold by John Sterry; sold also, by I. Beers, New-haven;
Hudson and Goodwin, Hartford; Carter and Wilkinson, Providence; and J.
Richardson, New-port, 1798. 1st American edition. 12mo (small book). viii, 184 pages. Evans
34061.
Plain leather. Edges and corners worn, some soiling and staining of pages, else
good. #15663. $160
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Masuoka, Ryuei.
'Omoi No Mama Ni,' As I Reflect.
Foreword and translation by Rev. Ken Chisho Yamaguchi. Foreword by Enryo
Shigefuji. San Francisco?: San Francisco Buddhist Temple?, 1995. 63 pages.
The Rev. Ryuei Masuoka of the Ogden Buddhist Church wrote these essays from
1945-1955. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #26065. $25
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Meckler, David L.
Miracle Men: Tales of the Baal Shem and His Chassidim.
New York: Bloch Publishing Company, 1964. viii, 312 pages. Index. Bibliography.
Photographs. Illustrations.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. #21407. $15
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Merton, Thomas.
The Climate of Monastic Prayer.
Foreword by Douglas V. Steere. Editor's Note by M. Basil Pennington. Kalamazoo,
Michigan: Cistercian Publications, 1969. 1st printing. 154 pages. Cistercian
Studies Series, 1.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. #26102. $20
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Michaux, Elder Lightfoot Solomon,
Compiler, Singer and Publisher.
Happy Am I Spirituals.
Washington, D.C.: Elder L. Michaux, 193-? Small 8vo (regular size). 170 songs
and spirituals with lyrics and music. No. 3 printed on lower front cover.
Inside front cover: Spiritual, Happiness Making Songs. Compiled, Sung and
Published by Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, The 'Happy Am I' Preacher and His
Famous Radio Choir.
Pictorial stiff wrappers with black-taped spine. Covers slightly worn and
soiled, and fold in front cover. Former owner's name on front cover. #21907.
$60
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Milliken, Edward C. (Ted).
Faith at Work in Canada, 1942-1992: Fifty Years of Service.
Belleville, Ontario: Faith at Work (Canada) Inc., 1992. 303 pages.
The accomplishments of the Canadian branch of Faith at Work, which was
originated by Rev. Samuel Moor Shoemaker during his pastorate at Calvary
Episcopal Church in downtown New York. Very good stiff wrappers.
ISBN 0969718314. #20997. $15
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More, Hannah.
Christian Morals.
New York: Printed by Largin and Thompson for Richard Scott, 1813. 2d American
edition. 12mo (small book). 283 pages. Shaw & Shoemaker 29206.
Leather. Joints cracked, else nice tight copy. #16097. $70
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Nass, Raoul.
Reflections on Infinity: An Introduction to The Kabbalah.
Edited by Kalman Serkez. Northvale, New Jersey & Jerusalem: Jason Aronson Inc., 1999.
1st printing. 432 pages.
Very good cloth-covered hardcover in Very good dust jacket.
ISBN 0765760622. #17254. $20
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