Search Results: Religion from Berthoff Books

The Abingdon Press, 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1452 pages, with index. Color maps on six plates. First edition, second printing. Foreword by David G. Downey, five-page list of the scholars who contributed. Includes overall articles and book-by-book commentaries on the Bible as a whole, the Old Testament, and the New Testament. The text is laid out in two columns. Royal 8vo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2" x 2-1/4" thick), dark blue cloth scuffed, faded gilt lettering on spine, wear especially to crown and heel, hinges cracked, edges and end papers age-toned with some foxing spots. Pages unmarked. Heavy book, may incur shipping surcharge.

P.J. Kenedy & Sons, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 223 pages, with index. The authors of this early biography of Pope John XXIII are a veteran of the Vatican Secretariat of State and a Romance language professor at Seton Hall University. Illustrated with b&w photos on eight double-sided plates. 8vo, gilt paper over boards with white cloth quarter, gilt lettering on spine, edges of boards rubbed, edges age-toned. Price-clipped DJ is heavily worn and has creasing, numerous chips and tears, the latter repaired with clear tape; ink highlighting mark on rear flap. Previous ownership info blacked out on ffep, underscoring and/or margin marks on approximately 50 pages.

University of Chicago Press, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good. 255 pages, with index, three maps, suggestions for further reading. Chicago History of American Religion. Book first published 1981. Trade paperback, crease to upper corner of back cover and slight fold to about 20 pages behind it, two bookstore stickers on back, very faint foxing to top edge, binding tight. Former owner's name on inside front cover, pages bright and unmarked.

Oxford at the University Press. Hardcover. Good. 208 pages. Year of publication not stated, but before 1950. English text of 14 books, laid out in columns. 32mo (3-3/4" x 5"), black with rubbed gilt lettering, wear to corners/crown/heel, faded red stain to edges, end papers and flyleaf age-toned with faint foxing, last several pages accidentally creased at bottom corner. Pages unmarked.

Beacon Press, 1956. Soft cover. Very Good. 303 pages, with index. Preface and Introduction by the translator. First paperback edition of book issued 1944. Trade paperback, matte wraps age-tanned especially on spine, a few smudges to exterior, foxing to top edge, minimal shelf wear. Name of former owner written on ffep, pages unmarked.

Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. 280 pages, with index, illustrated with b&w photos and documents (full-page and cuts). Trade paperback, minor shelf wear, binding tight. Underscoring observed on one page.

George H. Doran. Hardcover. Good/Good. 139 pages. No date stated, but between 1913 (author's death) and 1927. With a Memorial Introduction by H.W. Massingham. 4-1/2" x 6-3/4", dark blue buckram with gilt lettering and decorative pattern on spine, top edge decoratively tinted blue, corners sharp, foot of spine shelf-worn, in soiled DJ with wear, small tears and chipping at its corners. "August 1962" and name of former owner Prof. Warner Berthoff on ffep, with his notation "from library of Bettina Linn." Miss Linn (1905-1962), author and professor of English, was Berthoff's colleague at Bryn Mawr. Bookstore price notation in pencil on rear pastedown, Berthoff's and Linn's margin brackets and notes in pencil on rfep and a few pages (fewer than 10 observed).

Tyndale Momentum, 2018. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 236 pages. Color illustrations on four double-sided plates. Introduction by coach Frank Reich. Written by the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, and seminary student, in the aftermath of winning the Super Bowl. 8vo, black cloth with silver gilt lettering, practically no visible wear, dust jacket has light shelf wear, pages bright and unmarked.

Thames and Hudson, 1980. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 96 pages, with Captions to the Plates (48 in color - full pages and details; additional b&w reproductions), Introduction, Reading List, five chapters on the background, the scribes, the technique, and the history of the manuscript. The editor was the Librarian of Trinity College, Dublin, where the ms. is held. 7-1/2" x 9-3/4", chip to heel, otherwise light shelf wear and light creases/scratches to back cover, old price sticker on back, pencil notation on title page, other pages unmarked.

Hal Leonard, 2006. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 96 pages. Melody, Words and Chords for 72 Favorite Carols and Songs. Trade paperback, wraps a bit curled, wear to corners, touch of dust soil to top edge. Pages unmarked.

Image Books (Doubleday), 1976. Soft cover. Good. 655 pages, with three indexes (subjects, names, scriptural references). Book originally published 1967. Mass-market paperback, light foxing/soil to top edge and back wrap, crease to front cover. Former owners' names on inside front cover, text pages bright and unmarked.

Association Press, 1967. Soft cover. Good. 256 pages. Preface by Paul Abrecht. Trade paperback, wraps soiled, spine rubbed and stained, edges age-toned, binding solid. Book sale price in pencil on ffep, text pages unmarked.

Aldine Publishing Company, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 243 pages, with index, five maps and 14 illustrations (cuts and full-page). "First American edition." 8vo (5-3/4" x 8-5/8"), turquoise blue cloth with silver gilt lettering on spine, slight edge wear, corners sharp, light soiling to edges and end papers, in DJ with 1" tear to bottom of front panel, 1-1/2" tear to back panel near spine, a few smaller tears and soiling. Bookstore price sticker on ffep, former owner's name written on front pastedown, no markings in text.

Oxford (John Henry and James Parker), 1856. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 170 pages. Translation of the Greek Devotions, done from the 1675 edition. Prefatory note signed "J.H.N" - John Henry Cardinal Newman. 4-3/4" x 7", leather bound with decorative black tooling, raised bands on spine, gilt lettering on label on spine, all edges stained red, marbled end papers, decorative red rule frames text on each page; leather is rubbed, stained, 3" split along spine at bottom front, chipped at crown and heel, hinges loose but not cracked. Book shop sticker (William George's Sons, Bristol) affixed to front pastedown. Prices in pencil and names of three former owners (1858, 1897, 1951) written on front end papers. Light foxing to some pages, but no writing observed.

Guiod Perss (American Press), 1966. Soft cover. Good. 793 pages plus 22 Roman-numeraled pages of front matter, with index and list of abbreviations. With introductions and commentaries by Catholic Bishops and experts, responses by Protestant and Orthodox scholars. The Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph Gallagher was the translation editor. Introduction by Lawrence Cardinal Shehan. Essay "An Adventure in Ecumenical Cooperation" by Bishop Reuben H. Mueller. Includes Prayer of the Council Fathers and Prayer of Pope John XXIII. Each document has a separate introduction and a response. A 48-page Appendix includes opening speech by Pope John XXIII, chronological list of the 21 ecumenical councils of the Church, chronology of Vatican II, one-paragraph i.d. of contributors to this volume. Mass-market paperback, fourth printing, wraps worn, with creases, and a bit discolored, edges and page margins age-tanned, pages themselves toned but not brittle, binding firm. Former price in pencil on ffep, underscoring… Read More

Oxford, 1946. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 264 pages, with frontispiece Portrait of the Author in His Shroud. Reprint of 1919 edition. 12mo (5-3/8" x 7-5/8"), dark navy buckram with gilt lettering on spine, fore- and bottom edges rough-cut; crown, heel and corners slightly frayed; hinges cracked but all pages attached, some lighter splotches to boards, foxing to end papers, pages age-toned. Name of former owner and bookstore price written on ffep, underscoring and/or notes on approximately 15 pages.

Harper Torchbooks, 1958. Soft cover. Very Good. 265 pages. First Harper Torchbooks edition. Edited with an Introduction by Paul L. Holmer. Essays on faith, love, and "The Glory of Our Common Humanity." Trade paperback, scant shelf wear, faint foxing to top edge, wraps unevenly glued to spine in binding error so that back wrap's fore-edge is 3/32" short of the text block. Name of former owner written on ffep, bookstore price in pencil on inside back cover, pages bright and unmarked (except one small apparent printer's blotch observed).

Chatto & Windus, 1948. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 108 pages, with index. Fourth impression, book first published 1943. 8vo (5-3/4" x 9"), tan cloth with faded brown lettering on spine, backstrip separated 5" down spine and reglued, chip to crown, light soil to boards, book slightly cocked, edges age-toned, foxing to end papers, rfep and index pages roughly trimmed or chipped at bottom. Names of former owners written on ffep, pencil notation on rear pastedown, underscoring and/or marginalia on approximately 16 pages.

Harper Torchbooks, 1970. Soft cover. Very Good. 305 pages, with index, chronology, bibliography, translator's preface, introduction by Hans J. Hillerbrand. First Harper Torchbooks edition. Trade paperback, hole punched through front cover and ffep (remainder mark), written number and sticker remnant on front cover, spine rubbed and sunned, shelf wear, light foxing to top edge. Underscoring in pencil on seven pages in introduction, notes on rfep; other pages bright and unmarked.

Meridian Books (The World Publishing Company), 1962. Soft cover. Good. 341 pages, with index and editor's preface. Selected by Ralph Barton Perry (for a 1942 edition; this is a reprint). Mass-market paperback, wraps rubbed and with a few scratches, wear to corners, edges age-toned, p. 236-37 stained tan as from laid-in newspaper clipping. Name of former owner Prof. Warner Berthoff written on ffep, his underscoring and/or marginalia on approximately 75 pages and rear end papers.