Search Results: Religion and Theology from Grimalkin Books

Philadelphia: A.J. Holman Company, 1960. This paperbook book is in close to Fine condition but has the signature of the original owner inked out on the front free endpaper. Click on photo. Otherwise, it's a fresh, clean copy, tightly bound. The book measures 5 by 7 3/4 inches and includes 88 pages.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Louisville, Kentucky: Trout Lily Press, 1998. This beautiful, lavishly illustrated First Edition traces the history of the Abbey of Gethsemani from a 12th Century French monestery to pre-Civil War Kentucky, where the monastery became the largest Cistercian community in the world and the best-known Trappist monastery in America, thanks in part to Thomas Merton, its most celebrated monk. The book includes 350 illustrrations, photographs, illuminated medieval mansucript pages, and other treasures from the abbey's archives, in color, sepia, and black and white. The book is bound in a woven pale gray cloth, with titles in die-stamped black letters on the front panel and spine. The book measures 9 3/4 by 11 7/8 inches and includes 246 pages. NOTE: Due to the weight and size, this book is for domestic U.S. purchase only (UNLESS international buyers email me in advance regarding shipping costs).. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1974. This Stated First Edition (and if it's not stated, it isn't) is in Fine condition, with a Fine unclipped dust jacket. (Click on photo.) The author provides lessons of "faith, trust, promise, wonder, and aspiration" in biographies of the Bible's leading men, from the patriarchs through Christ and the Apostles. The book is bound in an attractive green woven cloth with die-stamped silver spine lettering. There is an address sticker from the former owner on the front end paper. The binding is tight and the pages are clean, bright, and sparkling throughout. The unclipped dust jacket is in excellent condition, with several tiny closed tears. The book measures 5 11/16 by 8 1/2 inches and includes 310 pages, with Index. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1973. This volume is a Stated First Edition, Fourth Printing. The book is in Very Good+ condition. The book is bound in a red cloth, with a blind-stamped anchor symbol on the front panel. (In the Anchor Bible series, all books dealing with the New Testament are bound in red cloth, while all books dealing with the Old Testament are bound in blue cloth.) The book shows shows some light shelf rubbing at the spine tips. The binding is tight and secure, with light off-setting of the rear endpapers. The text pages are clean and bright throughout, with no marks, tears, or signatures of former owners. The book measures 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches and includes 318 pages plus 90-page introductory material. . Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1965. This edition is a Stated Second Edition, Sixth Printing. The book is in Very Good+ condition, with some shelf rubbing at the spine tips and lightly bumped bottom corners. The book is bound in a blue cloth, with a blind-stamped anchor symbol on the front panel. (In the Anchor Bible series, all books dealing with the New Testament are bound in red cloth, while all books dealing with the Old Testament are bound in blue cloth.) The binding is tight and secure, with very light off-setting of the endpapers. The text pages are clean and bright throughout, with no marks, tears, or signatures of former owners. The book measures 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches with 144 Introductory pages and 372 text pages. .. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1973. This edition is a Stated Third Edition, Third Printing. The book is in Very Good+ condition, with some shelf rubbing at the spine tips and lightly bumped top corners. There are also several small tears in the seam between spine and rear panel. The book is bound in a blue cloth, with a blind-stamped anchor symbol on the front panel. (In the Anchor Bible series, all books dealing with the New Testament are bound in red cloth, while all books dealing with the Old Testament are bound in blue cloth.) The binding is tight and secure, with very light off-setting of the endpapers. The text pages are clean and bright throughout, with no marks, tears, or signatures of former owners. The book measures 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches with 89 Introductory pages and 409 text pages. .. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1971. This Stated First Edition, and unless it's stated, it's not) is in Near Fine condition, with only minimal shelf rubbing at the spine tips. The book is bound in a red cloth, with a blind-stamped anchor symbol on the front panel. (In the Anchor Bible series, all books dealing with the New Testament are bound in red cloth, while all books dealing with the Old Testament are bound in blue cloth.) The binding is tight and secure, with very light off-setting of the endpapers. The text pages are clean and bright throughout, with no marks, tears, or signatures of former owners. The book measures 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches, with 366 pages but also, separately numbered, 198 pages of Introductory material.. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1965. This edition is a Stated First Edition, Fourth Printing. The book is in Near Fine condition, with only minimal shelf rubbing at the spine tips. The book is bound in a blue cloth, with a blind-stamped anchor symbol on the front panel. (In the Anchor Bible series, all books dealing with the New Testament are bound in red cloth, while all books dealing with the Old Testament are bound in blue cloth.) The binding is tight and secure, with very light off-setting of the endpapers. The text pages are clean and bright throughout, with no marks, tears, or signatures of former owners. The book measures 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches with 269 pages.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1970. This edition is a Stated Second Edition. The book is in Near Fine condition, with only minimal shelf rubbing at the spine tips. The book is bound in a red cloth, with a blind-stamped anchor symbol on the front panel. (In the Anchor Bible series, all books dealing with the New Testament are bound in red cloth, while all books dealing with the Old Testament are bound in blue cloth.) The binding is tight and secure, with very light off-setting of the endpapers. The text pages are clean and bright throughout, with no marks, tears, or signatures of former owners. The book measures 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches, with 221 pages. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1969. This Stated First Edition (and unless it's stated, it's not) is in Fine condition with a close to Fine, unclipped dust jacket. As described on the front dust jacket: "An all-encompasing collection of pieces, may of them never before published in English, by people who were themselves victims and witnesses of the Holocaust." The book is bound in a woven red cloth, with gilt spine lettering. There is a discreet embossment from a former owner. The binding is tight and secure. The pages are clean, white, and sparkling throughout. The book is exceptionally fine except for a tiny splatter mark on the book's page edge. The dust jacket had two small closed tears and minor repairs. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. The book measures 6 3/8 by 9 3/16 inches and includes 412 pages, which includes an Appendix section consisting of a Glossary, Biographies, and Acknowledgments. . First Edition. Hard… Read More

London: HarperCollins, 1992. This First Edition also includes the full "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is in Fine condition but has a gift inscription from a son to his mother on the Title Page. The book is bound in light-brown paper-covered boards with die-stamped gilt spine titles. Those who have read The Pilgrim's Progress will find the author John Bunyan's life fascinating as he became a radicalized preacher in the Puritan tradition who landed in jail due to his conflict with the post-Cromwell Restoration government of England. The book measures 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches and includes 143 pages with Index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Row, 1985. This Stated First Edition and First Printing (with required "number line" ending in a "1) is in Very Good+ condition with a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket. The book is bound in blue-gray boards with a red spine cloth and die-stamped gilt spine lettering. The book shows only minimal wear and was probably read only once, gently. The dust jacket has light edge-rubbing and a few very tiny tears. (Click on photo) The book centers around two priests and their struggles with celibacy and overwhelming temptation. The book measures 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches and includes 326 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Row, 1967. This Stated First American Edition, (and, unless it's stated, it's not) is in Fine condition with a Near Fine price-unclipped dust jacket. The dust jacket has light rubbing, a small spine tear, and a tiny circular stain under the author's name on the front panel (see photo). I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. The author surveys the complete range of Bonhoeffer's theology 00 its beginnings, its development, and how it was changed by his response to Nazi Germany. The book is bound in a woven sky-blue cloth, with die-stamped gilt spine titles. The binding is tight and secure, and the text is clean and bright throughout. The book measures 5 3/8 by 8 1/2 inches and includes 303 pages, with Index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hauppauge, New York: Barron's, 2003. This First Edition, with a complete "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing is in New, unread condiiton. This handsome volume is bound in illustrated covers with the same artwork, titles, and blurbs as the dust jacket. The book includes numerous period photographs, maps, and drawings to complement a text that traces the conditions in old Europe that made Jews emigrate to the New World, only to discover the sordid reality of tenement life. The book also includes some famous Jewish Americans. The book measures 7 3/8 by 7 3/8 and includes 128 pages, with Index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Geneva, Switzerland: Editions Ferni, 1977. This beautiful set of four volumes dealing with ancient Egypt is in As New, Fine, unread condition. Each volume is bound in a uniform turquoise pseudo-leather, with elaborate ancient Egyptian designs showing a pharaoh and hieroglyphs on the front panel as well as an illustrated spine. The colors are die-stamped gilt, black and brown. (Click on photo.) Each volume features a sewn-in ribbon bookmark as well as beautifully illustrated color endpapers, as well as black-and-white illustrations throughout. Originally written in French, the volumes are all translated into their first English appearance. Combining scholarship with beauty, these volumes would make a beautiful gift for anyone interested in ancient Egypt or Egyptology.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. As New/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. Five young missionaries were martyred by the fierce Auca tribe of Ecuador and their sacrifice was related in "Through Gates of Splendor" and "The End of the Spear." This continuation of that tragic story deals with a young Auca woman, Dayuma, who flees from her tribe and meets Rachel Saint, sister of one of the martyred missionaries, who converts the young woman to Christianity. The book deals with what happened after Dayuma returned to her savage tribe. The book includes an epilogue by Rachel Saint herself. The book includes photo inserts. The book is in Fine condition with a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book is bound in red cloth with a black spine and die-stamped gilt spine titles. The book is tightly bound and the pages are clean and bright throughout, with no marks, tears, or stains. The unclipped dust jacket has some tears, repaired on the reverse. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. The book was… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1980. This volume is in Fine, unread condition, with a Near-Fine unclipped dust jacket (click on photo). It contains short biographies on some 5,000 Catholic saints. The book is bound in beige boards with brown spine cloth and gilt spine lettering. The dust jacket has light age toning and several tiny tears. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. The book measures 6 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches and includes 647 pages. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: A. C. Armstrong and Son, 1906. The book is in Very Good condition. This extensive interpretation of Isaiah by Alexander Maclaren, D.D., Litt.D., was published in 1906. I don't know know whether it's a "first" or not, since no other printing history is stated. It has woven brick-red cloth covers with gilt spine lettering and light shelf rubbing at the extremities. The binding is tight and secure. There are no signatures from former owners. There is a tiny hole near the top page edges toward the rear of the book. The text pages are clean with no stains or tears. The book measures 6 1/4 by 9 1/4 inches and contains 338 pages. See photo.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chap Book.

Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1998. The Stated First Edition also has a required "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is in New, unread condition, with a New dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. Kushner's books on Jewish myticism are meant to shine a light on all religions as the author explorer the differences and similarities between what is sacred and what is ordinary. He also explores here the intrinsic meaning to the Hebrew alphabet. The book is bound in pale green boards with a blue spine and white spine titles. The book measures 6 1/4 by 9 1/4 inches and includes 223 pages, . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Valley Forge: The Family Album, 1978. This Limited First Edition of The Family Album for 1978 is in As New condition, with its original brown slipcase. The book contains poems, sketches, and articles related to faith and Christianity. In addition, the book contains the original sewn-in-yellow bookmark, a Family Album calendar ribbon bookmark for the year 1979, the original 4-page pamphlet on The Family Album Tradition, and a blank Family Album gift card. The book is bound in white leatherette, with die-stamped gilt lettering and designs on front panel and spine. The book measures 7 1/4 by 10 1/4 inches and includes 178 pages. This is a lovely copy for people who collect yearly editions of The Family Album.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.