Search Results: Theology,Religion,Myth, Legend, Philosophy from Lawrence Jones

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Darussalam Publishers, 2003. 100pp. Or card. Near new. Text in English and Arabic.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Brisbane: Islamic Society of Holland Park, 2008. 92pp, num bw & col ills. Pictorial card. Ex-parliamentary library with minimal stamps (inc cancelled stamp) etc. Centenary history of a Brisbane mosque.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Salt Lake City: Big Moon Traders, 1997. 263pp, index, line drawings, maps. Or pictorial card covers. Very light edge wear to covers. The Day-by-Day trek of the Mormon pioneers from Nauvoo, IL to Utah.. First Thus. Paperback. Fine. Illus. by Noyce, Robert R.; Carter, Richard F. (maps). Oblong 8vo.

Brisbane: United Grand Lodge of Queensland, 2009. 184pp, appendix, num bw & col ills. Or pictorial laminated boards. Near new. The history of Freemasonry in Queensland from 1859-2009.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 4to.

Cleveland: The Biblical Astronomer, 2004. 264ppbw ills/diagrams. Or blue card. Near new. The Geocentricity Primer is the 2nd edition, Geocentric Bible #7 appears to be first.. Second Edition, Corrected and Revised. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Jerusalem: Magnes Press, Hebrew University, 1979. 2 VOLUMES-COMPLETE. xxii, 1089pp; index, bibliography, notes. Or brownglossy boards in plain card slipcase. Spines faded, minor foxing to page edges, 2 scuffs to spine of Volume 1. A vivid picture of the religious and social thought of the Tanna'im and Amora'im, their absorbtion and rejection of extraneous concepts, their spiritual struggles and the goals they sought to achieve. The intellectual ferment marking this era crystallized principles that fashioned Jewish national and religious image for generations.. Second Enlarged Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. 8vo.

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: The Newman Press, 1964. 2 volumes-complete. vii, 368pp, index, bibliography; viii, 474pp, index, bibliography. Or blacl cloth in jackets. Each volume with prev owner name on front free endpaper, page edges and margins evenly toned. Jacket of Vol 2 has several short tears with associated minor creasing. A nice set. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Minneapolis: Eckankar, 1997. xviii, 456pp, notes, few bw ills. Or purple card covers. Slightest of edge wear to covers. 35 keys to unlock the answers to your purpose in life using principles of Eckankar.. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1905. 4 VOLUME SET-COMPLETE. VERY HEAVY. Volumes 1, 2 & 4 are third revised edition (1905), volume 3 is first edition (1897). Uniformly bound in blue cloth, titled and decorated in gilt. Volume I: Cosmogenesis. xxii, 740pp. Front free endpper detached, rear hinge starting, some light toning, rubbed at corners. Volume II: Anthropogenesis. xvii, 842pp. Prev owner name pencilled on front free endpaper, rubbed at corners, small bookseller label on rear pastedown. Volume III: Spine with several chips (top and front centre), lacks front free endpaper and rear free endpaper detached, both hinges fragile. Volume IV: Indexes to Vols I & II. Front hinge broken, both free endpaper detached, rear hinge fragile. Loosely inserted title and single page of index to Volume III (the rest of the Vol III index is interleaved in the rest of the index as per publisher's instruction, corners rubbed. The set looks better than it sounds and is complete. All of these early… Read More

Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1980. VERY HEAVY- WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE TO MOST DESTINATION (ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA). 5 volumes (inc supllementary volume).xxxi, 875pp + 24 col maps; vii, 1030pp; vii, 978pp; vii, 964pp; xxv, 987pp + 13 maps (almost 5000pp in total), bw ills, pictorial endpapers in each volume. Cloth boards in jackets. Minor edge wear to jackets, some spotting to red tinted page edges, prev owner bookplate in each volume. A nice set with NO underlining or notes. Identifying and explaining all proper names and significant terms and subjects in the holy scriptures, including the apocrypha with attention to archaeological discoveries and researches into the life and faith of ancient times.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

London: Hogarth Press, 1935. Preface by Ethel Smyth. 219pp, frontispiece and 27 b/w plates plus 12 full-page portraits of monks, seven appendices, glossary, two maps of Mount Athos on the front end-papers. Prelims, endpages and page edges toned and foxed. Decorative green cloth boards, gilt, stained and worn with tears to the cloth at the lower front corner and at the head and foot of the toned and stained spine. The author's pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain, Mount Athos and its monasteries.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: Mansell Publishing, 1987. xxiv, 496pp, index, bibliographical glossary. Or grey cloth in jacket. JAcket spine faded. Prev owners name and publication date written on front free endpaper. This first comprehensice critical bibliography of works by and about Pugin includes all his books and articles (including Continental editions, collections and reprints); his illustrations for the works of others; works sometime attributed to him; publications about him; a bibliographical glossary of personalities at the time associated with him establishing a canon of his publications and removing confusions in earlier lists of his work. Pugin (1812-52) was an architect, designer, writer and ecclesiologist perhaps best known for his design and drawings for both internal and external details of the Houses of Parliament. His main passions were the revival of Gothic architecture and Roman Catholicism (to which he converted in 1835). The definitive reference.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979. xix, 285pp + 31 bw ills, index, bibliography, glossary. Or card. Slightest of edge wear to covers. This revised edition incorporates the additions and corrections recorded by Erwin Panofsky until the time of his death in 1968. The commentary has been updated in light of this new material, and a bibliography added. Also includes new illustrations including a new ground plan and a new section of the chevet of the Abbey Church.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

London: Millington Ltd, 1974. xvi, 238pp, biographical note, index. Prev owner's details on the toned front flyleaf. Or cloth boards in dust-jacket. This study describes the known life of Abelard, the medieval philosopher and explores the legend of Heloise.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Mountain View, Ca.: Pacific Press Publishing, 1936. 378pp. Small address label with details whited-out by the upper corner of the front flyleaf. There is a small black stain on the spine (not affecting the titles). Original blue cloth boards, gilt titles on the front board and on the spine (these slightly faded).From the Introduction, 'The fundamental premise of the writer is that when sin had broken direct communication between heaven and earth, God gave the prophetic gift to men, vouchsafing it to His church, and that gift has never been permanently withdrawn since its bestowal'.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

London: Penguin, 1995. 316pp, index, bibliography, notes. Or card covers. Minor toning to page edges and margins.. First Penguin Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

London: Penguin Books, 2004. 348pp, bibliography, index. Paperback. A 'history of the human form, exploring the ways in which we have perceived, adorned, flaunted, represented and celebrated our bodies over the centuries'.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo.

London: J. H. And Jas. Parker, 1860. ix, 258pp. Or brown cloth. Title 'painted' in white on spine with library number, few library stamps, some moderate foxing. A collection of 12 addresses given to candidates for ordination as priests and deacons in the Anglican church. Subjets include Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures; Ministration of Doctrine, Sacraments, and Discipline; Driving Away of Erroneous and Strange documents and more.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo.

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1886. 192pp, 6 bw engravings. Or decorative brown cloth. Lacks (blank) front free endpaper, front hinge cracking, Sunday School prize label dated 1887 on front pastedown, rear board alittle spotted, spine a little sunned. Hole in p57/58 causing loss of 3 words. Scarce little volume on New Guinea by probably the best known of the Paific missionaries.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 12mo.

London: SCM Press, 1966. 250 pages, index. Black marker covers a note by the upper corner of the front flyleaf. Cloth boards in price-clipped dust-jacket. The eminent Swiss physician and psychiatrist outlines what is at the heart of humanity's sickness. It is, he says, man's failure to fulfil himself.. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.