First Edition. "I have ventured among ancient myths and modern isms in order to restore the lost links of that continuous chain of divine order, demonstrating the unity of religions"—from the introduction. The author of this eccentric book is not identified, but the copyright is in the name of the.....

First Edition. The trade edition of the Pennyroyal Bible, illustrated by Barry Moser. This claims to be the only Bible published in the 20th century designed and illustrated by a single artist. [18], 994, [12] pages. 8-1/2 by 12-1/4 inches. With 232 original illustrations. First trade edition (with a numberline.....

Third Edition. Featuring a full-page colonial Mexican engraving of the Christ of Ixmiquilpan (the illustrations differed with each edition). The plate is in the "statue painting" style that was popular throughout the Spanish colonies in the eighteenth century. These images depicted particular crucifixes with miraculous powers. The image in this.....

Later printing. Daniel's doctoral dissertation, "probably the first one in sociology by an African American" (Blasi, American Sociology of Religion: Histories, p. 29). Based upon a survey of the theological schools for negroes in the United States made by Robert L. Kelly and W.A. Daniel. "Few familes in America can.....

First Edition. An explanation of how the era of flight portends the ends times predicted in the Bible. The Scottish author wrote a number of books on religious topics, including the occult, palmistry, spiritualism, and the Second Coming. Listed in The Bookseller, October 8, 1909 as one of the "Publications.....

The 8th edition, printed in amazingly small type. Translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. Stereotyped by Richard C. Valentine. 805, 250 pages. 3-3/4 by 5-3/4 inches. Bound in thin pressed leather over pressed paper boards. Wear to extremities. Very good. Many.....

First English Language Edition. Translated from the third German edition of Glaube und Denken by Edgar Primrose Dickie. Introduction by Edwyn Bevan. xix, 242 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a tanned, else near fine dust jacket.

First Edition. "A chronological history of the North American Hongwanji Mission. Provides a chronology of important events from 1898 to 1935, brief descriptive histories of each church under the mission, and outline of the Y.M.B.A. [Young Men's Buddhist Association] League of North America, and resolutions of ministerial conferences."—A Buried Past.....

A short travelog of a Japanese Christian minister's visit to the United States to attend the World Sunday School Convention, in July 1928. Miura gives a brief report on the convention and then details his travels, visiting cities and natural landmarks, as well as Japanese communities. [4], [10 leaves, each.....

First American edition (and the fifth overall). A collectible copy from America's first Renaissance Man. The Society of Friends commissioned 4000 copies of this pamphlet, and they hired Benjamin Franklin's printing company to do the work, seventeen years before Franklin would edit and then sign the Declaration of Independence. In.....

First Edition. A memoir of Cleaver's growing up, the Black Panthers, his time in Algiers, and his conversion to Christianity. Illustrated with halftone photographs. First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings). A near fine copy in a dust jacket showing light wear along the top edge. Signed.....

First Edition. "A biography of Major Kobayashi Masasuke, an early Issei pioneer who arrived in America in 1902 and who established Japanese units of the Salvation Army beginning in 1919. Includes reprints of his sermons and lectures and reminiscences of his friends and associates."—A Buried Past, 837. Masasuka "landed in the.....

A large photograph of the opening ceremony of the Nichiren-shu Buddhist temple in 1932, in Portland. According to the website of the temple, "In November of 1924, Rev. Ryushin Okihara, resident minister of the Nichiren Buddhist Church in Seattle, conducted the first organized Nichiren Shu service in Portland, Oregon. The service.....