First editions and rare books on philosophy and religion, particulary concerning the Bible, Judaica, and Theology.
Adams, Mass: for the Author, by A. Oakey, 1829. First edition. Early work on behaviorism, by an American... Read More about Elements of Materialism: Inculcating the idea of a future state, in which all will be more happy,...
Price: $1,000
London: C. Dilly, 1794. First edition. Sheva -- not Shylock. "Cumberland . . . tried to reverse the image of the Jew created by Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice . . . In the person of Sheva, Cumberland brought a new kind of Jew to the English stage. Sheva..... Read More about The Jew: a Comedy. Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane
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London: Andrew Melrose Ltd. 3 York St. Covent Gardens, n.d. [ca. 1928?]. Inscribed to David Sarnoff. A novel set in ancient Israel, during the time of the invasion of the Assyrians. Inscribed to the radio and television pioneer, David Sarnoff: "To David Sarnoff "The man who not only possesses the rare human..... Read More about Huns in Palestine
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London: Printed by J. Churchill, J. Nicholson, et al, 1712. Seventh edition newly corrected. With an Account of the Author and his last Minutes. How to Prepare to Die Well. Read More about The Christian's Defence against the Fears of Death. With Seasonable Directions how to Prepare...
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London: W. Innys and J. Richardson, 1754. Twelfth Edition. Laid in is small brodside entitled "My Wish" Read More about Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from his Works of...
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London: Joseph Masters, 1850. PRINTED ON VELLUM, apparently the only copy thus. Printed on Vellum. Following the manuscript tradition, liturgical printing in both the Catholic and Anglican churches frequently employed vellum as well as paper. D.B. Updike writes that economic considerations were also a factor: “As early printed books were..... Read More about A List of Printed Service Books, according to the ancient uses of the Anglican Church
Price: $3,500
Paris: Quai des Augussins, près du Pont Saint-Michel, 1762. Read More about Mémoires pour servir a l'Histoire des Egaremens de l'Esprit Humain par Rapport a la Religion...
Price: $300
Brookfield, [Mass.]: Isaiah Thomas, Junior, September...1810. Later edition of a popular sermon preached by Doddridge, first printed in London in 1735, with title, THE CARE OF THE SOUL URGED AS THE ONE THING NEEDFUL. Doddridge was a prolific writer and his works were widely reprinted. Read More about The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul: Illustrated in a Course of Serious and Practical...
Price: $100
Providence: Carter and Wilkinson, 1796. First edition, with half-title. Read More about Concerning the Way to Eternal Life. A Discourse, Preached to the Congregational Society in...
Price: $100
New York: Ninth Ward Temperance Society, 1841. First edition. A Downer Indeed! A decidedly pessimistic sermon on the evils of drink by the aptly named David R. Downer, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Carmine Street, New York. He contends that all persons engaged in the production, distribution, and marketing of..... Read More about Intemperance, The Great Destroyer. A Sermon
Price: $250
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1901. First Edition. Read More about Five Years of My Life 1894-1899
Price: $500
Venice: Christopher Zane, 1737. Read More about De re sacramentaria contra perduelles haereticos libri decem, duobus tomi comprehensi : quibus...
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Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Son, 1838. Read More about Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons; illustraing the Perfections of God in the Phenomena of the Year
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London: Printed for J. Morphew, 1707-08. First editions. Read More about The Phenix: or, a Revival of Scarce and Valuable Pieces from the Remotest Antiquity down to the...
Price: $450
Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 6 Nov. 1481. A Fine Koberger, 1481. Duranti (also Durand, or Durandus) was a 13th-century French theologian and canon law jurist whose RATIONALE DIVINORUM OFFICIORUM — a book devoted to the nature and symbolism of the Roman Catholic liturgy — was first printed by Fust & Schoeffer..... Read More about Rationale divinorum officiorum
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Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 22 rue des Acacias, (1860). Read More about La Légende de Sainte Ursule, Princesse Britannique et Ses Onze Mille Vierges d'apres les...
Price: $350
New Haven: Sidney's Press, 1810. First edition. Black Female Charity Schools. Dwight's sermon on the importance of charity, especially the Charity Societies, citing one in particular that was of interest to him. A school that was established in New Haven to educate black female children. Dwight emphasized the responsibility to..... Read More about The Charitable Blessed. A Sermon Preached in the First Church in New Haven August 8, 1810
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London: Printed for John Whiston, in Fleetstreet, 1750. One of several editions from 1750 (priority unknown), this one is distinguished by its format, pagination and and "[Price 2 d." printed to the right of the date. London Rocked by Quakes: Warnings from a Merciful God. In 1750 a series of..... Read More about A Letter from the Lord Bishop of London, to the Clergy and People of London and Westminster, On...
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New York: Random House, [1972]. First edition. Inscribed. Inscribed, "To Dick and Shirley (Clurman) Affectionately Abba Eban" Read More about My Country. The Story of Modern Israel
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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1968. No. 694 of 1500 copies, signed by the artist. Read More about The Book of Ecclesiastes in the Revised King James Version with an Introduction by Kenneth Rexroth
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Munich: Joseph Lentner, 1794. A child's book of devotions in a peculiar binding. Read More about Gott ist die reinste liebe. Mein gebeth und meine betrachtung
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Washington, D.C: Wilat Publishing Company, Inc, nd. Inscribed to Thomas Alva Edison on the title-page "Mr. Edison With Compliments of the Author." Read More about Evolution of Crude Spirit
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Burlington, N. J: Printed for the Author by David Allinson, 1815. With the running head-line “The Youth's Instructor &c.” The first portion of the work is given to “Writing Copies” with an extensive alphabetical listing of maxims, quotes, etc., the second portion is given to Moral Reflections and instructional quotes..... Read More about Occasional Reflections, offered Principally for the Use of Schools
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New York: Printed by Shepherd Kollock, for Robert Hodge, 1786. Second American edition. First published in Boston, 1782, fully eight years after Edwards' death, this was his attempt to establish a theology in the form of history (thus, his "Method entirely new") and show "how the most remarkable events, in..... Read More about A History of the Work of Redemption. Containing the Outlines of a Body of Divinity, in a Method...
Price: $200
New York: Macmillan, 1972. Reprint edition. Read More about The Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Price: $150