Search Results: Religion from Andrew Langer, Bookseller

Singapore: Jen Chien Fu Chiow (Buddhism for the Sansara World). Good+ with no dust jacket. c1947. Softcover. Tan wraps, stapled, perfect bound, text presented in English in first section, brief Glossary of Buddhist Terms (also in English), last section presents text in Chinese (starting from rear), 3 fold-out Diagrams within English section, images of The Lord Buddha, His Holiness Tai Shui, Revd. Tzee Hong and Miss Chye Hong within Chinese section. An uncommon title, OCLC lists but one institutional copy of a 1950 Second Edition and later 1959, 1960 printings. This copy an undated printing with no edition noted (at least within the English section). Several sections have dates; the latest is an appreciation of the compiler authored by Soo Ying and Written on New Year's Eve in 1947. ; 5-1/4" x 7-1/2"; 105, [2], 77 pp; Covers worn and lightly soiled, small loss to spine covering at bottom, staples rusted, a few pages with light soiling, a few pages with brief annotations… Read More

Ithaca, New York / Boulder, Colorado: Snow Lion Publications. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. (2006). No edition noted. Hardcover. 1-55939-266-5 . Charcoal paper boards, blue cloth spine with gilt lettering, text in English with Kunzang Mönlam presented in Sanskrit at rear, followed by a Glossary. Publishers dust jacket with color cover photo.; 6" x 9-1/4"; viii, 174 pp; No wear to book, clean and unmarked. Very slight wear to jacket. .

Shanghai: American Bible Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt lettering to front cover, binding stapled, text presented in two columns with English at left and Cantonese at right. ; 4-1/2" x 6-1/4"; 107 pp; A scarce book. OCLC records 4 entries with a total of 6 copies (NYPL, Harvard with dupes?. Cambridge, only 1910 copy is at ILIFF School of Theology), others are of an earlier 1900 printing. ; Covers rubbed, small losses to cloth along edges, prior owner pencil inscription (name scribbled) to front free flyleaf and inside rear cover (initials), title page pulled away a bit from spine revealing binding staples, text clean and unmarked. .

New York. Good with no dust jacket. 1812. Hardcover. Commercially unsuccessful effort was only published for 2 years. Published by Samuel Woodworth & Co. and E. Riley; J. W. Burdett & Co. Boston; and Anthony Miltenberger, Baltimore. S. Woodworth & Co. Printers. Original publishers boards, paper spine, printed paper spine label, illustrated, top edge roughly cut, other sides uncut. ; 6 x 9"; 590 pp; Boards worn and nearly detached, spine well worn, pages foxed. .

Hong Kong: Catholic Truth Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1961]. Hardcover. Directory of Catholic activities in Hong Kong for the coming year. Green gilt stamped leatherette, Sections divided by thumb tabs. ; 5" x 7-1/2"; 418 pp; Spine with lean, bumped at corners, clean and unmarked within. .

Bangalore, India: Centre for the Study of World Religions, Dharmaram College. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1975. Softcover. Green wraps. Contributors for this first issue include J. B. Chethimattam, N. K. Devaraja, P. V. Vidyarthi, John Macquarrie, Joseph Masson, Tomas Berry, B. Kuppuswamy and S. K. Ramachandra Rao. Laid in is publishers subscription flyer and a testimonial letter from Rev. Frank Podgorski, North American Editor (printed signature). Produced by Dharmaram College. ; 6-1/4" x 9"; 166 pp; Light soiling and wear to covers and spine, pages are clean and unmarked. .

Very Good with no dust jacket. c1948. Softcover. Stapled self-wraps, contents chiefly biographies (2 per page) with pasted in b&w photos next to most. About 40 pages, not numbered. Scarce, OCLC records but a single copy, at the Krauth Memorial Library in Philadelphia. Not dated, the latest entrant was Commissioned in 1948.; 5-1/4" x 7-3/4"; Slight soiling to covers, minor wear from handling. .

Folcroft, Pa.: Folcroft Library Editions. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. A reprint of the 1904 GPO facsimile reprint of the so-called Jefferson Bible. A brief introduction (by Cyrus Adler), 3 handwritten pages comprising a Table of the Texts ..., two maps and 82 double-pages with text reprinted as originally cut out and pasted in from various sources and in different languages. "Limited 100 Copies". Bound in red buckram, gilt lettering to spine. ; 6-1/4" x 9"; 19, 82+ pp; A spot of soiling to right edge of pages, toning to edges of paper and stain on right page edge, otherwise only slight wear. .

Tehran, Iran: S. Ghaffari. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1976 (1967). Third Edition. Softcover. SHIA'ISM Series No. 1. Green wraps, as issued, illustrated, table of contents at rear. Text mainly English. ; 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"; 281 pp; Slight wear, pages toned but not brittle. .

Belgium: Brepols' Catholic Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. Full brown leather over padded boards with rounded corners, imitation raised bands, gilt cross to front cover, gilt spine lettering, all edges gilt, black endpapers, color frontispiece, illustrations by Anton C. M. Manche, ribbon bookmark. Housed in unprinted brown cloth slipcase. ; 3-1/2" x 5-1/2"; xxxi, 543 pp; An attractive copy. Slight abrasions to spine leather, mild rubbing to front endpaper, clean and unmarked within. Slipcase with some wear along edges, one side with spot of soiiing. .