SPIRITUAL/RELIGION/MYSTICAL from Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)

The Knights of the Order, Ernie Bradford. Published by Dorset Press, New York, 1991. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 245pp., maps, appendices, bibliography and index. In fine condition; dustjacket has very light shelf wear. An authoritative history of the Knights of St. John, from Jerusalem to Malta, told by the bestselling author of The Great Siege. Known by many names through… Read more about this item

Bestiary Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford M.S. Bodley 764 with all the Original Miniatures reproduced in Facsimile. Translated by Richard Barber. Published by Folio Society, London, 1992. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 202pp. with 135 colour illustrations of the original illuminated miniatures; title-page lettering by Sebatian Carter. Cream pictorial boards with blue cloth spine,… Read more about this item

An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet Containing a Narrative of a Journey Through Bootan and Part of Tibet, Turner, Capt. Samuel. Sub-title: To which are added, views taken on the spot by Lieutenant Samuel Davis and observations botanical, mineralogical, and medicinal by Mr. Robert Saunders. Introduction by Hugh Richardson. Published by Manjusri… Read more about this item

The Monks of War: The Military Orders, Seward, Desmond. Published by The Folio Society, London, 2000. 338pp. with maps, black and white and colour illustrations, index, bibliography, glossary, notes and appendices. Black cloth boards with red and gilt illustration front and spine; housed in a black slipcase. Volume is in fine, unread condition; slipcase has light shelf wear. The Monks of… Read more about this item

A History of Israel, Bright, John. Published by SCM, London, 1972. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 500pp. with Chronological Charts, Index, Scripture references, colour maps. In very good condition; one section of text has light pencil underling and notations; name to free endpaper; dustjacket has been laminated and flaps attached to inside boards. Since its first edition in 1959, Bright's… Read more about this item

The Story of the Jews: Finding The Words: 1000 BCE-1492-CE, Schama, Simon. Published by Allen Lane, 2014 grey boards, gilt titles, illustrated endpapers. 496pp. with colour plates, maps, bibliography, notes and index. In fine condition; unclipped jacket is fine with the lightest of shelf wear.

The Nag Hammadi Library: A Translation of the Gnostic Scriptures, The Nag Hammadi Library: A Translation of the Gnostic ScripturesPublished by HarperCollins Publishers, 1981. Card covers. 493pp. with index. Light toning to text block and light shelf wear to covers. Contains all the documents of the secret Gnostic writings from the time of Christ unearthed near the Egyptian town of Nag… Read more about this item

The Anglican Church from the Bay to the Rockies: A History of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land and it's Dioceses from 1820 to 1950, Boon, T. C. B. Published by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1962. First Edition. Signed and inscribed to Reverend Canon Arnold W.B. Heeney, dated May 12 1966; Rev Heeney is also noted in the author's acknowledgements.… Read more about this item

The Voice, The Word, The Books - The Sacred Scripture of the Jews, Christians and Muslims, F E Peters. Published by Princeton University Press, 2007. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 292pp with index, illustrated with colour plates. Quarter beige cloth over navy boards, navy titles, navy endpapers. In fine condition; jacket has tiny ruffle top spine edge and is otherwise… Read more about this item

An Introduction to Jewish-Christian Relations, Kessler, Edward. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2010. (Introduction to Religion). Card covers. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 243pp, Illustrated, bibliography, glossary, index. Light corner wear to card covers, contents are in fine, unread condition.

The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul, Wayne A. Meeks. Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1983. First Edition. 299pp. with notes, bibliography, and index. Red cloth boards with gilt titles. Small stamped name and date to title and light outer edge dusting; otherwise, contents appear unread. Dustjacket has light shelf wear. In this classic work,… Read more about this item

The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood, Finkel, Irving. Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2014. First American Edition. 432pp. with illustrations in color and black and white, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index. Quarter red over tan boards. In fine, unread condition and housed in a fine, unclipped jacket. The recent translation of a Babylonian tablet launches a groundbreaking… Read more about this item

Insight On The Scriptures: Volume 1 and 2. Published by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc, USA, 1988. First Edition. Volume 1: Aaron - Jehoshua; Volume 2: Jehovah - Zuzim And Index. Printed on India paper. Alphabetical Bible reference with maps, illustrations. Pebbled green boards with gilt titles and illustrated endpapers. Contents are in fine unread condition… Read more about this item

The Islamic Enlightenment: The Struggle Between Faith and Reason, 1798 to Modern Times, De Bellaigue, Christopher. Published by Liveright Publishing Co., New York, 2017. First American Edition. 398pp. with index, bibliography, and illustrated plates. Quarter black over yellow boards. Volume is in fine, unread condition; jacket has a small closed tear to lower corner, and is otherwise fine.

A Treasury of Witchcraft, Wedeck, Harry E. Published by Gramercy, 1994. 271pp., illustrated. Quarter red cloth over black boards with black titles. A tiny spot to front boards and otherwise volume is in fine, unread condition and housed in a fine dustjacket. Comprehensive sourcebook of the magic arts, including spells, charms, incantations, invocations, satanic pacts, full descriptions of occult practices. First… Read more about this item

Cotton Mather on Witchcraft, Mather, Cotton. Published by Dorset Press, New York, 1991. 172pp. illustrated with woodcuts. Quarter red cloth over cream boards. In fine, unread condition. First published in 1692, written by the influential Puritan minister who played a central role in the Salem witch trials. Mather provides guidelines for discovering witches, explanations of how good Christians are tempted by… Read more about this item

Poltergeist! A Study in Destructive Haunting, Wilson, Colin. Published by New English Library, London, 1981. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 382pp. with index. Black cloth boards with gilt titles. Contents in fine condition with light outer edge dusting; boards have a few light scuff marks; jacket is clipped and is otherwise, fine.

Afterlife. An Investigation of the Evidence of Life After Death. Wilson, Colin. Published by Harrap, London 1985. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 296pp. with index and bibliography. Black boards with gilt titles. Volume is in fine, unread condition and housed in a fine, unclipped jacket.

The Occult, Wilson, Colin. Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1971. Firs Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 601pp. with index. Black coated cloth boards. numbered pages including index, black coated boards. Volume is in fine condition with very light outer edge toning; jacket is clipped with rubbing to corners, tail and head of spine and with toning to inside.

The History of Witchcraft and Demonology, Montague Summers. Published by Castle/ Book Sales, 1992. viii + 354pp. Red boards with gilt spine titles. Volume is in unread condition and housed in a fine dustjacket. First published in 1926. Among the subjects covered by Dr. Summers are: The Witch; Heretic and Anarchist; Demons and Familiars; the Sabbat; the Witch in Holy… Read more about this item