Search Results: Religion (general) from Motte & Bailey, Booksellers

Oxford: OneWorld Publishing, 2007. Trade Paperback. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers.704 p. w/footnotes, bibliography, index. First of the Heritage of Sufism volumes, this work covers Sufi origins, culture, and intellectual life in the early years of Islam.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. First edition, US. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. viii, 423 p. w/illus., endnotes, index. A study on the representation of the divine as a theological and philosophical issue through history to the modern era.

Oxford: OneWorld Publishing, 2007. Trade Paperback. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. xxviii, 548 p. w/footnotes, bibliography, index. Last of the Heritage of Sufism volumes, this work covers Sufi culture and intellectual life in 16th - 18th c. Iran and India.

Leipzig: D. A. Brockhaus, 1862. First edition. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket, as Issued. Thick octavo ( standard size). Ex-library. Text primarily in German with some Arabic and even less Greek. Black tape over spine, nicely done, with one word title over author's last name, and call number at heel. Paper covered boards with scuffing, and wear at corners and edges. Accession bookplate from a theological seminary library on pastedown, and "withdrawn" stamped on card holder on rear pastedown. old date due card at read, and library name perforated on title page, over publisher's name. 440 p. w/ indexes. A discussion of the writings and teachings of the founder of Manichaeism, drawn from the famous historical and literary work of the Persian Al-Nadim, based in Baghdad in the 10th century c.e. Uncommon

Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 214 pages with notes, references, and index. A collection of essays on prophetic/inspired writing and language.

Wiesbaden, Germany: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2012. First edition. Trade Paperback. Very good. Squarish octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. Some small dents to covers. Marginalia and marks in the bibliography only, no other location. 217 p. w/footnotes, bibliography. A study of changes in the state of alliegiance, political claims, and legitimizing arguments by elites in this area in the last 15 years of Austro-Hungarian control.

Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass, 1975. Reprint . Hardcover. Good/good. Octavo (standard size). Some wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Small tears and chipping at head and heel of DJ. Name and address of former oner on flyleaf. 171, 123 p. in 2 sections w/indices, footnotes, errata, corrigenda, addneda, appendix. Text of the Saundarananda in Sanskrit and English.

Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 2004. Trade Paperback. Very good. Octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. x, 249 p. w/end of essay references, index. 13 scholarly essays looking at what Whitehouse calls "modes of religiosity" across several cultures and times, from prehistoric hunter gatherers to 19th c. Scandinavia.

Florence, Italy: the author, 1925. First edition. Cardboard Covers. Good. Small octavo (smaller than standard). Stiff cardboard paper covered boards. Title in black on cover. Pages browned and starting to become brittle but no chipping or tears. First few pages have a crease at top corner. 60 p. an early brief work by Mason Remey, a American leader in internationalizing the Baha'i faith from the 20's til the 50's, when he tried to claim leadership of the faith and fell from favor. Scarce. Section B