Search Results: Religion from Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books

London: J[ames]. C[ottrell]. for Tho. Basset, 1671. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1671. 1st edition. --The History of Romish Treasons & Usurpations-- edition of collected work edited by Henry Foulis, B.D., an Anglican Oxford theologian and controversist (a 'stirrer of the pot'). Wing F1640B.  The history of Romish treasons & usurpations together with a particular account of many gross corruptions and impostures in the Church of Rome, highly dishonourable and injurious to the Christian religion. To which is prefixt a large preface to the Romanists. Carefully collected from a great number of their own approved authors by Henry Foulis, B.D. late Fellow of Lincoln-Colledge in Oxford. London : printed by J[ames]. C[ottrell]. for Tho. Basset, at the George neer Cliffords Inne in Fleet-street, 1671. Folio, bound in worn period full calf, 6 raised-bands to spine, remains of old morocco label gilt lettered to second compartment. Period plain endpapers with bookplate to upper… Read More

London: M. Lewis No.1 Pater-Noster-Row, 1770. Book. Good. No Binding. 1st Edition. Mary Lewis, Moravian and Independent, was a bookseller/printer in business with her husband, son-in-law, and daughter at 1 Paternoster Row, 1756-91. Upon the death of her husband, John Lewis, in 1754, Mary Lewis took over his printing business and bookshop at 1 Paternoster Row, only a short distance from Joseph Johnson's bookshop in St. Paul's Courtyard. Though Ian Maxted describes her as 'Printer to the Moravians' (she was the exclusive London publisher of the works of the Moravian evangelist, John Cennick), Lewis was more likely a Calvinistic Methodist and later an Independent, her evangelical Calvinism being shared by her Particular Baptist friends, Joseph and Martha Gurney. Joseph collaborated with Mary Lewis on several publications in the 1760s and '70s, including the popular Gospel Magazine. This issue, #52, April, 1790. 1st/1st, nice condition . Interesting content, including… Read More

Book. Poor. Soft cover. --A Handwritten, Well-Illustrated Treatise on Shingaku-- the religious movement that flourished in Japan in 1725-1875. The movement was begun by Ishida Baigan (1685-1744) and his successor Teshima Toan (1718-1786), but the religion spread broadly in the years following by a group of well-trained preachers travelling Japan. Shingaku arose in Japan as the country emerged from centuries as a closed society- as Japan industrialized, Shingaku became a cultural foundation. Its religious teachings fused Confucian values with Buddhism and Japanese Shinto. This is an unusual item in very nice condition- hand-written & well illustrated manuscript, c1785, describing Shingaku. Measures 6"x 9", there are (47) pages of manuscript and (21) fine ink drawings. Some early worm tunneling evident throughout..

Photographic Image. Very Good. Soft cover. 1947 Photo-Album. For some, the Salvation Army is their way of life -- photos of so many friends & families, at ease, in the Salvation Army summer camp/retreat in Ontario -- folks of all ages play in numerous brass bands -- and are seen enjoying each other's company in the summer of 1947. The Salvation Army was begun in 1865 in East London - its members preached and lived a practical Christianity ('soup, soap & salvation'). Brass bands were an early tradition in the Salvation Army; brass bands accompanied church services and created great public excitement. This 1947 Ontario, Canada Salvation Army photo-album shows D.M.C faculty & folks of all ages in band practices or socializing outdoors, country landscapes- photos & postcards/ women in a color guard/ boys line-up with trumpets/ ladies & home socials/ folks in uniform/ "Ladies of Leisure" group/ Army award ceremonies/ group of women & 2 male leaders,… Read More

Sheet music. Fair. No Binding. "My Redeemer and My Lord" Sacred solo, words by Longfellow, published in 1900 by Dudley Buck, 1st edition. "The Cross" Sacred Song for a high voice. 1906, 1st edition, composed by Harriet Ware, words by Edwin Markham. "The Penitent", an offertory solo for a high voice by Beardsley Van De Water. 1st edition, published in 1892.

Philadelphia: J & W Kite, 1843. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 12mo. black bds. rule & gilt. Quakers. The writer of these memorandums was well known to many persons in the religious Society of Friends, as a useful and consistent member, and an elder whose example was instructive and edifying. It is not intended by the present publication to eulogise her character, but to magnify the power of Divine grace, which made her what she was, and to hold up to view the blessed effects of humble, unreserved submission to its heavenly visitations, as an encouragement to others, to pursue the same path, which led her safely through all the dangers and temptations of this chequered life, to a peaceful and happy close. Her parents, Thomas and Jane Temple, lived in Pennsbury, Chester County, Pennsylvania, which was the place of her nativity, and where she resided until her removal to Philadelphia. .

London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1866. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. Binding by Arthur Colley. 1/2 blue morocco / gilt. Top edge gilt; . Marbled endpapers.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1980. Book. Illus. by with Photos. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 5"x7" signed portrait of Pope John Paul ll laid in; also an original 4x6 photo of Fr Dom Ferguson with Pope John Paul. The condition of the portrait is fine, with no visible flaws. Condition of the book also fine. .

Boston: Heath & Graves, 1853. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. "A Tale of the Puritans and the Babtists.".

Pasadena, CA, 1918. Book. Good. Soft cover. Inscribed on the Cover By Upton Sinclair. 1st Edition. This excoriating critique of religion, especially as represented by powerful clerical institutions, is a lesser-known work by the author who had earlier become famous with his publication of The Jungle, an expose of the poor labor conditions and unsanitary practices in Chicago's meat-packing industry. More than just a tirade against religion, this is an impassioned, idealistic socialist writing at the beginning of the First World War, when the notion of an international socialist revolution still seemed like a very real possibility to many of the left-leaning thinkers of the day. Sinclair's chief concern is social justice and his aim is to enlighten common people by training his critical intelligence like a sharpshooter on the many hypocrisies of established religion, which stand in the way of achieving a just society for all. More than anything he is particularly incensed by the collusion of… Read More

New York: Brentano's Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 1/2 leather & gilt. TEG. Bound by Stikeman for Scribner's.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover.

Philadelphia / Providence: NP / Knowles & Vose, 1830. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2 VOLUMES BOUND AS ONE. Mild dampstains not affecting text. Sabin 06070. AI 1508.

Los Angeles: Church of Scientology of California, 1978. Book. Illus. by L. Ron Hubbard , Photographer. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Signed on the front free endpaper 'L. Ron Hubbard / Founder'. L. Ron Hubbard is perhaps best known for his book, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (first published in 1950), and as the founder of the Church of Scientology. According to the church, his written teachings make up approximately 500,000 pages and 3,000 recorded lectures, totaling about 65 million words. Hubbard also produced a hundred films, and 500 short stories and novels in a wide variety of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, adventure fiction, aviation, travel, mystery, western and romance..