Search Results: Philosophy and Religion from Spafford Books

Winnipeg: Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society [0-9690883-5-3] 1998. (Mass market paperback) iv, 500pp. Near fine. 8vo. Wrappers. Faint crease to top cover and small closed tear at head near spine (as though the volume was unceremoniously dropped on its front cover). Else fine. Bright and clean. B&W photos. Replete with genealogical information. Consisting of: original 1880 Village Census of the Mennonite West Reserve; 1880-1882 Individual Tax Records by Village; 1880 Census Families with Supplementary Data; Profiles of Reinländer Bishops, Ministers, and Deacons; 1891 Federal Census of the Mennonite West Reserve; 1880-1900 Passenger List of Mennonite Immigrants (landing in Quebec). Volume II of the the West Reserve Historical Series..

Toronto: General Board of Religious Education, S.P.C.K. 1956. (hardcover) 121pp. Fine. 16mo. In original red cloth boards, lettering in black to top board. Text entirely in syllabics, with the exception of the title page. Without a single blemish, virtually unopened. Peel 3524. Evans 201..

Winnipeg, Mb: Word Alive Press 978-1-4866-0020-5 [978-1-4866-0020-5] 2015, 2nd revised edition. (hardcover) viii, 176pp. Fine, no dust jacket. 8vo. Autobiography. Clean, tight, bright with B / W photos. A fine copy. Related ephemera laid in..

Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan: Self Published NONE [NONE] 2011. (Mass market paperback) 209pp. Near fine. 8vo. Inscribed by author to half title page. The story of 'Myrtle', a residential school survivor, artist, and motivational speaker (and now an Indigenous television program host). An important book and fierce voice of recovery and healing. Retitled and republished, with even more power, by the University of Regina Press as the Genocidal Love; A Life After Residential School in 2020. There is a crease down the front, near the spine where the book has been opened, a natural consequence of such binding; otherwise a fine copy..

London: Hodder & Stoughton in Conjunction with the Plough Publishing House 1950, 1st edition in English. (Cloth) 283pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Unclipped dust jacket soiled, a short closed tear, light general shelf wear. Translated by Kathleen E. Hasenberg..

Ahmedabad-14: Navajivan Publishing House 1968, reprint. (Mass market paperback) ix, 251pp. Very good. 12mo. Yellow card covers, with French folds. There is a name pencilled to the front blank; else is clean. There is wear to the heel of the spine, but the book itself is otherwise solid..

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press 978-0773501638 [978-0773501638] 1972. (Mass market paperback) 118pp. As new. As New. "A stimulating assessment of Christianity, Buddhism, and Vedanta."..

De Moines: Wallace Homestead Books [0-87069-125-2] 1975, 1st edition. (4to) 174pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. .

Yelm, Washington: Diane Munoz 1992. (Mass market paperback) 94pp. Very good. 4to. Blue-green paper covers, velo-bound. Teachings from the Ancient Schools of Wisdom,as presented by Ramtha in May, 1988, over the course of three events: the Nature of Reality; the Destruction of Ancient Wisdom and its Resurrection; the Seventh Seal and the Completed Garment of Light, offered as a prelude to the Snow Mountain Retreat and the opening of the School of Enlightenent. Clean and crisp..

London: Church Missionary Society 1909. (12mo) 248pp. Very good. Frontispiece, illus.- plates. Attractive decorated boards. Former owner's gift inscription on pastedown, and name on clipped endpaper. Red wax pencil mark on prelim..

Caronport: the Institute 1970. (Cloth) 207pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Illus., ports..

Rosthern, Sk.: Privately Printed [no date], presumed first edition. (Mass market paperback) 82pp. Very good plus. Undated (1959). Short 8vo. In original grey card wrappers, textured, top cover printed in dark-blue. Wrappers with light age-toning at extremities; small, faint blue stain to spine, scarcely even noticeable. Else the volume has only the lightest shelfwear. Text in German. Jacob Nickel was a well-known Mennonite preacher from Langham, Saskatchewan, who also taught briefly at the then newly formed Canadian Mennonite Bible College, the precursor to the modern Canadian Mennonite University (CMU), in Winnipeg, Manitoba..

Toronto: University of Toronto Press 0-8020-68323 [0-8020-68323] 1991. (Mass market paperback) 448pp. As new. As New..

Birmingham: The Shakespeare Press [circa 1909], 2nd . (Mass market paperback) 14pp. Very good. 8vo. Plain paper covers embossed with a gilt cross and lettering. Covers separated entirely. Commisioned by the Archbishop of Westminster, in connection with the ceremonies that took place in Rome in regards to the Beatification of Jeanne D'Arc..

Saskatoon: Hofer Publications [no date]. (Mass market paperback) Very good. .

Winnipeg: The Christian Press, Ltd. 1949, presumed first edition. (Mass market paperback) 32pp. Very good. Short 8vo. In original yellow card wrappers, top cover printed in black; saddle-stapled. Light creasing to wrappers from reading and shelfwear. Else unblemished. Internally clean..

Winnipeg: Raduga Publications [0-9687299-0-8] 2004, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) 752pp. Fine. 8vo. Pictorial cover. Illustrated title page. Maps, B&W photographs, tables and illustrations. Mennonite architecture, Landscape and Settlements in Russia / Ukraine..

Notre Dame, Indiana: Ave Maria Press [0-87793-470-3] 1992. (Mass market paperback) 133pp. Very good. 4to (short). Card covers, spiral bound. Some highlighting and lightly pencilled notations made and which ends at page 43. All text is legible. Remains intact, solid, bright..

Montreal & Kingston; London Chicago: McGill-Queen's University Press 2015. (Mass market paperback) xiv, 1015; 865pp. Fine. 8vo. These two volumes carry the narrative of the residential school system from their origins in 1867 to their closure in the late 1990s, and include the six years of research of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada which was established in 2008. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was put in place as part of the Indian Residential Schools Agreement. An apology was issued by the Government of Canada before its work got under way. Clean, tight, bright, solid. Sold as a two volume set. ISBN (Volume I): 978-0-7735-4650-9. ISBN (Volume II): 978-0-7735-4652-3..

Toronto: The Canadian Political Science Association 1937, reprint. (Mass market paperback) pp.508-529pp. Fine. 8vo, stapled printed card wrappers. Vol. 3, no. 4, November, 1937. "The Rehabilitation of the Prairie Wheat Economy", by G.E.Britnell. Other numbers available, $10 each or make an offer for combinations or runs..