[nice clean copy, mild edgewear, some rubbing to covers]. (B&W/color photographs) 276-page book celebrating the Consecration of this Serbian Orthodox Church, with many photographs and advertisements. Much of the book is not in English (looks like Russian to my eyes), but there are some English-language sections devoted to the history of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and to the history of Serbia itself. (Most of the photo captions are not in English.) View More...
[nice clean copy, with only minor handling wear, light surface-scratching to covers]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED ("God is never in time! Time is in God!") and SIGNED by the author ("Brother Arthur") on the title page, above which is a previous owner's signature. Autobiography of a British-born "tramp preacher & missionary," recounting "his struggles with pride, carnality, rebellion, and fear, and how, through God's dealings, he has learned wisdom." Laid in is the author's card, with his address in Wales. Signed by Author View More...
[nice tight copy, one extremely tiny nick to bottom of one page; jacket lightly dampstained along top edge and somewhat less along bottom edge (however, the only sign of moisture damage to the book is a light dampstain at the top rear pastedown)]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page. "A comic novel based on a true memoir," the book "presents the secret world of Misericordia Seminary. In the 1950s, the Catholic Church recruited 200,000 boys for the priesthood. Only 20,000 were ordained. What happened to the missing 180,000 boys? From interviews with hundreds o... View More...
[lightly shelfworn, slight bumping to all corners; jacket well-worn, with paper loss at most corners and along top and bottom edges of front panel, long ragged (but neatly closed) tear in rear panel]. (B&W halftone photographs, maps INSCRIBED fulsomely and SIGNED by the author on the ffep: "Presented to / Mrs. J.W. Kirchoff / In appreciation of her / interest in a progressive and / integrated America and in / admiration of her creative / inclinations. / Lee K. Kassarjian / 2306 Duane St. / L.A. 39 / NO-2-9803 / Los Angeles / May 6, 1953." A memoir of persecution, by an ex-priest of t... View More...
[nice tight clean copy, no discernible wear; jacket very lightly rubbed]. INSCRIBED ("Peace") and SIGNED by Patty Crowley on the ffep. "The Inside Story of the Papal Birth Control Commission, and How Humanae Vitae Changed the Life of Patty Crowley and the Future of the Catholic Church." Crowley, the central focus of this account, was the co-founder (with her husband) of the Christian Family Movement, and has been called one of the most influential women in the history of the modern Catholic Church. Signed by Biographee View More...
[top edge a tiny bit soiled; jacket shows mild handling wear, minimal surface scratching]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author ("world travelled journalist, author, preacher and publicist") in 1989. [The confusion about the publication date comes because there is no actual date of publication on the book itself, although the copyright page states "First Printing, January 1983 / Jerusalem under the title of A World In A Country." I found no trace of that title on-line.] Back of jacket blurb states in part that "James McWhirter came to prominence in the white heat of a great... View More...
[beautiful copy, clean and tight, no discernible wear to either book or jacket]. (B&W photographs) The first half of this 257-page book is a history of the Diocese, and the remainder consists of short (2-3 page) accounts of the histories of individual parishes. View More...
(price-clipped) [nice tight copy, minor edge soiling/yellowing; jacket worn along top edge, minor soiling to rear panel]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the ffep. "Action for this absorbing religious novel takes place during the years of Jesus' ministry. Tribune Claudius Lysias, mentioned briefly in Acts, is assigned a post in Jerusalem. A series of events brings the Roman soldier in contact with those who knew Christ: John the Baptist, Nicodemus,Mary and Martha, Zacchaeus, Philip, Peter, James and John." Signed by Author View More...
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