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Bertrin, Georges . LOURDES A HISTORY OF ITS APPARITIONS AND CURES
Trans by Mrs. Gibbs. London 1908 Kegan Paul. Photo illus. Good-shelf worn. Top edge gilt. (a11228)
$75.00 Drach, George and Calvi Kuder . THE TELUGA MISSION OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA
Philadelphia 1914 General Council. Containing a biography of the Rev. Christian Frederick Heyer, M.D. Missionary work in America but mostly about mission in India. Lg.8vo., 399pp., frontis, photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Good, some cover wear, corners worn, final 20 pages have minor water stains on margins (not affecting text.) (a12712)
$44.00 Graham, John W. . THE DIVINITY IN MAN
London 1927 1st Allen and Unwin. Much on Plotinus, George Fox. 8vo., 316pp., index. Good, small tear in top spine end, no DJ. (a20793)
$48.00 Salmi, Mario . ITALIAN MINIATURES
NY 1954 1st Harry Abrams. 4to., 214pp. mounted color frontispiece, many mounted color plates, hardcover. VG, cover a bit spotted and soiled, no DJ. (a23357)
$39.00VanderVeldt, James H. and R. Odenwald M.D.. PSYCHIATRY AND CATHOLICISM
NY 1952 1st McGraw-Hill. 8vo., 433pp., index, hardcover. Good, spine ends a bit worn, no DJ. (a2738)
$23.00Major, Ralph H. MD. FAITHS THAT HEALED
NY 1940 1st Appleton Century. Medical miracles including the Stigmata of St. Catherine, the Bloody Boy of Augsburg, Zion Taberncle 1893, Lourdes, etc. 8vo., 290pp., index, red cloth. Near VG, no DJ. (a27467)
$23.00 van Waesberghe, Jos. Smits . GREGORIAN CHANT AND ITS PLACE IN THE CATHOLIC LITURGY
Stockholm no date (mid 20thc?) Continental Book Co. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 64pp., illustrations, paper-covered boards. Good, boards just slightly warped outward. (a28948)
$24.00 Hall, Edward H. . REMINISCENCES OF DR. JOHN PARK
Worcester 1890. In the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Vol VII, New Series Part 1, October 21 1890 at pp.69-93. Dr. Park, a surgeon, spent much time in the West Indies. He was also a pioneer in the education of women. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., wraps. Unopened. Text VG; cover good with small chips and light wear. (a31172d)
$55.00 Greenblatt, Robert B. M.D. . SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES, A PHYSICIAN EXAMINES MEDICINE IN THE BIBLE
Philadelphia 1963 1st Lippincott. Why are sins scarlet? What meanings have 7 and 14? Are fasting, isolation, circumcision religious practices? 8vo., 127pp., index, cloth hardcover. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a3300)
$24.00Schmarsow, August. DAS FRANCISCUSFENSTER IN KOENIGSFELDEN UND DER FRESKENZYKLUS IN ASSISI
Leipzig 1919 Berichte Ueber die Verhandlungen der Saechsischen Akad. der Wiss. zu Leipzig, Philologische-historische Klasse 71 Band 3 Heft. 8vo., 38pp., wraps. Unopened. In German. VG. (a36768)
$39.00 Russell, Jeffrey Burton . THE DEVIL, PERCEPTIONS OF EVIL FROM ANTIQUITY TO PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY
Ithaca 1977 1st Cornell. Author Director of Medieval Institute and Prof. of Medieval Studies at University of Notre Dame. 8vo., 276pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a38190)
$28.00 Ricci, Francesco Maria . DI SAN PROSPERO AQUITANO
Verona 1764 Agostino Carattoni Stampator Vescovile. Text and analysis of writing of 5th century Christian writer Prosper of Aquitaine. Hardcover. In Italian. Square octavo, 128pp., two fullpage engravings (of Author and his Monsigno), full vellum with nice legible spine label. Near VG, cover spotted, end papers soiled. Rare. (a3964)
$350.00 Hay, Bran Scott . WILLIAM DUNBAR'S VISION OF DISORDER
Ann Arbor 1985. University Microfilms. Portions of text in Middle English. 8vo., 377 leaves, reproduced from microfilm on rectos only, wraps. Good, light wear. (a42371)
$45.00 Joseph, Sister Mary . OUT OF MANY HEARTS
Hawthorne 1965 The Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer. Story of two nuns who established a hospice for cancer care.Hardcover. Octavo, 309pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Fine. (a4433)
$25.00 Berndtson, Keith and David B. Homer (editors) . BEYOND SLIDE AND TEXT ESSAYS ON MEDICINE AND THE HUMANITIES
Chicago 1981 1st. Humanities Program Rush University. Includes: Gale Mille, The Media and Medicine; David Homer, Redefining the Treatment of the Aged; Blazek, Florence Nightingale Revisited. 8vo., 94pp., wraps. Fine. (a44655)
$45.00 Burns, Chester R. and H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. (guest editors) . THE HUMANITIES AND MEDICINE
Austin 1974. Volume 32, No. 1, Spring 1974. Includes: Kenneth Davis, Eros and Thanatos: the Not-so-Benign Neglect or Sexuality, Death and the Physician; Michael McCormick, Tissue Theory in Auguste Comte's Positive Biology; Alexander Vucinich, Ivan Pavlov; Charles Wiegel, Medical Malpractice in America's Middle Years; John Bruhn, Diagnosis of Normality etc. Large octavo, 368pp., wraps. Good, light wear. (a44656)
$28.00 (religion) . OPUSCULUM MULTARUM BONARUM RERUM REFECTUM
1520 Impressum Venetus Bernardinum de Lisona Vercellensis. Diui Augustini Meditationes; Bernardi Abbatis Epistola; Petri Damiani Sermo; Anselmi MEditationes; Carmina N. Frtris ordinis predicatoru in quibus; Pii. Pont. Max & carmina; Maphei vergii carme i laudesce Monice; Item qui totus concludit Agmen. Hardcover. In Latin. 12mo., 144pp., decorated initials, printed in double column, old woodblock stamped paper on boards (attractive paper but worn in few spots) with vellum backstrip--likely a slightly later recovering (18th century?). Old owner signature on title page. Good, light wear. (a51796)
$1500.00 Hoyt, Robert S. . FARM OF THE MANOR AND COMMUNITY OF THE VILL IN THE DOMSDAY BOOK
Cambridge 1955. An article (23pp.) in Speculum, A Journal of Mediaeval Studies. Whole issue with several articles. Lg.8vo., wraps. Two small ink circles on contents page. VG, light soiling. (a52478a)
$35.00 Nitze, William A. . YVAAIN AND THE MYTH OF THE FOUNTAIN
Cambridge 1955. An article (10pp.) in Speculum, A Journal of Mediaeval Studies. Whole issue with several articles. Lg.8vo., wraps. Two small ink circles on contents page. VG, light soiling. (a52478b)
$35.00 Miller, Robert P. . CHAUCER'S PARDONER, THE SCRIPTURAL EUNOCH, AND THE PARDONER'S TALE
Cambridge 1955. An article (20pp.) in Speculum, A Journal of Mediaeval Studies. Whole issue with several articles. Lg.8vo., wraps. Two small ink circles on contents page. VG, light soiling. (a52478c)
$35.00 Miller, Robert P. . CHAUCER'S PARDONER, THE SCRIPTURAL EUNOCH, AND THE PARDONER'S TALE
Cambridge 1955. An article (20pp.) in Speculum, A Journal of Mediaeval Studies. Whole issue with several articles. Lg.8vo., wraps. Two small ink circles on contents page. VG, light soiling. (a52478d)
$35.00 Faye, Eugene de . GNOSTIQUES ET GNOSTICISME ETUDE CRITIQUE DES DOCUMENTS DU GNOSTICISME CHRETIEN AUX IIe ET IIIe SIECLES
Paris 1925 - 2e Edition Augmentee. Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner. In French. Sm.4to., 543pp., blue cloth hardcover. VG, some fading and discoloration of cover. (a64912)
$275.00Valsecchi, Marco (introduction) (Albrecht Durer). ALBRECHT DURER PICCOLA PASSIONE 37 XILOGRAFIE
1964 1st Cerastico Editore in Milano. Nota introducttiva di Marco Valsecchi. Copy No. 901 of 1000. In Italian. Hardcover. Square octavo, illustrations, original cloth. VG plus, light bumping at head of spine and lower corner, in VG DJ (no tears, no chips, no stains on dj.) no owner marks. Binding secure; text clean. (a64938)
$40.00Hulst, Cornelia Steketee. ST. GEORGE OF CAPPADOCIA IN LEGEND AND HISTORY
London 1909 1st David Nutt. Octavo, 156pp., color frontis, illustrations, blue-grey silk cloth hardcoverr with gilt lettering and gilt circular medallion in middle of front.. Good plus, corners and spine ends worn, spine faded. (a69810)
$80.00Burgevin, Frederick Haviland. THE CRIBRATIO ALCHORANI, NICHOLAS CUSANUS'S CRITICISM OF THE KORAN IN LIGHT OF HIS PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
NY 1969 1st Vantage. Hardcover. small octavo., 128pp., red cloth. Owner signed. VG in VG DJ. (a73431)
$65.00 Cavalca, Domenico . MEDICINA DEL CUORE OVVERO TRATTATO DELLA PAZIENZA DI FR. DOMENICO CAVALCA RIDOTTO ALLA SUA VERA LEZIONE
Roma 1741 Niccolo e Marco Pagliarini. Treatise by Dominican friar which weaves theology and medicine together to produce good health. In Italian. Hardcover. Small octavo, xv, (1), 326pp., small vignette on title page of a rectangular machine with ribbon scroll above imprinted Il piu bel Fioene Co Glie, leather spine with pinkish marbled boards and full gilt decoration on spine with mounted leather spine label (possibly 19th century rebinding). Light old library name stamp in middle of title page. Neat paragraph of old ink notation on front blank. Good plus, a few text pages lightly stained. Scarce. Nice solid attractivey book. (a79085)
$750.00 Combe, George . THE CONSTITUTION OF MAN CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO EXTERNAL OBJECTS (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOR A REPRINT)
Boston 1842 (1835) Webb. Hardcover. Small octavo, 486pp., cloth. Good, end papers quite foxed, spine ends frayed. (a80255)
$55.00 Scholem, Gershom S. . SABBATAI SEVI THE MYSTICAL MESSIAH 1626-1676
1973 Princeton University. ISBN 069101809X. Large octavo,1000p., original wraps. VG plus, a few vertical creases on spine. (a86788)
$50.00(spiritual). SPIRITUAL HEALING. REPORT OF A CLERICAL AND MEDICAL COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO SPIRITUAL, FAITH, AND MENTAL HEALING.
London 1914 first edition. Macmillan. Octavo, 56pp..VG. Hardcover. (a944)
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