Sacramento: Jos. M. Anderson, Printer, 1906. First edition. 12mo; stapled, yellow wrappers printed in black and red, 17 pp. An early and scarce publication from the congregationalist pastor, scholar and theologian, Rev. Henry Kendall Booth (1876-1942), who recounts the Biblical story of the apostle Paul and the slave Onesimus. Booth..... More
Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott, 1901. First edition. Octavo (24 cm). Blue buckram with gilt spine; 233 pp.; photographic frontispiece of Rev. Brown; photographs, illustrations, map. The book is organized in two sections: the first containing autobiographical information on Rev. Brown and historical matter on the Presbytery and the second..... More
Los Angeles: American Prophetic League, [n.d., ca. 1950s]. Small stapled wrappers (3½” x 6"), 30 pp. An anti-Catholic pamphlet from the evangelical pastor, Keith L. Brooks, who employs a question-and-answer format to investigate the anti-Christian doctrines of Catholicism. Staples oxidized, else a Near Fine copy. More
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New York: New York: Burr Printing House, 1905. First edition. Octavo (19 cm); 476, [3] pp.; photographic frontispiece of the author. Burgundy cloth with gilt to spine. Presentation inscription by the author on the front endpaper, along with another owner's signature; signed by the author under the frontis. Cloth is..... More
Philadelphia: Burk & McFetridge Co., Publishers, 1895. First edition. Square twelvemo. (18 x 15 cm); 95 pp.; port. frontis. Gilt-stamped cloth; top edge gilt; deckle fore and bottom edge. Some very light foxing to the prelims, else fine throughout. Poetry from the theologian and author of The Modern Devil. Uncommon..... More
n.p. n.p., [1892]. First edition. Thin twelvemo. Publisher's gilt-stamped brown cloth; red-stained page edges; 51 pp.; 1 leaf, two plates. Cummings surveys the various churches and sabbath schools associated with their mother church, the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. A Very Good copy with some slight rubbing and dust-soiling to..... More
Windsor, Ont., Canada: Dawn of Truth, 1968. Stapled, glossy wrappers (5 ¼” x 8 ¼”), 24 pp. A Fine copy. Three copies in WorldCat at MSU, Fuller Theological and UC Davis. An update on Biblical prophecy first dictated by Dahl in 1959 regarding the Soviet Communist takeover of the world. Dahl..... More
[Rahway, N. J.]: [1941]. First edition. Tall octavo (23.5 cm); 80 pp.; black and white photographs; dust jacket. Dark blue cloth stamped in gilt to front board; all pages clean, although some pages very loosely stuck together due to ink and papers (easily pulled apart). An uncommon piece of New..... More
Haverhill, Mass.: Destiny Publishers, 1946. 8vo; grey stapled wrappers printed in red, 30, [2] pp. Offprint from Howard Rand’s “Destiny” magazine, in which the author explains how the writings of the Bible came into existence, how they were selected for inclusion, and how they’ve been passed down through the centuries..... More
Boston: Press of Wm. A. Carrie & Co., 1901. First edition. Octavo (23 cm); 57 pp.; [11] leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimile, portraits. Original brown wrappers printed in black. Some light chipping to corners and edges; a thin ribbon of dampstaining across half the text block, although not affecting..... More
New Baltimore, Michigan: Anchor Bay Evangelistic Ass’n, Inc., [ca. 1961]. A compilation of material exposing the “murderous and anti-Christ character of Communism.” Section I provides a short history tracing the origins of Communism from the Society of Peace to Weishaupt and the Illuminati to Marx and Proudhon to the Bolsheviks..... More
Minneapolis: Religion Analysis Service, Inc., 1957-75. First edition. A broken run of fifteen issues of the Religion Analysis Service's "interdenominational heresy-exposing quarterly." The RAS seeks to expose "false teachings," including Christian Science, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian Identity, occult practices such as automatic writing, but also liberalism, modernism, etc. All issue..... More
Published for the trade, [1903?]. First edition? Illustrated wrappers (5” x 7”), 246 pp., illustrations. Some wear to wrappers with small tear to crown; cheap paper browning with slivers missing from the top corner of the first few leaves; VG. An attack on the Catholic Church by the German-born ex-priest who..... More
New York: American Council of Christian Churches, 1950. Revised. 12mo; plain, stapled wrappers, 24 pp. First published in 1948 by the Fundamentalist pastor, Garman accuses the Federal Council of anti-Americanism, near-Communism, and of being anti-Christian. The Federal Council (or National Council of the Churches of Christ) became a frequent target..... More
North Hollywood, California: Messiah Lutheran Church. First edition. Original, stapled wrappers; 32 pp. The author, a Lutheran theologian and pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church, expounds on the Biblical concepts of love and hate and specifically how they relate to the "scourge of Communism." He maintains that the humanistic "love" is..... More
[New York]: [The Committee], 1902. 22.5 x 15 cm; 15 pp. Saddle-stapled wrappers in Very Good+ condition. One small closed tear to top edge; two stamps, one embossed. Text clean throughout. This pamphlet is from an anti-union sermon delivered by the Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis (1858-1929) at his church, Plymouth..... More
n.p: Evangelical Foundation, Inc., ©1969. First edition. Small, stapled wrappers (4” x 6 ½”), 24 pp. About Fine. A compilation of three articles originally appearing in the publication “Eternity” and reprinted in this pamphlet “to help meet the growing need for a sane, realistic appraisal of demonism and psychic phenomena, and..... More
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Morningside Heights, New York: King's Crown Press, 1948. First edition. Octavo (21 cm); xiii, 184 pp.; dust jacket. With a sentimental inscription by the author on the front pastedown: "To Karla - With unforgettable memories of those beautiful, carefree July days in Eastern Europe in the summer of '73." Maroon..... More
New London, Conn. [The First Church of Christ, New London], 1946. Sole edition. Octavo (23 cm); ix, 116 pp.; illus. Red cloth stamped in gilt to front board and spine. A hint of rubbing to cloth with one small stain to front board; about near fine. Photographs and illustrations. A...... More
Dallas: The Voice of Healing Publishing Co., 1966. First edition. 8vo; stapled, illustrated wrappers, 36 pp, centerfold chart titled ‘The Amazing War-cycles of America’ taken from “The United States in Prophecy” (1965). The revivalist pastor, [James] Gordon Lindsay, discusses America’s role in Vietnam as the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. He..... More
Jacksonville, Oregon: Christian Media, 2010. First edition. Glossy wrappers; 58 pp. Lloyd refutes the widely held evangelical belief that the anti-Christ will be a Muslim, a belief which he says characterizes a “global religious deception.” Much Biblical doctrine and chiliastic exegesis follow. A Near Fine copy. No record for this..... More
Nampa, Idaho: Golden Rule Press, 1931. First edition. Stapled, yellow wrappers (5” x 7 ½”), 16 pp., photograph. Light wear and dust-soiling to wrappers, bottom corner creased, VG. None others in commerce (March, 2019) and only one copy located in WorldCat at Northwest Nazarene Univ. in Nampa, Idaho. Scarce. From..... More
New York: The East and West Association, 1946. First edition thus. Stapled, illustrated wrappers, 44 pp, eight photographic plates. Corners gently bumped, wrappers slightly rubbed, small splits at spine ends; VG or better. This is a condensation of a section of the book, “A Brother is a Stranger”, by the..... More
Miami: Published by the author, 1965. Tenth edition. 8vo; stapled, illustrated wrappers, 48 pp, photograph. The author rails against Methodism's soft stance against Communism and racial integration. A VG copy with a 1.5" split at the crown, some creasing to rear wrapper. More
[Cork]: [Missionary Committee], [1912]. First edition. Saddle-stapled, red, illustrated wrappers; 28 pp.; illus. An exhibition held in Cork, Ireland, in 1912 to "give information concerning the life and religions, habits and customs, of several lands." This was done via the testimony of missionaries, through artifacts, "while several phases of heathen..... More