New York: Harper Collins, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second book by the Secretary of State for 8 years under President Clinton - the first woman to serve in that position, a thoughtful look at the role of religion in shaping America's approach to the world. Introduction by William J. Clinton. INSCRIBED on the half title page and dated in the year of publication, Notes, index. 339 pp. ISBN: 978-0060892579.

Bassingstroke, England & Grand Rapids, Michigan: Marshall Pickering / Erdmans, (1987.). Hardcover first edition - A title in the Outstanding Women of the Bible series, written for young children, and illustrated in full color by Charles Barat. Unpaginated, large format. ISBN: 0-802850154.

Bassingstroke, England & Grand Rapids, Michigan: Marshall Pickering / Erdmans, (1987.). Hardcover first edition - A title in the Outstanding Women of the Bible series, written for young children, and illustrated in full color by Ruth Imhoff. Unpaginated, large format. ISBN: 0-802850189.

Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover - "Supermodel, spokeswoman, athlete, and mom Kim Alexis shares her story and the convictions she's developed." SIGNED on the front endpaper. Notes. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-785274561.

New York: Warner Faith, (2006, 2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - A set of the first two books in this series about the battle between the forces of good and evil - the first is set in Mississippi in 1945, and the second novel is 15 years later. Deals with the relationship between the races, and the strength found in long abiding friendships. Book Two is a first printing, Book One is a first thus, since it was originally published as "Black or White." Map endpapers. Reader's guide at the end of eavh book. 339. 372 pp. ISBN: 9780446579506.

New York: American Tract Society, [1860]. Hardcover - A moral and cautionary tale for children. One of many books produced by the American Tract Society for use in Sunday schools, now all quite hard to find. A small volume measuring 6 3/4 by 4 1/2 inches, bound in original dark red cloth with gilt lettering and black decorations on the spine. 3 attractive engraved plates. 122 pgs.

New York: American Tract Society, 1865. Hardcover - A moral and cautionary tale for children, this one on the subject of temperance. One of many books produced by the American Tract Society for use in Sunday schools, now all quite hard to find. A small volume measuring 6 3/4 by 4 1/2 inches, bound in original dark red cloth with gilt lettering and black decorations on the spine. 168 pgs.

New York: American Tract Society, nd (ca 1860-1880). Hardcover - A collection of stories for children with special moral messages; respect for the aged, kindness to the poor, etc. One of many books produced by the American Tract Society for use in Sunday schools, now all quite hard to find. A small volume measuring 6 3/4 by 4 1/2 inches, bound in original dark red cloth with gilt lettering and black decorations on the spine. Three attractive engraved plates, 110 pp. plus 16 pp of advertisements of Tract Society publications at rear of book.

New York: American Tract Society, nd (ca 1860-1880). Hardcover - A non fiction work on the human body, written for children. One of many books produced by the American Tract Society for use in Sunday schools, now all quite hard to find. A small volume measuring 6 3/4 by 4 1/2 inches, bound in original dark red cloth with gilt lettering and black decorations on the spine. Illustrated with small entexte drawings. 199pp

New York: Stonesong Press / Crown Publishers, Inc., (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Science Faces God in The Book of Genesis." Asimov, who has written many books on the Bible, compares the biblical description of creation with the latest scientific theories in a line-by-line annotation of the first eleven chapters of Genesis, pointing out where they are similar and where they are different, although he concludes by noting that human knowledge does increase and if the writers of Genesis were writing it now, it would be very different. Index. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-517543362.

New York: The Viking Press, (1962) dj. Hardcover first edition - A selection of twelve poems - prayers from Noah, the dog and the cat, the goat and the owl, the elephant and the glowworm and more, translated from the French and with a foreword and epilogue by Rumer Godden. Illustrated with drawings and decorative initial letters by Jean Primrose. 71 pp.

Washington, D.C.: Printing House of Judd & Detweiler, (1949.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A single long poem on the life of Jesus in a lovely edition, 'designed and directed by Lester Douglas, printed under the supervision of John H. Davis at the Printing House of Judd & Detweiler. . . lettering by Cal Hoke. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in 1960. Slim volume - unpaginated leaves (32 pp.)

New York: Negro Universities Press, (1969.) dj. Hardcover - Facsimile edition of a book originally published in 1860. Includes reproductions of original engraved illustrations. Missionary account of living in Liberia, primarily - includes brief mentions of the slave trade, witchcraft, etc. 353 pp.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1984). First edition - A collection of essays in which "women read and respond to the Bible out of pleasure and curiosity . . Drawing on their own epxeriences and interests, Louise Erdrich, Cynthia Ozick, Fay Weldon, Phyllis Trible, Rebecca Goldstein, June Jordan, Ursula Le Guin, and twenty-one other writers boldly imaginatively - and sometimes reproachfully - address the Old Testament stories, characters, and poetry that mean the most to them." Among the other contributors are Marina Warner, Rachel M. Brownstein, Amy Clampitt, Allegra Goodman and more. Notes, contributors' biographies. xiv, 350 pp.

New York: George Braziller, (1998). First edition - His fourth collection of poetry - one which "employs disarming language as it revises and gives new life to a wide range of familiar stories. Here, we overhear some of Wallace Stevens's late ruminations, we witness an erotic frolicking between poet and muse, and we receive an epistle on the subjects of love and the body from Mary Magdalen." 74 pp. ISBN: 0-807614378.

New York: Vintage Espanol (Knopf), (2000.). SIGNED - A collection of essays and poems by 21 writers - including Sandra Cisneros, Rosario Ferre, Francisco Goldman, Cherie Moraga, Luis Rodriguez, Richard Rodriguez, Elena Poniatowska, Nancy Mairs, Denise Chavez, Rosario Castellano, Pat Mora, Margaret Randall and others - exploring the concept and the role of the mother goddess, the Virgin of Guadalupe, patron saint of Mexico, protector of the downtrodden, who miraculously appeared in the 16th century to a poor Mexican and who represents a combination of indigenous Aztec and Catholic traditions. SIGNED by TWO authors: Pat Mora at her contribution "Las Reglas de Coatlicue." and Cherie Moraga at "El Mito Azteca." Translated from the English by Mariela Dreyfus. EN ESPANOL. 289 pp. ISBN: 0-375703691.

Baton Rouge, LA Louisiana State University Press, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Deals with the rise of African independent churches in Southern Africa in the late 19th century and with the role that African Americans played in that rise. One of the most significant alliances was with Bishop Henry McNeal Turner of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and in addition, African students came to the US to study at black religious colleges and young African Americans were sent to Africa as missionaries. Several appendices, extensive bibliography, index. 231 pp. ISBN: 0-8071-13190.

New York: Viking, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book by one of the founders of the Sanctuary movement - one which presents "his beliefs and experiences as a former goat raiser, naturalist, activist, and Quaker whose wanderings have led him to many locations in the United States and Latin America. [He] describes the brutality he has witnessed as an activist in the sanctuary movement.. and expounds upon human rights and civil disobedience in the spirit of Henry David Thoreau, Saul Alinsky, and Gandhi." (Library Journal)" Review copy with publisher's material, including a photograph of the author laid in. xi, 237 pp. ISBN: 0-670828467.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (1969). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A poem which asks God for "a miracle - that we should love our kind and kill no more. Do your thing, God. Do your thing." Designed and illustrated by Saul Bass and Art Goodman. INSCRIBED by Norman Corwin inside the front cover and dated in 1969. Corwin wrote and produced more than 100 programs during the golden age of radio. Small format, unpaginated.

London: Faber & Gwyer Limited, (1929). SIGNED hardcover first edition - An adaptation of some of the stories contained in the first nine books of the Bible from Genesis to David slaying Goliath by this noted author and poet - As he comments in his introduction, this was written with the hope that despite all of its shortcomings, it might inspire young readers to return to the bible itself. A lovely edition, one of only 300 copies, printed on English handmade paper, and bound in quarter-vellum over aubergine cloth, with a woodcut illustrtion on the title page, gilt decoration on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. This copy is numbered 107 and SIGNED by de la Mare on the limitation page. xiv, 397 pp.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1987). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a group portrait which captures the dilemma of a mostly secular world - how to live with both faith and doubt. Issued as a trade paperback original in the US. INSCRIBED on the title page "for ---- from one chocalic to another with best wishes" and dated in the year of publication. ISBN: 0-87113-1168.

Boston: Beacon Press, (1964, c 1939) dj. Hardcover - Told in language that young children can understand and enjoy this is the story of a Pharaoh who lived more than three thousand years ago - that of Akhenaten, who sacrificed even his own empire in an attempt to revolutionize the religious life of his people so they would believe in one God. A book which is an excellent introduction to the Old Testament and to ancient history. Illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings by Richard B. Beaman. Author's afterword, bibliography. Illustrated endpapers. 113 pp.

New York: American Tract Society, n.d. (ca 1860). Hardcover - Moral and cautionary tales for children. One of many books produced by the American Tract Society for use in Sunday schools, now all quite hard to find. A small volume measuring 6 3/4 by 4 1/2 inches, bound in original dark red cloth with gilt lettering and black decorations on the spine. 3 attractive engraved plates. 171 pgs.

Berkeley, CA: Privately Printed, 1927. First edition - Introduction by J. C. Rowell, university archivist at Berkeley which states "This little book corrects serious errors in California histories.. . Although merely a comment on another book [The Presbyterian Church in California, 1849-1927 by E. A. Wicher], this book has been so written as not only to correct those mistakes but also to give a large amount of valuable information." Chapters include the Protestant Church Beginnings in San Francisco, Working Relations of Congregationalists and Presbyterians, Church Work Situation in San Francisco in 1848 and 1849, The College Idea Pioneers, The College of California and the Presbyterian Relation Thereto, Mills College and The First Public Schools, etc. 89 pp

New York: Putnam, (1996.). First edition - Author's third novel, the story of a young girl who moves from an abandoned citrus grove in Florida to a transient motel in the city where she meets Miss Zora, a healer. 272 pp.

New York: Putnam, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's third novel, the story of a young girl who moves from an abandoned citrus grove in Florida to a transient motel in the city where she meets Miss Zora, a healer. SIGNED on the title page. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-399141294.

New York: HarperPerennial, (1994.). The story of Saint Paul Community Baptist Church in Brooklyn New York and its controversial pastor, the Reverend Johnny Ray Youngblood, and the work it has done in the community in building affordable housing, creating a school, programs for drug addicts and more. Bibliography. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0924594.

New York: HarperCollins, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of Saint Paul Community Baptist Church in Brooklyn New York and its controversial pastor, the Reverend Johnny Ray Youngblood, and the work it has done in the community in building affordable housing, creating a school, programs for drug addicts and more. 373 pages. ISBN: 0-06-016610X.