Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. Hardcover - A classic and influential book on religion by this poet, critic and essayist - as a religious liberal, he was attacked both by the more orthodox and by those who rejected religion, but he considered his religious writings to be both constructive and conservative. In his long preface to this book, he notes At the present moment two things about the Christian religion must surely be clear to anybody with eyes in his head. One is, that men cannot do without it; the other, that they cannot do with it as it is. xl, 329 pp.

New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, (1958) dj. Hardcover first edition - An affectionate biography of James Herbert Bainton, by his son. Bainton was a dedicated man born in England into a long line of Congregational ministers, who served as a minister in England, Canada and the United States. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and drawings. 166 p

Stockton: California Lantern Press, (1963). SIGNED first edition - The second book in a series on the Protestant Church in Western America; the author had been the President of the San Francisco Theological Seminary at San Anselmo. SIGNED on the title page. 124 pp.

Stockton, California. Lantern Press, 1962. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of sixteen sermons by preachers in California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon and more, which set the ageless Christian message against the backdrop of mountains and desert. SIGNED by Jesse Hays Baird at "The Parable of the Giant Redwood" - the General Grant tree in the Sequoia National Forest. Includes an introduction to each contributor, with small photographs of their churches. Footnotes. 156 pp.

New York: Jericho Books, (2013). First edition - A book in which Bolz-Weber, a former stand-up comic, reclaims the term "pastrix"(a term used by some Christians who refuse to recognize female pastors) in "her messy, beautiful, prayer-and-profanity laden narrative about an unconventional life of faith" - a book which portrays a woman who is "both deeply faithful and deeply flawed, giving hope to the rest of us along the way." 206 pp.

Paris: Ancienne Maison Gaume & Cie, X. Rondelet et Cie, successeurs. nd (ca 1920). Un brochure, avec photographies en sepia. Quarto (19 x 28,5 cm) En francais. 16 pp.

London: Home Words Office. (ca 1889). Hardcover - Frontisplate with tissue guard and illustrations at the heading of each chapter. 123 pp plus 13 pp publisher's advertisements.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A way out of the wasteland of contemporary emptiness and meaninglessness." INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. Cover praise from Paul Tillich, among others. Suggestions for further readings. 110 pp.

Banares, India: The Ananda Publishing House (Theosophical Society - Indian Section) (1948). Hardcover - Includes a new preface to this edition. The publication information on the copyright page indicates a first edition in 1917 of 1000 copies and this edition, also in 1000 copies. 128 pp.

New York: Harper Collins, (2014). First edition - For two years, Davidson met every Friday with 89-year-old Rabbi Zalman Shachter-Shalomi, founder of the Jewish Renewal movement, to discuss what he calls The December Project - that is, "creating strategies to deal with pain and memory loss, and finding tools to cultivate simplicity, fearlessness, and joy at any age. Davidson includes twelve exercises so that readers may experience what she did a sea change in facing what we all must face: mortality." Glossary. 193 pp.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. dj. Hardcover - A book by this prominent atheist, one in which he points out the harm that religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11, and more. Appendix, bibliography, notes, index. x, 406 pp. ISBN: 978-0618680009.

New York & Boston: Mariner Book / Houghton Mifflin, (2008). A book by this prominent atheist, one in which he points out the harm that religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11, and more. Appendix, bibliography, notes, index.463 pp. ISBN: 978-0618918249.

Salt Lake City: Deseret Sunday Schools Union, 1909. Hardcover first edition - A revised and expanded edition of 'The Deseret Sunday School Song Book' with over 100 additional songs based on suggestions from over 1000 wards, for a total of 395 songs, all arranged so that each selection may be sung or played without turning the page. Index.

Chicago: Vita Publishing Co., (1905). Hardcover first edition - An uncommon early work by this American religious and spiritual healer. DeVoe began his ministry after being a participant in the Parliament of Religions at the Chicago Worlds Fair of 1893, where he became one of the proponents of the New Thought movement, and, at the turn of the last century, he founded the Elohist Ministry. This work focuses on the fourfold nature of man - physical, mental, spiritual and divine - with sections on The Health Culture, the Mind Culture and the Soul Culture. 213 pp plus 4 pp of publisher's ads.

Boston: Davis & Bond, (1908). Hardcover - An early novel by this author best known for her metaphysical writings. Written while she was still a follower of Christian Science, this uses the story of a young school teacher to explain the beliefs of Christian Science. 307 pp.

New York & Toronto: Longmans, Green & Co., 1948. dj. Hardcover first edition - The renowned biologist's writings on the significance and goals of human nature and of the impact of science on the future of humanity. Translated from the French by Mary Lecomte du Nouy.

Fort Bragg, California: Cypress House, (2002,). SIGNED first edition - Illustrated with the Ghanian symbol, 'Gye Nyame,' for the omnipotence of God. INSCRIBED on the title page by the author. 84 pp. ISBN: 1879384515.

New York: Sheed and Ward, (1963) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book based on a series of lectures (called Understanding Human Nature) given to nuns in 1960. It "deals in dialogue form with the application of psychological studies to the life of nuns." viii, 247 pp.

New York: Addison-Wesley, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - A former Trappist monk and priest talks frankly how his life in and out of the church, including a homosexual experience at the monastery, his problems with alcohol and his marriage to a former nun - and he also discusses the oppressiveness of the world of organized religion and his own search for a meaningful spiritual and happy life. ISBN: 0-201-409771.

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. First edition - A collective biography of several Southern and nationally known religious leaders who lent their support first to the Civil Rights movement, and later to the anti-war movement. Among these leaders were William Sloane Coffin, Jr., Daniel and Phillip Berrigan, Abraham Joshua Herschel and others. Notes, bibliography, index. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-8076-46465.

New York: Morrow, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - By the Preacher to Harvard University. INSCRIBED on the title page "To . . . with good wishes" and dated in 1998. Inscription on front endpaper. Notes, index. 383 pp. ISBN: 0-688-13447-5.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book that goes to the heart of one of "least discussed issues of contemporary American life: the individual's search for faith. ..It begins as a grudging quest - not to find something, but to shake the indelible brand of a Catholic upbringing. In her search, she travels to the 'old world' of Catholicism, in Italy and France, a pilgrimage peopled with other pilgrims - crotchety English agnostics, American Franciscan friars and nuns, the surging crowds of Lourdes with their candles and incurable illnesses, but finally, on a visit to a monastery near the Lost Coast of Northern California, she is able to settle into the real goal of her search: the silence of prayer." 242 pp. ISBN: 0-374284407.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989. Hardcover first edition - Six issues of this periodical containing Biblical critisism and study for theology students bound in one volume. Illustrated with many photographs. 469 pp plus a 36 pp bibliographical supplement on theological and Semitic literature.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1970. dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on interviews with many nuns - and some former nuns - in different orders and different parts of the country. A serious look at the dedication of these women and the challenges they face in the modern world.

New York: Hawthorn Books, (1957.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A popular biography of Eugenio Pacelli who became Pope Pius XII, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church during "the rise of Fascism, World War II, the postwar menace of Communism, the Korean War, the unrest in the Soviet satellites, the Suez crisis." Illustrated with 38 black and white photographs, including previously unpublished pictures of the Pope as a young child, and 22 full page drawings by Louis Priscilla. Index. Imprimatur. Illustrated endpapers. 251 pp.

Cleveland, Ohio: Central Publishing House of the Reformed Church in the United States. (1899.). Hardcover first edition - A hymnal, composed by A H Hess, organist for the Evangelisch-Reformirten Zions-Gemeinde in Buffalo, New York. Entirely in German in the traditional Deutsche Schrift (except for the copyright notice.) Oblong format, measuring approximately 8 by 11 inches, 143 pages plus an alphabetical index. Bound in black cloth with leather spine and corners, gilt lettering on front cover.

Chico, California: Brock Publishing Co, (1977.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel based on the appearance of the Virgin Mary to three young children, shephards, in Portugal in 1916, as told by the least known of the children, Francisco Marta, brother of Jacinta and cousin to Lucia (Lucy). SIGNED on the front endpaper by the author, the wife of a Sacramento Valley farmer, who wrote this book out of her deep religious convictions and her pride in her Portuguese heritage. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-930534026.

Cincinnati: Sacred Pageant Society, (1927.). Hardcover - Volume One only, but complete in itself. Color frontispiece. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs, maps and drawings, including some full page plates. xxxvii, 260 pp.