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	The Guideposts Treasury of Hope Garden City Doubleday 3rd Prtg. C 1976. Hardcover. 305pp. 8vo . Tan and black boards w/bright silver spine lettering. Religion. Top 3/4" of fore edge shows very faint trace of damp. Top margin of last few pages, at the spine, are a little wrinkled. Minor bumping of front cover's top fore edge corner. No DW. Good + .. USD 6.30 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 4 \| JP¥ 560] Book number: 1399 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	Our Father, Matthew 6 Minneapolis Winston Press Probably 1986. Hardcover. 44pp. 14 full-page, full-color photos, 4 partial-page, full-color photos. 7-3/4" X 5-3/8" . Cream boards, bright metallic lettering . Religion. Each phrase of the prayer is explored in turn, using quotations from well-known writers in addition to other verses from the Bible . Inscription on front endpaper, o/w Fine / VG + .. USD 6.30 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 4 \| JP¥ 560] Book number: 5454 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	Seventh-Day Adventists Believe. . . , a Biblical Exposition of 27 Fundamental Doctrines . Washington DC Ministerial Association . C 1988. Hardcover. Third Printing . 392pp. Index. 9-1/4" X 7-1/8" . HC. Slick light tan boards, blue/black lettering . Religion. Reveals how Seventh-day Adventists percieve God. Shares their vision of Christ. Introductory pages have considerable light pencil underlining but text is clean and sound. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. No DJ. VG .. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 622] Book number: 7996 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ACKERMAN, PHYLLIS The Persian Exhibition New York, 1940: Gods of Our Forefathers NY: Iranian Institute Of America, 1940. First Edition. Booklet. Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Two small light tan stains on p.16, else contents are clean, unworn. ; 8-3/8" Tall, 16 page saddle-stapled booklet. The tan PAPER COVER is about the weight of posterboard. RELIGION. "Five thousand years ago and more, on the Iranian plateau and in the adjacent regions below and beyond the mountain ramparts, men struggling with primitive instruments and methods to maintain a precarious life by means of grain and animal raising, were intensely aware of their dependence on the caprices of climate .. They have left, in the semi-pictorial design on painted pottery, a record of their dominant hopes and fears. " This booklet contains an essay, recording the evolution of myth and religion in the region, illustrated with six full-page b/w photos.. VG- . USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 13 \| £UK 11.5 \| JP¥ 1689] Book number: 31605 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ACKERMAN, PHYLLIS The Persian Exhibition New York, 1940: The First Goddesses NY: Iranian Institute Of America, 1940. First Edition. Booklet. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Pages 1, 8 & 9 have minor foxing, else contents are clean, unworn. ; 8-1/2" Tall, 16-page saddle stapled booklet. The orange PAPER COVER is about the weight of posterboard. RELIGION. "Persistent elements in the history of culture, from the heart of Asia to the ends of Europe, trace back to the fecundity goddesses of the Moon and the Sun, the first deified women. " Five full-page of b/w photos.. VG- . USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 13 \| £UK 11.5 \| JP¥ 1689] Book number: 31607 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ADOLFS, ROBERT The Grave of God, Has the Church a Future? . NY Harper & Row C 1966. Hardcover. 1967, Nihil Obstat, Imprimatur . 157pp. 8vo . HC. Blue cloth spine, black boards, black lettering . Religion . Shatteringly frank in this analysis of just what is wrong today with the followers of Christ. He asserts the Rokman Catholic Church appears unprepared to cope with the problems of modern society . Minor DW wear and soil. Minor wear to clean, sound binding. Contents clean & sound. VG - / VG - .. USD 6.30 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 4 \| JP¥ 560] Book number: 6013 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALAND, KURT, EDITOR Synopsis of the Four Gospels English Edition U. S. A.: United Bible Societies, 1985. Hardcover. This is a large, heavy book and is not eligble for Priority, Air or International under standard fees. Covers are warped up away from the text block, spine is a little faded and lettering is no longer bright but is readily legible, else very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are almost like new. ; 8-1/2 x 10-3/4", 361pp. Blue cloth, gold lettering. RELIGION. First Edition (1982) , Revised Printing (1985) . "Completely revised on the basis of the Greek Text of Nestle-Aland 26th Edition and Greek New Testament 3rd Edition. The Text is the Second Edition of the Revised Standard Version. ""There are a number of features of this Synopsis which make it superior to other existing similar publications. First, it contains the Four Gospels and not merely the three Synoptics...Second, each text ultimately occurs in consecutive order with constant reference to previous and later citations in order to provide continuity. Third, there are important listings of semantic parallels in small type. Fourth, there is an extensive system of cross references covering quotations, allusions, and topical correspondence. Finally, there is an apparatus which permits a person to study carefully all the varied readings occurring in the Authorized Version, the English Revised Version, the American Revised Version (known technically as the Amercian Standard Version) , and the Catholic version of the Revised Standard Version is so far as these various versions differ significantly. " Index of the Gospel Parallels. Index of New Testament Passages.. G+ . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 32175 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALBERIONE, REV. JAMES & THE DAUGHTERS OF ST. PAUL Saint and Thought for Every Day Boston: St. Paul Editions, c. 1976, 1980. Hardcover. ISBN: 0819804711. There is a shallow 3" light scratch on the book's front cover, otherwise Binding, DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; Brown leatherette, HARDCOVER. Bright gold lettering. Imprimatur. A few b/w photos. RELIGION. In our hurried lives, often we desire 'instant' spiritual help. We want to picj up a book in which we can find a brief God-filled message for today. That is the purpose of this book. The thoughts, one for each day, are by Father James Alberione. They are arranged in such a way as to assist us in our growth to full stature in christ. Brief sketches of lives of the saints for all year are also presented according to the new calendar of saints. A practical application for imitation of each saint is also suggested. ; 7-1/'4" Tall; 311 pages. VG/VG+ . USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 12 \| £UK 10.5 \| JP¥ 1556] Book number: 20687 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALDRIDGE, MARIAN D. & KEVIN LEWIS, EDITORS The Changing Shape of Protestantism in the South Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, c. 1996. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 0865545189. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Oldprice in ink on ffep. Contents are almost like new. ; Glossy brown cover is about the weight of posterboard. PAPER COVERS....RELIGION. This book "...originates from a conference in March 1995 in Columbia, South Carolina... (it) focuses on those religious and social developments that are a part of the changing cultural landscape of life in the South. These developments are not seen as unique to the South, but reflect a pattern seen in the whole country. The subject was addressed by five lectures, with...an overall sociological analysis, addressing such themes as the growing secularization of life in the South at the same time that a resurgence of evangelical Christianity is occurring. The emergence of the megachurch and the loosening hold of denominational Christianity are other significant developments. " ; 9" Tall; 85 pages. VG+ . USD 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 \| £UK 6.5 \| JP¥ 934] Book number: 25986 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALEXANDER, DAVID AND PAT ALEXANDER, EDITORS . Eerdmans' Handbook to the Bible . American Edition Grand Rapids MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, (c.1973) 1973. First Edition. Fifth Printing. ISBN: 0802834361. Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Name on half-title. Contents are almost like new. ; 9" Tall, 680pp. Smooth blue boards, bright gold lettering. Color-photo illustrated endpapers. Hundreds of full-color photos, original graphic charts, diagrams, maps. Complete indexes. RELIGION. Here, in this comprehensive and fully illustrated reference volume, you can see and understand the Bible in its historical context, and you will find answers to almost every imaginable question about biblical times and places. ; 9" Tall; 680 pages. VG- . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 31875 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALEXANDER, DAVID AND PAT ALEXANDER, EDITORS . Eerdmans' Handbook to the Bible . Grand Rapids MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, (c.1973) 1977. First Edition. Fourth Printing. ISBN: 0802834361. 1" split in the material covering the top of the front joint, else very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are almost like new. DJ is not much to look at, but it provides plenty of protection and information. This is a heavy book and is not eligible for Priority or Air under standard fees.; Blue leatherette, bright gold lettering. Color-photo illustrated endpapers. Hundreds of full-color photos, original graplhic charts, diagrams, maps. Complete indexes. RELIGION. Here, in this comprehensive and fully illustrated reference volume, you can see and understand the Bible in its historical context, and you will find answers to almost every imaginable question about biblical times and places. ; 9" Tall; 680 pages. G+/G- . USD 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 \| £UK 6.5 \| JP¥ 934] Book number: 27124 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLEN, CHARLES L. God's Psychiatry . Old Tappan, NJ . Fleming H. Revell . C 1953. Hardcover. 159pp. 8vo . Blue boards, bright gold lettering . Religion. Tried and true remedies for the sick in soul and spirit . Name on front endpaper. DW is rubbed wiith minor edge wear. Very minor binding edge wear, clean & sound. VG - / G .. USD 6.30 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 4 \| JP¥ 560] Book number: 4770 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALMQUIST, ARDEN Missionary, Come Back ! . NY World Pub. First Printing 1970. Hardcover. 201pp. 8vo . HC. White cloth spine, black boards, bright metallic red lettering . RELIGION. A personal testament of what one missionary in constant dialogue with the world and the church at home and abroad believes about his and his colleagues' role in a changing yetunchanged world - unchanged, that is, in its need of Christ as Lord and Savior. The answer to the problems of the minorities at home is not the abandoment of the majorities abroad, for their needs are essentially the same, and the solutions to their problems inseparable. Minor wear and rubbing of clean DJ. Binding is clean, sound and unworn, as are the contents. VG + / VG - .. USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 9747 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALTEA, ROSEMARY The Eagle and the Rose, a Remarkable True Story . NY Warner C 1995. Hardcover. Eighth printing . 283pp. Tall 8vo . HC. Marbled light blue boards, blue spine, bright gold lettering . Religion. With her astonishinngly accurate clairvoyance and her miraculous capacity to contact the departed, she shows us that everyday life is not the only plane of existence, and reveals another world of infinite goodness. The Eagle is her spirit guide . Blue dot on bottom edge. Binding is clean, sound and unworn as are the contents and the DW. Fine / Fine .. USD 7.70 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 \| £UK 4.75 \| JP¥ 685] Book number: 6272 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALTEA, ROSEMARY The Eagle and the Rose, a Remarkable True Story . NY Warner C 1995. Hardcover. First Printing . 283pp. Tall 8vo . HC. Marbled light blue boards, blue spine, bright gold lettering . Religion. Internationally renowned psychic medium recounts her struggle to come to terms with sho and what she is and reveals the profundity of a force that can open new dimensions for all of us . Binding is clean, sound and unworn as is the DW. Final blank pages of book have a crease, o/w contents are almost like new. Fine - / Fine .. USD 7.70 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 \| £UK 4.75 \| JP¥ 685] Book number: 7315 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALTEA, ROSEMARY Proud Spirit, Lessons, Insights & Healing from "the Voice of the Spirit World" . NY Eagle Brook C.1997. Hardcover. First Printing . 267pp. Tall 8vo . Hc. Blue & ivory boards, bright gold lettering . RELIGION. Uses revealing episodes from her own personal life, as well as stories gathered from her work as a spiritual medium and a healer, to illuminate our understanding of what happens when we die. Grey Eagle, her Apache spirit guide, is ever present as she explores how our loved ones in the spirit world stay involved in our lives after they pass over . Inner-side of DJ's front panel, at the bottom, and book's front cover, have a 2" X 3" damp stain, o/w DJ is clean and unworn as is the binding. Contents are clean & sound.. USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 9670 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSON, KEN The Contemporary Concornace of Bible Topics the Entire Bible Indexed By Subject Matter Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover; Second Printing. ISBN: 0896934381. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Presentation note on ffep. ; 9-1/4" Tall, 438pp. Light tan boards, bright gold lettering. RELIGION. "The primary source for this book was the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, cprt 1973, 1978, 1984, International Bible Society. " "Rather than to provide in-depth coverage of a given topic, the objective of the editior was to list a variety of representative texts. Thus, in preparing an oral presentation, written study, or lesson, the user has a variety of options for use in illustration and reinforcement...For example, 'ecology' does not appear in any Bible text. Yet references listed in this book relate to that topic... In essence, then, this book supplements, rather than supplants, existing reference sources. ". VG- . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 30691 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSON, PAUL F. The New International Version Audio Cassette Presentation a Complete Outline of Psalms and Proverbs Grand Rapids MI: Zondervan, 1981. Non-Book. Five audio cassettes. The cassettes play almost as new. Very minor wear on the plastic case. ; Five audio cassettes in brown plastic case. RELIGION. Introduction by Dr. W. A. Criswell. Psalms & Proverbs from The New International Version.. VG . USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 13 \| £UK 11.5 \| JP¥ 1689] Book number: 29126 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSON, PHOEBE M. Religious Living with Nursery Children in Church and Home . Boston Pilgrim Press C 1956. Hardcover. 179pp. Bibliography. 7-1/2" X 5-1/8" . / HC. Red cloth, black lettering . RELIGION. What nursery children ae llike, how to understand them, and how to help them grow toward Christian maturity is the primary concern of this book. It is also prepared to serve as a text in leadership education classes on the work of the nursery department . DJ's upper fore corners and top edge near the spine are worn, o/w minor wear to clean DJ. Binding is clean and sound, with very minor wear. Church stamp on title page and p. 95, pocket on back pastedown, o/w contents are clean and unmarked. VG - / G + .. USD 5.99 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 533] Book number: 10566 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSON, JOAN WESTER Where Miracles Happen Carmel NY Guideposts 1994. Hardcover. Stated First Edition . 242pp. 8vo . Maroon boards w/bright gold spine lettering . Religion. True Stories of Heavenly Encunters . Fine / VG .. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 622] Book number: 1344 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDREWS, EDWARD DEMING & FAITH ANDREWS Fruits of the Shaker Tree of Life Memoirs of Fifty Years of Collecting and Research Stockbridge, Massachusetts: Berkshire Traveller Press, c. 1975. Large Paperback. ISBN: 0912944323. 1/4" tear in top and bottom edge of the front cover, otherwise minor wear, very minor soil on the sound binding. Very minor edge soil. Contents are clean and unmarked. ; Illustrated cover is about the weight of posterboard. PAPER COVERS. Photo frontispiece, plus 81 b/w illustrations (mostly photos) . RELIGION. This memoir is a record of the many years of the authors' collecting and personal relationships with the people called Shakers. They were among the last winesses of a way of life, a distinct American culture, that is gradually but inevitably receeding into the past. And as witnesses, they feel that it is important to set down the day-by-day incidents, their reactions to certain exepriences, the pleasure of search and research, as well as the disappointments and obstacles which accompanied their erffort to document a whole culture. It was their good fortune to enter into the actual life of a secluded people, and to receive from them, fresh and direct, what they had to give, of spiritual as well as material 'gifts. ' Precious were these fruits of the Shaker tree of life. ; 10-3/4" Tall; 222 pages. VG- . USD 13.30 [Appr.: EURO 9 \| £UK 8 \| JP¥ 1183] Book number: 20042 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ARNOLD, EBERHARD & EMMY ARNOLD & CHRISTOPH BLUMHARDT & ALFRED DELP When the Time Was Fulfilled on Advent and Christmas Rifton NY: Plough Publishing House, c. 1965. Hardcover. Binding's upper fore corners are bent inward slightly, otherwise binding is almost as new. Contents are almost like new, on very white aper. Minor wear and very minor soil on the price-cut DJ. ; Dark blue cloth, bright gold lettering. RELIGION. "There are two messages clearly expressed and sensitively woven together in this book. One is the deep significance of the 'calendar Christmas' which after two thousand years still miraculously has a power in the world today...The other is the call of the eternal Christmas, the expectation of God's intervention in the need and suffering of mankind today. Into this situation bursts the power of expectation of the holy advent of a new day, the dawning of a new time, the coming of God's love through His Son Jesus. "...Edited and translated from the German at the Society of brothers, Rifton, New York. ; 7-1/2" Tall; 220 pages. VG-/VG- . USD 8.40 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 747] Book number: 27084 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ASCH, SHOLEM The Nazarene NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, c. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. The spine is rubbed but the lettering is legible. The color is worn from the tips of the fore corners and the top/bottom of the spine and some edges, but nowhere is the cloth worn through to the boards. Cup ring on front cover, moderate over-all binding soil. Hinges are sound. Some margins are lightly age-yellowed, else text is clean. DJ is not much to look at, but it provides plenty of protection and information. ; Black cloth, gold lettering. RELIGION. "THE NAZARENE presents a sweeping, glowing panorama of Jerusalem and the provinces nearly two thousand years ago, during the most dramatic period of human history. " This is a novel based on the life of Christ. ; 8-1/2" Tall; 698 pages. G/G- . USD 8.40 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 747] Book number: 27528 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ASHCRAFT, MORRIS Makers of the Modern Theological Mind: Rudolf Bultmann Waco TX: Word Books, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor age-yellowing of contents, else binding and contents are almost like new. Very minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; 8-3/4" Tall, 123 pp. Black boards, bright silver lettering. RELIGION. "Dr. Ashcraft ably summarizes Bultmann's thought in terms of the major emphases of his whole work. After a brief biographical sketch there ae chapters on Bultmann's concept of existence, his understanding of history, his views on 'the historical Jesus, ' the relationship of faith and existence, as well as on demythologizing. The book ends with a helpful discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of Bultmann's thought. " Selected Bibliography.. VG-/VG- . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 29668 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	NATIONAL SPIRITUALIST ASSOCIATION Spiritualist Manual, Fifth Edition, 1934 Wash. DC: National Spiritualist Association, 1934. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. The spine lettering's gold is all missing; the faint impression remaining is mostly illegible. However, the gold lettering on the front cover is bright. A very small amount of the color is worn from the tips of the fore corners and the top/bottom of the spine, but nowhere is the cloth worn through to the boards. Else very minor wera and soil on the sound binding. Contents are clean and unmarked. ; Maroon cloth, bright gold lettering. RELIGION. "This 'Manual' is designed to be a Handbook for Ministers, Speakers and Students, but its use is discretionary with them. It is hoped that Spiritualists generally will find it helpful in presenting the teachings of Spiritualism; and that in sections of our country where there are few Spiritualists, and no Mediums or Speakers, it will be an aid to willing workers in holding regular meetings and other services, exclusive of marriage. " Declaratiion of Principles. What Spiritualism Is and Does. Philosophy of Spiritualism. Invocation and Readings, Nos. 1 - 11. Nature of the Spirit World. Spirit Manifestations of the Bible. Selected Poetry. Index. ; 9" Tall; 200 pages. G+ . USD 21.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.25 \| £UK 12.75 \| JP¥ 1867] Book number: 28302 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.

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	The Guideposts Treasury of Hope Garden City Doubleday 3rd Prtg. C 1976. Hardcover. 305pp. 8vo . Tan and black boards w/bright silver spine lettering. Religion. Top 3/4" of fore edge shows very faint trace of damp. Top margin of last few pages, at the spine, are a little wrinkled. Minor bumping of front cover's top fore edge corner. No DW. Good + .. USD 6.30 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 4 \| JP¥ 560] Book number: 1399 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	Our Father, Matthew 6 Minneapolis Winston Press Probably 1986. Hardcover. 44pp. 14 full-page, full-color photos, 4 partial-page, full-color photos. 7-3/4" X 5-3/8" . Cream boards, bright metallic lettering . Religion. Each phrase of the prayer is explored in turn, using quotations from well-known writers in addition to other verses from the Bible . Inscription on front endpaper, o/w Fine / VG + .. USD 6.30 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 4 \| JP¥ 560] Book number: 5454 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	Seventh-Day Adventists Believe. . . , a Biblical Exposition of 27 Fundamental Doctrines . Washington DC Ministerial Association . C 1988. Hardcover. Third Printing . 392pp. Index. 9-1/4" X 7-1/8" . HC. Slick light tan boards, blue/black lettering . Religion. Reveals how Seventh-day Adventists percieve God. Shares their vision of Christ. Introductory pages have considerable light pencil underlining but text is clean and sound. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. No DJ. VG .. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 622] Book number: 7996 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ACKERMAN, PHYLLIS The Persian Exhibition New York, 1940: Gods of Our Forefathers NY: Iranian Institute Of America, 1940. First Edition. Booklet. Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Two small light tan stains on p.16, else contents are clean, unworn. ; 8-3/8" Tall, 16 page saddle-stapled booklet. The tan PAPER COVER is about the weight of posterboard. RELIGION. "Five thousand years ago and more, on the Iranian plateau and in the adjacent regions below and beyond the mountain ramparts, men struggling with primitive instruments and methods to maintain a precarious life by means of grain and animal raising, were intensely aware of their dependence on the caprices of climate .. They have left, in the semi-pictorial design on painted pottery, a record of their dominant hopes and fears. " This booklet contains an essay, recording the evolution of myth and religion in the region, illustrated with six full-page b/w photos.. VG- . USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 13 \| £UK 11.5 \| JP¥ 1689] Book number: 31605 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ACKERMAN, PHYLLIS The Persian Exhibition New York, 1940: The First Goddesses NY: Iranian Institute Of America, 1940. First Edition. Booklet. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Pages 1, 8 & 9 have minor foxing, else contents are clean, unworn. ; 8-1/2" Tall, 16-page saddle stapled booklet. The orange PAPER COVER is about the weight of posterboard. RELIGION. "Persistent elements in the history of culture, from the heart of Asia to the ends of Europe, trace back to the fecundity goddesses of the Moon and the Sun, the first deified women. " Five full-page of b/w photos.. VG- . USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 13 \| £UK 11.5 \| JP¥ 1689] Book number: 31607 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ADOLFS, ROBERT The Grave of God, Has the Church a Future? . NY Harper & Row C 1966. Hardcover. 1967, Nihil Obstat, Imprimatur . 157pp. 8vo . HC. Blue cloth spine, black boards, black lettering . Religion . Shatteringly frank in this analysis of just what is wrong today with the followers of Christ. He asserts the Rokman Catholic Church appears unprepared to cope with the problems of modern society . Minor DW wear and soil. Minor wear to clean, sound binding. Contents clean & sound. VG - / VG - .. USD 6.30 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 4 \| JP¥ 560] Book number: 6013 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALAND, KURT, EDITOR Synopsis of the Four Gospels English Edition U. S. A.: United Bible Societies, 1985. Hardcover. This is a large, heavy book and is not eligble for Priority, Air or International under standard fees. Covers are warped up away from the text block, spine is a little faded and lettering is no longer bright but is readily legible, else very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are almost like new. ; 8-1/2 x 10-3/4", 361pp. Blue cloth, gold lettering. RELIGION. First Edition (1982) , Revised Printing (1985) . "Completely revised on the basis of the Greek Text of Nestle-Aland 26th Edition and Greek New Testament 3rd Edition. The Text is the Second Edition of the Revised Standard Version. ""There are a number of features of this Synopsis which make it superior to other existing similar publications. First, it contains the Four Gospels and not merely the three Synoptics...Second, each text ultimately occurs in consecutive order with constant reference to previous and later citations in order to provide continuity. Third, there are important listings of semantic parallels in small type. Fourth, there is an extensive system of cross references covering quotations, allusions, and topical correspondence. Finally, there is an apparatus which permits a person to study carefully all the varied readings occurring in the Authorized Version, the English Revised Version, the American Revised Version (known technically as the Amercian Standard Version) , and the Catholic version of the Revised Standard Version is so far as these various versions differ significantly. " Index of the Gospel Parallels. Index of New Testament Passages.. G+ . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 32175 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALBERIONE, REV. JAMES & THE DAUGHTERS OF ST. PAUL Saint and Thought for Every Day Boston: St. Paul Editions, c. 1976, 1980. Hardcover. ISBN: 0819804711. There is a shallow 3" light scratch on the book's front cover, otherwise Binding, DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; Brown leatherette, HARDCOVER. Bright gold lettering. Imprimatur. A few b/w photos. RELIGION. In our hurried lives, often we desire 'instant' spiritual help. We want to picj up a book in which we can find a brief God-filled message for today. That is the purpose of this book. The thoughts, one for each day, are by Father James Alberione. They are arranged in such a way as to assist us in our growth to full stature in christ. Brief sketches of lives of the saints for all year are also presented according to the new calendar of saints. A practical application for imitation of each saint is also suggested. ; 7-1/'4" Tall; 311 pages. VG/VG+ . USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 12 \| £UK 10.5 \| JP¥ 1556] Book number: 20687 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALDRIDGE, MARIAN D. & KEVIN LEWIS, EDITORS The Changing Shape of Protestantism in the South Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, c. 1996. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 0865545189. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Oldprice in ink on ffep. Contents are almost like new. ; Glossy brown cover is about the weight of posterboard. PAPER COVERS....RELIGION. This book "...originates from a conference in March 1995 in Columbia, South Carolina... (it) focuses on those religious and social developments that are a part of the changing cultural landscape of life in the South. These developments are not seen as unique to the South, but reflect a pattern seen in the whole country. The subject was addressed by five lectures, with...an overall sociological analysis, addressing such themes as the growing secularization of life in the South at the same time that a resurgence of evangelical Christianity is occurring. The emergence of the megachurch and the loosening hold of denominational Christianity are other significant developments. " ; 9" Tall; 85 pages. VG+ . USD 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 \| £UK 6.5 \| JP¥ 934] Book number: 25986 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALEXANDER, DAVID AND PAT ALEXANDER, EDITORS . Eerdmans' Handbook to the Bible . American Edition Grand Rapids MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, (c.1973) 1973. First Edition. Fifth Printing. ISBN: 0802834361. Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Name on half-title. Contents are almost like new. ; 9" Tall, 680pp. Smooth blue boards, bright gold lettering. Color-photo illustrated endpapers. Hundreds of full-color photos, original graphic charts, diagrams, maps. Complete indexes. RELIGION. Here, in this comprehensive and fully illustrated reference volume, you can see and understand the Bible in its historical context, and you will find answers to almost every imaginable question about biblical times and places. ; 9" Tall; 680 pages. VG- . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 31875 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALEXANDER, DAVID AND PAT ALEXANDER, EDITORS . Eerdmans' Handbook to the Bible . Grand Rapids MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, (c.1973) 1977. First Edition. Fourth Printing. ISBN: 0802834361. 1" split in the material covering the top of the front joint, else very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are almost like new. DJ is not much to look at, but it provides plenty of protection and information. This is a heavy book and is not eligible for Priority or Air under standard fees.; Blue leatherette, bright gold lettering. Color-photo illustrated endpapers. Hundreds of full-color photos, original graplhic charts, diagrams, maps. Complete indexes. RELIGION. Here, in this comprehensive and fully illustrated reference volume, you can see and understand the Bible in its historical context, and you will find answers to almost every imaginable question about biblical times and places. ; 9" Tall; 680 pages. G+/G- . USD 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 \| £UK 6.5 \| JP¥ 934] Book number: 27124 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLEN, CHARLES L. God's Psychiatry . Old Tappan, NJ . Fleming H. Revell . C 1953. Hardcover. 159pp. 8vo . Blue boards, bright gold lettering . Religion. Tried and true remedies for the sick in soul and spirit . Name on front endpaper. DW is rubbed wiith minor edge wear. Very minor binding edge wear, clean & sound. VG - / G .. USD 6.30 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 4 \| JP¥ 560] Book number: 4770 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALMQUIST, ARDEN Missionary, Come Back ! . NY World Pub. First Printing 1970. Hardcover. 201pp. 8vo . HC. White cloth spine, black boards, bright metallic red lettering . RELIGION. A personal testament of what one missionary in constant dialogue with the world and the church at home and abroad believes about his and his colleagues' role in a changing yetunchanged world - unchanged, that is, in its need of Christ as Lord and Savior. The answer to the problems of the minorities at home is not the abandoment of the majorities abroad, for their needs are essentially the same, and the solutions to their problems inseparable. Minor wear and rubbing of clean DJ. Binding is clean, sound and unworn, as are the contents. VG + / VG - .. USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 9747 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALTEA, ROSEMARY The Eagle and the Rose, a Remarkable True Story . NY Warner C 1995. Hardcover. Eighth printing . 283pp. Tall 8vo . HC. Marbled light blue boards, blue spine, bright gold lettering . Religion. With her astonishinngly accurate clairvoyance and her miraculous capacity to contact the departed, she shows us that everyday life is not the only plane of existence, and reveals another world of infinite goodness. The Eagle is her spirit guide . Blue dot on bottom edge. Binding is clean, sound and unworn as are the contents and the DW. Fine / Fine .. USD 7.70 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 \| £UK 4.75 \| JP¥ 685] Book number: 6272 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALTEA, ROSEMARY The Eagle and the Rose, a Remarkable True Story . NY Warner C 1995. Hardcover. First Printing . 283pp. Tall 8vo . HC. Marbled light blue boards, blue spine, bright gold lettering . Religion. Internationally renowned psychic medium recounts her struggle to come to terms with sho and what she is and reveals the profundity of a force that can open new dimensions for all of us . Binding is clean, sound and unworn as is the DW. Final blank pages of book have a crease, o/w contents are almost like new. Fine - / Fine .. USD 7.70 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 \| £UK 4.75 \| JP¥ 685] Book number: 7315 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALTEA, ROSEMARY Proud Spirit, Lessons, Insights & Healing from "the Voice of the Spirit World" . NY Eagle Brook C.1997. Hardcover. First Printing . 267pp. Tall 8vo . Hc. Blue & ivory boards, bright gold lettering . RELIGION. Uses revealing episodes from her own personal life, as well as stories gathered from her work as a spiritual medium and a healer, to illuminate our understanding of what happens when we die. Grey Eagle, her Apache spirit guide, is ever present as she explores how our loved ones in the spirit world stay involved in our lives after they pass over . Inner-side of DJ's front panel, at the bottom, and book's front cover, have a 2" X 3" damp stain, o/w DJ is clean and unworn as is the binding. Contents are clean & sound.. USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 9670 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSON, KEN The Contemporary Concornace of Bible Topics the Entire Bible Indexed By Subject Matter Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover; Second Printing. ISBN: 0896934381. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Presentation note on ffep. ; 9-1/4" Tall, 438pp. Light tan boards, bright gold lettering. RELIGION. "The primary source for this book was the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, cprt 1973, 1978, 1984, International Bible Society. " "Rather than to provide in-depth coverage of a given topic, the objective of the editior was to list a variety of representative texts. Thus, in preparing an oral presentation, written study, or lesson, the user has a variety of options for use in illustration and reinforcement...For example, 'ecology' does not appear in any Bible text. Yet references listed in this book relate to that topic... In essence, then, this book supplements, rather than supplants, existing reference sources. ". VG- . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 30691 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSON, PAUL F. The New International Version Audio Cassette Presentation a Complete Outline of Psalms and Proverbs Grand Rapids MI: Zondervan, 1981. Non-Book. Five audio cassettes. The cassettes play almost as new. Very minor wear on the plastic case. ; Five audio cassettes in brown plastic case. RELIGION. Introduction by Dr. W. A. Criswell. Psalms & Proverbs from The New International Version.. VG . USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 13 \| £UK 11.5 \| JP¥ 1689] Book number: 29126 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSON, PHOEBE M. Religious Living with Nursery Children in Church and Home . Boston Pilgrim Press C 1956. Hardcover. 179pp. Bibliography. 7-1/2" X 5-1/8" . / HC. Red cloth, black lettering . RELIGION. What nursery children ae llike, how to understand them, and how to help them grow toward Christian maturity is the primary concern of this book. It is also prepared to serve as a text in leadership education classes on the work of the nursery department . DJ's upper fore corners and top edge near the spine are worn, o/w minor wear to clean DJ. Binding is clean and sound, with very minor wear. Church stamp on title page and p. 95, pocket on back pastedown, o/w contents are clean and unmarked. VG - / G + .. USD 5.99 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 533] Book number: 10566 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSON, JOAN WESTER Where Miracles Happen Carmel NY Guideposts 1994. Hardcover. Stated First Edition . 242pp. 8vo . Maroon boards w/bright gold spine lettering . Religion. True Stories of Heavenly Encunters . Fine / VG .. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 622] Book number: 1344 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDREWS, EDWARD DEMING & FAITH ANDREWS Fruits of the Shaker Tree of Life Memoirs of Fifty Years of Collecting and Research Stockbridge, Massachusetts: Berkshire Traveller Press, c. 1975. Large Paperback. ISBN: 0912944323. 1/4" tear in top and bottom edge of the front cover, otherwise minor wear, very minor soil on the sound binding. Very minor edge soil. Contents are clean and unmarked. ; Illustrated cover is about the weight of posterboard. PAPER COVERS. Photo frontispiece, plus 81 b/w illustrations (mostly photos) . RELIGION. This memoir is a record of the many years of the authors' collecting and personal relationships with the people called Shakers. They were among the last winesses of a way of life, a distinct American culture, that is gradually but inevitably receeding into the past. And as witnesses, they feel that it is important to set down the day-by-day incidents, their reactions to certain exepriences, the pleasure of search and research, as well as the disappointments and obstacles which accompanied their erffort to document a whole culture. It was their good fortune to enter into the actual life of a secluded people, and to receive from them, fresh and direct, what they had to give, of spiritual as well as material 'gifts. ' Precious were these fruits of the Shaker tree of life. ; 10-3/4" Tall; 222 pages. VG- . USD 13.30 [Appr.: EURO 9 \| £UK 8 \| JP¥ 1183] Book number: 20042 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ARNOLD, EBERHARD & EMMY ARNOLD & CHRISTOPH BLUMHARDT & ALFRED DELP When the Time Was Fulfilled on Advent and Christmas Rifton NY: Plough Publishing House, c. 1965. Hardcover. Binding's upper fore corners are bent inward slightly, otherwise binding is almost as new. Contents are almost like new, on very white aper. Minor wear and very minor soil on the price-cut DJ. ; Dark blue cloth, bright gold lettering. RELIGION. "There are two messages clearly expressed and sensitively woven together in this book. One is the deep significance of the 'calendar Christmas' which after two thousand years still miraculously has a power in the world today...The other is the call of the eternal Christmas, the expectation of God's intervention in the need and suffering of mankind today. Into this situation bursts the power of expectation of the holy advent of a new day, the dawning of a new time, the coming of God's love through His Son Jesus. "...Edited and translated from the German at the Society of brothers, Rifton, New York. ; 7-1/2" Tall; 220 pages. VG-/VG- . USD 8.40 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 747] Book number: 27084 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ASCH, SHOLEM The Nazarene NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, c. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. The spine is rubbed but the lettering is legible. The color is worn from the tips of the fore corners and the top/bottom of the spine and some edges, but nowhere is the cloth worn through to the boards. Cup ring on front cover, moderate over-all binding soil. Hinges are sound. Some margins are lightly age-yellowed, else text is clean. DJ is not much to look at, but it provides plenty of protection and information. ; Black cloth, gold lettering. RELIGION. "THE NAZARENE presents a sweeping, glowing panorama of Jerusalem and the provinces nearly two thousand years ago, during the most dramatic period of human history. " This is a novel based on the life of Christ. ; 8-1/2" Tall; 698 pages. G/G- . USD 8.40 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 747] Book number: 27528 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ASHCRAFT, MORRIS Makers of the Modern Theological Mind: Rudolf Bultmann Waco TX: Word Books, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor age-yellowing of contents, else binding and contents are almost like new. Very minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; 8-3/4" Tall, 123 pp. Black boards, bright silver lettering. RELIGION. "Dr. Ashcraft ably summarizes Bultmann's thought in terms of the major emphases of his whole work. After a brief biographical sketch there ae chapters on Bultmann's concept of existence, his understanding of history, his views on 'the historical Jesus, ' the relationship of faith and existence, as well as on demythologizing. The book ends with a helpful discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of Bultmann's thought. " Selected Bibliography.. VG-/VG- . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 29668 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	NATIONAL SPIRITUALIST ASSOCIATION Spiritualist Manual, Fifth Edition, 1934 Wash. DC: National Spiritualist Association, 1934. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. The spine lettering's gold is all missing; the faint impression remaining is mostly illegible. However, the gold lettering on the front cover is bright. A very small amount of the color is worn from the tips of the fore corners and the top/bottom of the spine, but nowhere is the cloth worn through to the boards. Else very minor wera and soil on the sound binding. Contents are clean and unmarked. ; Maroon cloth, bright gold lettering. RELIGION. "This 'Manual' is designed to be a Handbook for Ministers, Speakers and Students, but its use is discretionary with them. It is hoped that Spiritualists generally will find it helpful in presenting the teachings of Spiritualism; and that in sections of our country where there are few Spiritualists, and no Mediums or Speakers, it will be an aid to willing workers in holding regular meetings and other services, exclusive of marriage. " Declaratiion of Principles. What Spiritualism Is and Does. Philosophy of Spiritualism. Invocation and Readings, Nos. 1 - 11. Nature of the Spirit World. Spirit Manifestations of the Bible. Selected Poetry. Index. ; 9" Tall; 200 pages. G+ . USD 21.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.25 \| £UK 12.75 \| JP¥ 1867] Book number: 28302 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.