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Poet and Peasant by Kenneth Ewing Bailey - 1976: A Literary Cultural Approach To The Parables In Luke
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Poet and Peasant: A Literary Cultural Approach To The Parables In Luke
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"William Thomson, famous nineteenth century missionary, traveler, and author, described twenty-five years of surface study of Palestine as it relates to the Bible in his two-volume work, The Land and the Book. When he comes to describe Jerusalem he makes this remarkable statement;
Do not set out...resolved to make discoveries. There is not a foot of ground that has not been already scrutinized by a thousand eyes as keen as yours, and the old adage, "If new not true," may be applied to Jerusalem and her monuments with more propriety than to any other place on earth...." - Introduction from Poet and Peasant: A Literary Cultural Approach To The Parables In Luke
"William Thomson, famous nineteenth century missionary, traveler, and author, described twenty-five years of surface study of Palestine as it relates to the Bible in his two-volume work, The Land and the Book. When he comes to describe Jerusalem he makes this remarkable statement;
Do not set out...resolved to make discoveries. There is not a foot of ground that has not been already scrutinized by a thousand eyes as keen as yours, and the old adage, "If new not true," may be applied to Jerusalem and her monuments with more propriety than to any other place on earth...." - Introduction from Poet and Peasant: A Literary Cultural Approach To The Parables In Luke
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- Place of Publication Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Date Published 1976
- Keywords Jesus Christ, Parables, Bible, New Testament, Luke, Criticism
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The Mammoth Hunters
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Ch'ien, Hsiao: The Dragon Beards Versus the Blueprints. 'Meditations on post-war culture'. London: The Pilot Press, 1944. 1st ed. Slim 8vo. Recent half cloth over handmade marbled boards, gilt titles to spine. Viii, pp36, pages a little age toned, full page woodcut frontispiece by Leon Underwood. The writer covers areas of thought of Chinese intellectuals over East and West differences of it's time. An interesting commentary given the changes in lifestyle in China in the 21st Century.
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Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales: The Edwin Mellen Press, Ltd., 1990. Hardcover. Fine. 294pp; Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering, clean, tight copy, Fine condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author. Scholarly study addressing the fundamental theme in American culture of the similitude of democratic and religious experience. Partial Contents: Pilgrims and Puritans: Democratization by Design; The Genesis of Black American Religion: New Spiritual Gifts; Communities of Faith: Facint the New Age; Religion on Trial: The Decline of Moral Posture; The Democratization of Religion and Theology in America and the World: Participation in the Religious Community; much more. Studies in American Religion Volume 50.
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RUBA 'IYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. A New Metrical Version Rendered Into English from Various Persian Sources By George Roe
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Chicago: McClurg, 1906. First edition, first printing. Hard cover. Published Chicago: McClurg, 1906. First printing, November 3, 1906. Small 8vo., 5 1/2" x 8." 78 pages. Multi color Persian pattern paper covered boards, title page printed in red and black. Mild starting of the outer paper covered hinges, but covers strong and tight, little shelfwear to the edges and tips, slight age toning to the paper, but a very nice copy. Very good.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo..
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Camrose AB, Self-published, 1991, trade paperback, 206 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good condition. Signed by the author 'Sincerely, Norma Hall' on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight edge and corner bumps. The autobiography of Norma Hall who suffered from severe polio and spinal curvature at the age of two months. Through her faith in God and the positive self-image instilled by her mother she has emerged as an inspiration to many similarly disadvantaged people. Illustrated with 5 pages of the author's personal photographs. ISBN 9780969364122
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Joubert: A Selection from his Thoughts
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Duckworth & Co, London, England, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Printed on Japanese vellum. Copy # 43 of 80. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 223 pp. Pages are yellowed, but are clean. Spine is cracked but binding is intact. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Cover is moderately soiled. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Philosophy; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001077. .
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New York, Simon and Schuster, 1985, hardcover, 315 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author on the front endpaper. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean slight spine-end and corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, one short closed edge tear, in new Brodart sleeve. The accomplished novelist, non-fiction author, and daughter of the Hollywood writer/producer Nunnally Johnson, returns to fiction with a "smart and funny tightrope combination of frolic and farce... sad and surgical insights into the world of rich WASPs." ISBN 9780671556662
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John Chancellor Makes Me Cry
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New York, Doubleday and Company, 1975, hardcover, 214 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, Signed by the Author with no inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, faint foxing to top edge and endpapers, light remainder spray to bottom edge. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light rubs, tiny nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. The first book, a collection of thoughtful essays, by this beloved southern author of more than twenty novels including the classic Peachtree Road. ISBN 9780385001120
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Poet and Peasant : A Literary-Cultural Approach to the Parables in Luke
by Kenneth E. Bailey
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Eerdmans Publishing Company, William B., 1976. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Bloody Sunrise
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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The Merry Month of May: A Novel
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New York: Delacorte Press, 1971. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Ex-Lib w/ Usual Markings and Expected Imperfections. dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; black boards; 361 pgs.; illust. dj. From the Critically Acclaimed Author of From Here to Eternity. a very clean copy of this classic.
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The Polynesian Triangle
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Quelques Optimistes.
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Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X
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Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients
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New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions…
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Manhattan Beach
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First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Christopher Blake
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Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.
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