Search Results: Religion from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Herbert Jenkins, London, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. 157 pp., 9 full colour illustrations, b&w illustrations. Translated from the Danish by Maurice Micheal. Original bookseller's stamp on lower left of ffep. Covers the various islands of the Caribbean, and has a chapter on Voodoo in Haiti. Indexed, quirky little margin illustrations add to the charm of this book, although no illustrator is credited. Size: Oblong 4to. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Religion; Travel; mythology. Inventory No: 0210242. .

Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 1.2 kg; XXVI, 438 pages, indexed, with bibliography, notes on sources, appendix, and glossary. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, and facsimiles of documents. Colour illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket has faded on the back strip section. But otherwise shows no damage. There is on the front end page a presentation sticker to the previous owner from the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation. This congregation established just five years after the birth of Melbourne, was indeed to prove enduring. The foundation of Victorian Jewish life was to become its cornerstone. Its social contribution extends far beyond its membership to Australian society and the Jewish world as a whole. This book debunks the myth that Orthodox Judaism in Australia is a 20th-century phenomenon. Nevertheless, fluctuations in fortunes -- social, religious and economic,… Read More

Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Signed by Both Authors. 1.2 kg; XXVI, 438 pages, indexed, with bibliography, notes on sources, appendix, and glossary. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, and facsimiles of documents. Colour illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket has faded on the back strip section, from burnished cedar to a light bamboo; there is no other damage to describe. Signed in the lower right-hand quadrant of the front free end page to both authors. This congregation established just five years after the birth of Melbourne, was indeed to prove enduring. The foundation of Victorian Jewish life was to become its cornerstone. Its social contribution extends far beyond its membership to Australian society and the Jewish world as a whole. This book debunks the myth that Orthodox Judaism in Australia is a 20th-century phenomenon. Nevertheless, fluctuations in… Read More

Rhein Verlag, Zurich, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. text in german with some articles in english. 520 pp., text illustrated with 1 picture, 1 illustration. Top edge tinted orange. Original wrap-around band over the dustwrapper. The book itself has no obvious faults. The dustwrapper is slightly edgeworn and chipped, as is the wrap-around band. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; Religion; Inventory No: 0204823. .

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Foreword to the Pelican edition, notes and index. Illustrated paperback binding with blue coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the back strip. During the Renaissance and Reformation period of European history where mediaeval superstition was supposedly retreating, the witch-craze of the same period took hold and the belief that an imminent attack from the Powers of darkness was rife. Quoting from the rear panel blurb " ... And more they were tortured and burnt (witches), the more their power spread – until, by the 30 Years War, Europe was in the grip of a collective psychosis foreshadowing that of Nazi Germany. In this short but masterly study Professor Trevor-Roper questions why, in this important respect, "Early Modern" Europe had regressed since the Dark Ages. He sees the craze as a form of social intolerance, with the witch, like the… Read More

Self Published, New Delhi, 1946. 2nd Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. 174 pp., blue paper-covered boards are unevenly faded at margins, blue cloth spine slightly faded. Boards and front endpaper somewhat rubbed and slightly soiled. Interior Is clean, slightly greyed ( perhaps original paper colour?). Bookseller sticker pasted to lower left of front endpaper. Includes 14 pages of the selections in Sanskrit for memorization. The author's commentary on the slokas is not only dispassionate but also comprehensive. The illustrations given are drawn from experience and the suggestions to control the mind are practical. Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Religion; Inventory No: 0203106. .

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1988. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Inscribed by Author. Preface and introduction by author, bibliography and index. Plaintext paperback binding with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. This book is based on the author's Wilde Lectures in Natural Religion in Oxford in 1970-2. " ... The God of the Philosophers is a study of some of the principal attributes traditionally ascribed to God in Western theism, in particular of omniscience and omnipotence, and, as such, is an exercise in the analytical philosophy of religion." – from the rear panel. The author has both inscribed the book on the half title page and signed the book, underneath his name, on the title page.   Rubbing of the book edges and panels with a little sunning of the back strip. Minor age toning of the text block edges and pages. A previous owner has removed the top… Read More

Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, New South Wales, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Confession, notes and index. Blue coloured endpapers. Dark blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with dark blue coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear panel. "Priests and preachers have returned to haunt Australian politics. The mission is to get us all to heaven by banning drugs, chopping movies and turning the criminal law against sex. The High Price of Heaven is about the politics of salvation – and cruelty, comedy, and pain inflicted by the enemies of freedom and pleasure." -- from the front fold over panel blurb Age toning of the textblock edges .No damage to detail otherwise Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], XI - XIV, [2], 3-319, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity… Read More

Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, New South Wales, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Confession, notes and index. Blue coloured endpapers. Dark blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with dark blue coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear panel. "Priests and preachers have returned to haunt Australian politics. The mission is to get us all to heaven by banning drugs, chopping movies and turning the criminal law against sex. The High Price of Heaven is about the politics of salvation – and cruelty, comedy, and pain inflicted by the enemies of freedom and pleasure." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Minor rubbing to the backstrip corners and book corners. Age toning of the textblock edges and pages. Ruffling of the top dustwrapper edge with rubbing of the panels. Full Number Line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾"… Read More

Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, New South Wales, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Confession, notes and index. Blue coloured endpapers. Dark blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with dark blue coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear panel. "Priests and preachers have returned to haunt Australian politics. The mission is to get us all to heaven by banning drugs, chopping movies and turning the criminal law against sex. The High Price of Heaven is about the politics of salvation – and cruelty, comedy, and pain inflicted by the enemies of freedom and pleasure." -- from the front fold over panel blurb Minor rubbing to the backstrip corners and book corners. Age toning of the textblock edges and pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], XI - XIV,… Read More

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Illustrated Cloth). Good Condition (ex-library). Illustrator: Illustrated. Preface by author. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and the black-and-white illustrations within the text have no illustrator credited. Brown and white coloured floral design endpapers. Red coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured decoration to the book edges, gilt coloured embossed decoration to the front panel and to the backstrip. The history of the Crusades as seen from a Christian point of view. This book is an ex-library book – Lending Library – Soldiers' and Sailors' Home: – library sticker and stamp to the front paste-down, stamps to the title page, stamp and date to the top edge of page VII and stamps to the verso of the rear free and paper and to the rear paste-down. The book is showing age, softening and rubbing of the backstrip edges, with bumping, rubbing and… Read More

Australian Council of Churches, Sydney, 1981. First Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Good Condition. 91pp, appendices. Cover rubbed and faded, creased top right corner of front panel. Bottom right corner has a slight buckle. The back panel is slightly discoloured. This booklet is the report of the delegation from The World Council of Churches of a three week visit to Aboriginal settlements throughout Australia, assessing the concerns of the Aboriginal People, their place in the world, and that of the church. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Aboriginal -- Australia; Sociology; Religion; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 0858210282. ISBN/EAN: 9780858210288. Inventory No: 100005. . 9780858210288

Australian Council of Churches, Sydney, 1981. First Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition. 91pp, appendices. Cover rubbed and faded, creased top right corner of front panel. A clean copy with no damage apart from slight rubbing at the corners and rubberstamp resource Centre Victorian Council of churches and Previous owner's name This booklet is the report of the delegation from The World Council of Churches of a three week visit to Aboriginal settlements throughout Australia, assessing the concerns of the Aboriginal People, their place in the world, and that of the church. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Aboriginal -- Australia; Sociology; Religion; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 0858210282. ISBN/EAN: 9780858210288. Inventory No: 0265923. . 9780858210288

Nelson, Melbourne, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. XVI, 184 pp., last two blank, preface by author, list of illustrations, appendix, glossary and index. Black and white photographic frontispiece, showing The Ark in the St. Kilda synagogue. The text is illustrated with black and white photographs and illustrations. Black coloured boards with gilt writing on spine. Corners of the book are rubbed and the bottom edges are also rubbed. Minor rubbing to the head of the spine. Some dust marks and faint foxing marks to the top paper edge and gift inscription on ffep. Covers are slightly dusty. Photographic dustwrapper, showing the St. Kilda synagogue, with red and white writing on the front panel and black on spine. Corners are slightly rubbed and there is a 0.5 "tear on top dustwrapper edge of the front panel and on the bottom edge there is a small tear with associated creasing on the back panel. There is a 'ruck' on the bottom front panel spine… Read More

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 222 pages, illustrated dust jacket. Short tear at the top left of the front panel of the jacket and rubbing with small splits at the fold over tips. The book includes a foreword by Francis McNab.This book reports the work of Dr Francis McNab, Director of the Cairnmillar Institute, and of the members of his staff involved in the areas of treatment under study. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Psychology & Psychiatry; Religion; Gender Studies; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0207124582. ISBN/EAN: 9780207124587. Inventory No: 0237305. . 9780207124587

Holt Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Good. XII, 528, (4) pages, in original green cloth covered boards, with dustjacket. The top edge of the text block is a little dusty, and the dust jacket has a 0.5 inch tear at the top left of the front panel. Now protected. This is the 3rd in concluding volume in Robert Peel's monumental biography of the founder of Christian Science. It Does Not Assume the Reader's Prior Familiarity with the Subject, and Allows Them to Become Acquainted with This Remarkable Woman at a Significant Stage in Her Career As Though He Were Coming upon Her for the 1st Time. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; philosophy; Religion; ISBN: 003021081x. ISBN/EAN: 9780030210815. Inventory No: 0238242. . 9780030210815

The Christian Science Publishing Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. VIII, 391 pages, appendices, notes, index. Original dust jacket. The front and lower edges of the text block show traces of foxing, "Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Sydney" sticker at lower lefthand corner of a rear paste down. Chipping and many small tears to the edges of the dust jacket, now protected. . This book covers the pivotal intervening years of struggle, during which the founder of Christian Science fought for the very survival of the religious movement she had launched. Carrying forward the dramatic story begun in Mary Baker Eddy: The Years of Discovery, Robert Peel has again drawn on a large number of previously unpublished letters and private papers, combining the interest of a detective story with the most rigorous kind of biographical scholarship." Front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Hutchinson, London, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Poor Condition. Illustrator: Joan Ashley-Brown. 600 g; 260pp., foreword by author and index. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of author. At the beginning of each chapter is a small thumnail sketch by Joan Ashley-Brown. Red coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Bumping of Lee tail of the spine, discolouration and foxing of the top edge of the text block, and severe rubbing of the top external corner of the front board, exposing the cardboard underneath. Offset tanning of front and rear free end pages, the dustjacket is missing the bottom left-hand corner of the front panel, the bottom 3 inches of the spine section and part of the bottom right-hand corner of the rear panel, with an extensive tear across the bottom of the rear panel. Now protected. The memoirs of the author to started his ministry in outback Australia then went on to serve as a chaplain in World War I, the Indian Raj and the blitz in… Read More

Harper San Francisco, New York, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 300 g; 315 pages, includes notes and bibliography, and illustrated with some line drawings, and a key to the characters. The book shows no damage apart from the usual age darkening of the page edges. -- A reintroducing of the Goddess/mother back into the Bible, showing the role of women and the influence of Goddess worship. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; Religion; Gender Studies; Religion -- Christianity; ISBN: 0062504975. ISBN/EAN: 9780062504975. Inventory No: 0228038. . 9780062504975

Abacus, London, 2003. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographs. Second-hand copy, top edge of the text block has a black stripe, no other damage, no annotations. The book is a penetrating moral enquiry into the Catholic Church's role in the Holocaust, and the author shows that the Church has, even according to its own doctrine, and unacknowledged duty of repair. He explores it, analyses the Church's tactics of evasion, and eliminates all the Church must do to repair the harm it inflicted on Jews, and to heal itself. – Rear panel blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], 518 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Religion – Catholic; Religion. ISBN: 0349116938. ISBN/EAN: 9780349116938. Inventory No: 0277907. . 9780349116938