Genre & Subject / Religious / Christian from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Alexandria, VA: Art Services International, 2003. 521 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), map; 30 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by Arts Services International and held at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Museum of Art (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Cincinnati Museum Center, and the San Diego Museum of Art. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. OVERSIZE!… Read more about this item

New York: Gallery at the American Bible Society, 2004. Pictorial boards, 200 pages, colour illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. "This publication is the outcome of the symposia series New Directions in the Study of Art and Religion. This three-year project was organized by The Gallery at the American Bible Society and sponsored by The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc." -… Read more about this item

Alexandria, VA: Art Services International, 1998. 320 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour map; 30 cm. Catalogue of a traveling exhibition organized and circulated by Art Services International. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Angels have had an all-pervasive presence in the collective artistic and religious expressions of the Western world.… Read more about this item

Paris: Hyperion Press, 1939. Cloth, 46 pages, 105 plates (9 colour mounted); 33 cm. Each colour plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. Translated from the French. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. . 1st. Hardcover. Very… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1979. 253 pages; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket, lightly soiled, protected in a mylar cover. "The Arrow and the Cross describes the earlier missionary penetrations in the Southwest, California and the Northwest. In those colonial empires, men of the cloth, both Protestant and Catholic, strove to crush the Indians'… Read more about this item

Tucson, AZ: Southwestern Mission Research Center with Dromedary Press, 2008. x, 316, [8] pages of plates, colour illustrations, maps; 23 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author Elizabeth Bruening Lewis, with a personalized inscription. Tight, clean copy.. SIGNED. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Heritage Press, 1971. xiv, 112 pages, illustrations; 27 cm. Topstained grey. Wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Slipcase tanned at extremities. CONTENTS: Introduction; Maxims Concerning God and Man;l Is There a God?; The Problem of Evil; Reflections on the Divine Nature; Creation; The Incarnation; What is Man?; Human Society; The Corpus Christi Sequence. .… Read more about this item

New York: George Braziller, 1978. 134 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. Stated First Printing.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Munich, London, and New York: Prestel, 2012. 159 pages, colour illustrations; 21 cm. English Edition. First published under title: Caravaggio: storie di San Matteo. Translated from the Italian. Tight, clean copy. "This generously illustrated volume on the work of Caravaggio makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. This monograph explores Caravaggio's entire life and… Read more about this item

Ridgefield, CT: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000. 142 pages, illustrations (some colour); 20 cm. Includes excerpts from a panel discussion held at the Drawing Center, NYC, October 8, 1999. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. "While it is acceptable to speak of spirituality when viewing and discussing recent artworks, speaking explicitly about God and… Read more about this item

Oxford: Blackfriars, 1949. 133 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Good+. Firm binding, unmarked. Age toning, edges & endpapers lightly soiled. Stated First Impression. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. . 1st. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Harper & Row Publishers; Harper Torchbooks, 1958. 414 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. TB44. Translation of L'art religieux du XIIIe siecle en France. Firm binding, gently creased spine. Clean inside copy. Browning.. 1st. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2016. Cloth, ix, 221 pages, colour illustrations; 26 cm. BRAND NEW. A fine copy of the first printing. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. "Accessibly written, this handsomely illustrated book combines an account of works by Manfredi, Valentin, Tournier, Regnier, and Ribera with a detailed study of Cecco del Caravaggio's Resurrection (1619-20), and concludes by surveying… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1990. Cloth, 126 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Small remainder mark/tail edge. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "An account of the life and work of late sixteenth-early seventeenth century Greek artist El Greco, discussing his unique… Read more about this item

Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1984. 84 pages, illustrations; 21 x 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.

Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1985. xii, 404 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Good+. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. Poor-quality reproductions. CONTENTS: Introduction: Early Years in Milan and Rome Finding the Way; Early Secular Paintings; The First Religious Paintings Egregius in urbe Pictor; The Contarelli Chapel (I); The Cerasi Chapel; The Contarelli Chapel (II); Michelangelo Merisi and Michelangelo Buonarroti The… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980. Cloth, 378 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: The legend of Saint Jerome in art; Saint Jerome and his animal associates; Saint Jerome in… Read more about this item

Fort Worth and Dallas: InterCultura; Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University: Distributed by University of Texas Press, 1991. 126 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Stated First Edition. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Lenders to the exhibition; Foreword; Introduction; Preface and acknowledgments; Curator's preface and acknowledgments; Color… Read more about this item

Stroud, Gloucestershire: Alan Sutton, 1996. 144 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Published in association with the Richard III and Yorkist History Trust. Firm binding, with one spine crease. Clean inside copy. Age toning. Manuscript of Richard, III, King of England, 1452-1485. "Richard III's piety has been the subject of considerable debate. Much controversy has focused on the book of… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City, UT: Simpkins Souvenirs, 1982. 24 pages, chiefly colour illustrations, map; 23 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Includes Roman fortress Babylon, Al Moallaka, Abu-Serge, Coptic Museum.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.