Self-Analysis by Hubbard, L. Ron - 1951

Bethlehem, Pa.: Comenius Press. Very Good. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean black cloth. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Inscription on front endpaper by Charles B. Michael who was a Moravian Missionary working in the Kuskokwim Valley in the 1930's. Religion, Alaska, Eskimo Language ; Thin 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 103 pages .

Walders Wittib und Rauschische Erben, Wirtzburg, Bavaria, 1758; octavo (6 5/8" x 3 5/8"), 555 pages; illustrated; full calf. Eighteenth century Catholic instructional, with prayers for Morning and Evening, Stations of the Cross, Confession, Communion, Church Feast Days For The Entire Year, Litanies, Procession to the Holy Trinity, Pilgrimages, a Special Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, and more. Authored by renowned German theologian and ascetic, P. Martin von Cochem (1630-1712), Capuchin friar celebrated for his piety and dedication to those in both spiritual and temporal need. Full leather binding, some decorative tooling. Illustrated with eight wonderful full-page copper engravings. Leather aged yet retains resiliency, hinges supple and uncracked, a few chinks along the spine shoulders, some board corner wear. Text clean and bright, binding perfectly tight, sound, and square. Blank end papers inscribed with early family history entries.

P. Price, New York, 1835; First Edition; 12mo (4" x 5 7/8"); 288 pgs.; brown cloth with embossed grapevine design; gilt spine titles. The complete series of letters exchanged between Abel C. Thomas and Ezra Stiles Ely from 1833-1835 debating the doctrine of eternal punishment, which incited widespread controversy at the time. The letters of Doctor Ely originally appeared in The Philadelphian, those of Thomas in The Messenger and Universalist, except the concluding seven epistles, which were published here for the first time. Printed by J. S. Redfield. Very Good. Scattered light foxing, light transparent dampstain upper right corner pgs. 17-109, very light cloth wear of the spine panel extremities, interior hinges cracked. A rare first edition of this theological exchange between two prominent thinkers from the period of The Second Great Awakening.

John Cline, Fourth near Arch Street, Philadelphia, 1811; First Edition; 12mo (4" x 5 7/8"); original mottled calf; red morocco spine label; [blank (2)]; i-viii; 9-324; [blank (2)]. Thomas Branagan’s thoughtful and unbiased synopses of the beliefs and practices of over forty Christian denominations active in America at the time, plus more than twenty-five non-Christian schools of thought. A compendium of overviews not only of the mainstream sects, but the small and the obscure as well, most now forgotten, such as the Rogereens, Separatists, Sublapsarians, Supralapsarians, Hutchinsonians, Glassites, Seceders. Nicolaitarians, Quietists, etc. The section on Methodism includes a table showing lay and clergy membership totals in America for each year from 1771-1809, and a lengthy section on Paganism provides a scholarly analysis of the philosophies and theologies of Classical Antiquity compared with those of Christianity. In the preface Branagan reveals how its writing was spurred by his… Read More

Emmor Kimber, No. 93, Market-Street, Philadelphia, 1815; First Edition; tall 12mo (6 7/8" x 4 3/8"); [blank], [blank], i-vi, 7-120, [blank], [blank]; original leather; red morocco title label. A detailed explanatory text of Quaker principles and beliefs, published for purposes of making Barclay’s 17th century Apologia more accessible to 19th century Friends, and to provide accurate information about Quakerism to outsiders. Sixteen chapters covering doctrines, ministry, worship, communion, baptism, oaths, war, etc., plus a concluding nine-page address to the reader. Authored by notable preacher Jesse Kersey (1768-1845) who, in spite of numerous personal trials, remained loyal to Quakerism and was among the leaders of the Hicksite Separation of 1827. Printed by William Fry. Very Good, short (7/8") surface split of the leather at the upper spine shoulders, heavy foxing, paper supple, not brittle, binding tight, sound and square, hinges solid.

Walders Wittib und Rauschische Erben, Wirtzburg, Bavaria, 1758; octavo (6 5/8" x 3 5/8"), 555 pages; illustrated; full calf. Eighteenth century Catholic instructional, with prayers for Morning and Evening, Stations of the Cross, Confession, Communion, Church Feast Days For The Entire Year, Litanies, Procession to the Holy Trinity, Pilgrimages, a Special Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, and more. Authored by renowned German theologian and ascetic, P. Martin von Cochem (1630-1712), Capuchin friar celebrated for his piety and dedication to those in both spiritual and temporal need. Full leather binding, some decorative tooling. Illustrated with eight wonderful full-page copper engravings. Leather aged yet retains resiliency, hinges supple and uncracked, a few chinks along the spine shoulders, some board corner wear. Text clean and bright, binding perfectly tight, sound, and square. Blank end papers inscribed with early family history entries.

Milwaukee, WI: Bruce Publishing Company, 1961. 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with bright gilt titles on spine; 854 pages including index 1961, 4th Edition Contents include: The Historical Study of Modern Philosophy The Renaissance Background Scientific Outlooks and Methods Bacon, Galileo, and Newton Hobbes Descartes Spinoza Leibniz Locke Berkeley Hume Kant on Knowledge and Metaphysics Kant's Ethical and Esthetic Doctrine Fichte and Schelling Hegel Scopenhauer Comte John Stuart Mill Nietzsche Bergson Ex-library with typical treatments. Bumped head and heel of spine and bumped corners or covers. Bottom corner of covers and pages are bumped. Bottom of spine is worn. Small area of shelfsoil on bottom fore-edge, pencil mark on outside pages. . 4th. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Anisson, 1702. Hardcover. Very Good. "Nouvelle Edition, revûe & augmentée." [12], 448, [2] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary? full polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title on leather label in second compartment. Double gilt-ruled border on each board. Gilt-rolled decoration of board edges. All page edges red. Woodcut title vignette, initials, head- and tailpieces. Errata on first page following text. Verso of title page stamped: The Pennsylvania State University Library. No additional library markings. In Very Good Condition: 20th-century stabilization of spine; joints starting; lacking front free endpaper; front hinge has modern japanese tissue repair; clean and solid.

Rare collectible.
The book is in excellent condition for its age. It has the prior owners name written inside otherwise the text is clean. Burgundy colored cloth cover in very good condition as well. 1936 first edition, sixth impression, of the McGraw-Hill translation of this classical work by the gestalt psychologist Kurt Lewin. Translated by Fritz and Grace M. Heider.

P. Price, New York, 1835; First Edition; 12mo (4" x 5 7/8"); 288 pgs.; brown cloth with embossed grapevine design; gilt spine titles. The complete series of letters exchanged between Abel C. Thomas and Ezra Stiles Ely from 1833-1835 debating the doctrine of eternal punishment, which incited widespread controversy at the time. The letters of Doctor Ely originally appeared in The Philadelphian, those of Thomas in The Messenger and Universalist, except the concluding seven epistles, which were published here for the first time. Printed by J. S. Redfield. Very Good. Scattered light foxing, light transparent dampstain upper right corner pgs. 17-109, very light cloth wear of the spine panel extremities, interior hinges cracked. A rare first edition of this theological exchange between two prominent thinkers from the period of The Second Great Awakening.