Search Results: Religion and Theology from Gene W. Baade Books on the West

Berkeley: Seal Press, 2011. First Edition. Soft cover. Collectible As New. 1st printing. Pictorial trade wraps. 247pp. Signed (signed only) by Cohen. Fine, like new.

Tallahassee: Privately Printed, 2003. Soft cover. As New. Glossy trade wraps. 175pp. Bibliography. Fine, like new.

Fresno: Academy Guild Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st printing. Cloth. 312pp + Note On Contributors (4pp). Index. Intro states, "... contains some valuable nuggets of California history that are not readily available anywhere else." Essays on California church history, only 500 copies printed. Previous volumes were compiled short issues by subscription. This was to be the last volume. Near fine, probably no dj issued.

St. Louis: Concordia, 1967. First Edition. Soft cover. Fair. Trade wraps. 272pp. Notes. Essays by John Tietjen, Hermann Sasse, Ernest Koenker, Jaroslav Pelikan, George Hoyer, Martin E. Marty, & Heino Kadai. One chapter with underlining in red ink, with notes in same inside front cover. Couple of other ink marks. fos. Upper & lower corner of text & back cover bumped. Good reading / reference copy.

St. Louis: Concordia Seminary, 1931. First Thus. Soft cover. Good. Original publication. 4to printed wraps. 24pp. Illustrated with portraits & info of the 1931 graduates of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod seminary in St. Louis. Also there are essays by several graduates. The cover has a photo portrait honoring Mrs. Justine Schnitker Bunke. Several block ads. This is Vol. 21 #17. It includes the lengthy obituary of a French-born classmate, Charles Eckert, who died of complications from "inward goiter" surgery. A few small stains on the cover edges. A good copy.

Philadelphia: Running Press, 1996. First Thus. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Oblong glossy pictorial 4to stiff wraps with French flaps. (8pp). Gorgeous illustrations in b/w & color, plus text. Both text & illus by the author. Publisher's promo book presenting the promise of the beauty of the regular 144pp book to come. Fine, like new. A "must" go-with if you have the regular edition.

Phila: Antiquarian Book Co, 1996. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Poor. Originally published in1887. Cloth. 248pp. ffep. Frontispiece and title page reattached. Former owner's name on ffep. Worn reading copy. Scarce.

Boston: Arena, 1892. First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st printing this issue. Printed wraps. Pagination i - lxxx and Arabic pps 517 - 644. Illus. Table of Contents includes the following essays/articles: "Has Islam a Future?", "The Negro Question in the South", "Should the Number of the Federal House of Representatives be Limited to its Present Number?", "Social and Economic Influences of the Bicycle", "The Church and the World", "A Plea for the Prohibition Party", plus a section titled, "Symposium on Women's Dress:" and "The Next Step Forward for Women." This copy in very good, flexible condition, but we note that the top one-fifth of the paper over the spine is missing. It appears most or all of the pertinent info on the spine is, however, present.

Concordia Theological Monthly, St. Louis, 1966, 1966. First Edition. Soft cover. Fair. Printed wraps. 108pp. Essays by Herbert J. A. Bouman, Ralph A. Bohlmann, Fred Kramer, & John Warwick Montgomery. Underlined throughout. Small snag top of front cover & taped short tear bottom of back cover. Uncommon.

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr, 1997. First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good+. Printed trade wraps. 610pp. Extensive Bibliography & Indices. Private library small label lower spine. Owner's label inside front cover. Very scarce item in spite of being of recently published. Fine.

St. Louis: Concordia. Hardcover. Fair. Caveat right off the bat: ffep with big clip and pencil note: "The first 15 pages of this book are misplaced to begin with page 1." The next 8 pps are clipped at the upper corner. The previous owner inserted a couple of pages from another commentary and tipped them in. Owner's stamp rear paste down. Binding and condition otherwise fine. Price takes above into account.

St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1977. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 1st printing. 4to pictorial wraps. 32pp. Lovely color illustrations by Richard and Frances Hook. The Bible stories chosen are related very simply and effectively by the author. Really a gem of a book ideal for parents raising small children. Fine.

NY: Vantage, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 1st printing. Cloth. 220pp. Illus. Bibliography. Signed (signed only) by McBride. The "story of the Ursuline nuns who came to early Montana..." Fine in near fine, pc dj.

NY: SeaStar, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st printing. Small 4to colorful pictorial hardbound. Unpaginated. Signed (not to anyone) & dated in year of publication by Cotner. Fine, like new in dj. Scarce signed.

Nashville: Abingdon, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Fine. Gilt-stamped cloth. 143 pp. Somewhat of a memoir of this great modern church historian's journey of faith. Owner's markings in text, else fine in dj. Great reading copy.

Boston: Murray Press, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1st printing. Orange cloth.124pp. Illus. A rather romantic, but quite readable account of travel to California. Fine. No dj, probably as issued. Scarce.

Character Research Press, Schenectady, 1979, 1979. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 147pp. Illustrated with simple drawings by children as to how they "see" God. Preface by Pitts. Twenty-four churches were visited by the editor to acquire these little gems. Chapters: "What Does God Look Like?" "Where Does God Live?", "What Does God Do All Day Long?", "What Does God Wear?" "Famous People God Looks Like", "The Biblical God", "Gods to Ponder". Issued in a quite small printing. Very scarce.

n.p.: Privately Printed, 1950. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good-. Printed pictorial stapled wraps from small office Gestetner type of machine most likely. 49pp. Bibliography. A scholarly book self-published by a Lutheran pastor. Even compared with what you can get from the internet, this is a really fine piece of work from an era when the local parish pastor was proud -- yet usually humble -- of his education and ability to do solid research. But he normally didn't have a good secretary, or any secretary at all, thus the last 17pp of this copy were stapled upside down! Front cover pulled from top staple - and taped. Upper front corner creased & with small tear. Nevertheless, a near vg copy. Very scarce. ca 1950s.

Edwin Mellen, Lewiston/Queenston, 1987, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1st edition. Gilt-stamped cloth. 142pp. Notes. Translated from the French edition of fourteen years previous, with a new Preface by the author. There is plenty of information on the founder of this Protestant sect available on the internet. Caspar von Schwenckfeld (ca 1490 - 1561), carried out his own brand of the Reformation, eventually coming to "Irreconcilable" differences with Luther (cf. on-line Catholic Encyclopedia). Certain teachings were declared "erroneous" in the Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord. This scholarly and well-written book is very, very scarce. Owner's seal on front paste down. Fine copy. No dj (possibly as issued).

L. A.: Privately published and Bireley & Elson, Printers, 1924. First Thus. Soft cover. Good+. 1st printing thus of this edtion. Soft leather wraps. 24pp. Ex-church library with small label removed bottom corner of front cover. Back blank page has ink stamp, "The / Iwahei Peter Hori / Memorial Library / Japanese Baptist Church / Seattle, Washington." Printed in Engish. Warm inscription on ffep inside an ink scroll frame: "To dear / Mrs. Hashimito / from / Your co-worker / Joyous in His / Service. / Esther Mary McColloughy / 1941 Greetings" This early edition of the book is scarce. Vg with fading to the leather edges.