Search Results: Authors starting with T from Leaf and Stone Books

Macon, GA: Mercer University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0865545219 . Xl, 722 pps, followed by 12 maps & 42 b/w plates. Extensive indices. Large heavy octavo in original dull ocher cloth with brown text to front cover and spine. Minor shelf wear, bottom back cover has small faint stain. Interior clean and unmarked. A very nice copy of this study of Montanism, or the New Prophecy, the early Christian movement that grew up from the followers of Montanus. It gained strength in the early days of the Church but then was deemed heretical and was suppressed. Tertullian was a defender of the charismatic sect and some believe that he actually left the Orthodox Church and joined a Montanist group. Heavy for international shipping. In English with some Greek. June 1997 1st printing, #16 Patristic Monograph Series. ; North American Patristic Society Monograph Series; Vol. 16; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 722 pages .

Taurini: Pomba Et Fil.. Fair. 1820. Paperback. lxxv + 505 pp, 660 pp, 532 pp, 530 pp + (ii), frontis plate + 658 pp. 1820-1822. Opera Omnia of Tacitus, Collectio Latinorum Scriptorum cum Notis, edited and annotated by Jeremias Jacob Oberlin (1735-1806), librarian and rector of the Gymnasium in Strasburg and a renowned philologist. An impressive complete set. Soft covers show normal signs of wear, Vol. I has tape reinforcing at spine, book block is splitting. Book block of Vol. 5 is also split. Otherwise, volumes have general wear and some foxing, clean and unmarked. Hard to find set. Heavy and will require additional postage for international shipping.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

New York: D. Appleton & Co.. Fair. 1860. Hardcover. Iv + 158 pp. Dark blue cloth boards. Third edition. Book is in fair condition. Some wate damage with minor rippling, marks throughout. Front fly page is cut. Usable copy. ; 158 pages .

Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888448147 . Kb60 ...xv, 447 pp. Bibliography writings of Talmage; Indices. Frontis photo of Talmage. Octavo. Red cloth covers with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Book is essentially as new, clean and nice. In English with some Hebrew. ; Papers in Mediaeval Studies; Vol. 14; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 447 pages .

London: Secker & Warburg. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. KB6...xi, 366 pp. Notes, index. Octavo. Cream paper dust jacket with red and black frame has chips to the top front and corners, DJ spine cover bit grubby, flaps intact. Book covers are a little faded at the top edge, some minor wear, interior end papers have some foxing, text is clean and unmarked. Stated first edition. An important work on totalitarianism. Talmon, 1916-980) was Professor of Modern History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He studied the genealogy of totalitarianism, arguing that political Messianism stemmed from the French Revolution, and stressed the similarities between Jacobinism and Stalinism. He coined the terms "totalitarian democracy" and "Messianic democracy/political Messianism". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 366 pages .

Leiden: Brill Academic Pub. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 9004084495 . 324 pp. Indices. In English with some Hebrew. Some illustrations. Glossy yellow dust jacket has some minor shelf wear and edge curl, book itself is clean and nice, good copy. Endeavors to elucidate the conceptual universe of the Qumran Covenanters from within by extracting from their literature information pertaining to their theology and conceptual universe, the structure of their community in history and their vision of an ideal future age. The millenarian messianists of Qumran are a unique socio-religious phenomenon in Judaism of the waning 2nd Temple Period and the beginning of the Christian era. ; 324 pages .

Paris: Honoré Champion. Good. 2010. Hardcover. 2745320777 . 382 pps. Bibliography and index at rear. French text. Tan cloth boards with black lettering. Some minor wear on covers as well as 2 faint marks on bottom of rear cover. Brown marker mark on side of pages, as well as faint mark inside front cover. Book is otherwise in good condition, interior is clean with no other marks. ; Nouvelle Bibliothèque Du Moyen Age; 9.21 X 6.30 X 0.94 inches .

Paris: Presses Universitaires De France. Good. 1945. Paperback. [x] + 705 pp. Illustrated with plates and plans. Some text in Latin or old French, else French. Buff cream card covers with dark red are a bit grubby, especially at the rear, corners curled, Interior clean and unmarked, paper bit browned, some pages never separated. ; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall .

Toronto: William Briggs. Good with no dust jacket. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. 245 pp. Dark grey green cloth covers with lovely silver grey lettering and a falling Art Nouveau silver bird, grey and white paper pastedown of Mt. Fuji. Covers have minor wear, corners a little bent in, spine tips starting to wear. Interior first free end paper has owner inscript, title page has a small chip at the fore-edge, paper edges are all rough cut, but otherwise clean and unmarked. Attractive little first edition, the story of a romance between a Japanese girl and an American. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 245 pages .

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0812236424 . KB54...[iv], 300 pp. Discography, bibliography, notes, index. Octavo. Glossy green and grey dust jacket with medieval manuscription illustration, with minimal shelfwear but rubbed at the back fold, otherwise intact. Book itself is clean and bright, a nice copy. Looks at three medieval manuscripts in libraries, including La Chanson de Roland, Timaeus, Sumer Is Icumen In and a folio copy of the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 300 pages .

Edinburgh: The Congregation. Good with no dust jacket. 1835. Hardcover. xcix, 570pp + 15 unnumbered pages. Frontis. Very Scarce. Book has dark, red-brown leather covers with impressed designs on the front, spine, back and edges, gold text on the spine, gilt lines decorating the shoulders and gilt on the top edge, fore-edge and bottom edge of the textblock, remains of green ribbon between pages lxxxvi and lxxxvii. Wear and tears along the head, tail and corners, wear along the edges of the spine and bottom edge of the boards, minor scuffing to front and back covers, spine has darkened. Inner, green cloth hinges show some cracking along front inner hinge. Binders tickets on front and back pastedowns. Ex-library with white text on spine and stamps, minor foxing on some pages, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 684 pages .

London: Typis Benj. Motte : Apud J. Nicholson, B. Tooke, J. Sprint & M. Atkins,. Good with no dust jacket. 1709. Leather. [10], clxii, 288, [88] pp. Added frontis illustrated plate. Red and black title page. Octavo in full leather. Spine in 5 compartments with gilt decoration, title panel missing. Smooth calf boards with blind stamped rectangular cartouche with fleurons at the corners. Corners bit rubbed, spine leather starting to crack. Interior no end papers, nice old signature on the second blank (unreadable) with a date of January 1730, text is clean and unmarked. Page cxxxiii/cxxxiv is out of order in the Prologue, but otherwise everything else is good. Entirely in Latin, nice printing. Text surrounded by commentary, followed by Index Vocab. The Delphin editions were designed to help the heir to the French throne - the Dauphin -- learn his Latin classics; each classic was edited, emended, commented upon and here, also put into an easier prose translation as well, by the most… Read More

Peter Lang Gmbh. Good with no dust jacket. 2018. Hardcover. 3631758790 . 695, [2] pp. Anhang, Register. Octavo. Yellow paper hardcovers with image of a medieval monk sharpening a quill in black. Covers are bright and clean, interior is bright and clean except that it has a library stamp on the copyright page -- it was never completely catalogued. In German with some medieval German. Includes bibliographic references and index. ; Beitrage Zur Mittelalterforschung; Vol. 31; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 698 pages .

Paris: CNRS Editions. Good with no dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 2222047765 . xiv, 297 pp. Liste des ouvrages le plus souvent cites. Entirely in French. Pale yellow hardcovers with black are clean and unmarked, very minor shelf wear. Interior is clean and tight, very nice copy. ; Documents, Etudes et Repertoires; 9.7 X 6.3 X 0.8 inches; 297 pages .

Paris: Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique. Good with no dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. xii, 712, [2] pp. Index. Tome II only. In French with Latin. Cream linen hardcovers with dull gold are clean, just a bit of shelf wear, library spine label. Interior has library stamps on title page, library pocket at rear, otherwise clean and unmarked. ; Documents, Etudes et Repertoires; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Paris: Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique. Good with no dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 2222017084 . lxx, 914, [2] pp. Index. Tome III only. In French with Latin. Cream linen hardcovers with dull gold are clean, just a bit of shelf wear, library spine label. Interior has library stamps on title page, library pocket at rear, otherwise clean and unmarked. Very nice copy.; Documents, Etudes et Repertoires; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 914 pages .

Washington, D. C.: The Catholic University of America. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 0813215269 . Xiv, 210 pp. Bibliography, general index, index citations Tertullian, index citations Scripture. Octavo. Handsome dark green hardcovers with gilt to front cover and spine. Corners just slightly turned in, interior clean and bright, very nice copy. "Tertullian's Aduersus Iudaeos (Against the Jews) is one of the most controversial works of early Christian literature for modern scholarship not only because of its subject matter, which denies the enduring validity of Judaism subsequent to the appearance of Christianity, but also because of the debate surrounding the authenticity of the second half of the work itself. Many believe that the parallels with the third book of Aduersus Marcionem indicate that someone other than Tertullian completed this work by taking material from the latter source. As a result, historical studies of the relationship between… Read More

Leiden: Isaac Severinus. Good with no dust jacket. 1718 - 1720. First Edition Thus. Vellum. [38], 443, [53] pages and 64 pages. Frontis plate and folding plate. Numerous engravings within the text. Octavo. In a vellum prize binding with blind ruling, brilliant gilt classical figure with gilt acorn clusters in the corners, spine has gilt decorations in the compartments. Holes where ties once were. Vellum a bit grubby and darkened but otherwise intact. Inside front cover the prize has been removed leaving the board bare. Inside back cover page is also removed. A few library marks but otherwise clean and unmarked. Text in Latin across the top, with two columns in Latin beneath. Tertullian, a Roman from Carthage, was the first Christian writer to write in Latin, described as "the first and incomparably the best" by the Roman author of Praedestinatus," a brilliant author who writing is "aggressive, sarcastic, and brilliant, at points very funny even after 2000 years."… Read More

Leiden: E. J. Brill. Fair with no dust jacket. 1865. First Edition. Paperback. 40 pp + 3 folding plates at the rear. With bookplate of MSHG Heerma Van Voss and some slips of paper with what appear to be his comparisons of hieratic to hieroglyphic. Original grey paper card wraps are worn around the edges with some chipping and curling, spine cover repaired with old brown paper. Interior paper is toned with some foxing throughout, corners curled and bent, some chipping at the edges. The repair to the spine has left a section of the gray card on the inside front cover. Folding plates have some splitting at the folds but generally fairly sound. A good-/fair+ copy with nice provenance. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 40 pages .

Paris: Sumptibus Michaelis Sonnii, Claudi Morell, Et Sebastiani Cramoisy. Good with no dust jacket. 1622. Leather. [20] 126 (ie. 136) [8] [28]242 [14] 390 (ie 392) [20]114 [2] pages. Large folio in full leather possibly contemporary. Title page in red and black, half title. In 2 columns Greek and Latin. Boards are off but present, 5 raised heavy cords and spine covering still present, boards show many earlier repairs. Interior has minor wear, occasional marginalia, two pages were cut incorrectly resulting in extra paper but text is unaffected, otherwise clean and unmarked. Paper is strong and nice. The extant works of the 3rd century "wonder worker" saint (some of whose miracles strain credulity, such as Gregory’s resolution of a conflict over a lake by two brothers – Gregory miraculously divided the lake into two). Gregory studied under the great Christian scholar Origen in Palestine and believed that Christian theology was the truest philosophy. Gregory's works… Read More