First Edition. Religious themed novel of a clerical family. "Unvarnished portraits and some frankly critical opinions of clergymen of various types, YMCA leaders, mission boards, church officers and church policies". Very uncommon title. Near Fine in almost Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket. An attractive copy. Item #23462
First Edition. Octavo, original burgundy cloth over boards, gilt lettering on spine, deckle edge, color dustjacket, black and white plate frontispiece, signed and inscribed by author at front free endpaper. Autobiography of American psychiatrist, medical historian, and author John Rathbone Oliver. Near Fine, bookplate at front pastedown, newspaper article pasted to rear endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, edge chips, darkening to spine. Item #601275
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First Edition stated. Bleiler listed fantasy with spiritual and metaphysical elements. A young man raised by strangers who runs of with a tramp and lives for a while in a hobo jungle but who eventually becomes a priest. Very Good, in Good dustjacket, spotting and darkening to spine, closed tears at lower spine area, chipped at top spine end and flap corners, modest soiling. Item #26025
