First Edition. M. Kish dustjacket art. An uncommon theatrical play set in Samaria in 735 B. C., of the Hebrew prophet Hosea and a harlot. Near Fine in an edge chipped dustjacket, few inch sized chip at top rear panel. Item #20132

First Edition. Theological novel of the miracle of the "Grieving Virgin". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, shallow chipping at top spine end. Item #9632

First Edition. Story of changing times as seen by the passing of the old order of the established Church and its rector and the new triumph of a young Evangelist. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket but for darkening to spine, modest crease near spine running height of front panel, few small closed tears to top edge of front panel, and shelf wear along flap edges. Item #18120

First Edition. A. H. dustjacket art. Author's last important novel. The tale of a Catholic priest who returns to England after two years as a mission priest in South Africa and has his faith restored by a woman's love. Keable was a British novelist, formerly a missionary and priest in the Church of England. He resigned his ministry following his experiences in the First World War and caused a scandal with his 1921 novel Simon Called Peter, the tale of a priest's wartime affair with a young nurse. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, tiny chips at spine ends. Item #31094

First Edition. 'The interest in psychic phenomena is attributed to the desire of the thousands of bereaved to communicate with their sons and husbands'. King's work on spiritualism. Uncommon in dustjacket. Cloth with discoloration at spine and rear panel likely from moisture exposure, old previous owner address at front endpaper, in Good only dustjacket, loss along top edge, closed tears to spine area, chip at lower front spine end. Item #37806

First Edition stated. G. D. McK dustjacket art. The religious struggle between East and West and its effect on trade and human life and emotions, is set the story of the wanderings of Dilkusha, a widowed queen of a great Khan in a lifetime search for her ""lord"" Sebastian, unfrocked Dominican friar, with whom she escaped across Asia. Almost Near Fine, some foxing to endpapers, in Very Good dustjacket, some fading to letters at front panel. Item #27733

Second Edition. With wraparound band with Carl Carmer plug for book. Chapter book of the events of Jesus’s life, including The Return of the Magi, the Death of Herod, the Ten Lepers in the Wilderness, and The Death of Judas, among others. Near Fine with modest vintage bookplate to front pastedown, in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #19874

Early Edition. A religious comedy in three acts. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #21506

First Edition, Second Issue, with Gantry at spine with "G". Novel of a preacher immortalized by the 1960 Richard Brook's directed film starring Burt Lancaster. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, fairly shallow chipping at spine ends and few edges, few short closed tears. Item #23735

First Edition. C.T.W. Collins dustjacket art. Unusual romance of a minister who marries a sin-hardened woman to try and save her soul, but who ends up a fanatic when he realized he can not change the "unconquerable little pagan". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, chip at top spine end, spine colors fading. Item #13798

First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the First National film starring Nazimova and Milton Sills. "Story of an idealistic young clergyman, who, to prove that he practiced the doctrines that he preached, married a destitute girl whom he met on the streets one night". Uncommon photoplay title. Very Good to Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription and small abrasion at front end paper, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chips and short closed tears. Item #23176

First Edition. Zadig dustjacket art. "A story of the Kentucky hills and of the towering blacksmith preacher who mends plows on week days and souls on Sunday. The drama of his struggle to keep his church and its little patch of ground from the clutches of a millionaire neighbor who wants it to round out his estate, is leavened by the tender romance of his granddaughter and his neighbor's young heir". Near Fine, light foxing to page edges, ownership signature at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #22548

First Edition. J. G. dustjacket art. 'Hannah Bye, a sweet but courageous Quakeress, is filled with strange happenings by contact with the sinful outside world. Her dearest friend is ruined [by taking up with a traveling bible salesman] and her own simple home is torn from its age old piece, but she comes through the ordeal a woman of loveliness and character'. Very uncommon. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #35877