Recent Arrivals from Berthoff Books

Collier Books, 1962. Soft cover. Very Good. 128 pages, with index. First Collier edition of book initially published 1951. "Teach Yourself History" series. "Scholarly portrait of the Archbishop of Canterbury in an age of religious strife". Mass-market paperback, light shelf wear, creases to some pages at bottom corner, foxing to top edge. Name of former owner written on front free… Read more about this item

Meridian Books, Inc., 1959. Soft cover. Good. 121 pages. First Meridian paperback printing of book first published 1955. The first of Wilson's several writings on the dramatic discovery and identification of the Dead Sea Scrolls amid the tensions at the time of Israel's formation as a state. Mass-market paperback, 1" tear along spine at bottom repaired with clear… Read more about this item

Beacon Press, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. 201 pages, with index. First paperback edition. Essays by the neo-Marxist sociologist on late-20th century American society. Trade paperback, reading crease, some shelf wear, faint foxing to edges and white back cover. Pages unmarked.

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1978. Soft cover. Good. 420 pages, with index, Foreword by Leon Edel. First printing of 1978 edition, incorporating essays written earlier, in the 1950s. Mass-market paperback, crease to spine, soil and scratches to wraps, shelf wear, foxing to edges, one page dog-eared. Old price in pencil on half-title, pages unmarked.

Southern Methodist University Press, 1982. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 571 pages, with index and bibliography. Seventh printing of book published 1963. History of the New Thought spiritual movement that arose in the 19th century. Charcoal gray cloth with gilt lettering, blue end papers, scant shelf wear, faint foxing to top edge. Old price written on front free end paper,… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 1976. Soft cover. Good. 561 pages, with index, glossary, notes and references. Reprint of 1968 Pelican Classics edition, edited with a 70-page introduction by Anatol Rapoport. Brief memoir of Clausewitz by the translator, Col. J.J. Graham, of 1908 edition; also, introduction by Col. F.N. Maude. Mass-market paperback with shelf wear, light creasing, foxing to edges, which… Read more about this item

Sidran Press, 1993. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 134 pages. Essays by six doctors, including the editor, on different types of dissociative disorder. Trade paperback, corners of back cover a little curled, touch of foxing/dust soil to edges. Pages bright and unmarked.

Sagar Publications, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 136 pages. Illustrated with b&w photos on four double-sided plates. A history of Jewish groups in India: the Cochin Jews in Kerala, the Bene Israel of Bombay, and the Baghdadi Jews in Calcutta. The author was a long-time correspondent for the Press Trust of India, including in the… Read more about this item

Signet (New American Library), 1965. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 224 pages, with selected bibliography and an Afterword by literary critic and Yale Professor Harold Bloom. 12mo (4-1/2" x 7-1/4"), illustrated covering over boards, exterior very soiled and stained, paper eroded in a patch on front board with sticker remnant, edges and page margins age-toned. Pages unmarked.

The Liturgical press, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 808 pages, with author index and subject index. Seventeen pages of front matter include Introduction, list of cooperating libraries, manuscript sources, separate Introduction to the Subject Part, and short biography of the compiler of this reference volume. Super 8vo (7" x 10-5/16"), gray buckram with gilt lettering, brown soil spots… Read more about this item

The New American Library, 1963. Soft cover. Good. 349 pages, with index and a bibliographical note. A Mentor-Omega Book, edited by Vincent Ferrer Blehl, S.J. Includes autobiographical "Apologia and Memoir". Mass-market paperback, wraps worn and soiled, chipping and creases to bottom front corner and first few pages, edges age-toned. Former owner's name written on front free end paper,… Read more about this item

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1991. Soft cover. Good. 396 pages, with index, glossary of terms, court documents and other documentary appendices. Insider account of Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency. Mass-market paperback, raised silver gilt letters on cover, creases to spine, shelf wear, foxing to edges/inside cover/a few pages at each end. Pages unmarked.

The Continuum Publishing Company, 1981. Soft cover. Good. 166 pages plus xvii front-matter pages, with references, bibliography, notes on contributors. Foreword by Jonathan Kozol. Essays by several Australian educators influenced by Freire. Trade paperback, wraps a bit curled, smudged, wear to corners, sticker remnant on front cover, faint foxing to top edge, one page dog-eared. Underscoring and/or margin… Read more about this item

Schocken Books, 1971. Hardcover. Good/Good. 176 pages, with index and bibliography. Anthropological study of the Bene Israel, including the impact of caste relations on their community, and how they are seen by other groups of Jews in India. 8vo, green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, exposed estremities of boards faded, with a patch of greater damage along… Read more about this item

Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1968. Soft cover. Good. 382 pages, with Introduction by R.P. Blackmur. Eighth printing of 1960 edition in the Laurel Henry James series. The novel was first published in 1877. Mass-market paperback, edges stained blue, wraps soiled, reading crease and crease to spine, shelf wear, foxing to edges, pages age-toned. Some orangish highlighting in the… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 1975. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Good. 281 pages, with index, selected bibliography. Second edition of translation and commentary first published 1962 as a Pelican original. Includes extensive notes and analysis of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the sect that wrote them. Mass-masket paperback, light wear, curl to corners, price sticker on back cover, edges and… Read more about this item

Signet (New American Library), 1980. Soft cover. Good. 431 pages, with a bibliography of Cooper's works and an Afterword by James Franklin Beard. Mass-market paperback, crease to front cover, soil visible to white back cover, foxing to edges, page margins age-tanned. Binding firm and supple, pages unmarked.

The Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius, 1980. Soft cover. Good. 132 pages. Vol. 2, No. 2. Articles on Byzantine art, translation, the Coptic Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church, obituary of Fr. Lev Gillet, much more. Seven b&w illustrations - art reproductions and a portrait of Gillet. 5-13/16" x 8-1/4" square-bound journal, reading crease, white wraps soiled,… Read more about this item

Orbis Books, 1984. Soft cover. Good. 132 pages, with suggested further reading. New Revised Edition. The author's experience included work in Ecuador and several African countries. Mass-market paperback, with reading and other creases, and rubbing, to wraps, foxing to top edge. Former owner's name written on half-title, margin brackets and one or two instances of underscoring on approximately… Read more about this item

Bantam Books, 1974. Soft cover. Fair. 623 pages, with index, bibliography. Paperback edition of book published early that year. Introduction by Robert Conquest. Sixteen pages of b&w photos. General history and profile of the Soviet intelligence agency, including description of its structure, as well as accounts of famous Cold War incidents, assassinations, etc. Mass-market paperback, exterior beat-up with… Read more about this item