Religion/Spirituality/Inspiration from Diversity Books, IOBA

Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2010. 779pp. B/white maps, and illustrations intext. Book clean. Spine firm, mildly concave (a thick book) and soft reading creases there-on. A tiny foxing spot to textblock foredge, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn only. Contents include: Maps. Preface. 25 chapters. Acks. Chronology. Guide to Pronunciation and Spelling of Words… Read more about this item

Ringwood, Victoria, Australia: Author (Ian Hyndman), 1986. iii, 82pp. B/white photographic illustrations. Book clean. Spine firm, bump to foot. Leaves clean and unmarked, small soft corner crease to a section of opening pages, and in-production (?) crinkling to spine area of a small section of pages at rear. Illustrated card wrapper softly corner creased, oblique marks and a small surface… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. xvii, 363pp. B/white subject portrait frontis. Book clean, square. Blue quarter-cloth spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain boards (author's initials in gilt to front panel) have a thin sunned to strip to head and foot. Untrimmed foredge, blue-tinted textblock head, leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket has previous owner's clear tape reinforcing to inner (reverse surface)… Read more about this item

Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia: Anglican Trusts Corporation of the Diocese of Gippsland, 2002. vi, + 125pp., b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, negligible top edge crease to several rear pages. Illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn on upper rear panel . A record of the numerous aspects and activities of the Diocese of Gippsland over the… Read more about this item

Unity Village, Missouri, U.S.A.: Unity Books, 1999. vii, + 435pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Bright gilt title to front panel of very good boards. Tiny, faint foxing spots to textblock edges, else leaves clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated dustjacket softly and mildly edge-creased, short tear to lower front flap fold. From the rear panel:… Read more about this item

Middle Park, Victoria, Australia: Medici Publications, 1995. xv, + 404pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Author's penned signature to title page, oblong area of surface abrasion to head of same (label removal?), soft corner crease, else leaves clean and unmarked. Art-illustrated (Rubens' sketch of his son Nicholas [c. 1619] at Rubens' house at Antwerp) card wrapper has some edgewear,… Read more about this item

Leongatha, Victoria, Australia: 2001 St. Laurence O'Toole's Parish Centenary Committee , 2001. vi, + 155pp., plus (vi). Intext, b/white halftone plate illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Art-illustrated (Michael Brennan) card wrapper has a soft corner crease to lower rear panel, minor surface indentations. Author's penned inscription ('With compliments from'), signed and dated on title page, else… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: National Trust of Australia (VIctoria), 1991. 171pp. Small b/white photographic illustrations. Book clean. Spine firm. Soft corner creases to several pages, a few tiny faint spots to title page, else leaves clean and umarked. Illustrated card wrapper (Christ Church, South Yarra) softly creased, minor edgewear and surface indentations. From the rear panel: "From the humblest… Read more about this item

Homebush, N.S.W., Australia : St Pauls (Society of St Paul), 1993. 77pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. A personal inscription ('To xxx, With best wishes, Pat') signed and dated (20.9.93) by author on half-title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper minimally surface indented. From the rear panel: " . . . provides a brief, but contemporary… Read more about this item

London: The Epworth Press: J. Alfred Sharp, 1924. 268pp. Book clean. Bright gilt title over bumped and canted spine. Blind-stamp title and border on mildly flecked and bumped blue cloth boards. A 'Methodist Sabbath School' award sticker (dated 1930) affixed to front free endpaper, else random flecks on several leaves and textblock edges. No dustjacket. A rare, early printing… Read more about this item

Victoria Park, Western Australia : Rhema Publications, 1986. 105pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Blind-embossed, illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn only. Title-page corner-clipped, else textblock unmarked. Exceedingly scarce, this title by theologian Col Stringer (1940- ) is a "study of the training and battle techniques of the Israeli Armed Forces (read 1986), applying these techniques to spiritual warfare."… Read more about this item

Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 2002. 513pp. Unpaginated, b/white halftone plate sections. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over minimally bumped spine. Plain brown boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Sepia illustrated dustjacket lightly edgeworn only. This book is the biography of John Robert Walmsley Stott CBE (1921-2011), Enlgish Anglican cleric and theologian, a noted leader in the worldwide Evangelical movement.… Read more about this item

Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.: Zondervan Publishing, 1971. 803pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain green, original cloth boards undamaged. Textblock minimally marked on edges, else leaves unmarked. Printed dustjacket edge, and shelfworn, lightly soiled, and colour-faded (text clearly legible) spine. Including an Index to all of the Key Words of The Bible, "This… Read more about this item

Marina Del Rey, California, U.S.A.: DeVorss & Company Publishers , 1999. xx, + 143pp. Unpaginated b/white halftone plate section, plus several intext plates. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper skilfully covered with clear, adhesive film. Textblock unmarked. This biography tells the story of Ernest Holmes (1887-1960) and the vital role he played in the formation of… Read more about this item

York Beach, Maine, U.S.A.: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1996. 200pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper skilfully covered in clear adhesive film, else undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Edited by Arthur Osborne, this title contains many of the Bhagavan's actual conversations with those who sought his guidance . . . Contents include: Prelims., Preface. 7 chapters. Index. Book weight… Read more about this item

Marina Del Ray, California, U.S.A.: DeVorss & Co. Publishers, 1996. 178pp. (last vii blank). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Printed card wrapper skilfully covered in clear adhesive film, else minimally bumped on upper rear foredge corner. Textblock unmarked. A stand-alone volume in the DeVorss "Mentors of New Thought" series, these Christian-themed essays by Irish-born American new thought theologian,… Read more about this item

Adelaide, South Australia: Family Voice Australia , 2014. xi, + 274pp. Illustrated throughout: mostly colour-plates, plus several monochrome halftone plates. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper minimally bumped only. Signed ('Best wishes, David) on half-title page, else textblock unmarked. Christian thought, social and philosophical aspects of life, by a leader of Family Voice Australia . .… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton No publication date (1925). Book clean and square. Gilt title over slightly bumped and faded cloth spine. Plain, colour-flecked red cloth boards bumped on foredge corners. Textblock age-toned and randomly flecked. The basis of this volume was five 'familiar' lectures delivered on the James Sprunt Foundation in Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. during 1924… Read more about this item

Australia: Salvo Publishing , 2008. 214pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Card wrapper minimally bumped on foredge corners only. Textblock unmarked. Assisted by 35 Salvationists of the Australian Southern Territory, Commissioner Jim Knaggs presents Christian inspiration and stories . . . Contents include: Prelims., A Dream - Introduction. 35 'Visions'. Living the Dream - Conclusion. More. Book weight… Read more about this item

York Beach, Maine, U.S.A.: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1988. xxii, + 362pp. B/white halftone plate frontispiece, plus unpaginated halftone plate, and facsimile illustrated section. Book clean and square. Spine firm, but minimally concaved, with several soft reading creases. Illustrated card wrapper lightly edgeworn, else very good. An original seller's sticker affixed to verso of front wrap. Textblock unmarked. This book… Read more about this item