Bishop James Pike (13 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Sticker fe. Binding may have been re-glued yet still strong.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing. The book has some pencil markings on the first page and some pen markings on the second page. The jacket has the previous owner's name and date in pen on the front upper right side edge flap and some small tears on the top and bottom corner edges.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. In this issue of Cornet, for April 1961, we find a thoughtful photo-essay on the American Civil War. "Our Saddest War" consists of 20 pages of black-and-white photographs that speak eloquently, if silently, to the tragedy of that terrible conflict. Accompanying the pictures is a text by American author, Wallace Stegner. It is all proof that one never knows where a serious reminder of mankind's frailty will crop up. This article and the articles of which I write below, are both, together, worth the price of admission. As well as the somber reminder above, there is an article titled "The Right to Be an Atheist" by the Rt. Rev. James A. Pike. Bishop Pike was in later years to find international notoriety - or celebrity - depending on one's perspective. Pike was the fifth Episcopal Bishop of California, and was considered by many of his fellow priests to be heretical in his thinking, public pronouncements and writings. He became interested in psychic phenomena and spiritualism after his son died. Pike had long been a spokesman for liberal Protestant thinking; he promoted a living wage, and acceptance of LGBT persons (LGBT being an acronym unknown at the time). But his delving into occult matters was too much for the more conservative elements of the Episcopal Church. (to quote Wikipedia : "Pike's theology involved the rejection of central Christian beliefs. His writings questioned a number of widely accepted tenets, including the virginity of Mary, the Mother of Jesus; the doctrine of Hell, and the Trinity. He famously called for 'fewer beliefs, more belief.' " - the Church censured Pike.) Pike died in the Judean desert, where he and his wife became lost and dehydrated. He fell to his death. Pike was the subject of several books, including Philip K. Dick's "The Transmigration of Timothy Archer" (Pike officiated at Dick's wedding). Joan Didion and E. L. Doctorow also wrote about Pike, or used him as a character model. There is much much more in this issue, including an article on Robert Goddard ("The Vindication of Robert Goddard"), a piece on actor Robert Taylor, a fluffy photo essay on Leslie Caron, food articles, jokes and humorous bits, stories, movie reviews, and more. Lots of great period advertising. We have provided a view of the issue's Table of Contents. TITLE : Coronet ISSUE : Volume 40, Number 6, Whole No. 293 DATE : April 1961 IMPRINT : David A. Smart - Esquire Co. EDITOR : Lewis W. Gillenson AUTHORS : Wallace Stegner, James A. Pike, et al. PLACE : Chicago, Illinois STATUS : OP PHYSICAL DETAILS : Digest sized periodical; contains a considerable amount of illustrations, including photographs, line drawings, etc. Lots of advertising. 196 pages; 5 1/2" x 7 3/8", photo pictorial cover, glued (color photograph of a happy little girls all dressed up for Easter , and holding a basket of dyed eggs); the rear cover has a color Camel Cigarette ad. CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned magazine that remains clean, complete, tight and attractive, with but modest signs of handling : (Small wear to spine & extremities, including a wee gouge on the front joint; modest surface rub and a touch of scuffing. Unmarked interior. No leaves are detached or loose. Reproductions of Civil War Photographs (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 0.9 x 6.9 x 4.1 Inches; 336 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Very Good -. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, second printing, xiii + 232 pages; book very gently read, if at all, tight in binding, hardly a trace of shelf wear other than gentle bumps to spine ends, very brief and neat ink gift inscription on half title page, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white; DJ lightly chipped at spine top, one short tear to back cover bottom spine hinge. See also our listing for Katharine Cover Sabin's extremely scarce ESP and Dream Analysis.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The cover has light wear and the edges of the book have a light tan. Several copies are available. Bishop Pike's personal confrontation with the question of human immortality began with the tragic suicide of his son Jim. Within a few months of his death, unexplained phenomena began occurring. After sixty separate incidents, Bishop Pike consulted other clergymen, internationally known scientists and, finally, Mrs Ena Twigg, the renowned British medium. 292 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size D: 7"-8" Tall (177-203mm).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Book is like new except for faint shelving wear and lightly toned interior; retains a fairly strong and supple spine for reading. 1st, THUS.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition (no additional printings listed). Original covers, approximately 8 1/2 x 11 inches, 74 pp, illustrated with black and white drawings and photographs. Softcover magazine, very good. Moderate shelf wear, rubbed along edges, a few drop marks on rear cover, starting to lightly age yellow, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked. Includes interviews with Jean Dixon and Bishop Pike, articles such as Hans Holzer on the Star of Bethlehem, singer Jane Morgan's experience with a ghost, the Loch Ness monster, identical handwriting of Shakespeare and Francis Bacon, fluoridation, UFO flaps, including from the 1890s, etc. Rare; no copies on OCLC nor anything from Google. Paranormal. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. 160pp. "K-O" at bottom copyright page; "Third Printing" at top left dw inside front panel, opposite where unclipped price would appear; "1064" at lower right dw front panel. Appendix A:" 'Trinity in Unity': Remarriage in the Episcopal Church, pp. 143-144; Appendix B: On Certain Relativities in Cult and Polity, pp. 145-150; Appendix C: On Christological Heresies, pp. 151-152; Appendix D: Liturgical Reform Toward Relevant Continuity, p. 153; Index of Names and Subjects, pp. 155-160; Index of Scripture Quotations, p. 160. Blue cloth with black cloth spine and brilliant gilt lettering; beveled fore-edge. Very slightest of sunning to very top of black cloth edges near spine and tiny chip to cloth veneer at bottom right front cover corner, else unqualifiedly Fine or As New (dw did its job). Dustwrapper price-clipped, with black borders on front cover for large teal square background for title lettering in black and white letters, author name lettering in white over black across top front cover; large black and white photo-portrait of author on rear cover. Slight rubbing wear at corners, thin line of chips and rubbing across spine ends, one minor nick to black at front cover right edge just below middle point; spine slightly age-toned, but white letters still strong and eminently readable; white borders for rear cover photo-portrait also age-toned, with small brownish minor stains spots (which look like partial outline of residue for price sticker, long-gone): Now in Brodart mylar, which forgives all sins mightily. Presentation copy inscribed on ffep: "For Ben, / with affection, / +Jim". Binding is still tight; clean text. Despite minor flaws to dw, book looks Unread. Inscribed and Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A very good copy of the stated first hard cover printing edition in a good+ (not price-clipped) dust-jacket, inscribed and signed by Allen Spraggett (dated 17 May, 1968) on the first blank whit endsheet. Slight dampstain to verso of the dust-jacket at the top of the spine, minorly affecting the top of the adjacent boards. This has also slightly washed out the "To" of Spraggett's inscription. Else the text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding and jacket still quite bright and fresh in appearance. A sharp copy. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Revised Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp.178. Non-fiction. Religion: the front cover proclaims "Reissue of a book by a man who has since become famous.Bishop Pike has recently been charged with, and cleared of, heresy." First published in 1955. James Albert Pike (1913Ð1969) was an American Episcopal bishop and prolific writer whose views on theological and social issues made him one of the most controversial public figures of his time. He was an early proponent of ordination of women and racial desegregation within mainline churches. Pike was the fifth Bishop of California. A small Victor Gollanz publisherÕs number Ô 66 Ô written in ink on the rear of dust jacket indicates the year of publication. Excellent condition. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Revised Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp.178. Non-fiction. Religion: the front cover proclaims "Reissue of a book by a man who has since become famous.Bishop Pike has recently been charged with, and cleared of, heresy." First published in 1955. James Albert Pike (1913Ð1969) was an American Episcopal bishop and prolific writer whose views on theological and social issues made him one of the most controversial public figures of his time. He was an early proponent of ordination of women and racial desegregation within mainline churches. Pike was the fifth Bishop of California. PublisherÕs own retained copy with their stamp on the front pastedown and free endpaper reading ÔFile CopyÕ and title page reading ÔArchive Copy.Õ A small Victor Gollanz publisherÕs number Ô 66 Ô written in ink on the rear of dust jacket indicates the year of publication. Fine in fine dust jacket.…