Gard Richard General Editor (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Grey cloth binding. Brown print on spine. Top corners are lightly bumped. Red tinted headedge. Previous owner bookplate on rear flyleaf. Sound and unmarked. 256 pages including notes and references. One book of six book series on religion. Stated first edition. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Like New as graded in hand. Complete set of six hardcover volumes - Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Protestantism, Catholicism, and Buddhism - in excellent condition. Spines show light shelf wear with text fully legible. Dust jackets are present on Buddhism and Catholicism with light edge wear; remaining four volumes are jacketed or unjacketed as found. Interiors are clean and tight with no foxing, underlining, or writing; pages show age-appropriate toning consistent with early 1960s printing. A remarkably well-preserved set for its age.…

Hard Cover in Slip Case. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 6 volume set in slipcase. All have grey cloth bindings with blind-stamped logo on cover and brown print on spine, purple headedge tint. All are tight, sound and unmarked. Set includes: "Buddhism", edited by Richard A. Gard, " Catholicism" edited by George Brantl, "Protestanrism" edited by J. Leslie Dunstan, " Hinduism" edited by Louis Renou, "Islam" edited by John Alden Williams, and "Judaism" edited by Arthur Hertzberg. Dust jacket all have a degree of sun fading on spines. All headedges have tattering and tears at spine top. There is no price corners on front flaps. Believe issued as such. Slipcase is black and solid with a few minor spots. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 12mo. Six volumes in black slipcase. Tan cloth boards. Top edges purple. 256; 256; 255; 255; 250; 256 pp. Spines sunned. Dust jackets tanned with offset panels. Interiors clean. A very good set overall. The six volumes in this series present the major religions of the modern world, their meaning, their traditions, and their contemporary significance. Each volume contains an extensive selection of the most important writings of the religious tradition, organized, with the editor's introductions and interpretations, to form a coherent and meaningful account of the religion from the viewpoint of its own testimony on its beliefs and practices.…