Joseph Marks Iii (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. SIGNED by the author. Bumped upper corner, else very good in marbled boards with gilt lettering and design. No dust jacket. ; 99 pages; Signed by Author.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Tremont, IL: Major Poets Press 1970. First Edition Magazine. Printed wrappers [about 5.25" x 8.5"], saddle-stapled, 31+ pages. Poet Percival R. Roberts III [who contributed a poem to this issue] has written his name ["PRRobertsIII"] and "p24" [referencing on which page his poem appears] to the upper right corner of the first page. Near fine copy with very light wear. bx298E.

Cloth. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. 133 pp, the book and contents are very clean and solid, the dust jackewt has light wear and soil, this is a nice usable copy of this book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN 0871270633. Hardback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Compilation of excerpts from "An Arrow Against Profane and Promiscuous Dancing Drawn out of the Quiver of the Scriptures" by Increase Mather and "A Cloud of Witnesses" by Cotton Mather. No dustjacket; bound in marled off-white boards with gold gilt lettering. Slight wear to corners and edges; small paper lift at base of spine; slight dustsoiling to edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. "The Mathers on Dancing" refers to writings by Puritan ministers Increase Mather (1685) and his son Cotton Mather (1700) who vehemently opposed "profane and promiscuous dancing," viewing it as sinful, leading to lust, and contrary to Christian piety, a stance captured in their pamphlets, particularly Increase's An Arrow Against Profane and Promiscuous Dancing, compiled and studied in modern editions like this book by Joseph E. Marks III's. Boards are dirty with some bumping, spine is torn and damaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 99pp. Slight rubbing and wear on the corners thus very good.

Condition: VG. orig.boards, VG 24x15cm, (6), 99 pp " Including *An Arrow Against Profane and Promiscuous Dancing Drawn out of the Quiver of the Scriptures* by Increase Mather, (1685) ; Also *A Cloud of Witnesses* by Cotton Mather (ca.1700) With a bibliography of Anti - Dance Books (1685-1963)". The bibliography runs 13 pages.