Pike James a Editor (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket yellowing with edge wear and rubbing, small chips and tears on edges, small piece missing from base of spine. Boards have light edge wear. pages beginning to yellow, interior is clean.

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).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book.

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, VG/G+. 317pp dustjacket yellowed to the spine & with a little loss along the edges. A series of essays by Roman Catholic, Jewish, Nonconformist, Hindu & atheist writers who have converted to Anglicanism. 475 grams.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st edition, 3rd printing. 1st edition, 3rd printing, September 1956. A Very Good book in a Good dust jacket. 8vo., 317 pp., bound in publishers blue cloth with illustrated dust jacket. Jacket has small losses at edges including top and base of spine. End papers toned. Text unmarked, binding is solid. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.…

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. …