Article Thirty Two by Oliver John (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Purple cloth, black lettering, spine faded. Novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. Small bookplate of previous private owner inside front cover..

Purple Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. First American Edition. 385 Pp. Violet Cloth Lettered In Black. First Printing Indicated, 1931 Date On Title Page. Novel About The Issue Of Marriage For Clergy In The Church Of England. A Bright, Clean Copy Without Fraying Or Other Damage. Covers Are Bright Except For Slight Fade To Spine.Pencil Inscription Non Front Free Endpaper (Easily Erased).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good Book spine faded. Rubbedon edges. Bumped corners. Ex-library copy.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Macmillan Company, 1931. 381 pgs. Second Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipepd and worn to the extremities). Bound in purple cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Scathing opinions on the state of various religious types found at the time. The title refers to one of the famous "Thirty Nine Articles of Religion" of the Church of England - the article relating to the marriage of priests.it is lawful for them as for all other Christians to marry at their discretion, as they shall judge the same to serve better to godliness" John Rathbone Oliver (January 4, 1872 January 21, 1943) was an American psychiatrist, medical historian, author, and priest. His novel Victim and Victor was a contender for the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, but the award went to Julia Peterkin's Scarlet Sister Mary. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, (published Oct. 1931), 385 pgs., pages clean, bound in purple cloth, black lettering, like new, wrapped in dust jacket. A tiny chip at top edge of front jacket, light soiling on back jacket and spine, in protective mylar. A nice copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. 8vo, 385 p., original purple cloth stamped in black. First edition, first printing of this uncommon title about the 'unhealthy mental atmosphere' of a clergyman's home. This is a VG+ copy with patch of fading to lower front spine heel, light fading to board edges and some minor discoloration to spine, but otherwise clean and bright, in a VG+ example of the scarce jacket, with crimping to spine tips, minor chipping to lower front spine heel and lower front panel; rear panel soiled, with printer's ink bleedthrough to jacket verso, but a bright clean example overall.…

First Edition. Religious themed novel of a clerical family. "Unvarnished portraits and some frankly critical opinions of clergymen of various types, YMCA leaders, mission boards, church officers and church policies". Very uncommon title. Near Fine in almost Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket. An attractive copy.…