About this title: This book summarizes the history, background, and development of each of the world's great religions. Contents: Egyptians, Babylonians, Syrians, Aryans, Hindus, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Celts, Germans, Slavs, Chinese, Japanese, Mongolians, Finns, Africans, Oceanians, Americans, Muslims, Hebrews, Israelites, and Christian Origins. It examines ...
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Edition: Revised and partly rewritten by the author.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: H. Liveright, inc., New York
Date Published: 1930
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Previous owner's plate in front cover. vii p., 2 L., 487 p. 24 cm. Bibliography at end of each chapter. read more
Description: Very Good. B000R1VVZU 1930 Liveright hardcovr. Revised and parrtly rewritten by the author. Very Good. Mild wear, ex-libris plate, owner's name on front end page, clean and unmarked text, tight binding. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Co
Date Published: 1930
Description: Good. Inside pages tight and clean. With edgewear to top of spine. No dustcover. All books have issued dustcovers unless otherwise noted. Pictures always available upon request. All books shipped securely. read more
Edition: REVISED FIRST EDITION
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Liveright, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1930
Description: Very Good Plus / No DJ. This new English-American edition includes an enlargement of the 1924 chapter which added on the period beginning with the Great War (WW I), as well as an almost complete rewriting of Chapter VIII concerning Christian origins, informed by the discoveries of Emporor Claude's letter to the Alexandrians and Jews, and the Slavonic text of Josephus about Jesus (as purged by Rob. Eisler). Translated from the French of Salomon Reinach by Florence Simmonds, revised and partly ... read more
Binding: Cloth Hard Back
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corp., New York
Date Published: 1930
Description: Good. 8vo. Cover soiled with corners and spine bumped and slightly worn. Cover mildewed from water and text stained on edges from water. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Horace Liveright, 1930 2nd prtg, NY
Date Published: 1930
Description: Hardcover, original cloth. Ex-seminary library copy. Old paper label on spine, name stamped on title page, otherwise a clean, tight book in very good condition. Translated from the French by Florence Simmonds. read more
Description: 1941 5th printing hardcover NO DJ. Minor wear to edges of book. Pages slightly yellowed. Binding good. Pages are clean with no marks or writing. read more
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corp., New York
Date Published: 1930
Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Black & Gold Edition, 5th ptg. : 1942. xiii + 487 pp., illus. A few light surface marks to cloth, former owner signature on front flyleaf. Dust jacket in protective sleeve shows chipped edges, some loss at extrems/corners. Comparative religion, history of world religions, world mythology. read more
Edition: 2nd printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Liveright, NY
Date Published: 1933 (1930cp)
Description: VG book, VG DJ(in Brodart). DJ very bright, rubbed edges. Presents historical background, meaning, and development of each of the world's great religions, read more
Edition: 2nd edition
Binding: HB
Date Published: 1930
Description: Very Good. Translated by Florence Simmonds. NY: Liveright, Inc., [1930]. 2nd Edition in English, 1st printing. [First published 1909 in French; First issued in English translation in 1909]. vii+[7]+487+[3]pp. 12 full-page illustrations (11 inserted). Decorative printed brown cloth with gilt lettering. Bookplate, else very good. Chapter 8 on Christian origins was rewritten by Reinach for this revised English-language edition, which also includes the chapter on the period beginning with World ... read more
Binding: Brown cloth
Publisher: Horace Liveright, New York
Date Published: 1930
Description: Tall octavo. Revised and partly rewritten by the author. Second printing. xii + 488 pages. "From the French of Salomon Reinach by Florence Simmonds. " Index. Spine faded with small tear at tip, covers lightly worn, endpages brwoning, else a very good copy. read more
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