A P Elkin

Cavendish, Richard (ed) ...R. C. Zaehner, Kenneth Grant, M. L. West, Edward Bacon, A. P. Elkin: Man Myth & Magic # 6, An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (magazine) ...Religions east and West, Atavism, Athene, Atlantis, Australia: Myth and Magic of the Aborigines, ++ Bristol BPC Pub. 1970
Very Good Plus Adam and Eve, by the Dutch Artist van Eyck: and (centre) Indian Temple Sculpture, C. 1000 AD

....Tight squae and clean, 28 pages, faint edge wear. Contents include: Religions East and West by R. C. Zaehner / Atavism by Kenneth Grant / Athene by M. L. West / Atlantis by Edward Bacon / Australia: Myth and Magic of the Aborigines by A. P. Elkin. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual magazine and not a stock photo! First Edition First Printing Magazine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

[SW: ....Tight squae and clean, 28 pages, faint edge wear. Contents include: Religions East and West by R. C. Zaehner / Atavism by Kenneth Grant / Athene by M. L. West / Atlantis by Edward Bacon / Australia: Myth and Magic of the Aborigines by A. P. ElkinMagazines Unexplained Phenomenon]

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Petter, P. W. Christ for Me and Me for Christ, Yeovil, England P. W. Petter 1937
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58pp - Petter, a well-known Protestant in England at the time, defines his religious outlook and life. He was also author of <B><U> Assembly Service </B></U> and <B><U> Guilty clergy</b></u>. <P><B>Provenance</b> this book comes from the library of the late Ian de Hamel, who died in 2003, and who during WWII was a Flight Lt flying Sunderland aircraft with Coastal Command during 1944-45. He was the stepson of Maj. Gen. Roger Grilles Ekin (Elkin?), C I E, who was apparently a WW I flyer. De Hamel was a friend of clergymen Peter Lillingston, Anthony Barnard and Douglas Webster amongst others. The collection was purchased at Fellows and Sons Auction, Birmingham (UK) in Dec 2005. <P>Book is clean and tight except for sunned spine and slightly soiled front board and inked inscription "From the writer P. W. Petter. at Perry Crofts Nov 26th, 1937" Signed by Author First Edition No Jacket Buckram 3.5 x 5"

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Kempis, Thomas: Of the Imitation of Christ: Four Books, Revised Translation, UK Oxford University Press/Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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xii, 310pp - Perhaps the most famous quote from this book is that "Man proposes, but God disposes." Harvard Classics describes it as a "pastiche of biblical and Catholic passages attributed to a humble scribe" and says it "remains the most influential of Christian devotional writings." <P> Wikipedia says it, "is one of the most widely read Christian spiritual books in existence. It was first published anonymously, in Latin, ca. 1418; several other authors have been proposed, but Kempis's authorship is now generally accepted. [It] is considered the pearl of all the writings of the mystical German-Dutch school of the 14th and 15th centuries, and with the "Confessions" of Augustine and John Bunyan's <B><U>Pilgrim's Progress</b></u> it occupies a front rank, if not the foremost place, among useful manuals of devotion, after the Bible.<P><B>Provenance</b> this book comes from the library of the late Ian de Hamel, who died in 2003, and who during WWII was a Flight Lt flying Sunderland aircraft with Coastal Command during 1944-45. He was the stepson of Maj. Gen. Roger Grilles Ekin (Elkin?), C I E, who was apparently a WW I flyer. De Hamel was a friend of clergymen Peter Lillingston, Anthony Barnard and Douglas Webster amongst others. The collection was purchased at Fellows and Sons Auction, Birmingham (UK) in Dec 2005. <P>Book is immaculate. Reprint No Jacket Leatherette 3.5 x 5.5"

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