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(RELIGION.) Mary Baker Glover Eddy. The first three editions of Science and Health, and other related volumes. 9 titles, 8vo or 12mo, the six editions of Science and Health in attractive modern 1/4 or 1/2 morocco slipcases. Various places, 1883-1930
Science and Health is the cornerstone book of the Christian Science movement. Along with Mormonism, Christian Science remains one of the most important of America's home-grown faiths.
"Science and Health." First edition, first issue, without index. Credited as Mary Baker Glover. 456 pages plus errata leaf laid in. Large 12mo, original cloth, tastefully rebacked with most of original backstrip laid down, minor wear; minimal wear to contents, cancel leaf at 367-8 as usual. One of 1,000. Grolier Hundred 78; Howes E42 ("c"--"quite rare, obtainable only with much difficulty"); Streeter sale VII:4281. Boston, 1875.
"Science and Health, Vol. II" (all issued). Second edition, also known as the "Ark Edition" because of the illustration on the front board. Credited as Mary Baker Glover Eddy. Frontispiece plate. [6], 144, [141]-167 pages plus errata leaf tipped in before contents page. 8vo, publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, minor wear, recased; a few passages underlined in pencil; minimal dampstaining to a few leaves including frontispiece. This edition includes new material, but other sections were scaled back due to excessive typographical errors; many copies were suppressed. Howes "c." Lynn, MA, 1878.
"Science and Health." Third edition, revised, credited as Mary B. Glover Eddy. 2 volumes. Frontispiece plate. xiii, [4]-270; [4], 214, [2] pages including ad leaf. 8vo, publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, minor wear, tastefully rebacked with most of original backstrip laid down; minimal wear to contents; early pencil gift inscription on front free endpaper. Lynn, MA, 1882.
"Science and Health." Sixth edition, revised, credited as Mary Baker G. Eddy. 2 volumes. Frontispiece plate. [4], 270; [4], 206, [1] pages including ad leaf. 8vo, publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, moderate wear, rebacked with most of original backstrip laid down; minor wear to contents, a few pencil notes. Boston, 1883.
"Science and Health." Thirteenth edition, credited as Mary Baker G. Eddy. 2 volumes. Frontispiece plate. [4], 270; [4], 206, [5] pages including ad leaves. 8vo, publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, moderate wear; minor wear and staining to contents, a few pencil notes; later owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Boston, 1885.
"Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures." Eighty-fifth edition, credited as Mary Baker G. Eddy. xii, 663, [2] pages. 12mo, publisher's gilt pictorial limp sheep, moderate wear, front joint starting; minor wear to contents, a few pencil notes. Boston, 1894.
Mary Baker G. Eddy. "Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896." Second edition. xv, 471 pages. 8vo, publisher's gilt pictorial cloth; early owner's signatures on front endpapers. Boston, 1897.
Mary Baker Eddy. "Manual of the Mother Church: The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts." Eighty-fourth edition. 138 pages. 12mo, publisher's gilt cloth, minor wear; early owners' signatures on front free endpaper. Boston, 1910.
Lyman P. Powell. "Mary Baker Eddy: A Life Size Portrait." xii, [2], 364 pages. 8vo, publisher's gilt limp calf. London, 1930.
