The front cover of the book 'A Book of Angels' by Sophy Burnham, featuring a warm brown and gold design with an illustration of an angel playing a lute.
A photographed book page showing copyright and publication details for 'Angels: reflections on angels past and present' by Sophy Burnham, with publisher text for Walker and Company at the bottom.
Back cover of the book 'Book of Angels' by Sophia Burnham, featuring a warm brown background with black serif text, a small sun illustration, and a barcode at the bottom.
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The front cover of the book 'A Book of Angels' by Sophy Burnham, featuring a warm brown and gold design with an illustration of an angel playing a lute.A photographed book page showing copyright and publication details for 'Angels: reflections on angels past and present' by Sophy Burnham, with publisher text for Walker and Company at the bottom.Back cover of the book 'Book of Angels' by Sophia Burnham, featuring a warm brown background with black serif text, a small sun illustration, and a barcode at the bottom.

A Book of Angels: Reflections on Angels Past and Present and True Stories of How They Touch Our Lives

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Description

Author: Sophy Burnham
Publisher: Walker and Company
Place: New York
Year: 1991
Edition: First Large Print Edition
Format: Large-print trade paperback
Page Count: xv, 253 pages
Condition: Very Good Plus. Covers show light shelf wear and a few shallow handling creases but remain bright and attractive. Interior appears clean, and the binding is sound.
ISBN-10: 0-8027-2661-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-8027-2661-2

Description

In A Book of Angels, Sophy Burnham brings together personal accounts of angelic encounters with an exploration of the ways angels have appeared throughout religion, history, literature, and culture.

Burnham writes about her own unexpected experience of being saved by what she understood to be an angel, as well as the stories of others who believe they have encountered celestial help. She also considers angels in the Old Testament, Jewish Kabbalah, Christianity, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Hindu tradition, and Buddhism, discussing guardian angels, cherubim, seraphim, the angel of death, and other spiritual beings.

This is the uncommon 1991 first large-print edition, issued by Walker and Company in its EasyRead format. The generously sized type makes it especially comfortable to read, while the richly illustrated cover gives the book an appealing vintage spiritual aesthetic.

Why we love this book

Burnham approaches angels as a shared spiritual mystery rather than limiting them to a single religious tradition. The book combines history, personal testimony, comparative religion, and reflection in a way that invites readers to consider how the visible and invisible may touch.