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The Assurance of Abby and other Church-Lands in England to the Possessors, cleared from the Doubts and Arguments raised about the Danger of Resumption In answer to a Letter of a Person of Quality,
Book ID: 2500More details Price: £200.00 -
The Authenticated Report of the Discussion Which Took Place in the Chapel of the Roman Catholic College of Downside, Near Bath, on the 25th, 26th and 27th of February, and the 5th, 6th and 7th March 1834 Subjects: "The Rule of the Faith", and "The Sacrifice of the Mass". Protestant Speakers: REV. EDWARD TOTTENHAM, REV. JOHN LYONS; Roman Catholic Speakers: REV. T. J. BROWN, REV T. M. MACDONELL, REV FRANCIS EDGEWORTH.
Edition: First Edition
London: J.G. & F. Rivington, and J. Booker, 1836. First edition. Hardback. Contemporary half calf rebacked, book-plate of the Tottenham Collection, Bath Guildhall Library. Signature of Ed Tottenham at the head of the title, "sold" stamp of Bath Municipal Libraries on the title. Lithographic frontispiece with the facsimile signatures of the two short-hand writers, T.J. Brown and Ed, Tottenham.
The marbled boards are somewhat rubbed, but clean and tidy. There is chipping to the spine, and the top panel (1 inch) is detached (inside book awaiting repair). The title label to the spine has gone. Internally clean, but with some foxing spots. (ii) 484 pp.Book ID: 1039More details Price: £70.00 -
The Beauties of Sincerity; Or, a Selection of Passages, prompted by heart-felt love, indited by sincere affection, and delivered from the pulpit by the Bishop of Chester; Archdeacon Pott... [et al.] in Various Sermons, upwards of one hundred and twenty, on the death of H.R.H. the Princess Charlotte of Wales & Saxe Cobourg.
London: Printed for the proprietor; and sold by Wetton and Jarvis, 1818. First edition. Scarce. Hardback mottled boards with paper title label. Part of the title page is printed in gilt letters. Boards are quite rubbed, and the front board is a little loose but holding well. Inside the book has some age toning but is otherwise good. viii, 136 pp. With illustrated frontis. 230 x 140 mm (9 x 5½ inches).
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1796 - 1817) was the only child of George, Prince of Wales, and his wife, Caroline of Brunswick. Charlotte was to ascend the British throne after the deaths of her grandfather, George III and her father, but died in childbirth - at the tender age of 21.
Book ID: 3666More details Price: £1,200.00 -
The Book Of Common Prayer And Administration Of The Sacraments and Other Rites And Ceremonies Of The Church According To The Use Of England And Ireland. Together With The Psalter Or Psalms Of David Pointed As They Are To Be Sung Or Said In Churches
Elizabeth Regina
Book ID: 4624More details Price: £175.00 -
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments; and other Rites and Customs of the Church of England. Also, the Companion to the Altar and the Psalms of David. With notes and annotations
Edition: First Thus
Manchester: J. Gleave: 1813. Contemporary full leather binding, with blind stamped decoration to the spine and boards. Frontispiece. Lovely engraving of "The Royal Psalmist" facing the psalms. Unpaginated. An attractive copy of an early Manchester printing. Joseph Gleave, 1773-1828, was born in Tabley, Cheshire. He was a bookseller and printer, particularly interested in promoting Sunday Schools. The business was taken over in 1828 by his youngest son, also called Joseph. An early Manchester imprint, Manchester was a small town until Arkwright opened the Cotton Mill in 1780. From around 1800, Manchester grew at an astonishing rate, becoming a city in 1835. Collation: A-4N2, [plate], A-P4. pp
Condition: The binding is sound but rubbed, particularly to the edges. A small split to the base of the spine - still holding well. front end paper is secured with archival tape. Two inscriptions ((1851 & 1945) to the end paper. The Frontispiece has a small hole in the middle, but still attractive. The pages are clean but a little darkened. Slight shaking to the rear binding.
Book ID: 2004More details Price: £45.00 -
"The Carnal Mind is an Enmity Against God". A Sermon Preached in the Parish Church of Bideford, August 9, 1835, on the Occasion of the Annual Meeting of the district Committees of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, established within the Archdeaconry of Barnstable.
Edition: First Edition
London: J. G. & F. Rivington, 1835. First edition. A disbound sermon. Sewn. Owner's signature to the top of the title page / cover. Clean and tidy covers, with just a touch of darkening. Internally clean and tidy throughout. 28 pages. 215 x 135 mm (8½ x 5¼ inches).
Shuttleworth was the Rector of Foxley in Wiltshire, and a warden of New College, Oxford.
Book ID: 1349More details Price: £26.00 -
The Catholic Crusoe; Adventures of Owen Evans, Set Ashore on a Desolate Island 1739.
Edition: Reprint
London: Burns and Oates, 1889. Ninth Edition. Original red cloth gilt, spine faded, covers with a couple of small marks, book-label of Syon Abbey, Devon. First issued in 1863 by Fowler of Dublin; one copy on Copac, at Trinity College Dublin, is listed under the name of Anderson, with the note that it was later published as "The Catholic Crusoe". The Bodleian copy states that Anderdon was the author; other copies give the authorship to Owen Evans [pseud.]. There is no copy recorded as this one. xi, (i), 371, (i), 16 pp. Catalogue, Frontispiece and 11 wood-engraved plates.
Book ID: 1040More details Price: £30.00 -
The Catholic Review.
Edition: First Edition
London: Art & Book Company, 1913. Volume 1 only. Half Vellum, top edge gilt, occasional foxing, else a very good copy. The covers are clean and tidy. The is a presentation inscription from the Rev. Benedict Willamson. He was a priest and architect, who designed the church "Our Lady of Perpetual Help" in Fulham, London, which was built in 1922, and the Chapel at St Edmund's College, Cambridge among others. Copac records Trinity College Dublin and Oxford, both with a complete run from 1913 to 1918. (ii), 312 pp.
Book ID: 1014More details Price: £30.00 -
The "Dyed Garments from Bosra". A Few Thoughts on the Passion
Edition: First Edition
London: R. & T. Washbourne Ltd, 1907. First edition. Original pale green cloth, with gilt titles to the spine and front board. 40 short meditations on the Passion. With Roman Catholic imprimata to the verso of the title page. The binding has a little edge wear, with a touch of nicking to the head and tail of the spine. The gilt titles are slightly faded from rubbing. Otherwise in good clean condition. Internally slightly darkened, but clean and tidy throughout. 92 pages.
Book ID: 1272More details Price: £30.00 -
The First and Second Books of Chronicles
London: J.M. Dent & Sons / J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1902. First edition. Part of 'The Temple Bible' Series. Soft olive green leather, with gilt sheep decoration to front, and gilt title to spine. Gilt top page edges. Beautiful frontispiece and tissue guard (reproduction from Mr. Hollyer's photograph of Sir Edward Burnes-Jones's picture 'The Building of the Temple'). Decorative title page. 135 x 100 mm (5¼ x 4 inches).
Condition: The covers are lightly handled at edges, the spine a little faded and slightly worn. Name of previous owner on small label to front pastedown. Pages clean and bright.
Book ID: 2768More details Price: £30.00 -
The First Annual Report of the Catholic Institute of Great Britain: With an Appendix; Containing an Abstract of Cash Account, ending 3rd June 1839, List of Auxiliary Branches, List of Publications and particulars of distribution.
Edition: First Edition
London: C. Richards: 1839. A thin volume, not bound up (as issued) Titles and monogram of the institute to the front cover. Sewn. The list of patrons and the committee, led by the Earl of Shrewsbury, includes Lord Clifford as one of the (many) Vice Presidents. The Catholic Institute grew out of the Metropolitan Catholic Tract Society. The organisation was formed "To protect the rights of Conscience of the Poorer classes of Catholics and to promote the interests of Religion and charity." Irish M.P. Daniel O'Connell was also involved in the establishment of the Institute. Led initially by the Hon. Charles Langdale M.P. 16pp.
Condition: Clean and tidy copy of this work. The pages are almost without mark, and the printing has made a clean, deep impression.
Book ID: 1300More details Price: £12.00 -
The Grand Presumption of the Roman Church, in equalling their traditions to written word;
And, Their jealousy of themselves, in refusing to admit the Holy Scriptures as the Rule for the Trial of their Religion: in two discourses.
London: E. Flesher: 1675. Disbound, pamphlet. Title, dedication (Latin), dedication (English), second title, text. Section headings and vignette initials. The first gather is separated from the text. Generally clean and tidy. with a little marking and browning to the outside pages. Gregory, Francis (1623–1707), Church of England clergyman and writer. He was rector of Hambledon, and was a popular speaker. He wrote several anti-Catholic pamphlets, including this one 'to confirm my own Parishioners in their present Faith' He died in 1707 and was buried at Hambledon. [xxii], [1] - 132 pp. WING, G1894.
Book ID: 1451More details Price: £85.00 -
The History of the Council of Trent. In Eight Books.
Whereunto is prefixt a discourse containing historical reflexions on councils, and particularly on the conduct of the Council of Trent, proving that the Protestants are not oblig'd to submit thereto.
Book ID: 5755More details Price: £600.00 -
The Irish Monthly Magazine Volume 7
Dublin: McGlashan & Gill, 1879. The seventh volume of this Catholic & Literary monthly magazine. The magazine was founded by Rev. Matthew Russell, S.J., (1834-1912), who was the editor for almost forty years. Green cloth, with gilt and black titles and design (a harp and title in Celtic style to the front board of each volume). Stories, poems and essays. Good condition with just a little nicking / edgewear. Slight foxing to the pages. Contains the bookplate of the Library of Syon Abbey in Chudleigh - the Brigittine Monastery.
Book ID: 2992More details Price: £30.00 -
The Isle of the Dead or the Keeper of the Lazaretto
Edition: First Edition
London: Burns & Lambert, 1863. First edition. Original burgundy cloth with gilt decoration and titles. Lengthy gift inscription \ prayer to the front end paper from Sister Mary Clare of Syon Abbey, Devon. A touch of marking to the boards, but not too bad. Fading to the spine. Internally clean throughout, with a touch of darkening. The prayer to the front free endpaper shows the book to have been a gift from a nun to her niece / Goddaughter, for New Year 1873. An attractive volume. 72 pp + 2 pp advertisements.
Émile Souvestre (1806-1854) was a French novelist whose best known work was "Le Monde Tel Qu'il Sera"; a dystopian science fiction work full of predictions. His works often had moral messages within them. 72 pp + 2 pp ads.Book ID: 1213More details Price: £40.00 -
The Lady in Crimson and Other Tales.
Edition: First Edition
London: Art & Book Company Ltd, 1906. First edition. Hardback. This is a collection of Roman Catholic short stories. Ymal Oswin is the author's maiden name and, the initials of her forenames: Yvonne Marie Aimee Lysette Oswin. 'Ymal' pronounced 'Yimal' being a schoolgirl nickname. Her married name was Wilson. However, she occasionally used the surname 'Atkin' too.Linen-backed red paper boards, covers a little spotted and marked, a very small marginal tear in one leaf, but overall a very good copy. Bookplate to the inside board from Syon Abbey. (Monasterii S. Birgittae de Sion, Chudleigh). (viii), 123, (i) pp.
COPAC records the British Library as having a later copy, 1922; no other copy is listed.Book ID: 1047More details Price: £60.00 -
The Liberal Catholic Church and some facets of its Doctrine
Book ID: 4802More details Price: £40.00 -
The Life of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury, Who lived in the times of Henry the V. and VI. Kings of England. Written in Latin. Now made English. And a Table of Contents Annexed
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 1956More details Price: £250.00 -
The Little Treasury of Leaflets. Vols 1-3.
Book ID: 5719More details Price: £100.00 -
The Lord's Passion.
A brief meditation by Rabanus Maurus, Abbot of Fulda and Archbishop of Mains 788-856
London: A.R. Mowbray, 1938. Small meditation, hardback. Attached dust wrapper with blue patterned cover. Neat owner's inscription to the front end paper. Contains nine short meditations. A scarce book. 48 pages. 145 x 110 mm (5¾ x 4¼ inches).
Condition: Covers are clean and tidy but with a little edgewear to the spine. Internally clean throughout if somewhat darkened.
Book ID: 2026More details Price: £30.00





























