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The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Church of England; Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David. Bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre, By Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others.
London: Thomas Baskett and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1746. Full leather binding, There is substantial wear to the binding. Exposed binding to edge of spine, and small loss to bottom of spine. Binding is a little shaken, Marbled endpapers. Some small marks and darkening to the pages. Neat owner's inscription to the top of the title page. The Whole Book Of Psalms has a separate title page, and was printed London: A Wilde for the Company of Stationers. 1748. The last few pages are trimmed a little close to the bottom edge. 235 by 185mm (9¼ by 7¼ inches).
Book ID: 2250More details Price: £150.00 -
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. A disbound sermon. Sewn. Owner's signature to the top of the title page / cover. Shuttleworth was the Rector of Foxley in Wiltshire, and a warden of New College, Oxford. 28 pp.
Condition: Clean and tidy covers, with just a touch of darkening. Internally clean and tidy throughout.
Book ID: 1349More details Price: £6.00 -
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: £25.00 -
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 HOLY BIBLE CONTEYNING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW NEWLY TRANSLATED OUT OF YE ORIGINALL TONGUES AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED BY HIS MAJESTIES SPECIAL COMMANDMENT. APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES. [Bound with] The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures According to euery Family and Tribe. With The Line of our Sauiour Iesus Christ, obserued from Adam to the blessed Virgin Mary. By J. S. [ie. John Speed]. Cum privilegio. Together with The Psalmes of David of that Tranflation which is commonly used in the Church. Together with The Whole Book of Psalmes Collected into English Meater by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and others.
Condition: The binding is sound, but has rubbing to the edges and particularly the spine edges. Gilt has faded somewhat. Still attractive though. The pages are darkened, and there is slight chipping to many of the pages, including the map and genealogies. Some pages have closed tears, and a few pages have significant loss of paper - including text. Particularly the early part of the book of Psalms, where 4 leaves have loss. The blank page preceding the Psalmes of David has numerous births (18th century) written and crossed out.
Book ID: 1872More details Price: £1,100.00 -
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
Condition: The binding is in a good clean condition. A little rubbing to the binding edges. still holding well. Internally, generally clean and tidy, with a touch of darkening to the end papers. slight water damage to the edge of the last two leaves (not affecting text).
Book ID: 1956More details Price: £250.00 -
The Nature and True Value of Church Property Examined in a CHARGE Delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Colchester in June MDCCCXXXI
Edition: Reprint
London: J. G. & F. Rivington: 1832. A nice copy of this tract. Disbound or unbound. It is small, sewn booklet without covers. Clean and tidy, but with a little foxing to the front cover. Frequently this is found as a 'print on demand', but this is one of the uncommon tracts, in its original form. This is the second edition. Lyall was the Archdeacon of Colchester, and the Rector of Fairsted and Weeley in Essex.
Book ID: 1059More details Price: £12.00 -
The New Week's Preparation for a Worthy receiving of the Lord's Supper, as Recommended and Appointed by the Church of England; Consisting of Meditations and Prayers for the Morning and Evening of every Day in the Week with Forms of Examination and Confession of Sins and a Companion at the Altar....
Edition: Reprint
London: John Hinton: 1750. Reprint. 16mo. Full leather binding. half title, which is a warning from the publisher about impersonations (Beware the 'Old Week's preparation' and the fake 'New Week's preparation' Frontis to verso of this. title, with contemporary ownership signature. Imprimatur of George [II] to the verso of the title. 156pp.
Condition: The leather binding is a little rubbed and with a touch of cracking to the front hinge. A new front end paper has been added at some point. Still presentable. Internally in sound but slightly darkened state. Annotations / family tree to the rear end paper. Overall a decent copy.
Book ID: 1953More details Price: £48.00 -
The Parable of the Pilgrim: Written to a Friend.
Condition: The boards are clean and strong, but slightly bumped. Internally in good, but slightly bumped condition. Some staining to initial pages. A3 has loss to the bottom edge (not affecting text).
Book ID: 1933More details Price: £450.00 -
The Prophet Balaam and his ass: or, The Curse Turned in to a Blessing.
Manchester: Isaac Slater, 1850. Assume first edition. No information on WorldCat or COPAC. All edges gilt. Hardback in embossed cloth. Abbreviated gilt title to front. Boards slightly rubbed, and ink mark to front. Neat ink handwriting to front FFEP. Some darkening inside. Overall good and very scarce. 104 pages. 150 x 95 mm (6 x 3¾ inches).
Book ID: 3750More details Price: £80.00 -
The Sermon on the Mount Reprinted from the King James Version
Edition: First Thus
Portland, Maine: Thomas B Mosher, 1913. A lovely reproduction of this famous passage from the Bible, printed on heavy laid and watermarked paper in red and black. Historiated initials throughout. Grey boards with white paper spine. Black and red titles and decoration. Held in a grey / green slipcase with titles to the front and side. There is an owner's ex libris bookplate to the cover of the slipcase. 32 [iv0 pp.
Condition: Overall a very nice copy. The slipcase has a touch of cracking and rubbing to the edges, but holding and sound overall. A touch of loss to the bottom edge. The boards of the book are slightly darkened. Inside, it is in lovely condition throughout. A very nice example.
Book ID: 1650More details Price: £10.00 -
The Story Of Commander Allen Gardiner, R.N., With Sketches Of Missionary Work In South America
London: James Nisbet & Co Ltd, 1874. Original green cloth, with gilt anchor decoration to front board. Gilt title and embellishments to spine. Engraved frontis portrait, with tissue paper protection. Complete with 1 folding colour map of South America and 3 other full page colour map. 172 pp. plus 4pp. publisher's list - 175 x 120 mm (7 x 4¾ inches). Allen Francis Gardiner (1794–1851) was a British Royal Navy officer and missionary to Patagonia. His missions were strongly opposed by Roman Catholics in the region, as they were the predominant Christian group. An islet in the Chilean group of islands remains named after Gardiner.
Condition: Only minor bumping to edges. Light spotting to first and last few pages. Tissue paper foxed. The fold-out map has one, very small, closed tear near to hinge. All maps - including folding - in very good / fine condition.
Book ID: 2361More details Price: £55.00 -
The Wild Orchard
London: Herbert & Daniel, 1911. A book of Irish Catholic poetry. Bound in original green cloth boards, with gilt stamped title to front and spine. Minor shelf-wear with very slight darkening to spine. Internally in a clean condition with minor foxing only to endpapers. Very good condition. 120 pages. 200 x 140 mm (7¾ x 5½ inches).
Book ID: 2041More details Price: £40.00 -
Verklaring van Mozes Derde Boek, Genoemd Levitikus uit de Engelsche verklaringen van de heeren Patrik Polus, Wels.
Book ID: 3661More details Price: £300.00 -
William Dodd's Sermon Unmasked
Book ID: 3765More details Price: £75.00