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1932Best.-Nr. 1233E033London: John Murray 1932. 2nd Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xi 1 289. Very Good Minus. 5.25 x 7.5 inches 13.5 x 19 cm. Second cheap edition. Lacking jacket. Blue cloth binding. Spine has light staining and slight wear to ends. Browning and foxing to page edges scattered foxing to text. Account of Conan Doyle's six month trip promoting spiritualism in southern and eastern Africa in 1928/1929. Gift inscription to front free endpaper from Crawford S. Coombs to William H. Coombs and a reference to p.270 where over two pages Conan Doyle discusses the grievances of ships' officers: 'My reading of late has been rather mixed but it includes a book 'The Nation's Key-Men' by William Coombs which really deserves some attention'. Coombs was a British sailor who served in both the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy he went on to become a trade unionist representing merchant seamen. With William Coombs' bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches 13.5 x 19 cm. John Murray hardcover
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Best.-Nr. ria9780198901440_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Alister E. McGrath provides a fresh and engaging account of the origins development and abiding importance of Christian doctrine. The book explores why Christianity developed doctrines in the first place and why doctrines continue to hardcover
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Best.-Nr. ria9780231162715_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Body Incantatory reveals the histories and logics of practice of deeply embodied forms of Buddhist ritual. Paul Copp vividly captures the diversity of Buddhist practice among medieval monks ritual healers and other individuals los paperback
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Best.-Nr. ria9780231210942_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; In this lively and accessible book addressed to believers “recovering” believers disbelievers nonbelievers and “nones” alike—to anyone in search of what they really do believe—the acclaimed philosopher and theologian John D. Caputo hardcover
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1739Best.-Nr. 009866Paris: Jean Desaint 1739. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 2 xvj 542 3 pages. Printer's address p. 541 transl. from the French "From the Printing Office of Jean-Baptiste Christophe Ballard Sole Printer to the King for Music & Notator of His Majesty's Chapel". Only the title page and the chapter headings are in French the rest is in Latin. Printed notated music. Bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards marbled end papers with woodcut arms to title-page.Very Good tear to leather at head of spine joints rubbed prior owner name in ink front end page scattered minor toning contemporary ink inscription in Latin rear end page. The Desaint edition RARE OCLC locates a single copy in Lyon France. Jean Desaint Hardcover
1855Best.-Nr. 009868Paris: Adrien Le Clere et Cie 1855. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two volumes bound as one. Lambillotte's Esthetiqu du Chant Gregorien 1 preliminary leaf vi 418 pages frontispiece portrait facsimile folded table with Abbe Raillard's Memoire Sur La Restauration De Chant Gregorien Paris 1862 Librairie Catholique et Classique de Perisse Freres folded table 46 pages bound at rear with original wrappers and SCARCE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front wrapper -"A Monsieur Bellaquet Secretaire Gen. du Ministaire d l'Etat F. Raillard" the book being trimmed for binding causing partial loss of the signature.Both books bound as one in contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards gilt lettering at spine hand written label top corner front cover. Very Good scattered light toning edges of boards rubbed prior owner name in ink front end page. A significant refernce work for the study of Gregorian chant. Adrien Le Clere et Cie Hardcover
1688Best.-Nr. 009843London: London: Publisher not identified: Printed for J. Roberts near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane 1688. Book. Good. Leather. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Three Letters . "I. Relating to the affair of Molinos and the Quietists. II. Relating to the Inquistion and the state of religion. III. Relating to the policy and interests of some of the states of Italy :being a supplement to Dr. Burnets letters." 22 192 pages lacking the first 2 and any blank leafs. Written in 1687 publ. 1688. Bound with: A Romish Ecclesiastical. Printed for J. Roberts near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane 1714. 7 preliminary leaves xii vi 167 1 pages frontispiece illustration text of pp.79-80 not repeated on 81-82. . Two separate titles bound in contemporary leather Good top cover broken lacking any pages before title page of Three Letters contemporary writing on front paste down including prior owners light internal toning. Rothschild 1955. [Publisher not identified]: Printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, Hardcover
1998Best.-Nr. 532853Jefferson NC: McFarland and Co. 1998. Paperback in very good condition. Light foxing to page block head and light edgewear to covers. Clean throughout and spine tight. AD. Paperback. Very Good. Used. McFarland and Co. Paperback
1851Best.-Nr. 43582University Press Oxford 1851. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition thus with engraved folding map as frontispiece 7 folding engraved maps and plans and engraved plan in the text wanting blank preliminary to first volume neat uniform contemporary signature on front free endpaper versos; attractively bound in contemporary full calf BY MARTIN OF EXETER sides with double frame border stopped at corners by rosettes all in gilt backs with raised bands second and third compartments with double leather labels black/red respectively lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments richly tooled in gilt marbled edges marbled endpapers gilt dentelles doublures tooled in blind boards mildly age-marked backstrip gilt a little faded wanting upper label of second volume but lettering legible in blind joints mildly rubbed else a remarkably bright clean crisp copy in wholly unrestored period binding. With the elaborate nineteenth-century personal pictorial bookplate of Edward Lewton Penny on front paste-down of first volume. The binding is signed on rear paste-downs. Prideaux's classic account was first published 1715-1717. VERY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. University Press, Oxford, hardcover
1976Best.-Nr. 43610Funk & Wagnalls New York NY 1976. 4 vols. roy. 8vo. Third Edition; dark brown cloth boards elaborately blocked in blind gilt backs a near fine copy. Much-needed reissue of the BOT edition first published in 1974 from the original edition of 1834. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE INDEED. Funk & Wagnalls, New York NY, hardcover
1992Best.-Nr. 43608William B. Eerdmans Grand Rapids MI 1992. Roy. 8vo. First Edition; red cloth gilt back upper hinge starting but binding entirely sound a very good bright clean copy. William B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids MI, hardcover
1976Best.-Nr. 43609Banner of Truth Trust Edinburgh 1976. 2 vols. roy. 8vo. Second Impression thus with portrait frontispiece; brown cloth gilt backs red edges brown endpapers a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the BOT edition first published in 1974 from the original edition of 1834. Banner of Truth Trust, Edinburgh, hardcover
1892Best.-Nr. 43597Hodder & Stoughton 1892. 8vo. Third Edition; navy pebble-grain cloth gilt back red edges black endpapers hinges starting but binding entirely sound a very good clean copy. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 43625United Society for Christian Literature 1952. Roy. 8vo. Eighth Edition with portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present title in red and black text in triple column wanting front free endpaper half-title creased; publisher's brown faux-morocco cloth gilt back a very good bright clean crisp copy. A bright crisp copy of a modern reissue. First published in 1879 Young's mammoth concordance was continually reissued including the RTS versions 1915-1935. The heavily revised and augmented eighth edition first appeared in 1939. United Society for Christian Literature, hardcover
