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Best.-Nr. B9781258025595Hardback. New. hardcover
2004Best.-Nr. DADAX0742532135Sheed & Ward 2004-12-01. hardcover. New. 6.66x0.70x9.32. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Sheed & Ward hardcover
1923Best.-Nr. 1056Benziger Brothers. Good with no dust jacket; Pages toning due to age. 1923. Leatherette Hardback. Has Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur; 8vo; 287 pages . Benziger Brothers hardcover
Best.-Nr. 47986124like new. unknown
1837Best.-Nr. 978K15London: Henry G. Bohn 1837-1838. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Reverend F. W. Hope. The first and second series of this scarce entomological work signed by the author and with lovely hand coloured plates. The first edition of both works. With a hand coloured frontispiece and three partially hand coloured plates to both works. Collated complete.With presentation inscriptions from the author to the front endpapers of both volumes presenting the work to the Natural History Society of Shrewsbury. Institutional copies with stamps and bookplates to preliminaries of both works. The Coleopterist's Manual is considered a foundational text on the study of beetles and details exotic and British beetle species with descriptions classifications and notes on habitat. Aimed at naturalists and collectors Hope"s work significantly advanced entomological studies and taxonomy reflecting the Victorian era"s growing interest in biodiversity and scientific discovery.A third volume was also published in 1840.A scarce signed pair of these important texts. In publisher's green cloth. Externally smart with library annotations to tail of both volumes. Slight bumping to extremities and loss to spine labels. Institutional labels and stamps to endpapers of both volumes. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just marginal age toning and the odd spot and handling mark. Institutional stamp to reverse of volume one frontispiece. Very Good Henry G. Bohn hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9781258042387Hardback. New. hardcover
1898Best.-Nr. 610P11London: Charles Taylor 1898. Cloth. Good. 6" by 4". Not Stated. A charming fairy tale by the Reverend Paget warning children against selfishness. 'The Hope of the Katzekopes' was written by Reverend Paget with the intention of guiding young minds towards a more wholesome morality as the author believed that this was lacking in other fiction at the time. It was intended to exercise empathy in children and to guide them away from selfishness. Written by Reverend Francis Edward Paget who was the chapplain to the bishop of Bath and Wells and who restored Elford Church. Some of his other works include 'Lucretia' 'The Pageant' 'Tales of the Village Children' and 'Some Records of the Ashtead Estate and of its Howard Possessors'. With six illustrated head pieces throughout. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally sound. Light dampstaining to the boards causing discolouration. A couple of light markings to the boards. Minor sunning to the spine. Small amount of bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Rear hinge is strained. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front pastedown '1898'. Prior owner's tidy sketching of the Union Jack to the font pastedown. Light offsetting to the recto to the front endpaper and to the verso to the rear endpaper. Prior owner's label to the verso to the front endpaper 'John & Christie Dore 18 Whitehall Watchet Somerset TA23 0BD'. Prior owner's ink inscription to the half title page 'To . McClitock with . love 5th of Dec 1914'. Internally generally firmly bound though strained in places. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot and handling mark. Textblock from pages 17 to 96 have been cut to the bottom to the fore edge. Puncture mark through the textblock however not affecting text. Page 1/2 is lifting but remains attached. Small chip to the head of page 35/36. Last line on page 159 'And so my story ends' has scoring marks around it with attempted removal and is lifting from the bottom. Good Charles Taylor hardcover
Best.-Nr. A9781258070069Hardback. New. hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9781258070069Hardback. New. hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9781258177768Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1873Best.-Nr. 153Good. Spine and corners are rubbed. A label has been removed from the front pastedown leaving a darkened rectangle. Front endpaper has a tear to one edge. Complete squarely bound and clean 'Very Good' internally though smells somewhat of tobacco smoke. 318pp. Includes index. 222pp 'The Temperance Worker' 96pp 'The Platform'. Complete Volume 1 January 1873-December 1873 of 'The Temperance Worker and Band of Hope Conductor' Edited by the Rev Frederic Wagstaff. Index to front. Bound to the rear are Numbers 1 to 6 of 'The Platform' Edited by George Wilson M'Cree. United Kingdom Band of Hope Union / F Pitman / W Tweedie hardcover
Best.-Nr. A9781258392086Hardback. New. hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9781258392086Hardback. New. hardcover
1880Best.-Nr. 000978Good. 1880. Leather. On offer is the original handwritten diary of the Reverend G.E. Ihison. It appears the young Reverend is newly installed in Clinton Congregational Church and there are immediate problems he must deal with. In neat tight script Rev. Ihison reveals immediately of his writing a Mr. Duncan refusing the pastoral position in Benton Harbor Congregational Church. He further details all his contacts congregants welcoming him new purchases and moving into his new home with his wife Ellen. Local historians and collectors will delight as the Reverend fully names all his contacts visitors and occasions attended. There are a great number of entries dealing with his personal economy. The leather binding is in rough shape and the text block is still attached but beginning to separate at the front pages.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Michigan Ann Arbor Religion Church Collection Charity genealogy Personal Memoir Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal Americana Religion Pioneer Florida FL Education ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT . hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. 861T57Highgate Village: Privately Printed 1928-1931. Paperback. Very Good Indeed. 5.5" by 4.5". None. A sweet collection of four short works by Reverend George Ratcliffe Woodward. Four volumes. Scarce work. Written by Reverend George Ratcliffe Woodward an English Anglican priest who wrote religious verse and translations from ancient authors. He is remembered for those written to fit traditional melodies of the Renaissance. This set includes: Tart and Homely Gibes 1928. Translated. Copy number 36 of 136 printed. A collection of verses from The Song-Smith Lucilius xi 133 to Ostrich Julian Prefect xi 367. The Story of Arion and The Dolphin 1929. Copy number 105 of 120 printed. A short poem based on the narratives of Herodotus Aelian and Plutarch. A Garland of Spiritual Flowers 1931. Copy number 97 of 120 printed. A collection of poems including: The Holy Trinity Ascension Day Pentecost and many others. Five and Forty Examples of The Epigram Sepulchral 1931. Translated from the Greek. Copy number 14 of 120 printed. A collection of verses including: A Man of Infinite Parts Elpis From Nimes and many others. In the original brown paper wraps. Externally very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd light spot. Very Good Indeed Privately Printed paperback
Best.-Nr. A9781162730219New. unknown
Best.-Nr. B9781162730219New. unknown
Best.-Nr. B9781498132442Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1912Best.-Nr. GEN21-D-5London : Herbert and Daniel 1912. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None. A beautiful book of Woodward's English translation of Apuleius' famous story. First edition. Printed at the Chiswick Press. George Ratcliffe Woodward 27 December 1848 3 March 1934 was an Anglican priest who wrote mostly religious verse both original and translated from ancient authors. The best-known of these were written to fit traditional melodies mainly of the Renaissance. He sometimes harmonised these melodies himself but usually left this to his frequent collaborator composer Charles Wood. Cupid and Psyche is a legend that first appeared as a digressionary story told by an old woman in Lucius Apuleius' novel The Golden Ass written in the 2nd century AD. Apuleius likely used an earlier tale as the basis for his story modifying it to suit the thematic needs of his novel. With original protective paper wraps. In original imprinted paper-covered boards. Externally lovely condition. Internally firmly bound bright and clean. Almost all pages are unopened at the top edge. Very Good Indeed Herbert and Daniel hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9781162739748New. unknown
Best.-Nr. A9781163209264Hardback. New. hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9781163209264Hardback. New. hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9781498025027Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Best.-Nr. 3729175Baltimore Maryland: Church Advocate Press 1925. Frontis 160pp. Revised Edition. Small 8vo. Bound in dark green cloth. Two illustration plates. Publisher’s street address in tiny ink letters at imprint. Mild binding wear; a very good copy. History and biographical sketches of Black Americans in Maryland from slavery times till the time of this book’s publication. Notable names such as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman are profiled within but so are numerous other figures many obscure or little written of. The author served as rector for the St. James’ First African Episcopal Church in Baltimore and also as editor of the Church Advocate. Second edition revised and enlarged. unknown
Best.-Nr. ria9781498402569_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; More Than Just Words by Reverend Gordon K. Davis is the reflections of a life's work filled with love laughs hope and an abiding belief in the Bible as the voice of God speaking directly to each of us. I trust this work will inspire y hardcover