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Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd, 1934. Small octavo, not illustrated, pp xvi, 134, the endpapers are unevenly age-toned, otherwise very clean internally, blue cloth slightly faded and toned on the spine, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped but is a bit marginally chipped and frayed, and generally slightly foxed, the spine is very age-toned. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/Rather age-toned.

London: Darton, Harvey & Darton; Scratcherd and Letterman; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown; W. Walker; J. Harris; and Law & Whittaker, 1817. Seventh edition. An engraved frontispiece, 12mo, pp (ii), 269, age-toning and slight wear internally, contemporary tree calf very rubbed, worn at the edges, lacking small parts of the spine at head and tail, the covers nearly detached, but contents firm. SCARCE. . Full Leather. Fair.

New York: The Free Press, 1971. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xxviii, 386, an inscription inside the front cover, otherwise very clean internally, paperback,only very slight wear to the covers. [Gustav Davidson’s classic text is the result of sixteen years of research in Talmudic, gnostic, cabalistic, apocalyptic, patristic, and legendary texts. The classic reference work on angels is beautifully illustrated and its reissue coincides with the resurgence of belief in angels in America. This well researched and exquisitely illustrated dictionary is a wonderful collectable for all those who believe in angels, miracles, lore, and faith.]. Paperback. Good.

London: Dartman, Longman & Todd, 1990. Essays by Rowan Williams, David Jenkins, A.N Wilson, John Habgood, David L Edwards and Elizabeth Templeton. 12mo, pp xviii, 78, age-toned, a few tiny marginal dots, a neat name on the front endpaper, papeback, very good. The book has a slight cosmetic scent. [ "The concept of risk is significant not only in our personal lives, but in the life of the Church and in the way we understand God."]. Postage will be much reduced.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Longmans Green & Co., 1907. New edition. Illustrated with six plates, small octavo, pp 61, top edge gilt, some foxing throughout, cream cloth with bevelled edges, decorated gilt, slightly worn and marked. [With inscription to Edward Gordon Selwyn from Shane Leslie. Selwyn was an English Anglican priest and theologian. He was Dean of Winchester from 1931 to 1958. Shane Leslie was Sir John Randolph Leslie, 3rd Baronet, an Anglo-Irish diplomat and writer. He was a first cousin of Sir Winston Churchill.]. New Edition. Cloth. Good.

London: Routledge, 1995. Octavo, pp viii, 235, a slight mark to the fore-edge otherwise exceptionally clean internally, paperback, a very good copy. From the library of Dr Peter Moore, with his small label on the upper cover. ["The relentless exploitation of the earth's resources and technologys boundless growth are a matter of urgent concern. When did this race towards the limitless begin? The Greeks, who shaped the basis of Western thinking, lived in mortal fear of humanity's hidden hunger for the infinite and referred to it as hubris, the one true sin in their moral code. Whoever desired or possessed too much was implacably punished by nemesis, yet the Greeks themselves were to pioneer an unprecedented level of ambition that began to reverse that tabu. If it is true that no culture can truly repudiate its origins, and that gods who are no longer potent can vanish but still leave behind a body of myth which coninues to live and assert itself in modernized garb, then our concern with… Read More

Basle: Henricum Petri, 1563. Quarto, pp [22], 559, (21), the title page with an engraved woodut printer's device is slightly creased and is lightly marked and toned with two slight rust stains and the remains of two small labels - the one on the recto in red and partially removed, the second probably on the verso and completely removed but both have left the paper very thin at these points; otherwise the text is remarkably clean and without any major marks or stains. The date appears on the printer's colophon at the rear, and the verso has another version of the woodcut printer's device. Recently bound in full panelled speckled calf, with simple gilt decoration, the spine with plain raised bands and a morocco label, plain endpapers. RARE. [Lucius Caecilius Firmianus signo Lactantius (c. 250 - c. 325) was an early North African Christian author who became an advisor to Roman emperor, Constantine I, guiding his Christian religious policy in its initial stages of emergence, and a tutor to… Read More

Fratelli Melita Editori, 1988. Two volumes. Illustrated, small slim 8vo, pp 115, (8); (40), paperback, neat inscription on endpaper of first volume, price painted out on rear cover of second volume, otherwise good clean copies. [Complete sets are scarce]. Paperback. Very Good.

London: SCM Press, 1985. Third impression, 1985. Large octavo, pp xviii, 614, blue cloth, a very good copy in a faded and very slightly worn dustwrapper. The book is slightly scented - possibly cosmetics ?. Cloth. Very Good/Faded.

London & Oxford: Mowbray, 1982. 12mo, pp 192, a small neat name on the front endpaper, otherwise extremely clean internally, paperback, covers slightly age-toned, otherwise a very good copy. The book has a slight cosmetic scent. . First English edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1909. Slim octavo, pp x, 84, veryclean internally, green cloth, lightly faded and with some abrasions, the lower cover slightly scuffed, lacking a piece at the head of the spine.. Cloth. Good.

London: SCM Press, 1982. 12mo, pp (6), 149, age-toned, one inner hinge cracking, otherwise sound, paperback, covers very slightly worn. The book has a slight cosmetic scent. [An interesting copy, signed by the author, and with a tipped-in note fropm the author saying he has annotated the copy thoughtout with typographical and other corrections.]. {12mo, pp (6), 149, age-toned, one inner hinge cracking, otherwise sound, paperback, covers very slightly worn. [An interesting copy, signed by the author, and with a tipped-in note fropm the author saying he has annotated the copy thoughtout with typographical and other corrections.}. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

The Princes Arms in St. Paul's Churchyard: Sam Smith, 1693. Second edition. With four engraved plates, small octavo, t.p., 20,132,[6], 133-406, + 2-page publisher's catalogue, browning and age-toning with occasional blotching, a corner torn from the first blank, a worm-hole in the margin of the early pages but only really noticeable on the first eleven pages, tight internally, original calf, rubbed and pocked, neatly re-backed with new unlettered leather spine, the original endpapers retained. [In Ray’s time understanding of creation was governed by the account in the Bible. It was thought that the earth dated from about 5000BC and that fossils were formed in nature as imitations of shells, fish or other creatures, but were not a genuine creature. Ray’s observations of the changing coastlines around Britain and his fossil excavations led him to question both of these. He published his work on Fossils in his ‘Miscellaneous Discourses’, 1692. The work quickly sold out, and a… Read More

Privately Published Large 8vo, pp (2), 55. (2), green quarter cloth and boards, very slightly worn. Privately produced memoir, circa 1942. Wesleyan Methodist in Jamaica and Mysore. Presentation card enclosed from Holdsworth's widow. Bookplate of Will Ingwersen.. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good.