Search Results: Authors starting with O from St. Wulfstans Books

Cincinnati, Ohio: Jennings & Pye, [c.1885]. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4 3/4 x 7 inches. 283 pages. Pages bright and clean and free from marking soiling or staining. Bound in contemporary yellow cloth with black decoration and lettering on front cover and gilt letting to spine. Spine very lightly soiled. An exceptionally well-preserved copy of this scarce work.

Single leaf from a damaged 1636 edition of the Book of Common Prayer, Church of Scotland. Archivally matted page that gives instruction regarding the reading of the Psalms, including precise instructions for leap years. Heavily decorated with a wide top border and delicately illustrated capital T. An historic leaf from the first printing of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer, which was infulential on the American Book of Common Prayer. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Very good+. Loose-leaf with mat.A nice leaf from the very scarce first edition of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer. Makes an excellent gift. (#2204)

Oxford: Printed at the University Press, [1910]. First edition. Leather_bound. Very Good. 1 7/8 x 2 3/16 inches. 702 pages. All pages edges gilt. Black endpapers. Pages clean and free from marking, soiling or staining. Very clean. No marks or ownership inscriptions. Gilt lightly worn in places, but still bright. Bound in full dark green pebble grained morocco with gilt "Common Prayer" to spine and hallmarked silver front cover with unusual variant cherub design. Hallmark .925 sterling, "G & C L[td], Birmingham, dated 1910, likely mark of Green & Cadbury, manufacturers of silver fancy goods. First Georgian printing of this miniature edition. See Griffiths 1905/5. A very good Georgian first miniature printing of the Book of Common Prayer which replaced the "Finger Prayer Book" with a hallmarked sterling silver cover.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1938. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. 242 pages. Scattered notes and underlining in pencil. Old ownership inscription to ffep, and endpapers toned. Pages otherwise bright and clean. Bound in publisher's purple cloth with title to spine. spine and covers sunbleached and lightly soiled. A survey of the doctrine of the Church of England and the role of doctrine in that Church, conducted during a period of agitation for revision of the English BCP.

[London]: S.P.C.K., [c. 1950]. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. 4 pages printed on single leaf with single fold. Clean and lightly creased from folding in quarters. A nice guide to the Anglican Rite of Confirmation.

First edition. Loose-leaf PORTION of a page from a damaged 1636 edition of the Scottish Prayer Book. With archival quality mat, the item measures 9.25" x 9.5". Please view photograph to see two windows of text that displays the beginning of the prayer as it appeared at the bottom of one page and the remainder of the text from the beginning of the subsequent page. The prayer begins with an elaborately decorated capital A. The prayer shows a distinct Calvinist tendency, and though intended for the Burial service, is suitable for every day. The complete text is as follows:"Almighty God, with whom do the spirits of them that depart hence in the LORD, and in whom the souls of them that be elected, after they be delivered from the burden of the flesh, be in joy and felicity: We give thee hearty thanks for that it hath" [beginning of the next page, which has this large headline: "At the buriall of the dead."] "hath pleased thee to deliver this (N.) our brother out of the miseries of this sinfull world,… Read More

Oxford: Printed by the University-Printers, 1710. Leather Bound. Very Good. 5 x 7 5/8 inches. 8vo. A (8 leaf quire) + A - Bb (8 leaf quires), lacks B8, C1. Griffiths 1710/5. Bound with: Sternhold, Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre. London: Printed by William Pearson for the Company of Stationers, 1711. A - H (8 leaf quires) + I (4 leaf quire). ESTCT87253. Both works red ruled throughout. Some pages lightly soiled and some edges chipped in margins not affecting text. Bound in modern full brown goat with five raised bands to spine and new endpapers. A very nice red ruled Georgian BCP. During this time, the process of "red ruling" was very expensive, and used mostly for presentation copies.

Oxford: Printed at the University Press, [1901]. Leather Bound. Fine. 3 1/2 x 6 inches. 24mo. ("long primer 24mo thin"). [632] pages. Collates as: A (20 leaves) + B - T (in 16s) + U (8 leaves). Printed in single column with headpiece within rules. Griffiths 1901/7. Bound with: Hymns Ancient and Modern for use in the Services of the Church. London: Printed for the Proprietors by William Clowes and Sons, Limited. [c. 1900]. 588 pages. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary ink gift inscription to ffep, else fine, with all pages bright and clean. All page edges brightly gilt. Bound in contemporary full dark green crushed morocco Spine with six compartments, one containing gilt titles and the others with simple gilt ornaments. Covers with double fillet borders and a central panel formed by gilt floral garlands. A lovely Edwardian BCP in a fine contemporary binding.

Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, 1768. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 3 3/4 x 6 inches. 12mo. [24] + [288] unnumbered pages. Collates as A-N (in 12s). With 47 engravings. Griffiths 1768/7. Bound with: [Vickers, William], A companion to the altar shewing the nature and necessity of a sacramental preparation in order to our worthy receiving the Holy Communion. London: Printed by Assignment for E. Parker for John Beecroft, 1766. 68 pages. With engraved frontispiece and title. ESTCT76132. Bound with: Sternhold, Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Book of Psalms collected into English Metre. Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, [1765]. [96] unnumbered pages. Collates as A-D (in 12s). ESTCT91926. Pages bright and clean. Marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of John Devey on front pastedown. All page edges gilt. Bound in contemporary full black polished morocco with gilt rolled borders and central emblems. Spine with raised bands and six compartments with gilt decoration. Light wear at head and… Read More

Dublin: Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1890. Original Cloth. Very Good +. 2 3/4 x 4 inches. Collates as A-O (in 16s) + P (8 leaves). Printed in double column Roman type within singled ruled border. Not in Griffiths. Bound with: Church Hymnal. By Permission of the General Synod of the Church of Ireland. Dublin: The Association for the Discountenancing of Vice and Promoting the Knowledge and Practice of the Christian Religion, n.d. [c.1889]. Collates as A-O (in 16s). Includes publisher's advert. Printed in single column Roman type. Confirmation presentation certificate by Bishop of [County] Down dated 1882 on front pastedown. A few light stains, otherwise pages clean and bright. All edges rouged. Bound in shellacked black cloth with blindstamped "Common Prayer and Hymnal" to front cover. A very nice example of an unusual Irish BCP.

Ipswich: Printed and Sold by J. Raw, [1819]. Third edition. Leather_bound. Very Good. 3 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches. Ffep + viii + 173 pages + [1] + 2 rfep. Engraved title page. Endpapers lightly foxed. Pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Bound in contemporary full black calf coated in reversible PVAR. Corners slightly rounded. Turn ins faded to brown. Spine repaired with Japanese tissue. Inner joints weak. A very good clean copy of this collection of Anglo-Catholic devotions related to the Eucharist.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine. 5 x 7 inches. 1296 pages. Corner of front endpaper excised. Pages bright, clean and free of marking or soiling. Rubrics printed in blue. All page edges stained green. Bound in green cloth with gilt title, stylized cross and publishers to spine. An excellent copy of the current unofficial English usage.

London: John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1662. First edition. Half leather. Very Good. 7 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches. b3 - b8 + c (8 leaf quire) + d (2 leaf quire) + B - Gg (6 leaf quires) + Hh (7 of 8 leaves). Lacks initial 8 leaves, G3, R5, and Hh8. Begins with part of the Act of Uniformity. Kalendar in red and black. Soiled and dampstained. Several pages with contemporary ink notes. Several pages with closed tears that have been repaired with no loss. A few pages with marginal losses affecting text, mostly minimally, and a few other marginal losses not affecting text. ESTCR211954. Griffiths 1662/2. Bound with: Sternhold, Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Booke of Psalmes Collected into English Meeter. London: Printed by S.G. for the Company of Stationers, 1661. [19], 153, [16] pages, lacking pages after 139. ESTCR31616. Bound in modern tan half leather with brown buckram boards and new endpapers. True First Edition of the corrected 1662 edition of the English BCP. Very rare.

London: John Sturt and John Baskett, 1717. First edition, first state. Leather Bound. Near Fine. John Sturt. 5 1/2 x 8 inches. 8vo. 22 + 166 pages. Front hinge and front endpaper expertly reattached by conservator with Japanese tissue. Marbled endpaper and following ffep contain inscription "The gift of Lady Parkyns to her Daughter Anne Parkyns May 7th 1740." Engraved armorial bookplate of Sir William Milman on front endpaper, partially obscuring one of the inscriptions. Small area where a name was erased from marbled endpaper interrupting marbling. Each page beautifully engraved by John Sturt on silver plates. More than 130 engraved vignettes ranging in size from 41 mm x 55 mm to 84 mm x 55 mm, numerous other smaller in-text vignettes, initials, head and tailpieces, etc. Each page with elaborate engraved border. This edition also double red ruled. Volvelle present in original state on page V, thus first state. Pages very clean with small occasional minor smudge. All page edges gilt, with… Read More

Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by W. Jackson and A. Hamilton, 1781. Leather Bound. Very Good +. G.L. Smith. 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. 12mo. Collates as A-L (in 12s). Printed in two column Roman type. Complete. 49 engravings bound in (plate facing leaf E1 lacking). Frontispiece states: "Printed for William Dawson, Paternoster Row, London. The whole set engraved by G. L. Smith.... Published according to Act of Parliament January the 1st 1773." Engravings illustrate selected days from the church year, Holy Communion, Psalms of David, Gun-powder treason, Martyrdom of King Charles I and King Charles's Restoration. Headings, captions, scriptural citations and quotations are engraved. They were originally issued in 1773 as The Liturgy of the Church of England: Adorn'd with 52 Historical Cuts. Early owner's names, Ann Reynolds and Ann Cutbush, along with note bearing same name. Marbled end papers. A few pages torn at edges. Griffiths 1781/7. Bound with: Brady, N[icholas] and… Read More

London: Printed by John Baskett, 1713. Exotic. Near Fine. 5 1/4 x 8 inches. 8vo. Collates as A - Bb (in 8s) + Cc (4 leaves). With 54 [of 55] full page engravings. Pages generally bright and clean, a few with a stain or light soiling in the margin. Griffiths 1713/3. Bound with: Sternhold, Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre. London: Printed by William Pearson, for the Company of Stationers, 1714. [128] pages. Collates as A - H (in 8s). ESTCT87353. Both books red ruled throughout. Bound by John Field (with binder's ticket) in modern full elephant with five gilt bands and red morocco spine label with gilt title to spine. Provenance: Mary Gladstone (1847-1927), the influential daughter of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, with ownership inscription "C Mary Gladstone Christmas 1882," Library of Henry and Virginia Walton. Gladstone Family Copy. Harry and Virginia Walton were lifelong residents of Covington, Virginia, a small town in the… Read More

Loose-leaf: "These to be observed for holy dayes, and none other." Fair. Individual leaf from a 1636 book for the Church of Scotland that contained "Usage Instructions from The Booke of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments." The page is in good condition, considering its age. The top third and right side have a water stain that does not impede reading of the text. Two decorated capitals and red ink interspersed with the black (most pages of this edition are black text only). There is also at least one small bookworm hole. These indications of age confirm the authenticity of the leaf and enhance its aesthetics and uniqueness. Each leaf is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Archivally matted for framing and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Makes an excellent gift. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young, 1636.

London: Church Publishing House, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 5 x 8 inches. 191 pages. Printed in red and black throughout. Perfect bound in original publisher's black cardstock. An interesting advance copy (marked "sample") of the Communion Office later included in Common Worship.

London: Collins Liturgical Publications, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 3/4 x 7 inches. 766 numbered pages. Pages edged in blue. Front fep excised. Bound in publisher's blue cloth over heavy cardstock with gilt cross and title to front board and gilt title to spine. Slight staining to rear board. Three woven ribbon markers present. Not in Griffiths. A very nice copy of the Irish liturgy currently in use.

Cambridge: At the University Press, [1912]. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good +. 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches. 16mo. [2] + 32 + [2] pages. Also bound with Permissible Additions to and Deviations from the Service Books of the Scottish Church as Canonically Sanctioned. 56 pages. Last page slightly toned. Otherwise, pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling or staining. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt title to front cover. A small circular area of slight discoloration to front cover. Front hinge slightly weak, and a small (1/2 inch) closed tear at head of spine. This edition not in Griffiths. An apparent abbreviation of Griffiths 1912/2. A very nice copy of the Scottish liturgy, which was influential on the American Episcopal liturgy.