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S.N.D.  Mother St. Joseph. (Illustrated by T.J. Bond).
London: Sands & Co. 1964. "This is the story of Francoise de Gezaincourt and her influence on the teaching traditions of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame". Pp 160, 3 b/w illustrations, inkstamps to fep and title page. P/b, spine scuffed with creasing to covers, illustrated cover. G+.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 25753
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ABBA, HERBERT W.  To Build and to Plant. Memoirs of a Forty-five Years' Ministry.
London: Independent Press Ltd, 1958. 1st ed "Here is the story of a ministry of unusual length which spans the opening years of this critical century." Pp. 79, portrait frontis, 12 b/w illustrations, uneven toning to endpapers. Light blue cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w has edge tears. G+/G+.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 25814
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ABBOTT, RONALD W.  Donald English: An Evangelical Celebration.
Ilkeston: Headway, 1999. 0860715302. A Headline Special. Small book of essays celebrating the life of the Methodist preacher and ecumenical statesman. Pp.44. Pbk. VG.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 34111
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ACKROYD, PETER.  The Life of Thomas More.
London: Vintage, 1999. Rep. "Ackroyd tells More's story with imaginative sympathy and impeccable scholarship .." Pp. 11/435, 6 colour & 17 b/w illustns. P/b. Portrait cover. VG.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 9006
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ADDISON, WILLIAM.  Essex Worthies. A Biographical Companion to the County.
Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 1973. 1st ed. "As a reference book it will be useful to those Essex historians whose knowledge of the topography of the County would be enriched by acquaintance with its personalities." Pp. 2/212, frontis, 6 b/w illustrations. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w price-clipped. VG/G+.
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.75 US$ 11.58 | JP¥ 996] Book number: 25322
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MOTHER MARY AGNES.(SOLI).  For Love Alone.
London: SPCK, 2003. 0281055599. SOLI is The Society of Our Lady of the Isles, a small religious community on the remote Shetland island of Fetlar. " 'For Love Alone' may be read as complete in itself, or as the fourth of Mother Mary Agnes' autobiographical volumes, following 'A Tide that Sings', 'The Song of the Lark' and 'Island Song'." Pp.xii/146. Pbk. VG.
GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.44 | JP¥ 640] Book number: 34012
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SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE.  The Autobiography of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque. (Translated by The Sisters of the Visitation).
Rockford: Tan Books, 1986. 0895552957. "she shows that God gave her a supernatural desire for great and continual suffering - many readers will be astonished at St Margaret Mary's love of the Cross, a love which is certainly incomprehensible on the strictly natural or human plane. Her all-consuming love of God compelled her to embrace whatever suffering she could find - or even invent." Pp.144, small bookmark purporting to contain 'Silk which has touched the Saint Margaret-Mary's bones' loosely inserted. Pbk. VG.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 34217
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ALLEN, JAMES T.  Charles H. Spurgeon: The Essex Lad Who Became the Prince of Preachers.
London: Pickering & Inglis, nd.(c.1931). Memoirs of Mighty Men series. Pp.63, 8 b/w plates, gift message to fep. Illustrated boards, edges slightly rubbed. Scarce. VG.
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.5 US$ 41.35 | JP¥ 3557] Book number: 33165
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ANDERSON, STEPHEN.  Mussels At Midnight.
Ross-shire: Christian Focus Publications. 1989. "The power of this Gospel has changed Stephen Andersons life. This book tells us how this happened and how his work is to share this life changing power with all he meets. Told in his own words". Pp 146. P/b, slight scuffing to spine, slight crease to front cover, illustrated cover. G+.
GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 | JP¥ 427] Book number: 24004
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ANDREWS, MARTIN.  Canon's Folly. (Foreword by A.L.Rowse).
London: Michael Joseph, 1974. 0718112660. 1st edition. Signed. "This is the story of a long and active life, nearly half of it spent in the service of the parishioners of Stoke Climsland on the borders of Cornwall and Devon. Canon Andrews was appointed Rector by the Prince of Wales and it was due to the Prince's encouragement that, in 1932, he decided to preach less about the needs of the unemployed and to do more about them. With little capital but much enthusiasm he turned the quiet gardens of the Rectory into a thriving concern - growing flowers and vegetables for the market andrearing pigs and poultry.." Pp.208, signed by author to title page, 20 b/w photo illustrations. Black cloth, d/w has minor edge wear and has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.
GBP 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 77 US$ 115.78 | JP¥ 9960] Book number: 34749
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ANON.  Life of Blessed Madelaine Sophie Barat. Foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart 1779-1865.
Roehampton:1908. 2nd ed. Biography of the founder of the Catholic Society of the Sacred Heart, an order dedicated to teaching girls. She was canonized in 1925. 14cms x 11.5cms. Top edge gilt. Pp.126, occasional light spotting, endpapers browned, owners details to inside front board. Grey/green cloth, gilt title and motif to front. G+.
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 | JP¥ 1707] Book number: 30495
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ANON  Popular Life of Archbishop Benson.
London: Church Bells,nd.(c.1896). 1st ed. Pp.90/10(ads),cold portrait frontis. b/w illustrations throughout,owners details verso frontis, fep absent. Purple cloth, gilt armorial device to front, uneven fading to boards. G.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 | JP¥ 854] Book number: 2836
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ANSTRUTHER, GODFREY.  The Seminary Priests. A Dictionary of the Secular Clergy of England & Wales 1558-1850. Vol. 1. Elizabethan.
Ware: St. Edmund's College, nd. (c. 1968). nd. A chronicle of the lives and activities of 818 men who were ordained as secular priests in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Pp. 26/422, portrait frontis, 12 b/w illustns. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w (design consists of signatures of a number of seminary priests in the Liber Ruber of the English College, Rome). VG/VG.
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 | JP¥ 2134] Book number: 13885
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APPLETON, LEWIS.  Memoirs of Henry Richard, The Apostle of Peace.
London: Trubner & Co, 1889. 0. Memoir of Henry Richard, Congregational minister and Welsh Member of Parliament (1812-1888). "Henry Richard is chiefly known as an advocate of peace and international arbitration, having been Secretary of the Peace Society for forty years (1848-84). He is less widely known for his other interests, for example his Anti-slavery work."(Wiki.) Pp.4(ads)/212/iv(Appendix/5(ads), ads to endpapers. Blind-stamped maroon cloth, gilt title to front and spine, spine slightly darkened. VG.
GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 | JP¥ 1992] Book number: 34779
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ARMSTRONG, CLAUDE.  An Itch for Scribbling. Selected Writings with a Memoir.
1984. (Privately Printed). "This book will appeal mostly to Canon Armstrong's older students..The men who passed through his Ordination College." Pp. 190. Portrait to fep. Gift inscription to verso front cover and notation to rear cover. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.
GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.06 | JP¥ 1209] Book number: 12624
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ARMSTRONG, KAREN.  Muhammad: A Biography of The Prophet.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1995. 0575062444. " 'Muhammad' facilitates a more accurate and profound understanding of Islam and the people who adhere to it so strongly, and offers challenging comparisons with the two religions most closely related to it - Judaism and Christianity." Pp.290, 2 maps, 2 genealogical charts. Pbk, creasing to spine. G+.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 31497
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ARNOTT, ANNE.  The Brethren. An Autobiography of a Plymouth Brethren Childhood.
London: A.R. Mowbray & Co. Ltd, 1969. 0. 1st ed. Ex library. "Anne Arnott looks back on a slice of life which, among the many other things it can do to a reader, shows just how rich and at the same time how curious human life can be." Pp. 10/196, library bookplate of Kingston-upon-Hull College of Education to fep, old tape mark to inside front board, inkstamps to title and copywrite pages. Orange cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.
GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.77 | JP¥ 2561] Book number: 28229
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ARNOTT, ANNE.  He Shall with Giants Fight. Foreword by Stuart Blanch.
Eastbourne: Kingsway Publications, 1985. 1st ed. A biography of Bunyan's life. "..shows how the events of Bunyan's own life shaped his spiritual vision, as he learnt what it meant to suffer for Christ, as well as to know the loving support of others." Pp. 4/159/1(ad), 6 b/w illustns. P/b. illust. cover. VG.
GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 | JP¥ 427] Book number: 3764
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ARNOTT, ANNE.  Journey into Understanding. Portrait of a Family.
London: Hodder & Stougton. 1973. "With the same skill that made her first book memorable, the author describes her ancestors, as well as members of her immediate family, most of whom lived through the Victorian and Edwardian eras". Pp 227, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b, small tear to top of rear cover and slightly creased, portrait cover. G+.
GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 | JP¥ 427] Book number: 22404
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ARNOTT, ANNE.  Wife to the Archbishop.
London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1978. "The close links which have graced the marriage of the Coggans, which have enabled them to share together, in faith and fellowship, the burdens of high office in the Church. In the hope that their story may be of help to others, Jean Coggan has agreed to share this account of her life and faith". Pp 161, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover, toning to pages. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.
GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 | JP¥ 427] Book number: 22406
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ARNOTT, ANNE.  Wife to the Archbishop. The life story of Jean Coggan.
London: Mowbrays, 1976. 1st ed. This is the first portrait to be published of the wife to an Archbishop of Canterbury. Pp. 9/161, 27 b/w photos. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustd. d/w, price clipped. VG/G+.
GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 12.41 | JP¥ 1067] Book number: 13021
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ARRUPE, PEDRO.  One Jesuit's Spiritual Journey. Autobiographical Conversations with Jean-Claude Dietsch.
St. Louis: The Institute of Jesuit Sources. 1986. A religious biography. Pp 160, convent inkstamp to fep. Pbk, label taped to spine, portrait cover. G+.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 28336
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MACARTHUR ARTHUR.  Setting up Signs. Memories of an ecumenical pilgrim.
London: United Reformed Church, 1997. 1st ed. Biography. Pp. 161, 10 b/w photos. P/b. Illust. cover. VG.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 | JP¥ 1423] Book number: 4616
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ATKINSON, JAMES.  The trial of Luther.
London: Batsford,1971. 1st ed. ex-libris. 212pp.13 ills. Maroon cl. VG.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 | JP¥ 854] Book number: 75
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AUSTIN, GEORGE.  A Journey to Faith.
London: SPCK, 1992. 1st ed. "Often in the news because of his controversial views,the Archdeacon of York here tells his own story. Starting from his early life in Bury, he describes the events and people who have shaped his faith-from his immediate family to leading Church people all over the world." Pp.158, owners name to fep. P/b. VG.
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.79 | JP¥ 498] Book number: 15128
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