H. J. Channon

Baptists of Taunton

Taunton, H. J. Channon , 1946. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce typescript of the history of the Baptists in Taunton. A very scarce typescript of Baptists of Taunton by H. J. Channon. The volume gives a rich history of the Baptists in Taunton, Somerset who had formed a congregation as early as 1630.With a newspaper clipping with the article Baptists Celebrate 300 Years. In the original paper wraps. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 849B9

Catalogus: Baptist

Trefwoorden: Baptists of Taunton H. J. channon Taunton religion H. J. channon None

Ralph Connor

The Angel and the Star

London, Hodder and Staughton , c1908. Paperback. A charming illustrated retelling of the stories of the nativity by Ralph Connor. An early edition. Illustrated with a plate to the front cover, a frontispiece and seven full colour plates. Collated complete. In the publisher's original paper covers with a tipped in colour plate to the front. This work was written by Canadian author and Church leader, Ralph Connor. This work depicts the Christian nativity story, detailing the birth of the baby Jesus. Undated, dated by copies held at the British Library. In the publisher's original paper covers. Externally generally smart with handling marks, small closed tears to the extremities, creasing to the plate to the front and scattered spotting. Internally firmly bound with bright pages and a tidemark to the tail corner to the majority of the pages and spotting throughout. Good . Ill.: None stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 904Z31

Catalogus: Baptist

Trefwoorden: Illustrated Ralph Connor Colour plates Christianity Ralph Connor None stated

The Reverend James Davies

Pregeth Angladdol, Ar Yr Achlusur O Farwolaeth Y Diweddar Barch. D. Stephenson, Gweinidog Yr Annibynwyr, Yn Rehoboth Brynmawr, a Berea, Blaenau. A Draddodwyd Yn Addoldy Y Bedyddwyr, Tabor, Brynmawr Ar Nos Sabbath, Medi Y 23ain, 1849

Brynmawr, Dafydd Stephenson, 1850. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce funeral sermon for the Congregational Minister the Rev. D. Stephenson, written in the original Welsh. The first edition of this very scarce work, disbound but intact. A funeral sermon, delivered at the Baptist House of Worship, Tabor, Brynmawr on Sunday, September 23rd, 1849, and written by the Rev. James Davies, for his friend the late Rev. D. Stephenson, Congregational Minister in Rehoboth Brynmawr, and Berea, Blaenau. This work was published at the request of friends of the author, and consequently is a very scarce work. Disbound but intact. Externally fairly smart, with remnants of the original binding to the spine, and a couple of handling marks to the wraps. Pages three to six are detached but intact. Pages nine to fifteen are coming loose. Pages are age toned but generally clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 867M7

Catalogus: Baptist

Trefwoorden: Funeral sermon Welsh Stephenson Rehoboth Brynmawr Welsh Not Stated

A. S. Peake (ed.); R. G. Parsons (ed.)

An Outline of Christianity the Story of Our Civilization

London, The Waverley Book Company Ltd. 1926. Cloth. A detailed and copiously illustrated history of Christianity. Illustrated with four hundred and thirty-eight plates (collated complete), many of which are coloured. Volume I: The Birth of Christianity Volume II: The Builders of the Church Volume III: The Rise of the Modern Churches Volume IV: Christianity and Modern Thought Volume V: Christianity To-Day and To-Morrow Arthur Samuel Peake (1865–1929) was an English biblical scholar, born at Leek, Staffordshire, and educated at St John's College, Oxford. He was the first non-Anglican to become a professor of divinity in an English university. Complete in five volumes. In navy cloth bindings. Externally, sound, though with some rubbing and bumping. Internally, firmly bound. Four hinges are slightly strained. Pages are bright, though with some scattered instances of spotting. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: SET17-D-3

Catalogus: Baptist

Trefwoorden: Christianity Civilization R. G. Parsons A. S. Peake Civilization Various

J. Dick Fleming

Redemption: The Christian Doctrine Set in the Light of History

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1921. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce theological work on the idea of redemption within Christianity by J. Dick Fleming in the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original, vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. This work was written by professor of systematic theology, J. Dick Fleming, and discusses how redemption works within Christianity by analysing the history of the religion. In the publisher's original cloth with the original dust wrapper. Externally excellent with only slight marks to the boards. Offsetting to the endpapers. The wrap is sound with loss to the head of the spine, scattered spotting, small closed tears to the extremities and fading to the spine and extremities. Internally firmly bound with generally clean and bright pages with light spotting to the front. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.

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Boeknummer: 904Z33

Catalogus: Baptist

Trefwoorden: Christianity Religion Dust wrapper J. Dick Fleming Religion None

Thomas Dudley Fosbrooke

British Monachism or Manners and Customs of the Monks and Nuns of England

London, Printed by and for John Nichols, Son, and Bentley. 1817. First edition. Leather. A fascinating and copiously illustrated study of English monastic life by the notable English antiquary, Thomas Dudley Fosbroke. To which are added: 'I. Peregrinatorium Religiosum; or Manners and Customs of Ancient Pilgrims. II. The Consuetudinal of Anchorets and Hermits. III. Some Account of the Continentes, or Persons Who Had Made Vows of Chastity. IV. Four Select Poems, in Various Styles&apos. Compiled from manuscripts in the British Museum and Bodleian libraries, and extensive study of various chroniclers, dissertations, and Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange's 'Glossarium mediae et infimae Latinitatis&apos. A first thus enlarged and illustrated edition. Collated, complete with twelve plates and two in-text illustrations. The final plate 'Pilgrim's is bound as the frontispiece of the work, as suggested in the final page of text. Rebacked in a full calf binding with original boards preserved. Externally, very smart. Slight shelfwear to extremities. Marking to boards. Prior owner's bookplates tipped to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages slightly age toned but clean and bright throughout with the odd spot. Very faint scattered spotting to the odd plate, slightly offset to facing pages. Prior owner's ink inscription to second free-endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 624M3

Catalogus: Baptist

Trefwoorden: Leather Monachism England Nuns Monachism Fosbrooke Illustrated None

John Foster

Introductory Essay to Doddridge&Apos;S Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul.

London, William Collins, c1825. Leather. An Introduction to Doddridge's famous book 'The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul .' Bound in leather, with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. Undated, presumed first. Philip Doddridge (1702 – 1751) was an English Nonconformist leader, educator, and hymn writer. Doddridge was a prolific writer and his The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul was translated into seven languages. It has been referred to as "that holy book". John Foster (1770–1843) was a Baptist minister and essayist. His Essays in a Series of Letters to a Friend (1805) was extremely successful, by 1856 it had run to twenty editions. Foster's opinions were often controversial. He believed that "churches are useless and mischievous institutions, and the sooner they are dissolved the better" (letter, 10 Sept 1828). Though a Baptist minister, he never once administered baptism; nor did he believe in eternal punishment or the rite of ordination. In a full calf binding. There is mild wear to the extremities, including mild bumping. The binding is tight and firm. Internally the pages are clean with faint browning to the page edges and the very occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: LTH5-B-2

Catalogus: Baptist

Trefwoorden: Religion Nonconformist Baptist Minister Nonconformist None

Professor L. Gaussen

The World&Apos;S Birthday: A Book for the Young

London, Edinburgh and New York, T. Nelson and Sons, 1867. Cloth. A delightful little work on the Earth's conception speaking geologically and in terms of Christianity. Covering God's work during Creation, the heavens, plants and their seeds, animal creation, the creation of Man in the image of God and 'in the beginning&apos.Written by Swiss Protestant divine Francois Gaussen.Bound in the smart original cloth. Illustrated with ten plates, including a frontispiece. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; a touch bumped to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine, which is faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 804R8

Catalogus: Baptist

Trefwoorden: The World's Birthday L. Gaussen Earth History Children's Books L. Gaussen Geology for Children Not Stated

Rev. Edward Irving

The Last Days: A Discourse of the Evil Character of These Our Times, Proving Them to Be the "Perilous Times" of the "Last Days

London, James Nisbet and Co. 1850 . Cloth. The second edition of this very scarce work containing the Rev. Edward Irving's discourse surrounding evil. The second edition. First published in 1828. Very scarce. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Comprised of a discourse surrounding evil, containing seventeen sermons on the subject, including those on Blasphemers, Traitors, the Unholy, Lovers of Self, the Unthankful, and others. Written by Scottish clergyman, Edward Irving, who was generally considered to be a principal figure behind the foundation of the Catholic Apostolic Church in the nineteenth century. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Externally, very good, with light bumping to the extremities and sunning to the spine. A ring mark to the front board and a mark to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the occasional spot to the first and last pages. Ink inscription dated 1863 to the half title. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 900Q12

Catalogus: Baptist

Trefwoorden: Rev. Edward Irving evil phiosophy religion evil None

Anna Brownell Jameson

Legends of the Madonna As Represented in the Fine Arts

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1907. Leather. A copy of this illustrated work on representation of the Madonna in fine art by Anna Brownell Jameson bound in quarter vellum. In the publisher's original quarter vellum with cloth to the boards. With a frontispiece, headpieces, vignettes and 28 plates. Collated complete. This work written by art historian Anne Brownell Jameson. This work provides a study on the representation of the Madonna in fine art. This work was volume four in Jameson's set of works on artistic portrayals of angels, saints and other religious imagery. In the publishers original quarter vellum over cloth. Externally very smart with minor marks to the spine and to the boards and light rubbing to the extremities to the boards and to the title to the spine. Very light age toning to the end papers. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: None stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 877Z6

Catalogus: Baptist

Trefwoorden: Madonna Religion Fine art Anna Brownell Jameson Religion None stated

Rev R. Jamieson; Rev. E. H. Bickersteth

The Holy Bible with a Devotional and Practical Commentary

London & New York, Virtue and Co. 1860. Leather. An excellently preserved large family Holy Bible, with illustrations and complete with the original functioning metal clasps. This enormous Holy Bible was once the property of the Perkins family, with their marriages, births and deaths recorded in the leaves bound to the front of the work, from the 1860s until the 1910s.This edition with a practical and explanatory commentary on the Old Testament by the Rev. Robert Jamieson, a minister of the Church of Scotland.Bound in a lavish contemporary leather binding, with metal edges and two functioning metal clasps.Undated; dated from copies held on Jisc.With thirty-eight illustrative engravings on steel throughout.A remarkable leather-bound Holy Bible complete with working clasps from the mid-nineteenth century. In a contemporary full crushed morocco binding. Externally generally smart, with some wear to the joints and rubbing to the raised bands. Extremities are protected by polished metal. Clasps are fully functioning and secure. Internally, binding is generally firm; front hinge is starting after the marriages leaf. Pages are occasionally a little spotted. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 792R9

Catalogus: Baptist

Trefwoorden: The Holy Bible Rev R. Jamieson E. H. Bickersteth Perkins Family Rev R. Jamieson Not Stated

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

The Holy Bible Containing the New and Old Testaments

Oxford, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1857 . Leather. An uncommon edition of this lovely morocco bound copy of the bible from the mid nineteenth century. The Holy Bible Containing the New and Old Testaments in full morocco binding.Translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesty's special command. Appointed to be read in Churches. Printed at Oxford University Press for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.Prior owner's ink inscription to the rear free endpaper. In full morocco binding. Externally, smart. There is some rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The joints are starting to crack. The front hinge is starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the rear free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 851W28

Catalogus: Baptist

Trefwoorden: Holy Bible Oxford Christian Knowledge Religion Oxford None

Oliver Lodge

Man and the Universe: A Study of the Influence of the Advance in Scientific Knowledge Upon Our Understanding of Christianity

London, Methuen & Co, 1909. Leather. A smart copy of this work by Oliver Lodge, examining the influence of Christianity upon the development of science. A sixth edition of this work. With chapters including Science and Faith, Corporate Worship and Service, The Immortality of the Soul, and many more. In an armorial blue calf binding. Extternally smart, though with some discolouration and a few marks. Front hinge slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, apart fromt some spotting to the endpapers Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: LTH-22-E-4

Catalogus: Baptist

Trefwoorden: oliver lodge religion christianity history of religion religion None

Richard Mant

Feriae Anniversariae. Observance of the Church&Apos;S Holy-Days No Symptom of Popery; Shown from Testimonies of Her Most Approved Children, in Continuance 1547-1800.

London, John W. Parker, 1847. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this fascinating religious treatise on Christian anniversaries and Holy Days, by the English churchman and author of the notable 'History of the Church of Ireland', Richard Mant. A very scarce copy, with two copies only held at the British Library and Durham University (Copac). A first edition copy, complete in two volumes with volume I dealing with 'The Feasts' and volume II with 'The Fasts&apos. With publisher and author's advertisements to the rear of volume II. Featuring a bookplate of a 'Robert Raikes' to the front pastedown of each volume In a uniform cloth binding with blind stamped design to the boards and gilded page edges. Externally, slight bumping to extremities and head and tail of spines. Minor rubbing to boards. Prior owner's bookplate tipped to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound, strained only between pages 176 and 177, volume II. Pages very bright and clean throughout, with light scattered spots to first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 628M33

Catalogus: Baptist

Trefwoorden: Mant Anglican Holy Days Very Scarce Anglican Raikes None

Ian Markham

Truth and the Reality of God an Essay in Natural Theology

Edinburgh, T&T Clark, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this essay on theology from Ian Markham. The Very Rev. Ian S. Markham, Ph.D. (born September 19, 1962) was appointed as Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) in August 2007. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom where he focused on Christian Ethics. Bookplate of David Arthur Palin to front pastedown. In a brown cloth binding with unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Dustwrapper is generally smart also, with just some slight edgewear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: MOD12-G-14

Catalogus: Baptist

Trefwoorden: ian markham david arthur ppalin christian ethics david arthur ppalin None