Sharkey, John

Celtic Mysteries The Ancient Religion.

Thames and Hudson, 1979. Hard Cover, Tall format. 96pp, complete dustjacket with a couple of short closed tears to top of spine. Colour and b + w illustrations. Internally very clean. The religion of the ancient Celtic peoples... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 4777

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Religion, Celts

Shaw, Mabel

God's Candlelights An Educational Venture in Northern Rhodesia.

Edinburgh House Press, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover, 197pp. Dark purple boards, a little faded to the spine and edges and with a little wear to the corners. Paper title label to the spine. B + w photograph frontispiece illustration. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf, a couple of light marginal marks, otherwise internally clean. The author was a missionary and teacher in a school at Mbereshi, south of Lake Mweru in what was then Northern Rhodesia, for seventeen years from 1915... Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 5488

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Missionary, Rhodesia, Travel, African History, Mbereshi,bantu

Shipley, Debra

Durham Cathedral.

Tauris Parke, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: Angelo Hornak. Large format. 128pp,complete illustrated dustjacket. Full page colour photographs by Angelo Hornak. A very clean copy. The story of Durham Cathedral from its origins at the end of the 11th century, the construction and decoration of each part of the Cathedral and the revolutionary aspects of its structure. Part of the Travel to Landmarks series... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 4333

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Durham, Architecture, Cathedral, Norman, History, Church

Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Quo Vadis?.

Nelson, 1111. Hard Cover, Pocket sized book of 384ppp, red cloth covered boards, a little faded to spine, with impressed design of thistles. Internally clean. Set in the days of the early Church, in Nero's Rome... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 13516

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Religion, Nero, Historical

Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Quo Vadis?.

Francis Aldor, Hard Cover, Probably 1930s. 451pp, red cloth covered boards, a little rubbed to spine. Original owner's name and address to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Set in the days of the early Church, in Nero's Rome... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 9962

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Religion, Nero

Simon, Edith

The Reformation.

Time Life, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover, 191pp, illustrated blue boards with matching, slightly rubbed, dustjacket. Colour and b + w illustrations. A very clean copy. A history of the Protestant Reformation - part of the 'Great Ages Of Man' series... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 4126

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Luther

Smeed, J W

Jean Paul's Dreams.

University of Durham, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover, 111pp, dustjacket with a little wear to the top of the spine. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. An analysis and interpretation of the images, structure and sources of the Dreams of Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825), and their influence in the nineteenth century... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 4001

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Jean Paul Richter, Religion, German Literature, Criticism

Smith, Amanda

Amanda Smith The King's Daughter An Autobiography.

MOVE Press, 1977. First Edition. Soft Cover, Abridged edition, edited by E & L Harvey. 159pp, illustrated softback covers. Original owner's name to title page, otherwise internally clean and tight. The author was a slave, born in Maryland in 1837, who worked as a missionary in West Africa, Britain and India... Very Good.

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Book number: 13792

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Slavery, Religion, India, Maryland, Missionary, Slave

Srawley, Rev J H

The Story of Lincoln Minster.

Raphael Tuck, 1938. Hard Cover, Second edition, revised. 80pp, dark red cloth covered boards with gilt title and inset photograph. B + w photographs and plan. A couple of spots of foxing, otherwise internally clean. The history of Lincoln Minster and its buildings... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 14205

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Lincoln, History, Lincolnshire, Cathedral , Religion

Steve, MJ

The Living World Of The Bible.

Thames & Hudson, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 236pp, priceclipped dustjacket. 132 illustrations in b + w and 9 maps. Ex college reference library, so label on flyeaf and inner board, and dustjacket has sellotape marks, but no stamps and otherwise VG. The story of the 'People of God' in a new historical and pictorial setting... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 3800

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Israel, Judaism, Jew

Stevens, Elliot L (Ed)

Central Conference of American Rabbis 94th Annual Convention 1983 Vol XCIII.

Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover, Large hardback of 462pp, blue cloth covered boards with gilt title. Contains committee reports, memorial tributes and addresses and papers including What is happening to the Jewish Family?.. As New /No Jacket.

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Book number: 6333

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Jewish family, Ichud, Holocaust survivor, Arms Race, nuclear

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Prayers Written At Vailima.

Chatto, 1935. Hard Cover, Introduction by Mrs Stevenson. 19pp, card boards with illuminated title. Cloth spine, a little worn to edges. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 3297

Catalogue: Religion

Stitch, Wilhelmina

Catching the Gleam.

Methuen, 1932. Soft Cover, 64pp, illustrated card covers, with loss to bottom of spine. Internally very clean, each page has a short inspiring passage of hope... Very Good.

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Book number: 13532

Catalogue: Religion

Stopford, Rev Robert et al

Anglican - Methodist Unity Report of the Anglican-Methodist Unity Commission Part 2 The Scheme.

SPCK and Epworth Press, 1968. First Edition. Soft Cover, 187pp, softback covers. A very clean, tight copy. The report of the Commission, which had been asked to explore if the two churches could be reunited on how this could be achieved... Fine.

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Book number: 11313

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Religion, Church Unity, Methodism, Church of England

Strong, Roy

A Little History of The English Country Church.

Vintage, 2008. Mass Market Paperback, 264pp, illustrated softback covers. Colour and b + w illustrations. A neatly repaired short closed tear to the edge of the back cover, otherwise a clean, tight copy. A celebration and an account of the history and development of the English Parish Church.. Very Good.

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Book number: 12382

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Church Architecture, History