Stubbs, John

Donne The Reformed Soul.

Penguin, 2007. Mass Market Paperback, 575pp, the paper tanning a little with age. Softback covers with light creases to the spine and a portrait of Donne. Internally clean and tight. An acclaimed biography of John Donne, poet and preacher, set in his London at a time of radical transformation... Very Good.

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Book number: 9930

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Poetry, Religion, Donne, Biography, History

Sykes, Norman

Man as Churchman.

Cambridge, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover, 203pp. Purple cloth covered boards with gilt title. Original owner's small bookplate to the inner board, otherwise internally very clean. 4 Lectures on Church history - 1. Church History, History and Theology, 2. The Petrine Primacy Irenaeus and Cyprian at the Councils of Trent and the Vatican, 3. Scripture and Traditon at the Reforamation and since, and 4. Church, State and Education since 1815... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 5022

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Religion, Church history, Council of Trent, Reformation, Church Education, church School, History

Taylor, Norman

For Services Rendered An Anthology of Thanksgiving for the Book of Common Prayer.

Lutterworth Press, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover, 192pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket. B + w illustrations. A gift inscription under the front turnover flap, otherwise a very clean copy. An anthology of passages from English Literature referring to the Book of Common Prayer, used in the Church of England for centuries and which has had an enduring effect on writers in English allover the world.... Very Good /Fine.

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Book number: 12224

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Chirch Of England, Common Prayer, Church Service, Cranmer, History, Religion

Taylor, Richard

How to Read A ChurchA Guide to Images Symbols and Meanings in Churches and Cathedrals.

RIder, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover, 246pp, the paper browning a little with age. Complete illustrated dustjacket. B + w photographs and drawings. A very clean copy. The significance of church layout and the features, motifs, images and symbols etc found in a church... Very Good /Fine.

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Book number: 9003

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Church, Cathedral, Architecture, Symbol, Christian Symbol, Religion, Christianity, History

Theas, Most Rev Pierre Marie Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes

Lourdes Land of Mary.

Clonmore & Reynolds and Burns and Oates, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover, Translated from the French by the Earl of Wicklow, whose compliments slip is in the book. 198pp, dark blue cloth covered boards, with a bump to one corner. Complete dustjacket with a short closed tear to one edge. Internally very clean. Essays, and addresses given by the bishop to pilgrims to Lourdes - 15 on Lourdes, 7 on Some Great Intentions, and 18 on Some Pilgrimages - including young people and gypsies... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 6551

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: LOurdes, Pilgraimage, Roman Catholic, Faith, Religion, Gypsies

Thomas, W R

A Short Course in the Old Testament and Apocrypha for Schools and Study Circles.

G Bell, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover, 220pp, green cloth covered boards, a little faded to spine. Publisher's stamp on flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Passages for study, questions, archaeology etc... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 11234

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Bible, Religion, Apocrypha

Tiltman, Marjorie Hessell

God's Adventurers.

Harrap, 1934. Hard Cover, 1st reprint. 318pp, brown cloth covered boards, a little rubbed to edges. B + w photographs. Flyleaf removed, occasional marks to front margins, not affecting text. Stories of missionaries, including French & Cable, Grenfell of Labrador, De Foucauld, Jackson of Burma etc... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 3659

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Labrador, Burma, Japan, Gilbert Islands, Livingstonia, missionary, Explorer

Trevor Hughes, H

The Piety of Jeremy Taylor.

Macmillan, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover, 183pp. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt title. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf and donation label, otherwise very clean. A biography and examination of the theology in theory and in practise of Jeremy Taylor (1613 - 67) who was chaplain to Laud and Charles I and an influential Anglican theological writer, who argued for toleration... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 930

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Theology, History, Religion, Biography

Various

The Methodist Hymn Book.

Methodist Conference Office, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover, 446pp. Black coth covered boards with a little wear to the ends of the spine. Gift inscription to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. The words of 984 hymns, plus canticles, psalms, passages of scripture etc and an Index of first lines... Very Good.

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Book number: 8212

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Methodism, Wesleyan, protestant, Hymn, Christian

Vernon, Anne

A Quaker Business Man The LIfe of Joseph Rowntree 1836 - 1925.

Sessions, 1982. First Edition. Soft Cover, First edition. 208pp. Laminated softback covers. B + w illustrations. Family tree. A clean, tight copy. The life and work of the man who built up the Rowntrees chocolate firm, pioneered good working conditions and built New Earswick village for his workers... Very Good.

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Book number: 14411

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Biography, York, New Earswick, Rowntree, Chocolate, Mosel Village

Waite, John C

Dear Mr Booth Some Early Chapters of the History of the Salvation Army in New Zealand.

Salvation Army, 1111. Hard Cover, Circa 1964. 84pp, dark red boards, dustjacket with a little wear to the edges. B + w photographs. Name noted on flyleaf, otherwise internally clean and VG. The early days of the Salvation Army in New Zealand.. Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 7536

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Missionary, Christian, Maori, Salvation Army, Colony

Walker, F Deaville

India And Her Peoples.

Wesleyan Methodist Missioary Society, 1922. Soft Cover, Second edition. 144pp, green card covers with one light crease. B + w photographs. Internally very clean. History, everyday life and religion, and a book list.. Very Good.

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Book number: 10481

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Missionary, India

Watson, Nigel

In Hortis Reginae A History of Queenswood School 18941994.

James, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover, 238pp and index, complete illustrated dustjacket. Colour frontispiece and many b + w photographs. Very clean. A centenary history of the Methodist girl's boarding school, first at Clapham Park and then at Hatfield... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 6017

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: boarding school, education, methodist school, church School, Girl's Education

Watson, David and Jenkins, Simon

Jesus Then and Now.

Lion, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover, 189pp, priceclipped dustjacket is otherwise complete. Many colour illustrations. A very clean copy. The facts of Jesus's life, and His relevance today.. Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 8903

Catalogue: Religion

Watson, John

The Upper Room.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1896. Fourth edition. Part of the Little Books on Religion series. Tall pocket size. 124pp, dark red ribbed cloth covered boards, a very little rubbed to the corners. Internally very clean. Seven chapters on Jesus, the apostles and the Christian life... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 5449

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Religion