[SPRAT], Lord Bishop of Rochester Thomas

Sermons preached on Several Occasions by the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas, Lord Bishop of Rochester. CRISP COPY IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PANELLED CALF

Printed for Charles Brome, at the Gun at the West End of St. Pauls,, 1697. 8vo., First Edition, some general age-staining throughout (but all text wholly clear and legible), wanting front and rear free endpapers; strongly bound in eighteenth century panelled calf tooled in blind, back with raised bands, uncut, boards mildly age-worn and marked, corners moderately bruised else a crisp, relatively clean copy in wholly unrestored period binding. With 3pp publisher's advertisement at end. This copy was formerly in the library of one George Humphreys. It carries a lengthy signed holograph inscription (dated 1771) on front paste-down, and a charming verse (dated 29 September 1771) on rear paste-down: 'George is my Name, Earth is my Nation, Heaven is my Dwelling Place and this is my Generation'. COPAC lists above severnteen copies in the UK.

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Book number: 46636

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SPURGEON Rev. Charles Haddon

Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit. [Volume XI.}. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN CONTEMPORARY HALF CALF

[Privately Printed],, 1865. 8vo., First Edition, some light age-staining to early leaves, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; strongly bound in contemporary green half calf, marbled boards, back with six flat bands ruled in gilt, second compartment lettered and numbered in gilt, brown endpapers, red sprinkled edges, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp copy. Collects sermons delivered by Spurgeon at the Metropolitan Tabenacle, Newington, between 1 January [True Unity Promoted] and 31 December 1865 [Last Things]. Two out-of-series sermons, dated 1863 and 1864 respectively, are bound in at front.

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Book number: 47375

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SPURGEON Rev. Charles Haddon

Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit. [Volume XII.}. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN CONTEMPORARY HALF CALF

[Privately Printed],, 1866. 8vo., First Edition, some light age-staining to early leaves, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; strongly bound in contemporary green half calf, marbled boards, back with six flat bands ruled in gilt, second compartment lettered and numbered in gilt, brown endpapers, red sprinkled edges, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp copy. Collects sermons delivered by Spurgeon at the Metropolitan Tabenacle, Newington, between 7 January [Unity in Christ] and 23 December 1866 [God Incarnate, The End of Fear]. One out-of-series sermon, dated 1865, is bound in at front.

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St. JURE Fr Jean-Baptiste

De la Connoissance et de l'Amour du Fils de Dieu N.S. Jesus-Christ. [Volumes 2,3,4,5 of 5.] FOUR VOLUMES [OF FIVE] IN CONTEMPORARY FRENCH TREE CALF

Perisse Freres, Lyon, and Mequignon Junior, Paris,, 1823. 4 vols. [of 5], 8vo., text in French, on laid paper; strongly bound in contemporary French tree calf, sides with decorative frame border, blue marbled endpapers (vols. 3,4,5) , second and fourth compartments with red leather labels ruled, lettered and numbered in gilt, marbled edges, Vol. 2 robustly rebacked with sides and backstrip laid on later cloth and green endpapers, all joints moderately rubbed (but all bindings wholly sound), a remarkably, bright, crisp, clean working run. Sold from a religious institution with its bookplate and press-mark on front paste-downs, and neat stamp variously on half-titles, titles and final leaves.

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Book number: 47378

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St. NIERSIS CLAJENSIS [Saint NERSES]

Preces Sancti Niersis Clajensis Armeniorum Patriarchae viginti quatuor Linguis editae. [Second Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION

In Insula S. Lazari, Venice,, 1823. 12mo., Second Edition, with engraved portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), neat contemporary signature on front paste-down, some light marginal spotting; contemporary mottled red and brown calf, sides with floral frame border in gilt, back tooled and ruled in gilt, second compartment with red leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, gilt edgesexpertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, clean copy. With fine early nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate bearing the widespread motto 'pro aris et focis'. This scarce work contains the twenty-four prayers and orisons of the Armenian patriarch Nerses IV or Saint Nerses the Gracious (1102-1173), a younger contemporary of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Effectively a type specimen book, it was printed at the Armenian monastery on the isle of St. Lazarus off Venice and presents the prayers in no fewer than 24 different languages, including Dutch, Gaelic, Hungarian, Spanish and Russian. The collection was first issued in 1818 with the prayers present in fourteen languages; a fourth edition (1837) was several times reprinted. Brunet IV, 859; Nersessian 510.

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STEPHEN Sir James

Essays in Ecclesiastical Biography. SPLENDID SET IN SIGNED ANDY GRIEVE BINDING

Longman Brown Green & Longmans,, 1849. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in late-nineteenth century full tan calf BY ANDREW GRIEVE , sides with double frame border enclosing decorative frame stopped at corners with floral sprays all in gilt, backs with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second and third compartments with red and green leather labels ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled and blocked in gilt, gilt doublures, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, a splendid set from a notable Scotish house. The binding is signed on front free endpaper versos. Andrew Grieve of Edinburgh produced his best work in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. He was particularly noted for his panelled bindings, of which there are several fine examples in the BL. A gifted teacher-mentor, he nurtured many apprentices, among them Charles McLeish the Elder who went on to work first for Riviere and, most notably, for Doves under Cobden-Sanderson before establishing his own bindery in London in 1909.

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STEPHENSON Anthony A.

Anglican Orders. With Appendices by Walton Hannah and Hugh Ross Williamson. NEAR FINE COPY

Burns & Oates,, [1956]. 8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 41855

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STIRLING John

An Atlas illustrating the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles. NEAR FINE COPY

George Philip,, 1939. 8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, and 23 full-page coloured maps in the text, neat signature on front wrapper; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 9018

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STODDART J.T.

The Old Testament in Life and Literature.

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1913]. 8vo., First Edition, neat signature on title, some pencilled annotation throughout; red boards, red buckram back lettered in gilt, uncut, boards lightly edge-worn else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE

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Book number: 26137

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STREETER Burnett

The Buddha and the Christ. An Exploration of the Meaning of the Universe and the Purpose of Human Life. The Bampton Lectures for 1932. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Macmillan,, 1932. 8vo., First Edition; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. With indexes by name and subject. Presentation copies of Canon Streeter's works are very scarce.

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Book number: 21894

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STREETER Burnett Hillman

The Four Gospels. A Study of Origins, treating of the Manuscript Tradition, Sources, Authorship, and Dates. [Eleventh Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Macmillan,, 1964. 8vo., Eleventh Impression; plum cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes the Prefaces to the fourth and fifth impressions. Streeter's classic treatise was first published in 1924.

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Book number: 48273

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TAYLOR Jeremy

The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. in which are described the Means and Instruments of obtaining every Virtue and the Remedies against every Vice. Together with Prayers containing the whole Duty of a Christian. Thirtieth Edition. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN CONTEMPORARY CALF

Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown,, 1820. 8vo., Thirtieth Edition, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; contemporary tan calf, boards with multiple frame border stopped at corners with rosettes all in blind, backstrip with flat bands, expertly rebacked in calf to style, second compartment with original red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt dentelles, red sprinkled edges, a very good, bright, firm, crisp, clean copy.

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TAYLOR Jeremy

The Worthy Communicant. A Discourse of the Nature Effects and Blessings consequent to the Worthy receiving of the Lord's Supper. [First Pickering Edition.] FIRST PICKERING EDITION

William Pickering,, 1853. 8vo., First Edition thus, with title and dedication in red and black, running heads in black-letter, title very lightly spotted, page-edges faintly browning; handsomely bound in full brown buckram, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. As one expects of Pickering, a beautifully printed edition with broad margins.

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TENNANT F. R.

Philosophical Theology. Volume I: The Soul and its Faculties [with] Vol. II: The World, The Soul, and God. [Complete set]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPERS

University Press, Cambridge,, 1956. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., some light offsetting from fold-ins to front free endpapers, tiny neat contemporary signature on front paste-downs; original plum cloth, gilt backs, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the wrappers lightly sunned at backstrips. Bright set of a standard work first published in 1928-30.

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Book number: 41842

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THOMPSON James Matthew

The Synoptic Gospels arranged in Parallel Columns. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Oxford University Press,, [1962]. 8vo., small neat signature on front free endpaper, some neat and relevant annotation in pencil (an very occasionally in red ink); original navy cloth, gilt back, boards lightly faded at extremities else a very good, bright, clean copy. Thompson's seminal study was first published in 1910. SCARCE.

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Book number: 45638

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