The remarkable story of Mother Aubert. Pp. xii+228, frontispiece portrait, plates, references, tables, appendices, bibliographic essay, bibliography, index; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, A. H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington, 1972. First edition. *Biography of the founder of the Sisters of Compassion, Suzanne Aubert. 'Born..... More
Containing comfortable notes upon the five bookes of Moses .... not before published. As also an exposition upon the Creed, not before published, the Commandments, the Lords Prayer. With a conference betwixt mans frailtie and faith. And three sermons. With alphabeticall tables of the principall matters to each severall worke..... More
In evangelia a dominicai. post Festum S.S. Trinitatis usque ad Aduentum. Iam recens ex Belgico Idiomate, latinitate donatae, & in lucem editae. Pp. [xliv]+430, most text printed double column, title page vignette, numerous small decorative initials, a couple of head and tailpiece decorations; f'cap. 4to; in a typical contemporary German..... More
Illustrated by Michael Foreman. Pp. 188(including the upper endpapers), 29 full page coloured illustrations, plus black & white pictorial headpieces and several decorative initials, notes; med. 8vo; edges of boards a trifle faded; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Hutchinson of Australia/Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1980. First Australian edition. More
With drawings by C. Walter Hodges. Pp. 264(last blank), 4 plates, text illustrations (some full page), notes on sources, index; post 8vo; dark blue/grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper..... More
Pp. [xii]+440+142+[16](index, last blank), title page vignette, 2 folding optical diagrams at end, decorative head and tailpieces, one large and several small decorative initials, text printed double column, index; small cr. 4to; rebound in modern kangaroo, the spine with five raised bands and gilt lettered red leather title label, the..... More
A study in the friction between Church and State. Pp. xii+338(last blank), index; demy 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, the back panel faintly scuffed and with UK price sticker near bottom edge; Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1984. Second printing. *'A study of Church and Society..... More
delivered at his several visitations of the Dioceses of St David's, Rochester, and St Asaph. Pp. [ii]+232; demy 8vo; name in ink on upper free endpaper, the final signature (pp. 225-232) repeated, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; nineteenth century calf boards, with double gilt rule border and gilt edges..... More
Pp. 200(last colophon, verso blank); demy 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, upper board with double blind rule border, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, bottom fore-corners bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; bookseller's sticker at..... More
Pp. 222(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full or double page); med. 8vo; boards a trifle marked; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split, with publisher's sticker about the television series on the front flap; Collins, London, 1975. First edition. *Novel about..... More
A multibiography. Translated by Jeremy Leggatt. Pp. x+550, 32 plates, chronology, note, bibliography, index; tall demy 8vo;qr. maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, black papered boards with author's initials in gilt near bottom fore-corner of upper board; dust wrapper; Counterpoint, Washington, DC., 1995. First U.S. edition. *Originally published in French..... More
bey genauer Zusammenhaltung mit den ersten und achten lateinischen Editionen.... [Text in German]. Pp. [1558], printed double column (each column numbered), the title page printed in red & black, 2 decorative headpieces; thick f'cap. 4to; early calf, the spine ruled in gilt around raised bands, with gilt lettered black leather..... More
mit anmerkungen fur ungelehrte.... Die Psalmen. [Text in German]. Pp. [viii]+238+258, title page decoration plus a couple of head & tailpiece decorations; f'cap. 4to; contemporary half calf, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt between raised bands, grey/green paste papered boards, with several surface grazes and a couple of small..... More
An Islamic Journey. Pp. [ii]+viii+430+[4](blank, colophon); qr. black cloth over beige papered boards, lettered in gilt, boards a trifle sprung and with a couple of tiny bruises to edges; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, slightly creased, edges lightly rubbed and split, with neat tape repair at foot of backstrip on reverse;..... More
St. Francois de Sales and his Times 1567-1622. Pp. 240, bibliography; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the back panel slightly soiled; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Hutchinson London, 1963. First edition. More
ad graecam veritatem emendata, et notae ac animadversiones in idem: quibus partim mutatae alicubi versionis redditur ratio, partim alia necessaria monentur. Accedit sacer contextus graecus, cum versione veteri: nec non index rerum & verborum locupletissimus. Itemque auctoris orationes de sibyllis, multum hactenus desideratae. [Text in latin, greek, and very occasional..... More
Science and faith in Victorian England. The Riddell Memorial Lectures Thirty-ninth Series. With a memoir of the author by Gwyn Jones. Pp. xvi+64; edges of boards a trifle faded; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, the flap folds slightly silverfished; Oxford University Press, London, 1970. First edition. *Posthumously published. D. G. James..... More
Bible stories retold by Ivan Southall. Genesis 1:1 to 9:19 Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Pp. [viii]+118(last blank), title page vignette, text illustrations (a couple full page); demy 8vo; khaki cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the lower board slightly rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, small piece..... More
collected into English metre, conferred with the Hebrew. Set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening prayer, and also before and after sermon; and more-over in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort, laying apart all..... More
God's History Makers. Australia's place in Bible prophecy. Pp. 192(including advertisements), pictorial title page plus numerous text illustrations (some full, one double page); med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle worn; the author, Robina, Queensland, 2004. Seventh impression. *With relevant newscuttings loosely inserted. More
A biography. Pp. 360, 12 plates, erratum slip tipped-in at front, maps (a couple full page), glossary, bibliography, index; tall demy 8vo; beige cloth, spine blocked in black & lettered in gilt; top edges brown; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly creased and rubbed, the back panel faintly soiled; name in..... More
A parable. To which is added a new history of a true book. Sunday Reading. Pp. 23+[1](advertisement), woodcut illustration on title page; post 12mo; self wrappers, sewn, the backstrip splitting and slightly chipped; small piece lacking from bottom fore-corner pp. 3/4, tiny split to fore-edge pp. 19/20 a little light..... More
An exposition of the United Church of England and Ireland; civil list and crown revenue; incomes, privileges, and power, of the aristocracy; Privy Council, diplomatic, and consular establishments; law and judicial administration; representation and prospects of reform under the new ministry; profits, influence, and Monopoly of the Bank of England..... More