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Precious and sacred texts from around the world. Angels dancing on heads of pins, and arcane discussion of every sort.
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1947 The Pilgrim's ProgressLondon: 1947An illustrated edition of John Bunyan's popular Christian allegory 'The Pilgrim's Progress, with illustrations by Edward Ardizzone.
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1956 The Mystery of The Holy Innocents And Other PoemsLondon: 1956The first UK edition of this translation of poetry by Charles Peguy, comprised of 'The Mystery of The Holy Innocents' and other poems.
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1900 The Life of the Waiting Soul in the Intermediate StateLondon: 1900The ninth edition of this scarce religious work on death by R. E. Sanderson.
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1850 The Last Days: A Discourse of The Evil Character of These Our TimesLondon: 1850The second edition of this very scarce work containing the Rev. Edward Irving's discourse surrounding evil.
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1842 The Inquirer Directed to an Experimental and Practical View of the AtonementLondon: 1842A very scarce work concerning the Atonement by the Rev. Octavius Winslow, a prominent nineteenth-century evangelical preacher.
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1880 L'Imitation de Jésus-ChristTours: 1880A charming, leather-bound copy of L'Imitation de Jésus-Christ, in French, with reflections following each chapter, by L'Abbé F. De Lamennais.
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1878 La Journée Du Chrétien Sanctifiée Par La Prière et La MéditationNot Stated: 1878A lovely copy of this Christian prayer book in French, approved by French Roman Catholic Archbishop Charles-Théodore Colet, smartly bound in full morocco.
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1836-37 The New Irish PulpitDublin : 1936-37Two volumes of this very scarce collection of issues from the 'New Irish Pulpit' publication.
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1828 A Practical View of the Redeemer's Advent, In A Series of DiscoursesLondon: 1828The third edition of this very scarce religious work by James Haldane Stewart.
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1908 The Life of Jesus of NazarethLondon: [1908]A profusely illustrated work on the life of Jesus of Nazareth, with colour plates by William Hole.
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c1880 Change RingingLondon: c1880An uncommon charming beginners guide to the art of bell ringing, written by Charles A. W. Troyte.
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1843 Religious and Moral Sentences Culled from the Works of ShakespeareLondon: 1848The scarce first edition of this selection of religious and moral sentences from the works of Shakespeare in a decorative cloth binding.
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1884 The Pleasures of England: Lectures Given in OxfordLondon: 1884The first edition of this collection of lectures by John Ruskin presented in Oxford, bound in full morocco.
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1842 Remarks on English ChurchesOxford : 1842The first edition of this illustrated work on English churches by J. H. Markland.
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1907 Legends of the MadonnaLondon: 1907A copy of this illustrated work on representation of the Madonna in fine art by Anna Brownell Jameson bound in quarter vellum.
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1907 Church Plate of the City of ChesterLondon: 1907A first edition of this illustrated work on the church plate of Chester written by T. Stanley Ball.
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1850 Pregeth Angladdol, ar yr achlusur o farwolaeth y diweddar Barch. D. StephensonBrynmawr: 1850A very scarce funeral sermon for the Congregational Minister the Rev. D. Stephenson, written in the original Welsh.
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1858 The Bible Hand-Book: An Introduction to the Study of Sacred ScriptureLondon: 1858A fascinating mid nineteenth century study of the Bible from a conservative Baptist minister.
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1842 Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern AfricaLondon: 1842A smart eighth thousand of Robert Moffat's popular account of his work as a missionary in Africa in the mid-nineteenth century. Illustrated throughout.
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1792 The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the SacramentsLondon: 1792A scarce eighteenth century book of common prayer in full calf binding.
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c1888 The Book of Common Prayer with The Psalter or Psalms of DavidOxford and London: c1888A lovely morocco bound copy of the common prayer book by Oxford University Press.
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1857 The Holy Bible Containing the New and Old TestamentsOxford: 1857An uncommon edition of this lovely morocco bound copy of the bible from the mid nineteenth century.
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c1920 The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New TestamentsCambridge and London: c1920An uncommon printing of The Bible by Cambridge University Press bound in full calf.
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1946 Baptists of TauntonTaunton: 1946A very scarce typescript of the history of the Baptists in Taunton.
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1791 A Review of the Life of John Toulmin with The Life of Thomas FirminLondon: 1791A very scarce collection of two biographies on seventeenth century Unitarians Thomas Firmin and John Biddle.
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1809 Gotterlehre Fur Junge LeuteWien: 1809The scarce first edition of this religious text intended for children with beautiful colour plates.
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1870 The Holy Bible Containing Old and New TestamentsLondon: 1870A decorative copy of the Holy Bible, translated, compared and revised.
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Signed1880-1905 The MassorahLondon: 1880-1905A large first edition, limited, set of The Massorah by Christian David Ginsburg, signed by the author.
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1842 Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern AfricaLondon: 1842A lovely third thousand of Robert Moffat's popular account of his work as a missionary in Africa in the mid-nineteenth century. Illustrated throughout.
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c1880 Woodbound Album of Christian EngravingsNone: c1880A beautiful collection of religious engravings bound in wood, with decorative embellishments painted by hand.
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1867 The World's Birthday: a Book for the YoungLondon, Edinburgh and New York: 1867A delightful little work on the Earth's conception speaking geologically and in terms of Christianity.
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1860 The Holy Bible with a Devotional and Practical CommentaryLondon & New York: 1860An excellently preserved large family Holy Bible, with illustrations and complete with the original functioning metal clasps.
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1845 Specimens of Ancient Church Plate; Sepulchral CrossesOxford, Cambridge and London: 1845A lovely and uncommon collection of ancient church relics found across Britain, illustrated with fifty engraved plates.
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1843 Memorial and Letter of the Baptist Church at New Court, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, to the Senate of HamburghNewcastle: 1843A very scarce pamphlet on the persecution of Baptists in Germany and Denmark, an interesting pamphlet on the struggles of religion.
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1705 Le Nouveau Testament en Francois avec des Reflexions Morales sur Chaque VersetParis: 1705A very scarce and complete set of this early eighteenth-century French New Testament.
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1832 Il Tempio del MariaNaples: 1832An Italian religious work describing the Christian festivals for the Virgin Mary.