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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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1948 Fifty Years in PalestineLondon: 1948A smart first edition of this very scarce work exploring the author's time as a missionary in Palestine from 1889.
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1865 2vol Lectures on the History of the Jewish ChurchLondon: 1865A smart two volume set of these lectures on the history of the Jewish church and faith from English ecclesiastical historian, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley.
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1922 The Mercy of AllahLondon: 1922The first edition of this collection of short stories by writer and historian Hilaire Belloc, in the very scarce dust wrapper, designed by G. K. Chesterton.
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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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1677 De Sacrificiis Libri Duo; Quorum Altero Explicantur Omnia JudaeorumLondini; [London]: 1677An uncommon first edition religious text by WIlliam Owtram, an important study on ritual sacrifices.
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1928 The Pilgrim's Progress and the Life & Death of Mr BadmanLondon: 1928A limited edition work from the Nonesuch Press featuring two of John Bunyan's religious allegories, with illustrations throughout.
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c2015 Al-Mukhtasar Fi Tafsir Al-Qur'an Al-KarimAl-Riyad [Riyadh]: c2015A handsomely bound twenty-first century commentary of the Holy Qu'ran, in the original Arabic.
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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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1670 Joannis Sartori Adagiorum Chiliades TresAmstelodami [Amsterdam]: 1670An uncommon seventeenth century collection of aphorisms and proverbs, in a full vellum binding.
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1826 The Holy Koran; Commonly Called the Alcoran of MohammedLondon: 1826A very scarce English language translation of the Quran, issued by political agitator and suffragist Richard Carlile.
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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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1954 The Wonder that was IndiaLondon: 1954The first edition of A. L. Basham's beautifully illustrated study of the history of India, in an exceptional full morocco binding.
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1857 Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and MeccahLondon: 1857The second edition of Richard Burton's famous account of his journey to Mecca, disguised as a Muslim, during a period when non-Muslims were strictly forbidden.
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1921 Islam in India or the Qanun-I-IslamLondon : 1921This very scarce work exploring the history of Islam in India.
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1935 The Jew and Palestine: A Land of Impending GlorySydney: 1935A very scarce work relating Lamb's account of his travels in Palestine and his experiences of antisemitism in the 1930s.
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1762 Nouvelle Version des Psaumes Faite sur le Texte HebreuParis: 1762The first edition of this scholarly edition of the psalms of David, the result of a collaboration of several orientalists, but generally credited to Louis de Poix.
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1926 The Indian Outlook A Study in the Way of ServiceLondon: 1926An interesting missionary account by William Edward Sladen Holland.
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1869 The Juvenile Missionary Magazine of the Presbyterian Church New Series Vol II 1868-1869Edinburgh : 1869A collection of twelve issues of the Juvenile Missionary Magazine from 1869.
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1935 Fajr al-IslamAl-Qahirah: 1935A very scarce work by historian Ahmad Amin, exploring the history of Islamic religious and culture.
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1723 A Letter of Thanks to Mr Benjamin Bennet For His Moderate Rebuke of an Insolent PamphletLondon: 1723This letter traces clashes between Zachary Grey and Benjamin Bennet over the latter's narrative of the Reformation.
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1874 Das Gebetbuch der Judischen Gemeinde zu BraunschweigBraunschweig: 1874A scarce Jewish prayer book from the community in Brunswick, in the original German language.
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1708 Epistola ad Authorem AnonymumOxonii [Oxford]: 1708A very scarce copy of this Latin religious tract by the controversial theologian Edward Wells.
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1828 The Christian Freemen to Elect Christian Rulers: A DiscoursePhiladelphia: 1828A very scarce copy of this Philadelphia Presbyterian Church's Ezra Stiles Ely discourse on the duty of Christian freemen to elect Christian rulers in modern marbled binding.
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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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1825 Discourses on ProphecyLondon: 1825The scarce second edition of this theological study of Prophecy 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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1741-1749 2 Volumes in 1, A System of Moral Philosophy; A Vindication of the Old TestamentLondon: 1741-1749Two first editions by eighteenth century religious dissenters Henry Grove and Samuel Chandler are bound together in this volume.
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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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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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1854 The Jews: A Brief SketchLondon: 1854A very scarce work from Herschell on Jewish culture in the present and the future.
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1952 Religion in Human ExperienceLondon: 1952The uncommon first edition of this social study of religion with illustrations and in the original dust wrapper.
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1925 The Moslem World in RevolutionEdinburgh: 1925An illustrated edition of this educational work on Islam.
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1939 East of EdenLondon: 1939The scarce first UK edition of Israel Joshua Singer's popular novel, 'East of Eden', with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.
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1768 An Ecclesiastical History, Antient and ModernLondon: 1768The complete five volume second English language edition of German Lutheran historian Johann Lorenz Mosheim's history of the church in Europe.