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London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1910. Dustwrapper is generally torn and creased, and is torn in half at the spine; minor wear to the spine ends and corners of brown cloth-covered boards, pencil notes in the text, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this little hard-cover book, part of the publisher's ''Modern Religious Problems'' series. Looks at St John's Gospel. 89pp. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Notre Dame, Indiana: Ave Maria Press, 1979. Some fading to the spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. The life-story of the author from her life in pre-Revolutionary Russia, escape to the West, founder of the lay Catholic ''Friendship House'' and later ''Madonna House'', travels in Europe before WW2 and more. 206pp, some b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Charles H Kelly, 1917. No dustwrapper, green cloth-covered boards have water-staining, pages are very brown (poor quality Wartime paper) , some notes by a previous owner in the margins, otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book. Five lectures and a sermon by the author, originally given at Northfield, Massachusetts in August 1914. The lectures are: ''Egyptian Rubbish-Heaps and the Study of the New Testament'', ''A Sheaf of Old Letters from Egypt'', ''Some Sidelights Upon Paul'', ''How We Got Our Gospels'', and ''The Fullness of the Time'' (on Galatians). The sermon is ''The New Song (on Revalations ch14 v3)''. Originally published in May 1916, this is the second edition from December 1917. Paper label on f/ep from 1921 (Primitive Methodists Local Preachers Training Movement prize for Homiletics). 143pp.... Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: SPCK, 1967. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, marks on front and back boards where possibly something has leaned on the book, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1955, this is a later, seventh impression from 1967. A commentary on the Greek text of St John's Gospel. 531pp.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Pontypool, Gwent: Hughes & Son Ltd., 1977. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or rusting to the staples, of this little booklet looking at the ''Ancient'' (Mediaeval really) churches of Gwent in south Wales. 32pp, b&w drawings... First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Collins, Sarah. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Trondheim: F Bruns Bokhandels Forlag, 1952. No dustwrapper, some creasing to the edges of the card covers, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this Norwegian language book. This was the author's Doctoral thesis dealing with the religious beliefs of the writer Hans Christian Andersen. Inscribed by the author (in English) on first page '' ... with kind greetings from the author. Stvgr, 24 Sept 1955''. 231pp.. Inscribed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Macniven & Wallace, 1927. This is the original 1927 edition. Some bumping to the ends of the green cloth spine, with some wear to the edges of the same, and bumping to the two lower corners. Minor foxing to outer pages. Inscribed by author on f/ep ''The Rev D Macinnes/ with the author's kind regards/ Temple 23.7.31''. This book deals with the life and teaching of the sixteenth century German Anabaptist Hans Denck. 262pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Pickering & Inglis, 1961. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red cloth-covered boards, a previous owner's name, address label and date (1962) on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with black titles on spine still clear, of this hard-cover book. A biography of the British missionary Harold St John who worked in South America and in North Africa between 1913 and the early 1950s. His daughter, Patricia, was a popular writer of Christian books for children. 182pp, 7 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Plattsburgh, NY: McClelland & Stewart, 2014. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of black boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the persecution and murder of Christians (local as well as foreign) living in Muslim countries. 184pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Delhi: Matrix Books, 2001. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, a small ink-mark inside front board, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author claims that the prohibition of beef and the sacredness of cows did not exist in Hinduism in earlier times. A hugely controversial book in India, the book was issued with a new preface in the UK as "The Myth of the Holy Cow". 183pp.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Circle Books, 2012. Slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Autobiographical writings by the author, an openly gay Catholic priest. Signed by the author to previous owner on title page. 139pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press, 1995. A good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this paperback book. Deals with the life and work of Robert Mackie, who was, among other things, General Secretary of the British Student Christian Movement in the 1930s and of the World Student Christian Federation in the 1940s. Signed by the author ''Nansie Blackie'' on first page. 159pp, 18 b&w illustrations.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2012. A tiny tear to top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks at the Biblical Patriarch Abraham as he figures in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic theology. Part of the publishers "Library of Jewish Ideas" series, so mostly deals with Abraham in Judaism. 244pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1995. Some minor scuffing to outer corners of cover, some old water marking to top edge and corners of first few pages, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Deals with poems written on Iona during the seventh and eighth centuries AD, given here in the original Latin or Irish with English translation on facing page. Signed by both authors to original owner on title page and including invitation leaflet for the book launch. 271pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Second (revised) edition. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A history of the Ismaili sect of Islam. Originally published in 1990, this is a revised, second edition with parts of all chapters re-written or otherwise revised and with new material added. Please Note: this is a heavy book, packaged weight would be about 1700g, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. 772pp, 25 b&w illustrations.. Second Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: SCM Press Ltd, 2000. Minor creasing to bottom corner of front cover and to both corners of back cover, also minor crreasing to the spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Originally published in German as ''Jesus nach 2000 Jahren: Was er wirklich sagte und tat'', the author looks at all the words and actions attributed to Jesus in the four Gospels, and whether they are truly genuine, or whether they are legends which formed quite early on in the history of Christianity. 695pp.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Paternoster Press, 1953. Some creasing and small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Number five in the author's "Jungle Doctor" series of stories for children about the adventures of a medical missionary worker in (then) Tanganyika in East Africa. Originally published (in Australia) in 1948 and in the UK in 1950, this is a slightly later reprint from October 1953. 121pp, b&w drawings.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Swain, Harry. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Prometheus Books, 2013. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of black boards, some pencil notes and underlining in the text, also unfortunately a couple of pages have passages marked in yellow highlighter. But otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this hard-cover book containing pieces by various authors on connections between the text of the Koran and pre-Islamic poetry; and on the influence of Biblical texts and the Dead Sea Scrolls on the Koran. 463pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Macniven & Wallace, 1901. No dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of pale blue boards, some fading to the spine but black titles thereon are still clear, as are those on front board; a later owner's name and date (1970) on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks mostly at the Holy Land at the time of the Wars with the Philistines, particularly at the battles at Michmash, Elah, and Gilboa. Originally published in 1888, this is the second edition from 1901. 240pp, 4 maps.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1943. Second Impression. Tears and creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of gray boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. A selection of talks given by the author, popularly known as the "Radio Padre" , during 1942. 116pp, b&w frontispiece.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.