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London: Longmans, Green, 1911. Gilt title on green cloth boards which are very clean with just a few very minor light marks to front with no wear. Internally there are three initials to front endpaper and some occasional light foxing else clean and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Photographic frontispiece tissue guarded. Fourth impression. Translated by G. Schoetensack and edited with a preface by the Rev. Robert Hugh Benson. Von Ruville was professor of modern history and a member of the faculty of philosophy at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. The author, noted for his ' The Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham', outlines his conversion to the Catholic Church, a decision which aroused an extraordinary series of attacks on him. Published originally in Germany in pamphlet form. **** NOT EX LIB **** R1. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Headline, 2005. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Third impression. 342 pages. 12 illustrations. When he died in 1999 Cardinal Hume was mourned not only by the Catholic Church but also by secular Britain, as irrespective of their religious beliefs, people recognised that a great leader had been lost. A leader whose 23 year reign as Archbishop of Westminster brought about a state of harmony within his church and society that hadn't been enjoyed for four centuries. R4. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Headline, 2005. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which has an inscription to front endpaper and is not price clipped. First edition, first printing. 342 pages. 12 illustrations. When he died in 1999 Cardinal Hume was mourned not only by the Catholic Church but also by secular Britain, as irrespective of their religious beliefs, people recognised that a great leader had been lost. A leader whose 23 year reign as Archbishop of Westminster brought about a state of harmony within his church and society that hadn't been enjoyed for four centuries. 12 illustrations. R4. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1986. A near Fine copy which has a previous owner's small address label to front endpaper with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Eight well known Christian writers investigate the qualities which have made Basil Hume one of the most popular religious leaders of his time. 15 photographs. **** NOT EX LIB **** R1. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Darton Longman and Todd, 1999. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. With characteristic humility, Cardinal Hume ventures the title 'Basil in Blunderland' because, he says, his life has much more often been a wandering in Blunderland than a resting and relaxing in Wonderland. He has written a very personal book of profound simplicity that will help make sense of our blundering and searching after God. R1. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by John, Sarah. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Vantage Press, 1985. SIGNED BY AUTHOR with dedication ' For.... as a token of the gratitude for his kindest inspiration to the author' to dedication page. A Fine copy with near Fine dustjacket. The author has combined a life of scholarship and pastoral service with a life of adventure and action. After attending St. Dunstan's College, he had a season on a Norwegian whaler sailing in the Arctic, then joined the Mission to Seamen in Rotterdam, before being posted to Dunkirk. He became a curate and in 1939, when war began, he was commissioned as an army chaplain, serving in France, returning disabled and receiving the 'King's Badge'. From 1947-1970 he was rector of St. Mary's, Barcombe, Lewes, East Sussex. A useful and brightly written work that clarifies what Christians really do believe. R1. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Leominster, Herefordshire: Fowler Wright, 1980. Gilt title on green cloth boards which have some light marks to spine with no wear. Internally near Fine and unmarked. Dustjacket is near Fine. xii + 354 pages. Map of principal medieval monasteries in England following the Rule of Benedict to front endpapers and Map of principal medieval monasteries in Scotland following the Rule of Benedict to rear endpapers. Foreword by Cardinal Basil Hume. The book commemorates the fifteenth centenary of the birth of St. Benedict of Nursia (c.45 - c. 543), founder of Subiaco and Monte Cassino, patriarch of monks of the West and patron of Europe. Here are studies of monks and nuns who have attained holiness, or fame, or both, through following the Rule of St. Benedict, one of the most important influences in the making of Europe. These form an impressive procession, reaching from the sixth to the twentieth century, and include famous monastic figures as well as some known only to a few. R1. First Edition. Hard… Leer más

London: Burns and Oates, 1958. A Good clean, tight and unmarked copy but has crinkling to cover. 160 pages. The book is the choice as the Universe Book for the Lourdes Centenary, chosen in recognition of its simplicity and deep humanity with which the author ha told Bernadette's story. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R8. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Collins, 2004. A Fine copy which has an inscription to front endpaper else unmarked with Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. xxxvi + 281 pages. This carefully chosen selection of the best loved hymns and readings is a staple for any bookshelf. Each reading or hymn is introduced with a brief history to the piece and its author, providing new levels of interest and a sense of context. The 200 hymns, reading and verses have been arranged alphabetically, and there is a set of indexes which detail first lines, themes, Bible references and authors. R1. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Rider, 1998. A near Fine unmarked copy with usual slight age darkening to page edges and a small indentation to top edge with near Fine dustjacket. The story of one of the century's greatest spiritual thinkers, the Benedictine monk, Bede Griffiths. At Oxford in the 1920's he became a close friend of C.S. Lewis and knew other members of the 'Inklings' group, was tormented, as a young man, by intense spiritual suffering in the search for his true path in life, becoming a monk in England and Scotland. In 1955 he went to India, where he built up a thriving spiritual community at Shantivanam in Tamil Nadu. Regarded by many as a prophet, a sage, a mystic, even a saint, he both loved the Church and was deeply critical of it, and was open to all paths by which people seek God, whether through the universal tradition known as the 'perennial philosophy', the Buddhist teaching of Dzogehen or esoteric practices such as the Tarot. His interests also encompassed New Age movements.… Leer más

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1997. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. For 3,000 years a code in the Bible has remained hidden and now has been unlocked by computer. It was broken by an Israeli mathematician,Dr. Eliyahu Rips, who presented the proof in a major science journal and it has been confirmed by famous mathematicians around the world. The code may reveal our future, and it has already been asserted that it foretells events that have happened. R1. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: SCM Press, 1958. A Very clean, tight and unmarked copy apart from 3 ink stamps to front pastedown and front endpaper with 'chaplain's copy' written on front endpaper with dustjacket which has some foxing. The author was formerly headmistress of the Girls' Grammar School, Brecon, and has chosen a theme for each week of the school year, and for each day there is an opening sentence, a short bible lesson, and a prayer. R1. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Frederick Warne, 1950. Red titles and motif of Noah's Ark on light brown cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with a little wear to spine tail. Internally there is a prize bookplate to front pastedown. Unpaginated. 10 colour plates and coloured illustrations in the text by Paul Dessau. 10 stories. R1. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Dessau, Paul. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Ward, Lock, 1926. Black titles and decoration on red cloth boards which have very minor marks, fading to spine and just a touch of wear to lower corner tips. Internally there is a prize book plate and date of July 1926 to front pastedown, age darkening to endpapers and a little light foxing to some early and late pages else clean, tight and unmarked. xv + 304 pages + 6 pages of advertisements. Illustrated with 8 coloured plates and 16 reproductions of famous pictures. Not dated but the British Library has this as ca. 1920. Introduction by the Rev. Edward Shillito. 11 biblical stories simply re-told. **** SCARCE **** R3. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Michigan: Paternoster Press, 1969. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket. xxiv + 468 pages. 170 illustrations. 9 specially prepared maps. Numerous charts, tables and outlines. This lavishly illustrated and comprehensive survey of Biblical archaeology provides a concise and readable account of the information available, as a result of many years of excavation in Bible lands, to help Bible readers gain a fuller understanding of the Bible story. It provides (1) a general background to the history of the Bible (2) a large amount of non-Biblical material to supplement the Bible accounts (3) reliable assistance in the meaning and explanation of many Bible passages that are hard to understand (4) helpful corroboration of the substantial historicity of the whole Biblical record from the Patriarchal period to the Apostolic age. R1. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John Murray, 1948. Red titles on blue boards which are clean and unmarked with fading to spine. Internally there is a small name to front pastedown and age darkening to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has some wear to edges. Any work on Biblical Chronology by so high an authority as Sir Frederic Kenyon must command attention and respect. In this little book he briefly and clearly restates the present position on the subject in view of recent discoveries and which was based on a lecture he delivered before the University of London in November 1947. R5. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: SCM Press, 1973. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. Professor Barr examines the importance of the Bible since the Second World War - the dissatisfaction with Barthianism and biblical theology, difficulties over the relevance and communicability of the Bible, the inadequacy of some of the traditional concepts used to define the Bible. He then moves on to wider questions: How can the Bible bridge the gap between cultures of its time and ours ? and many other searching questions. **** NOT EX LIB **** R1. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1966. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small name to front endpaper) with VG dustjacket. Uniform with Black's New Testament Commentaries series. xii + 252 pages. This companion or introductory volume in the series looks at the New Testament in the light thrown on the earliest days of the Christian Church by the large body of research in recent years on the first period of Christianity and the immediately preceding times. Professor Moule provides an up-to-date, comprehensive volume of the Church from which our New Testament came. **** NOT EX LIB **** R1. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1978. A Fine unmarked copy with gold title on brown cloth boards with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. xv and 298 pages. Map endpapers. NO. LXII in the Studies Presented to the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions. During the later Middle Ages, parliaments developed in most states of Europe, and in the ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire, however, such formally convened assemblies of estates frequently appeared later and were of shorter duration than in their secular counterparts. R1. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Faith Press, 1961. Gold title on purple boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally ther is age toning to endpapers some dust marking to top edge else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has age darkening and marks and is not price clipped. viii + 142 pages. It has often been said that the only time bishops have been popular in England is when seven of them were sent to the Tower by James the Second. Whether this is true or not, bishops have always come in for a good deal of censure and misunderstanding. They often speak wise words which go unreported, but should they speak a foolish one it receives wide and unfavourable publicity. Most Anglicans seem to like their own diocesan - 'our bishop' as they call him - but they are as apt as non-Anglicans to be suspicious of 'the bishops'. With these considerations in mind, the Bishop of Llandaff has edited this book about bishops, containing a number of essays, some theological, some popular in… Leer más