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HUNT, Noreen.: Cluniac Monasticism in the Central Middle Ages.
London: Macmillan Press, 1971.
1st ed. "The predominant theme of these essays is Cluny's interpretation of monasticism. Cluny's place in relation to the Carolingian tradition and the tenth-century reform movement is established first. Other articles examine the nature of Cluniac expansion in the east Pyrenees and north Italy, Cluniac attitudes towards society, and distinctive cultural features; the final article deals with the twelfth-century monastic crisis in which Cluny and the new orders were involved." Pp.10/248, owners details to fep. Grey/green cloth, d/w rubbed. G+/G+.
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YOUNG, Edwyn.: No Fun Like Work. (Foreword by Harry Secombe.)
London: A.R. Mowbray & Co. Ltd., 1970.
1st ed. "If interest in people is the chief justification of both writers and parsons, the Edwyn Young's book is both a triumph and a success." Pp. 16/172, portrait frontis, 32 b/w illustrations. Light sage green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w chipped and scuffed. VG/G.
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"CHARLES". The Cocktail Bar.
London: W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd., 1960.
1st ed. "This book contains over 400 recipes, some of them well known and others less famous but equally enjoyable." Pp. 160. Grey cloth, illustrated d/w has edge tears with small losses. G+/G-.
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17TH CENTURY BIBLE - KING JAMES VERSION . The Holy Bible Containing The Old Testament And The New: Newly translated out of the Original Tongues, And with the former translations diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesties special Command. Appointed to be read in Churches.
London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill deceas'd: And by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, Printers to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty. Anno Dom., 1685 .
Thick 12mo. 15cm x 9cm x 5cm. A nice tight binding. Contemporary full calf. Corners and spine carefully strengthened (using archival standard materials). Lacks endpapers. Title page: "Book Of Common Prayer... 1686." 5% loss to top left corner (just touching text), carefully repaired. The Prayer book is complete. Printed title: "Holy Bible... 1685". the reverse of the title-page with family history details written in a contemporary hand for the "Brayshay" family from 1691 to 1701. Some of the ink used was rather heavy and has soaked through the page to stain the title. The Bible is complete, except for 2 leaves missing from the Psalms (S 12 & T1 Psalm XXXVII. - XLVI). Old Testament ends on Ff4a (with more owners details and doddles in a contemporary hand to the verso of the leaf). The books of the Apocrypha are listed in the contents but they are absent from the Bible (the text of the Old Testament finishing with Malachi). New Testament title dated 1685, with neat writing in a contemporary hand to the verso of the leaf. New Testament ends Oo 12b. Bound with: "The Whole Book Of Psalms... Company of Stationers, 1683." Again the verso has family history details in a contemporary hand. The Psalms are complete. Edges to a few leaves soiled and chipped (sometimes touching the text). Some gatherings bound tightly, but not flush with edge of most of the remaining leaves. A well preserved little book. See Herbert: Ref.799 or Darlow & Moule Ref. 630.
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17TH CENTURY WELSH BIBLE . Y Bibl Cyssegr-Ian; sef, Yr Hen Destament a'r Newydd
Printiedig yn Ll'undain gan Charles Bill, a Thomas Newcomb, Printwyr i Ardderchoccaf Fawrhydi y Brenin ar Frenhines, 1689 / 1690.
8vo. Very good 17th century binding. Full calf with blind rule decoration. Spine with 5 raised bands. Top & tail of spine carefully strengthened. Engraved bookplate by "Warwick" to verso of front board; with name "Revd. Ellis Jones." and motto; "Ffyddlon" [Faithfull]. Family details of the "George" family in a contemporary hand (1745 - 1754), to front free endpaper. Printed title within double ruled border with a couple of ink smudges. Clean New Testament title, dated 1690. Bound with: " Llyfr Y Psalmau, Wedi Eu Cyfieithu, A'I Cyfansoddi Ar Fesur Cerdd, yn Gymraeg. Drwy waith Edmund Prys Archdiacon Merionnydd.... 1690." Clean text throughout, with only a couple of blemishes and chips to page edges. See Darlow & Moule No.9593: A reprint, without the Apocrypha and the Prayer Book, but with the Metrical Psalms. Begun by S. Hughes, and, after his death (in 1688), completed by David Jones, who had bee ejected from the living of Llandyssilio in 1662. The edition consisted of 10,000 copies. Among the contributors to the cost of publicationwas Philip Wharton (1613-1696), fourth Baron Wharton, whose trust , established in 1662, for supplying copies of the Bible and Catechism to poor children in certain English counties, is still in operation.
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18TH CENTURY LATIN PRAYER BOOK .: Liturgia, Seu Liber, Precum Communium, Et Administationis Sacramentorum, Aliorimque Rituum & Ceremoniarum In Ecclesia Anglicana receptus: Itemque Forma & Modus Creandi Ordinandi & Consecrandi Episcopos, Presbyteros, & Diacinos...
Londoini [ London]: Apud R. & J. Bonwicke, J. & B. Sprint, Benj. Tooke, M. Atkins, T. Varnam & J. Osbourne, 1713 .
12mo. 16cm x 10cm x 2.5 [6.25" x 4" x 1"]. A very good leather binding. Original full panelled calf, professionally rebacked and re-cornered. The new leather blending well with the original. The spine with four raised bands, simple blind-stamp decoration and recent red leather title label: "Liturgia - 1713". Bookplate to verso front board: "Frances Cumming." Engraved frontis of worshippers kneeling in church before a triple-decker pulpit, with font in foreground & altar in background. Printed title within double-ruled border. Old pink ink stamp of previous owner: "Frances". Dedication to Sir William dawe, Bishop of Chester. Clean Latin text (in double columns) throughout. A well preserved book. See ESTC: T140407 / Griffiths: No. 16 p.523 .
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19TH CENTURY PRAYER BOOK - EVENING SERVICE - BRASS CORNERS AND CLASP. The Evening Service For The Sundays And Other Holy-days Throughout The Year....
London: John W. Parker, West Strand, 1844 .
8vo. 6.5" x 4.5" x 1". A very good original full leather binding. Black calf with gilt initials to front board: "C. J.". Elaborate pierced brass engraved outer corners. Central clasp with similar design and back stamped: "Barritt & Co.". Spine with 5 raised bands and gilt titles: "Church Service"; and "Evening". All edges bright gilt. Mourning card (white card with black border) with engraved name; "Lady Jackson." , to verso of front board. Previous owners signature to front free-endpaper: "C. H. C. Jackson, 1858." Main title in red, the remaining text in black, double column and within a red border. Title page to: "A New Version Of The Psalms Of David... Cambridge, 1844" in red and black. VG.
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A BARRISTER.: I Accuse France.
High Wycombe: Bucks Free Press, nd. (c.1937).
Reprinted form The Catholic Herald. The author's view was that: "France, through the duplicity of the Popular Front Government, has shamelessly broken the non-intervention pact and stands convicted before Europe as a nation that has broken her word." Pp.19, 4 b/w plates. Yellow wraps, rusting to staples. Scarce. VG.
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A PRIEST. Hints to Penitents.
London: G.J.Palmer & Sons, 1897.
6th edition. 13cms x 9cms. All edges red. Pp.286, last page of index missing. Purple cloth, gilt title and cross to front, spine faded. G+.
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A QUALIFIED MASSEUR.: Massage for the Million.
London: Thorsons. nd.
"Describes in simple terms the Modern Methods of the Art of Massage and illustrates how this science can be used in cases of Lumbago and numerous other ailments". Pp 71, top edge near to top of spine looks chewed, spotting to closed page edges. P/b. G.
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AALDERS, G.CH.: A Short Introduction to the Pentateuch.
London: Tyndale Press,1949.
1st ed. "The author, after carefully reviewing the main theories of the origin of the Pentateuch, proceeds to test many of the widely accepted conclusions of the documentary hypothesis." Pp.173, owners name to fep. Maroon cloth, d/w rubbed and chipped. G+/G+.
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ABBOTT, Edwin A.: Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions (Unabridged).
New York: Dover Publications. 1992.
"The work of English clergyman, educator and Shakespearean scholar Edwin A Abbott (1836-1926), it describes the journeys of A.Square, a mathematician and resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, where women - thin, straight lines - are the lowest of shapes, and where men may have any number of sides, depending on their social status". Pp 83, some b/w illustrations, slight toning to pages, name to fep. P/b. G+.
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ABBOTT, Lyman.: The Rights of Man. A Study in Twentieth Century Problems.
London:James Clarke,1901.
1st ed. A course of lectures delivered in Boston and New York, which attempt to define what are the rights of man in State, Church, and Society. Teg. Pp.12/375,owners name to prelims,toning to prelims and edges,, occasional pencil notations and underlings. Blue cloth,gilt title to spine,edges rubbed. G.
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ABBOTT, P.: Teach Yourself Geometry.
Sevenoaks: Hodder & Stoughton. 1984.
"A lucid introductory course which guides the reader confidently through the essential concepts and applications of geometry". Pp 334. P/b, slight creasing to spine. G+.
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ABDALATI, Hammudah.: Islam in Focus.
Karachi: Altaf & Sons. nd.
"The purpose of this work is simply to acquaint the average reader with the basic teachings of Islam". Pp 272, owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.
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ABRAHAMS, Peter.: A Wreath for Udomo.
London: Faber and Faber. 1977.
"Written with a close and sympathetic knowledge, gives fascinating insight into the African leaders, revolutionaries one moment, Prime Ministers the next". Pp 309, toning to pages, name to fep. P/b, slight crease to lower spine. G+.
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ABRAMS, M.H.: Natural Supernaturalism. Tradition and Revolution in Romantic Literature.
New York: W.W.Norton & Co.,1971.
Study of the Romantic Age 1789-1835. "Abrams shows that the major poets of the age had in common important themes, modes of expression, and ways of feeling and imagining; that the writings of these poets were an integral part of a comprehensive intellectual tendency which manifested itself in philosophy as well as poetry, in England and Germany; and that this tendency was causally related to drastic political and social changes of the age." Ex college library. Pp.550, library stamp to inside front board, scuff to fep. Black cloth, d/w has minor sunning to spine edge. VG/VG.
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ABSE, Dannie.: Selected Poems.
London: Penguin,1994.
Anthology of poetry selected from all Dannie Abse's published works to date. "Medicine, music, the myths of Judaism, the cities of London and Cardiff - recur in poems composed in a spare and witty style that liberates the speaking voice." Pp.10/228. Pbk. VG.
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ABULAFIA, David.: The Two Italies. Economic relations between the Norman Kingdom of Sicily and the Northern Communes.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977.
1st ed. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought. Third series. Volume 9. "...a study of the economic development of different areas of twelfth-century Italy whose commercial interests were closely inter-related...this book seeks to explain how the north Italian merchants attempted to extend and to protect their interests in the Kingdom of Sicily, by agreements with the Norman rulers or with those in Germany and Byzantium who aimed at the conquest of Sicily and southern Italy." Pp.20/310, 2 maps. Black cloth, d/w. VG/VG.
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ACC. For the Sake of the Kingdom. God's Church and the New Creation.
London: Church House Publishing (for ACC) 1986. 0715173057 0715173057
"Is the Anglican Commission still Anglican? Some Anglicans say they meet Christ in liberation from oppression, others find echoes of him in the Buddha. Are beliefs like this too diverse even for Anglicanism? The ACC asked fifteen theologians from all parts of the world to look at the question, resulting in a very honest report, using the minimum of technical terms ...". Pp.65. Pbk. VG.
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ACCM.: Teaching Christian Ethics.
London: SCM, 1974.
1st.ed. "After considering certain basic treatments of ethical questions, the book examines the resources of the Christian community as they are to be found in the Old Testament, the New Testament and the continuing tradition." Pp, 149, name to verso front cover. P/b, faded spine. G+.
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