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The Romance of the Catholic Presbyterian Church.

DIXON, W.GRAY. · 1918 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Dunedin: Wm.H.Adams, 1918. Lectures delivered to the Teachers' Training Classes of the Dunedin Presbytery. Pp163, bookseller's inkstamp to front free endpaper, spotting to closed page edges occasionally touching into margins. Brown cloth, black title to front. G+.

Private Vices - Public Virtues. Bawdry in London from Elizabethan Times to the Regency.

BURFORD, E.J. AND WOTTON, JOY. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London; Robert Hale, 1995. 0709057245. 1st edition. "An exuberant social history of the seamier side of London's life..This is a rampant history of bawds and their various lodgings, from coffee-house to whore-house. It delineates the growth of a sub-culture shaped by the devel...

The Witchfinder and the Devil's Darlings.

PETERS, SIMON. · 2003 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Lucas Books, 2003. 1903797217. 1st edition. "The story of the rise of witchcraft in England and how a king of Scotland who came to the throne of England tightened up the witch laws. How a young man named Matthew Hopkins used those laws to have scores of people hanged and made ...

A History of The Worshipful Company of Farmers. The First Fifty Years 1952-2002.

BERLIN, MICHAEL. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Chichester: Phillimore, 2001. 1860771696. 1st edition. Limited edition of 1000 of which this is No.43. "Its late foundation, by comparison with related companies such as the Butchers, Poulters and Woolmen, probably relates to the lack of business interests by farmers in the Ci...

R.A.F.A. Annual 1952.

BLUNT, RAYMOND J.(EDITOR). · 1952 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: R.A.F.A Publishing Company Limited/Gale & Polden Ltd, 1952. Annual publication of the Royal Air Forces Association, containing articles, photographs, illustrations of Air Force badges, cartoons and humour. Pp.96, black & white photographs and cartoons throughout, adver...

Cavaliers of Kham. The Secret War in Tibet. (Signed).

PEISSEL, MICHEL. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London; Heinemann, 1972. 1st edition. "Tells the story of how, out in the nameless wilds of Tibet..a bitter guerrilla war againt China has been fought by a race of nomadic warriors, the Khambas - men formerly branded by Peking, Britain and the Dalai Lama himself as "cavaliers,...

Revelations from the Secret Service. The Spy on Two Fronts. (Translated by Captain Raglan Somerset).

BOUCARD, ROBERT. · 1930 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London:Hutchinson & Co.Ltd, nd.(c.1930). Contents: Part One: State Secrets. I. How the Germans had Planned to Invade the United States; II. How the English Deciphered Enemy Telegrams; III. The Denouement of the Plot within Mexico; IV. "Not to be Opened for Twenty Years"; V. Ho...

The Evolution of the Christian Ministry.

COHU, THE REV.J.R. · 1918 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: John Murray, 1918. The Modern Churchman's Library series Vol.III. "The aim of this book is to give an accurate account, free from ecclesiastical bias, of the evolution of the Christian Ministry from the Apostolic Age to the present day."[Author's preface. 1918]. Pp.x/1...

Judgement on Hatcham. The History of a Religious Struggle 1877-1886.

COOMBS, JOYCE. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London; The Faith Press, 1969. 1st edition. "Saint James's, Hatcham, and its vicar, Arthur Tooth, were names recognized up and down the length and breadth of the country..Opposing parties, Evangelical and Catholic, engaged in a fierce and bitter struggle for domination in the ...

The Study of Ecclesiastical History.

COLLINS, WILLIAM EDWARD. · 1903 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1903. Handbooks for the Clergy series. Looks at how to study history rather than being an actual history of the Church. 18cms x 12.5cms. Pp.166/4/24(ads for other publications), spotting to preliminaries and occasionally to margins. Green blind-...

Liberal Orthodoxy. A Historical Survey.

CLARK, HENRY W. · 1914 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

London: Chapman and Hall, 1914. 1st edition. The Great Christian Theologies series. Chapters include: I. The Antecedents; II.The Forerunners in the Cambridge Platonists; III. The Interval; IV.The Revival - Germany; V.The Revival - Britain and America; VI.Development - Germany ...

Epilogue to "The Old Vale and Its Memories".

FERGUSON, JAMES AND TEMPLE, JAMES GRAHAM. · 1929 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Privately printed, 1929. Printed for Private Circulation only and published 31st August 1929. (Sequel to The Old Vale and its Memories published in 1927). **The Vale of Leven (Scottish Gaelic: Magh Leamhna) is an area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, in the valley of the Rive...

The Fruits of Controversy.

LANGTON, EDWARD. · 1952 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London:Lutterworth Press,1952. 1st ed. "The story of the winning of civil and religious liberty" in England and Scotland, including the settlement of the Pilgrim Fathers in America. Pp.288,b/w frontis of the Pilgrim Fathers. Green cloth. VG.

A History of Christ Church Crimean Memorial Church Istanbul. 1868-1968.

ANON. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

nd.(c.1968). "The Crimean Memorial Church in Istanbul was concerated in 1868 - but its foundation was suggested by the theen - Bishop of Gibraltar, Dr Tomlinson, some fourteen years previously, during the Crimean War itself.." Pp.20, 4 black & white plates. Red card covers, re...

Glimpses of Mellor.

SWANN, JOHN. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Stockport: R.S.Lumby, 1972. 2nd impression. Reprint of the original (first published in 1940) on the history of the Mellor district of Stockport in Cheshire. Pp.72, occasional black & white photos. Green illustrated card covers. VG.

Peeps at History. France. Containing 16 full-page illustrations, 8 of them in colour, and five line illustrations in the text.

FINNEMORE, JOHN. · 1913 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1913. 1st edition. Pp.viii/88/8(ads for other publications), colour frontispiece + 7 further colour plates(including the one to the front board as called for) + 8 black & white plates and 5 line illustrations in the text, gift message to reverse...

The Political, Social, And Literary History Of Germany From The Commencement To The Present Day. By The Rev. Dr. Cobham Brewer, Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

BREWER, REVERAND DR. COBHAM . · 1881 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London: Thos. De La Rue & Co, 1881 . 0. First edition. Author's copy with dedication to his daughter. A very good original Victorian binding. 8vo. 7.75" x 5.25" x 1.00" . pp.45/pp.329/[6pp. - Advertisements] + Errata slip. Dark blue pebbled cloth covered boards. Gilt titles to...

The Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Buckler's Hard, Beaulieu.

GOUDGE, ELIZABETH. · 1900 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Lymington: Kings (printers), nd. Copyright Reserved edition. Pp.15. Blue card covers, slightly dulled to edges, crease to rear top corner. G+.**Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge FRSL (24 April 1900 – 1 April 1984) was an English author of novels, short stories and children's books...

Studies in the English Reformation. (The Moorhouse Lectures, 1912).

CLARKE, HENRY LOWTHER. (ARCHBISHOP OF MELBOURNE). · 1912 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: SPCK, 1912. 1st edition. "The Reformation of the English Church includes a number of different events extending through nearly a century and a half of time, from 1534 to 1662..It is interwoven with the political life of the natio, and the controversies raged throughout...

Waymarks in Church History.

BRIGHT, WILLIAM. · 1894 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1894. 1st edition. Chapters include: I. On the Study of Church HIstory; II. Gnosticism and St. Irenaeus; III. Ante-Nicene Sectarianism; IV. The Arian Controversy: Its Issues and its Lessons; V.The Episcopate of St Basil; VI. The Christological Con...