Religione e teologia

The Episcopalian&Apos;S Plea, and Help to a Holy and Consistent Life

John Newton · 1816 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Fredericksburg, William F. Gray, 1816 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first US edition of Anglican evangelical and abolitionist John Newton's essays and writings on faith and morality. The vanishingly scarce first US edition of this compilation of the religious ...

Remains of the Late Reverend and Learned John Edwards

John Edwards · 1731 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, E. Say; W. Meadows, 1731 . First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this collected edition of the theological writings of Calvinist clergyman John Edwards. The very scarce first edition of this posthumously published collection of the writings of...

The Psalter or the Psalms of David

Walter Bond Gilbert · 1882 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

New York, E.P. Dutton and Company, 1882. Cloth. A very scarce book of Psalms of David, containing an array of chants, composed by English organist at the Trinity Episcopal Church Gilbert Bond White. The very scarce Psalter or Psalms of David by English composer and organist Wa...

The Book of Common Prayer & Hymns Ancient and Modern

1880 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Henry Frowde; William Clowes and Sons, c.1880 . Leather. Two pocket-sized, uniformly bound works, being the Book of Common Prayer and a selection of Hymns Ancient and Modern, with a leather case. Two pocket-sized, uniformly bound works in green morocco with the origina...

The Kalendar & Compost of Shepherds from the Original Edition Published by Guy Marchant in Paries in the Year 1493, and Translated Into English C. 1518: Newly Edited for the Year 1931

Guy Merchant · 1931 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London , Peter Davies, 1931. Cloth. An illustrated copy of this 1931 reprint of this 1493 incunable almanac, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A reprint of the original edition published in 1493.In publisher's original beige cloth binding. In the original unclipped ...

The Economy of Human Life

Robert Dodsley · 1823 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Birmingham, T. Bloomer, 1823. Leather. A very scarce edition of this influential religious work, with a frontispiece. A very scarce edition. With an engraved frontispiece. Lacking blanks and endpapers, otherwise complete. Text pagination begins at page five, as issued. The Eco...

S. Clementis Romani, S. Ignatii, S. Polycarpi, Patrum Apostolicorum, Quae Supersunt

Guilielmus Jacobson [William Jacobson] · 1847 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Oxonii, E Typographeo Academico, 1847. Vellum. The second volume of this detailed analysis of the writings of the first three Apostolic Fathers, written in both Latin and Greek. Latin and Greek. Volume two of two only. An analysis of the writings of The Apostolic fathers, also...

Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquary

John Chapman · 1743 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Bible and Bill, 1743. Cloth. A smartly bound revised edition of this collection of tracts from English cleric and scholar John Chapman. Revised and corrected with additions, and collected into one volume. A collection of tracts, entitled: Primitive Antiquary Explained ...

Three Surrey Churches: A Chapter of English History

Rev. H. R. Ware; P. G. Palmer; Major-General E. Renouard James · 1900 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Guildford, Frank Lasham, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical study of three churches in Surrey, England. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifty-four in-text images. A detailed historical study of three churches in ...

The High Crime of Not Insuring

Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage · 1877 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, J. W. Allingham, 1877. First edition. Paperback. A smart first UK edition of this very scarce pamphlet from American preacher Thomas De Witt Talmage. First UK edition, published the same year as the first US edition. Very scarce work. A record of a sermon originally pr...

A Facsimile of the General Theological Seminary&Apos;S Gutenberg Bible

Johannes Gutenberg · 1966 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

New York City, The General Theological Seminary, 1966 . Cloth. A very scarce privately produced facsimile of the General Theological Seminary's own copy of the Gutenberg Bible, produced by the Seminary themselves. A two volume very scarce facsimile of The General Theologi...

Mes Cloitres Dans la Tempete

Martial Lekeux · 1922 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Paris, Librairie Plon, 1922. Hardback. A smartly bound copy of this religious study from Belgian monk Martial Lekeux, in the original French. French. A detailed and comprehensive religious study, exploring the author's own transition from civilian life to that of a Monk. ...

A Key to the New Testament. Giving an Account of the Several Books, the Contents, Their Authors, and of the Times, Places and Occasional, on Which They Were Respectively Written.

Thomas Percy · 1766 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1766 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition of this eighteenth-century introductory guide to the New Testament, compiled by Thomas Percy, the Bishop of Dromore and chaplain to George III. First edition. Very scarce work. Bound i...

A Reply to the Charges Made by the Rev. Walter Farquhar Hook Against the Catholic Church, and the Catholics of England

Verax, A Catholic Layman [M. D. Talbot] · 1837 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Booker and Dolman; Keating and Brown, 1837 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of this response to criticisms levelled against Catholicism in England. A very scarce work.Inscribed by the author to the verso of a front b...

The Book of Job

Walter Runciman [ed.] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

East Sheen, Temple Sheen Press, 1918 . Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Walter Runciman's limited edition of the Book of Job, inscribed to prolific English novelist Marie Belloc Lowndes. Signed by the author to prolific English novelist Marie Belloc Lowndes, with the ...

The Richt Vay to the Kingdom of Heuine

John Gau; A. F. Mitchell [editor] · 1888 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1888. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this interesting work from Scottish translator and author John Gau. Entitled The Richt vay to the Kingdome of Heuine or "The Right way to the Kingdom of Heaven." The Scottish Text Society. The chief ...

The Infancy of Our Lord

The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · 1900 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1900. Cloth. A very scarce booklet on the birth of Christ, with beautiful colour illustrations and gilt detailing. A very scarce work in a quarter cloth binding with the original pictorial paper boards. Previous owner&apos...

Petite Missel Romain Contenant L&Apos;Ordinaire de la Messe, la Messe de Mariage Et la Messe Des Morts

1889 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Tours , Alfred Mame et Fils , 1889. Leather. A pleasing pocket book of this French Roman Missal, bound in full crushed morocco, with an accompanying slipcase. No. 17.This French pocket book copy of the Roman Missal contains the Ordinary of the Mass, the Wedding Mass and the Ma...

Missionary Explorers, Missionary Heroines of the Cross, Heroines of Missionary Adventure

R. A. M. Ibbotson; E. C. Dawson · 1920 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Seeley, Service & Co, 1920-30. Cloth. An illustrated set of three volumes recounting the adventures of Christian missionaries, by R. A. M. Ibbotson, and E. C. Dawson. Three volumes on Christian missionaries, by R. A. M. Ibbotson, and E. C. Dawson.These three works expl...

Africa in Transformation

Norman Maclean · 1913 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, James Nisbet & Co. 1913. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed study of missionary work in Africa from Norman Maclean. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, nineteen images across fifteen plates, and a folding map to the rear. Collated ...