Religione e teologia

A Collection of Papers, Designed to Explain and Vindicate the Present Mode of Subscription Required by the University of Oxford, from All Young Persons at Their Matriculation

Anonymous · 1772 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Oxford, J. and J. Fletcher, 1772 . First edition. Unbound. The first edition of this very scarce defence of the requirement of Oxford students to subscribe to the Anglican Church at matriculation. The first edition of this very scarce work, which gathers together papers submit...

An Appeal to Equity Showing the Unreasonableness & Injustice of Obliging Dissenters to Contribute Towards the Support of the Church of England; with Some Remarks on Tythes

Phileleutherus · 1817 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817 . First edition. Unbound. The first edition of this very scarce argument against the requirement of religious dissenters to support the Church of England monetarily. A very scarce first edition, credited only to the pseudonym...

A Discourse Concerning the Happiness of Good Men, and the Punishment of the Wicked, in the Next World &C

William Sherlock · 1726 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, D. Browne, J. Walthoe et al, 1726 . Leather. The fourth edition of William Sherlock theological discussion of heaven and hell. The fourth edition of this work, which was first published in 1704.Arranged in six sections, Sherlock's work discusses the reasoning for ...

Wonderful Works, or the Miracles of Christ

A Clergyman's Daughter [Ellen Clacy] · 1865 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1865. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this very scarce first edition religious work on the acts of Christ. First edition. Very scarce work. A charming work on the acts of Christ, with reference to Christ as the source of joy, the heal...

Redemption: The Christian Doctrine Set in the Light of History

J. Dick Fleming · 1921 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1921. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce theological work on the idea of redemption within Christianity by J. Dick Fleming in the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with ...

The Angel and the Star

Ralph Connor · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Hodder and Staughton , c1908. Paperback. A charming illustrated retelling of the stories of the nativity by Ralph Connor. An early edition. Illustrated with a plate to the front cover, a frontispiece and seven full colour plates. Collated complete. In the publisher&a...

The Mystery of the Holy Innocents and Other Poems

Charles Peguy; Pansy Pakenham [trans.] · 1956 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, The Harvill Press, 1956 . Cloth. The first UK edition of this translation of poetry by Charles Peguy, comprised of 'The Mystery of The Holy Innocents' and other poems. The first UK edition and the first English translation. Bound in the publisher's origi...

The Secret Teachings of All Ages, an Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic, and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy

Manly P. Hall · 1959 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

Los Angeles, The Philosophical Research Society, Inc, 1959. Cloth. A brilliant esoteric work by Manly Palmer Hall, an illustrated exploration of a variety of different mystic subjects. An extensive encyclopaedia work exploring masonic, hermetic, qabbalistic, and rosicrucian ph...

The Phoenix

Manly Palmer Hall · 1956 · Rooke Books

£2,950.00 (€3,536.56 | $3,898.02 | ¥622,537)

Los Angeles, The Philosophical Research Society, Inc, 1956. Cloth. An important mystic work by Manly Palmer Hall, exploring a wide variety of occult subjects, signed by the author. The third edition of this work, of which only one thousand copies were printed.Signed by the aut...

A Treatise on White Magic: Or, the Way of the Disciple

Alice A. Bailey · 1934 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, Lucis Publishing Company, 1934. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Alice Bailey's esoteric guide to white magic, encountering topics including the astral plane and esoteric senses. The very scarce first edition of this work by Alice Bailey, in ...

Sane Occultism

Dion Fortune [Violet Mary Firth] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Inner Light Publishing Society, 1938 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce 'first cheap edition' of Dion Fortune's discussion of various aspects of occultism. The first cheap edition of this work, the second edition overall.Fortune's guide to ...

The Mystical Qabalah

Dion Fortune [Violet Mary Firth] · 1951 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Williams & Norgate, 1951 . Cloth. The fourth impression of Dion Fortune's fascinating guide to the 'Mystical Qabalah&apos. The fourth impression of Dion Fortune's work, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with three foldin...

Le Thresor Des Prieres Et Oraisons

Jean du Ferrier · 1676 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

Rouen, Francois Vaultier, 1676. Vellum. A very scarce French 'treasure' of prayers, a mid-seventeenth century edition. A very scarce work.In French.A collection of prayers and orations, titled as 'The Treasure of Prayers&apos. Including several holy meditations ...

Le Vrai Communiant

Daniel de Superville · 1718 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Rotterdam, Abraham Acher, 1718. Leather. A scarce French text on how to be a true communicant, by the theologian and pastor Daniel de Superville. A scarce work.Complete as two volumes bound in one.In the original French.A religious treatise on the Holy Communion, in which the ...

Les Visites Charitables

Charles Drelincourt · 1665 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)

Paris, Olivier de Varennes, 1665-69. First edition. Leather. The scarce to see first edition of this religious work by Charles Drelincourt, offering a wide variety of consolations to offer solace during difficult periods of people's lives. The first edition of this scarce...

Regeneration: Being an Account of the Social Work of the Salvation Army in Great Britain

H. Rider Haggard · 1910 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this commentary on the social work of the Salvation Army from popular Victorian author H. Rider Haggard. First edition. With a frontispiece and five plates. Collated complete. A detailed comm...

La Journãƒâ©E Du Chrãƒâ©Tien Sanctifiãƒâ©E Par la Priãƒâ¨Re Et la Mãƒâ©Ditation

1878 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Not Stated, Alfred Mame at Fils, 1878 . Leather. A lovely copy of this Christian prayer book in French, approved by French Roman Catholic Archbishop Charles-Théodore Colet, smartly bound in full morocco. Bound in full morocco. Decorative gilt dentelles. Quite rare. A charmi...

Here and There in North India

Reverend Herbert Moore · 1914 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Westminster, Society's Office, 1914. Cloth. A scarce copy of this illustrated account of missionary work in the North of India. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a map, and thirty-one in-text and full-page images. Collated complete. An account of some of the m...

No Traveller Returns: Ten Chapters on the Future Life

Clarence May · 1932 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London , Skeffington & Son, Ltd. [1932]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce second impression of this work by Reverend Clarence May on the afterlife, with original unclipped dust wrapper. This is the first edition, second impression of this scarce work published 1932. Undated, da...

Lettres Sur Divers Sujets Concernant la Religion Et la Metaphysique

François de Salignac de La Motte Fenelon · 1718 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Paris, Jacques Estienne, 1718. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this classic of Christian literature, containing François Fénelon's defense of the Christian religion. The first edition of this work in a full speckled calf binding, with marbled paste downs...