Religione e teologia

Two Apologies: One for Christianity, in a Series of Letters Addressed to Edward Gibson Esq. The Other for the Bible in Answer to Thomas Paine to Which Are Added Two Sermons, a Charge, in Defence of Revealed Religion.

Richard Watson · 1816 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Scatcherd and Letterman, 1816. Cloth. A review of Christianity and the recommendation of the Religion of Christ by Richard Watson. Seventh and tenth editions. A recommendation for the religion of Christianity, told in sermons, a charge and a series of letters. Written ...

Remains of Alexander Knox

Alexander Knox · 1845 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Duncan and Malcolm, 1845. Leather. Three smart volumes from the Remains of Alexander Knox, the collected writings of an important theologian. Volume II, III and IV of this work in half calf bindings, with the binder's label of Fletcher to the front paste downs. Al...

Fox[E]&Apos;S Book of Martyrs

John Foxe · 1812 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, A. K. Newman and Co. 1812. Leather. A very scarce edition of the important religious work by John Foxe, illustrated throughout. A very scarce edition of this important religious work. With eight plates depicting the deaths of various martyrs. The Actes and Monuments, m...

Three Months in the Forests of France

Margaret Stokes · 1895 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, George Bell and Sons , 1895. First edition. Cloth. A handsome first edition by Margaret Stokes, detailing her pilgrimage to France in search of vestiges of the Irish saints. A first edition, In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt detail. With a fronti...

The Jubilee

James Campbell Bell · 1887 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Edinburgh , T & A Constable, 1887. Cloth. A very scarce copy of The Jubilee by James Campbell Bell. A very scarce volume by James Campbell Bell, who was a cashier and book-keeper to Mr Moncur an auctioneer. The volume details Bell's religious convictions. Bell had the ext...

Ouvrages Posthumes

Jean Mabillon; Thierry Ruinart; Vincent Thuillier [ed.] · 1724 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Paris, Francois Babuty, 1724. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this three volume posthumous publication of the works of French theologians Jean Mabillon and Thierry Ruinart. In the original French.The very scarce first edition of this posthumously publi...

A Prospective-Glass for Saints & Sinners

John Saddington · 1823 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, J. May, 1823. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce Muggletonian tract expressing the struggles and pitfalls of the urban Muggletonian follower, written by theologian John Saddington. A fascinating mid seventeenth century Muggletonian tract expressing the potential pitfalls...

A True Interpretation of the Witch of Endor

Lodowick Muggleton · 1856 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Joseph Frost, 1856. Brochure/Pamphlet. The fifth edition of this Muggletonian pamphlet from 1724 which discusses the Witch of Endor, a scarce work. This work outlines Muggleton's views on spirits and witches. A scarce work, in any edition. Some pages remain unop...

The Thirty Nine Articles and the Constitutions and Canons of the Church of England

The Church of England · 1739 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Baskett, 1739 . Leather. Rebound in a bright quarter calf, this is a very scarce mid-eighteenth century edition of the Church of England's thirty-nine articles, printed alongside a number of further contemporary remarks about the workings and doctrine of the ...

Socialismo E Cattolicismo

Eduardo Soderini · 1896 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Rome, Desclee, Lefebvre, 1896. Leather. A well presented copy of Eduardo Soderini's Socialismo E Cattolicismo in the original Italian with a folding table to the rear. Eduardo Soderini's Socialismo E Cattolicismo in the original Italian. Including a table folded to ...

Spirit Mediums Exposed

Samri Frikell; Houdini; Howard Thurston; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · 1930 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

New York, New Metropolitan Fiction Inc, 1930. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce magazine on the spiritual and medium world with contributions by Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle, a unique work fully illustrated throughout. A vanishingly scarce work.Illustrated with photographs and...

Self-Purification

J. S. Davidson; Annie Besant; Various · 1914 · Rooke Books

£875.00 (€1,048.98 | $1,156.19 | ¥184,651)

India, Theosophical Publishing House, 1914. Cloth. A very scarce collection of quotes and passages on self-purification, mostly by the leading theosophist Annie Besant. Very scarce.A concise volume containing a plethora of quotes on the subject of self-purification.The majorit...

Traite de Sorcellerie Et de Magie Pratique

R. J. Simard · 1930 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Paris, Librairie Astra, 1930. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce original French work by R. J. Simard, looking into the history and practice of magic and the occult. A very scarce work. This was the only edition.In the original French.Half-title is present.A general guide...

Sermons on Spiritualism at Stockton

Archdeacon Colley · 1907 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Ellis & Keene, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work on spiritualism by eccentric and spiritualist Reverend Colley of Stockton. Written by Archdeacon Colley, an eccentric and the rector of Stockton. Colley was a spiritualist and a friend to Arthur Conan Doyle; he c...

The Theosophist

Various · 1910 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1910-1911. Cloth. An uncommon early volume from occultist journal 'The Theosophist&apos. Founded in 1879 for the international Theosophical Society based in Adyar, India, The Theosophist still runs to the day, and features articles on occultism, p...

Astrology: How to Read Your Fortune in the "Stars

Sagittarian · 1914 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd. 1914 . Cloth. A fascinating and scarce work on astrology and horoscopes published under the name 'Sagittarian&apos. Published under the pseudonym Sagittarian. Presented in the original decorative cloth boards. The first edition of this wo...

Bravarium Romanum: Ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum

1684 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Antverpiae [Antwerp], Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1684 . Leather. The very scarce 1684 edition of the Roman Breviary, the important liturgical book of the Catholic Church. In a tree calf binding, and illustrated with engraved plates. In the original Latin.A ver...

The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed As They Are to Be Sung or Said in Churches; and the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons and a New Version of the Psalms of David Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches

1844 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

Oxford, Oxford at the University Press, 1844. Leather. A large paper copy of the Book of Common Prayer, together with a new version of the Psalms of David. A large paper copy of this Book of Common Prayer bound together with a new version of the Psalms of David by fitted to th...

Clairvoyance

C. W. Leadbeater · 1917 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Theosophical Publishing Society , 1917. Cloth. The third edition of Leadbeater's theosophical study of clairvoyance. The third edition of this work. A theosophical study of clairvoyance by Charles W. Leadbeater, originally published in 1899. Leadbeater proposes a ...

The Beginnings of Seership

Vincent N. Turvey · 1940 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Manchester , The Worlds Publishing Co. 1940. Cloth. A fascinating scarce early study of seership by Vincent Turvey, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. Vincent N. turvey was a British clairvoyant and engineer, known for his work on parapsychology. The present work was un...