Religione e teologia

La Communion Devote

Jean le Placette · 1700 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Amsterdam, George Gallet, 1700. Leather. A scarce French discussion on the communion and it's importance in the Catholic Church. A scarce work.Two volumes bound in one.In the original French, published in Amsterdam.A devotional guide on the communion by Jean le Placette, ...

L&Apos;Examen de Soy-Mesme, Pseaumes

Jean Claude · 1682 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

Charenton, Samuel Perrier; Samuel Perier, 1682. Leather. Two French religious works bound in one, including the psalms, and an exploration on how to prepare for Communion. Two volumes bound in one.Both works are in French. 'L'Examen de Soy-Mesme, Pour se Bien Prepar...

The Life of the Waiting Soul in the Intermediate State

R. E. Sanderson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd. 1900. Cloth. The ninth edition of this scarce religious work on death by R. E. Sanderson. The ninth edition. First published in 1896. In the publisher's original gilt cloth.A scarce work. This work was written by R. E. Sanderson ...

La Semaine Sainte

Charles du Vernoy; Charles Duvernoy · 1696 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

Geneva, Samuel de Tournes, 1696. Leather. A very scarce French collection of prayers for Holy Week, by Charles Duvernoy. A very scarce work.In the original French.The fifth edition of this work.Lacking a third of the title page, resulting in some loss to the title, and publica...

The Training and Work of an Initiate

Dion Fortune [Violet Mary Firth] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, The Aquarian Press, 1955 . Cloth. The second edition of Dion Fortune's guide to esoteric initiation, an 'essential book for all true students of Occultism&apos. The very scarce second edition of Dion Fortune's work, which was first published in 1930. In ...

The Cosmic Doctrine

Dion Fortune [Violet Mary Firth] · 1966 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

Toddington, Cheltenham, Helios Book Service (Publications) Ltd, 1966 . Cloth. A bright 1960s printing of Dion Fortune's very scarce posthumously published occult work, consisting of 'teachings which were received from the Inner Planes&apos. First published in 1949 in...

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

H. Rider Haggard · 1910 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

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...

Christianity and the French Revolution

A. Aulard; Lady Frazer [translator] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Ernest Benn, Limited, 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first translated edition of this historical study of the effects of Christianity on the French Revolution. First thus. Very scarce work. A historical commentary on the relationship between Christianity and the Frenc...

Delle Apparizioni, Ed Operazioni de&Apos; Spiriti

Antanagio Cavalli; Antansio Cavalli · 1765 · Rooke Books

£1,990.00 (€2,385.68 | $2,629.51 | ¥419,949)

Milano, Federigo Agnelli, 1765. First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this very scarce Italian work on apparitions and spirits, a landmark work discussing the casuistry of spirits. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original Italian.'Delle Apparizioni...

Introduction to the Study of the Tarot

Oswald Wirth · 1983 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Northamptonshire, The Aquarian Press, 1983. Paperback. A scarce guide to tarot by the leading occultist Oswald Wirth, an illustrated study on the cards. A scarce work, the second impression in the English language.Oswald Wirth's concise and detailed introduction to tarot,...

The New Irish Pulpit, or Gospel Preacher

Anonymous · 1936 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Dublin , John Robertson and Company , 1936-37. Cloth. Two volumes of this very scarce collection of issues from the 'New Irish Pulpit' publication. The second edition, reprinted to meet the demand of their readers as stated to the preface to 'Volume II&apos.  ...

The Book of Common Prayer

1899 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Oxford; London, Oxford University Press; Henry Frowde, c1899. Leather. A smartly bound edition of this important religious text, a thin paper edition bound by R. A. & D. McGregor. A smart edition of 'The Book of Common Prayer', a small thin paper edition published by...

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, from the Companion to the Book of Common Prayer, for the Use of the Abbey Church of Great Malvern

1832 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1832. Leather. A smart, pocket-sized collection of psalms and hymns, for the use of the Abbey Church of Great Malvern. A very scarce edition of this work in a full morocco binding with gilt detailing to the boards and spine, and the gilt initials &...

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

1823 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

Edinburgh, Sir D. Hunter Blair and J. Bruce, 1823 . Leather. A leather-bound book of common prayer, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland. Bound in full calf, with gilt detailing. This 'Book of Common Prayer' is comprised of guidance for ad...

Letter from the Right Honourable Lord Petre, to the Right Reverend Doctor Horsley, Bishop of St. David&Apos;S

Robert Petre, 9th Baron Petre · 1790 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Dublin, P. Byrne, and J. Moore, 1790 . First edition. Paperback. The first Dublin edition of Robert Petre's response to Bishop Horsley. The first Dublin edition of this very scarce work. It was published in London in the same year.Retaining the original half title.Robert ...

The Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of Spain; the Bible in Spain or, the Journeys, Adventures and Imprisonments of an Englishman

George Borrow · 1907 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, John Murray, 1907-1930. Cloth. Bright copies of George Borrow's two works on Spain and the Romani people. Two works by George Borrow in the publisher's original cloth bindings.Ink inscriptions to the front free end paper of The Bible in Spain.Illustrated with...

The Church Plate of the County of Northampton

Christopher A. Markham · 1894 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1894 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this limited edition study of the Church plate of Northampton, in a lovely half calf binding. Number fifty-seven of two hundred large paper copies of this work produced.Illustra...

Paroissien Romain

1893 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Paris , Alfred Mame et Fils , 1893 . Leather. A handsomely bound French religious text on roman parishioners. Handsomely bound in a morocco binding. A rare prayer book is written in French and Latin.A charming pocketbook. This book was intended to be used at Sunday worship. It...

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

None Stated · 1851 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

London, G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1851. Leather. A pocket-sized edition of the common prayer book with the psalter and psalms of David. Pocket-sized. The Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according ...

Vie de Jesus

Ernest Renan · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Paris, Calmann Levy, c1867. Leather. The enormously popular work on the life of Jesus, published in the original French language. French language. Thirteenth edition. A widely read work on the life of Jesus written following the sudden death of the author's sister during ...