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Paddy and Thomas. First Dialogue.
Dublin: R. Napper, 1820. 12 pages. Wood-engraving on title. Plain sugar-paper wrappers. 173 x 105 mm. A fine copy. Together with: Paddy and Thomas. Second Dialogue. Dublin. R. Napper. 1820. 12 pages. Plain sugar-paper wraps. 173 x 106 mm. A fine copy. Sold as a pair.
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PRAYERS WRITTEN AT VAILIMA.
London.Chatto & Windus. 1910. [Unpaginated]. Original full vellum gilt with yellow ribbon ties. t.e.g. Illustrated throughout by Alberto Sangorski. 26.5 x 21 cms. First edition. Boards a trifle grubby with some rubbing at edges; endpapers browned; ownership inscription to front free endpaper; first two pages opened, next two half opened and all others unopened. A very good, bright copy.
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SERMONS PREACHED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
London.R. Bronwicke, J. Walthoe, R. Wilkin, B. Tooke, J. Ward. and E. Nutt. 1722. [ii], 1-440, [4]pp catalogue at rear. Contemporary full calf, gilt. Octavo. Spine a little rubbed and worn; corners a touch bumped; hinges cracked; bookplate of Tortworth Rectory with hand-written shelf no. above to front pastedown endpaper. A very good copy.
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SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND RELIGIOUS LABOURS OF SARAH GRUBB. With an Appendix, containing an account of Ackworth School, remarks on Christian Discipline and extracts from her letters. Second edition.
London: James Phillips, 1794. vi, 438 pages. Contemporary full calf, gilt. 12mo. Spine chipped at foot, head tender; gift inscription on endpaper; else a very good copy. The first edition was published in Dublin in 1792.
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SPIRITS OF THE CORN and of the Wild. Vol I [of two] from Part V of the Golden Bough.
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1912. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. xvii, 319 pages. Original green cloth, gilt. Original printed dust-wrapper. Octavo. Third edition. A very good, crisp copy in a like dust-wrapper. Volume one of two only.
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The Archbishop of Cambray's DISSERTATION ON PURE LOVE, With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Lady, for whose sake the Archbishop was banish'd from Court. And the grievous Persecutions she suffere'd in France for her Religion. Also two Letters in French and English, written by one of the Lady's Maids, during her confinement in the Castle of Vincennes, where she was a prisoner Eight Years: One of the Letters was writ with a Bit off Stick instead of a Pen, and Soot instead if Ink, to her Brother; the Other to a Clergyman. Together with an Apologetic Preface, Containing divers Letters of the Archbishop of Cambray, to the Duke of Burgundy, the Present French King's Father, and other Persons of Distinction: Also Divers Letters of the Lady to Persons of Quality, relating to her Religious Principles.
London: Luke Hinde, 1735. cxxviii, 139 pages. Contemporary full calf; five raised bands, gilt to the spine; label chipped; Binding: 20 x 13 cm. First edition. Signature of, 'T. Powys 1736' [Thomas Powys (1719-1767)], on front pastedown endpaper, together with the bookplate of Lord Lilford and a Lilford Library label. Small ownership signature on free endpaper; endpapers browned; bookplate removed from rear pastedown endpaper; binding rubbed and cracked at both spine joints, but firm; label chipped; else a very good copy. François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, more commonly known as François Fénelon (6 August 1651 – 7 January 1715), was a French Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer. Today he is mostly remembered for being the author of The Adventures of Telemachus, first published in 1699.
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THE BIBLE PICTURE BOOK.
London: Darton & Clark, No date. Hardcover. [140] pages. Fairly recent quarter bound morocco over marbled boards, with black title label. Twenty four full-page hand-coloured plates, including frontispiece. 21.4 x 17 cms. Endpapers very lightly dust-soiled; someoff-setting to plates; else a very good copy in a handsome binding.
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THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, And Administration of The Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David; Pointed as they are to sung or said in Churches.
Oxford: T. Wright and W. Gill, Printer to the University: Sold by S. Crowder, 1774. Bound in full red untitled morocco with black gilt device to the panels, and elaborately gilded spine in compartments. All edges gilt. Two silk ribbons markers. 12mo. Binding: 18 x 10.5 cm. Ownership inscription of Jane Smart 1781 on front endpaper. One corner a little worn; else a very handsome example.
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THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the church of England: Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches: and the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.
London: Thomas Baskett, 1746. Bound in full black calf, gilt. All edges gilt. Quarto. Binding: 25 x 19.5 cm. Name date partly scribbled through; Manuscript prayer to rear endpaper; well-used, having come from a long line of country vicars, with some creasing or corners and edges; gilt worn on fore-edges; binding expertly repaired. A very good copy.
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THE CLERGY-MAN’S VADE MECUM: Or, and Account of the Antient and Present Church of England; The Duties and Rights of the Clergy; and of Their Privileges and Hardships. Containing Full Directions relating to Ordination, Institution, Induction, and most of the Difficulties which they commonly meet with in the Discharge of their Office. The Second Edition, with large Additions.
London: Printed for John Nicholson, Robert Knaplock, and Samuel Ballard; in Little Britain, and St. Paul’s Churchyard, 1707. [xxiv], 312, [33], [3 ad’s] pages. Contemporary full calf with red gilt title label to the spine. 159 x 102 mm. Binding a little rubbed and worn; else a very good, clean copy.
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THE CRIES OF A WOUNDED CONSCIENCE; Or, The Sorrowful SIGHS of a TREMBLING SINNER AT THE POINT of DEATH.
No imprint, but ESTC suggests Birmingham: 1796. 8 pages. Illustrated with three wood-engravings and tail-piece. Uncut at top edge, so still folded as a single sheet. A very good copy.
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THE DUTY AND ADVANTAGE OF EARLY RISING.
London.Printed by J. Paramore. 1783. [3], 4-15, [1]pp. Disbound, probably from a collection. 12mo. First edition. Light spotting to margins; fore-edges a little browned; else a very good copy.
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THE EPISTLES OF ST. JOHN.
Birmingham: J. Moore, No date [inscribed 1833]. 55 pages. Original red calf, gilt. All edges gilt. Binding size: 6.4 x 5.3 cm. [21/2" x 2"]. Inscription on endpaper; else a very good copy.
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THE GLORY OF THEIR TIMES, OR THE LIVES OF YE PRIMITIVE FATHERS. CONTAYNING THEIR CHIEFEST ACTIONS, WORKES, SENTENCES AND DEATHS.
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THE HAPPY MAN; or, The Life of William Kelly, a tailor in the Islae of Man, who turned fisherman, and lived for many years of his life on less than two shillings a week. A true History.
London: F. Collins…, No date [circa 1810-20]. 8 pages. Wood-engraving on cover/title. Octavo. A folded sheet uncut and unstitched. Little creased at fore-edge; else very good.
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THE HISTORY OF THE SEVENTY TWO INTERPRETERS: Of their Journey from Jerusalem to Alexandria: Their Entertainment at the Egyptian Court: Their Version of the Septuagint: With all the Circumstances of that Illustrious Transaction. Written in Greek by Aristeas, Embassador from Ptolomæus Philadelphus – King of Egypt, to Eleazar, High-Priest of the Jews. Inscrib'd to his Brother Philocrates. To which is added, The History of the Angles, and their Gallantry with the Daughters of Men. Written by Enoch the Patriarch. Prublish'd in greek by Dr. Grabe. Made English by Mr. Lewis, of Corpus Christi College in Oxford.
London: J. Hooke, and T. Caldecott, 1715. [4], xix, [1 blank], 196 pages. Bound in relatively recent two-tone paper covered boards. 12mo. Lower outer corner of first few leaves rounded; some browning; else very good.
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THE HUSBANDMAN’S MANUAL: Directing him how to improve The several Actions of his CALLING, and The most useful Occurrences of his Life, to the Glory of God, and the Benefit of his Soul. The Seventh Edition. Written by a Minister in the Country, for the Use of his Parishioners. Price 3d. or 20s. per Hund.
London: J. Downing, 1727. 60 pages. 12mo. Dis-bound from a collection, but a very good, clean copy. 159 x 90 mm. First published 1707.
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THE INCOME TAX; or, Directions for making a safe return. A Dialogue, between Mr Faithful and his neighbour.
London: John Mason, No date [circa 1840/50]. Softcover. 12 pages. Woodcut on cover/title. 12mo. Sewn into a brown printed wrapper that was probably available for any tract in the series. This title being numbered 44.A. A very good copy.
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THE JOY OF LITTLE FOLKS Travels in the Old testament. A Bible Game for Sundays.
London.S. W. Partridge. No date (circa 1905/08). Folding coloured pictorial lithographed sheet with typical 'Goose Game' spiral. 32pp. book of rules, and a printed card with 'revised rules'. All contained in the original slipcase with a mounted pictorial label. A very good copy of a rare game, unknown to Whitehouse.
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THE LIFE OF CARDINAL REGINALD POLE, Written originally in Italian, by Lodovico Beccatelli, Archbishop of Raguna; And now first translated into English. With Notes Critical and Historical. To which is added, An Appendix, setting forth the Plagiarisms, False Translations, and False Grammar in Thomas Phillips's History of the Life of Reginald Pole By the Reverend Benjamin Pye.
London: C. Bathhurst, 1766. xxiv, 225, [1] pages. Bound in full calf, recently re-backed; black gilt title label. Octavo. First edition. A very good, clean copy.
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