Search Results: Religion from Nigel Sustins Books

UK: Church Missionary Society, 1914. First popular edition, marvellously evocative photographs, decorated cloth boards with only moderate wear and marking, top edge gilt (some rubbing), other edges rough-cut with foxing and rubbing/crinkling to page edges, spots of foxing throughout without affecting text, a very good solid-looking copy.. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good.

Kent: Hand and Flower Press, 1951. Decorative boards with a grey cloth spine strip, minimal wear, inscribed by the author to front free endpaper, signed 'Margaret' and dated October 1951; textured, semi-transparent dust-wrapper with spider-web designs, some scuffing and creasing to the edges, but predominantly very good.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Burns & Oates, 1905. The original book, blue cloth browned to the edges and spine, wear/rubbing to spine ends, convent school award sticker to front free endpaper, internally generally good (some dust and foxing to edges).. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Joseph Ogle Robinson, 1831. A rare early edition of the famous Concordance, black cloth which is worn, wrinkled and marked, edges and corners bumped, top of spine bumped and frayed, rough cut pages with dust, browning and some foxing, title label on spine is soiled but legible, frontispiece engraving of Cruden with tissue guard, both yellowed and foxed, foxing to prelims, on front pastedown there is an ink name, and a very small sticker for 'Stratford Public Library, Worcester'; also contains Concordance to Apocrypha and a sketch of the life and character of the author by William Youngman. Extra postage required.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

India: Divine Life Society, 1968. 3rd edition 1968, generally good, some wrinkling/paper loss to pastedowns and endpapers, written notes to last endpaper with edge torn off, dust-wrapper marked and frayed.. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable.

UK: Epworth Press, 1978. SIGNED first edition. One of the major books of spirituality by a renowned Methodist minister, signed by him to half title (name of previous owner also on half title), card covers as issued with slight wear and a few dust marks, but generally extremely good.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.

UK: Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co., 1852. Second edition 1852, 22 plates of 23 (frontispiece missing), re-bound in slightly marked and soiled tan cloth with gilt lettering, illustrated title page spotted with large stain across bottom half (not obscuring the illustration), gradually decreasing stains to map and first two plates, some spotting to most of the others, tissue guards browned and creased to some degree, gilt edges are dusty, text is generally good plus with some spotting and finger marks.. Reprint. Hardcover. Good.

UK: SCM Press, 1994. SIGNED reprint. This book caused a major furore in the 1990s; the author was a parish priest who declared his rejection of much of traditional Christianity, and was forced to resign his living amidst much controversy. Inscribed and signed by the author to title page, at an event in Church House, Westminster, when he debated his views with the Bishop of Oxford during a meeting of the General Synod; very good copy, which is the sixth impression, card covers as issued. Also included is a signed duplicated letter, dated August 1994, that the author sent to all who supported his defence of 'Christian Humanism'.. Signed by Author. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.

UK: DLT [Darton, Longman and Todd], 1980. SIGNED first edition. The author was a member of the Society of St John the Evangelist (Cowley Fathers) in Oxford and London, and was a leading spiritual guide in his time who produced only a few books, which were nonetheless influential; this is signed by him to title page; starting from a poem by George Herbert, the book explores the human journey with the insights of theology and psychology. Card covers as issued with a little wear, and some dust marks to edges and cover, but predominantly very good.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.

Birmingham: Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations Abridged by James Moon from the four volumes of the original (1945-67), undated but c. 1981, virtually fine in card covers, printing is typescript.. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good.

UK: Nelson, 1888. An attractive one-volume edition in brown cloth with bevelled edges, black and gilt tooled decorations, spine ends and corners pushed/worn with a little fraying, one corner beginning to split, internally generally good plus with numerous black and white illustrations, plates with tissue guards and two fold-out maps. Extra postage required.. Reprint. Hardcover. Good.

UK: Cambridge at the University Press, 1983. Book cocked but otherwise very good in slightly rubbed dust-wrapper.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

UK: Oxford University Press, 1881. A very good copy of the first edition of the 'Revised Version', New Testament, 1881, 14 x 22 cms, black leather, newly bound to judge from its quality, four raised bands to spine, gilt lettering and ruling, pale stains and dust to edges, marbled endpapers have some offset cellotape residue (dry), but otherwise internally very good with printed marginal notes; half-title is clipped to the top, and has on the reverse: 'published by Henry Frowde, Oxford Warehouse; C J Clay, Cambridge Warehouse'.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

UK: The Author, 2001. A hand-crafted book of poetry with printed calligraphy, bound by Sessions of York in imitation vellum white Polyurethane ('Quinel Nubuk'), gilt lettering on the cover, contents very good, some marks/wear to the covers (offsetting of lettering to the front). Inscribed and signed by author as 'Michael' and dated 2008 to front free endpaper. Large volume (12 x 10 inches) which will require extra postage outside Europe.. Hardcover. Very Good.

USA: Harper & Row, 1970 Hardback in very good used condition, dust-wrapper has some rubbing/chipping to the edges. . First Edition. Hard Back. Very Good/Good.

UK: HarperCollins [Harper Collins], 2001. First UK publication (although printed in the USA) of the 60th Anniversary edition which includes 'Screwtape Proposes a Toast' for the first time along with the original 'Screwtape'. In the same attractive format as the 'Signature' editions, with the facsimile of the author's signature in gilt on the front board, pages trimmed at fore-edge. A very good clean copy, virtually fine, in a dust-wrapper with minimal rubbing and marking. Rare first printing in this edition. Extra postage may be required outside Europe.. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

India: Divine Life Society, 1970. First edition 1970. Good in paperback, some wear/marking to covers.. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

India: Divine Life Society, 1970. 10th edition 1970, acceptable-only hardback, damage to covers, splits to hinges/pastedowns, gift inscription, contents sound.. Reprint. Hardcover. Acceptable.

UK: Epworth Press, 1949. Hardback in good used condition in a rubbed, chipped and soiled dust-wrapper, text sound.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable.