Historia del Concilio Tridentino: (History of the Council of Trent) by Pietro Soave Polano [Paolo Sarpi] - 1629

Geneva: Pietro Auberto, 1629. Seconda Editione, riueduta e corretta dall'. Leather bound. Poor. Seconda Editione, riueduta e corretta dall'. Leather bound. 8 3/4" X 7". 842pp, plus 6 leaves of index ("Tavola"). Bound in full contemporaneous speckled calf, with five raised bands to spine, lettered in gilt over Morocco label. Upper board through page 2 completely detached from binding. Leather dark and brittle, with chipping to edges and extremities and boards exposed at corners, edges, extremities, exterior hinges, and spine. Semi-removed label to rear board. Ex libris Daniel Creswell, D.D., 1776-1844, the British clergyman and mathematician, author of Sermons on Domestic Duties and The Elements of Linear Perspective, with his armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Armorial bookplate of Howard Granville Hanrott to front free endpaper. Pages age-toned. An admittedly very worn 1629 second edition of the major work of the Venetian historian, prelate, scientist, statesman, and canon lawyer Paolo Sarpi… Read More

A Amsterdam, chez J. Wetstein et G. Smith, 1751. 3 forts vol. au format in-4 (252 x 198 mm) de 1 f. bl., 1 frontispice gravŽ n.fol., 7 ff. n.fol., lxxii - 562 pp. et 1 f. bl. ; 1 f. n.fol. et 644 pp. ; 1 f. n.fol. et 561 pp. Reliures uniformes de l'Žpoque de plein veau marbrŽ havane, plats jansŽnistes, dos ˆ nerfs ornŽs de filets gras ˆ froid, doubles caissons d'encadrement dorŽs, large dŽcor fleuronnŽ dorŽ, semis d'Žtoiles dorŽes, pices de titre de maroquin brun, pices de tomaison de maroquin Žmeraude, titre dorŽ, tomaison dorŽe, palette dorŽe en queue, filet dorŽ sur les coupes, tranches marbrŽes., 1627. Ensemble complet des trois volumes le constituant. Le premier s'ouvre sur un joli frontispice gravŽ figurant l'auteur en regard de la page de titre agrŽmentŽe d'une jolie vignette ˆ dŽcor allŽgorique gravŽe (marque de l'imprimeur). ''Pietro Sarpi (1552-1623), qui choisit le nom de Paolo en entrant en religion, fut un cŽlbre canoniste hostile aux tendances… Read More

This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. The pages are white, crisp and clear of any markings. "In this book I have gathered together a number of lectures, sermons and addresses given during the thirteen and a half years in which I was Archbishop of York, and during my opening months as Archbishop of Canterbury...." - Preface from Convictions

This book is in good condition. There is significant wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover. The corners are worn. The previous owner's name is written on the inside of the front cover. The pages are tanned but clear of any marking."Why a new edition of the documents of Vatican II? For eighteen years I have been involved in the translation and publication of official Church documents, including those of Vatican II and its aftermath, and I have long felt that there is need for a volume containing not only the sixteen Council documents, but also as useful a selection as possible of the relevant subsequent official documents, those which dot the i's and cross the t's, as it were, of the sixteen...." - Introduction from Vatican Council II The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents

Rare softcover book with no writing or marks published by Africa Evangelical Fellowship (formerly the S. A. G. M. mission) in good condition overall. Circa 1960. All pages and text clean and intact. The outside cover has some wear and discoloration, but interior of book has clean white pages. Very good binding. There is a foreword and an appendix at front and back with dates and data. Contents include 20 chapters about missionary calling and life in Africa, primarily Angola and Mozambique. Obtained in Africa in the 1980's from a British missionary with same mission that published this book.

This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards and there is no wear on the edges of the cover boards.There is some bumping on the cover boards. The previous owners name is written on the front end page. The pages are white, crisp and claen of any markings. "William Thomson, famous nineteenth century missionary, traveler, and author, described twenty-five years of surface study of Palestine as it relates to the Bible in his two-volume work, The Land and the Book. When he comes to describe Jerusalem he makes this remarkable statement; Do not set out...resolved to make discoveries. There is not a foot of ground that has not been already scrutinized by a thousand eyes as keen as yours, and the old adage, "If new not true," may be applied to Jerusalem and her monuments with more propriety than to any other place on earth...." - Introduction from Poet and Peasant: A… Read More

Miami, FL: P.S.I. & Associates, Inc., 1987. Words of Christ in Red : Good Minus condition Hardcover Quarto with no dust jacket, 1987 edition. The tiny number/date line below the isbn indicates 1st printing 1986, but oddly, the copyright date above that reads 1987. White padded leatherette boards rubbed and soiled. The binding is shaken. The interior is unmarked, including all the presentation pages, but the pages are noticeably aging.. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good -/No Jacket. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Book.

Illustrated by Tso Yazzy Navajo (Chester Kahn) Solid binding. Some light soiling to exteriors. Clear interiors page. Includes two color and five black and white illustrations. Nonfiction. Native Americans. 68 pages. 5.5" X 8.5 " X 0.25" - 14cm X 21.5cm X 0.5 cm Louise Lone Dog is of Mohawk and Delaware ancestry. She writes about the spiritual and psychic knowlegde of her people and how she hopes for a new Golden Age of Peace built on spiritual rebirth and unity of all men. Focuses on the world of the spirits and its intersection with the light of Christ and series of visions she had between 1948 and 1964.

Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the bible story of Esau.

Rare circa 1940 First Edition booklet by the Reverend John Sutherland Bonnell, Minister the Fifth Presbyterian Church New York City. Clean pages. No bends, tears, or marks. Stapled wraps.

Philadelphia: The Westminster Press. Very Good; Edges scuffed, owner name on front free endpaper.. 1977. First Printing. Softcover. 0664241190 . Notes and bibliography. A discussion on the evangelical idea of the Bible being free from errors on any topic whatsoever. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 149 pages .

This antiquarian book is in poor condition. There is significant wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards. There are numerous soil stains on the cover boards. The edges are very worn on the cover boards and the corners of the cover boards are bumped badly. The pages are yellowed and tanned and torn The book is free from any markings."The Sunday School Chorister has been compiled, under the direction of the publishers, by one thoroughly acquainted with music and the needs of children assembled in Sunday School. The hymns and carols are selected for the seasons of the Christian Year, together with hymns for special occasions, so as to meet all the demands of the Sunday School. The Litanies for the seasons will be found a very desirable feature to be used in each Sunday's service. The service should always be choral, but an alternate service, to be read, is also given, to be used when so desired...." - Publishers Preface from The Sunday School Chorister A Service And Tune Book For The… Read More