Search Results: Authors starting with G from Rosley Books

Edinburgh: T & T Clark - Continuum [ Sheffield Academic Press ], 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. FIRST UK EDITION : EDINBURGH : 1987. Hardback. Black cloth; gilt lettered spine. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. NEAR FINE. (xii), 196 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Index. CONTENTS : I. The environment -- 1. The legal structure of the Swiss confederation -- 2. The confederation at the beginning of the sixteenth century -- 3. Zurich -- Governmental power and political institutions -- Economy -- Church -- 4. Bibliography - PART II. Childhood and student years -- 1. The problem of a Zwingli biography -- 2. Family, childhood, school years (1484-1498) -- 3. University studies in Vienna and Basel (1498-1506) -- 4. The fruits of education -- 5. Bibliography. PART III. Pastorate in Glarus and Einsiedeln (1506-1518) -- 1. Pastorate in Glarus (1506-1516) -- 2. Pastorate in Einsiedeln (1516-1518) -- 3. Inner development -- Sources -- Further… Read More

Ward, Lock and Company & Methuen & Co, 1888. Not Given . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Frontispieces . LONDON : 1888, 1888, 1902. [ Undated; British Library gives the dates as such.]. Scarce: Detective fiction. Hardback. Bound volume of three sixpenny novels (would have been issued in paper covers). Double-column text. Hardback. At head of title-page : Monsieur Lecoq. Frontispieces to each Gaboriau novel. Contemporary grey cloth; gilt lettered spine. Bright tight and clean. Usual browning to paper. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. 141, 200, 114 pages. Only 3 copies held in the UK. ÉMILE GABORIAU (9 November 1832 - 28 September 1873) was a French writer, novelist, journalist, and a pioneer of detective fiction. Gaboriau was born in the small town of Saujon, Charente-Maritime. He was the son of Charles Gabriel Gaboriau, a public official and his mother was Marguerite Stéphanie Gaboriau. Gaboriau became a secretary to Paul Féval, and after… Read More

London: T&T Clark, 2005. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Large Octavo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 2005. [ Romans Through History and Cultures ]. Paperback. Blue-green printed covers. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. FINE. (vi), 237 pages. Indexes. CONTENTS: Introduction : Romans in light of early patristic receptions by Kathy L. Gaca and L.L. Welborn -- Paul's uncommon declaration in Romans 1:18-32 and its problematic legacy for pagan and Christian relations by Kathy L. Gaca -- A response : Reading Paul in a frontier context : moral criticism and Paul's picture of "gentiles" ' by Halvor Moxnes -- Jewish salvation in Romans according to Clement of Alexandria in Stromateis 2 by Michael Joseph Brown -- A response : Is Clement of Alexandria a supersessionist? by Kathy L. Gaca -- The soteriology of Romans in Clement of Alexandria, Stromateis 2 : faith, fear, and assimilation to God by L.L. Welborn -- A response : elucidating Romans in Stromateis 2 by… Read More

Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large Octavo. FIRST EDITION. SHEFFIELD : 1997. [ Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series. ]. Hardback. Red cloth; gilt lettered spine and cover. In pale yellow printed dust-jacket. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. A FINE copy in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. 356 pages. Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-332). Index. Publisher's blurb: The unique duality of Jewish existence, wherein a major Jewish centre in the Land of Israel flourished alongside a large and prosperous diaspora, was one of the outstanding features of Second Temple and post-Temple Jewish life. As in modern times, ongoing Jewish dispersion raised questions that went to the heart of Jewish self-identity, and declarations of allegiance to the ancestral homeland were frequently accompanied by seemingly contrary expressions of 'local-patriotism' on the part of Jewish… Read More

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2008. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Large Octavo. FIRST EDITION. NEW HAVEN : 2008. Hardback. Red cloth; gilt lettered spine. In red pictorial dust-jacket. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. NEAR FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xi), 283 pages. Bibliographical references. Index. CONTENTS: A priest in the family -- Diplomatic observer : India and Japan, 1927-1934 -- Silencing Charlie : the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin and the Vatican -- An American monsignor in Mussolini's Italy -- Spies everywhere : Hurley at Vatican City, 1940 -- An American bishop in President Roosevelt's court -- Propagandist in black : Hurley and the U.S. Department of State -- A parallel endeavor against communism : the United States and the Vatican in Tito's Yugoslavia -- Betrayal in the Balkans : the Stepinac Case -- Standing alone between church and state : Hurley and American anticommunism -- Last years,… Read More

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1995. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. Large Octavo. FIRST EDITION. NEW HAVEN & LONDON : 1995. Paperback. Illustrations. Light purple pictorial cover. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. Hint of fading to cover. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. (xiii), 337 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Index. CONTENTS: Literacy and literary culture in early Christianity -- The early Christian book -- The publication and circulation of early Christian literature -- Early Christian libraries -- The uses of early Christian books. Lg.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

London: Pickering & Inglis, 1933. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1933. Hardback. Hardback. Dark-blue ribbed-cloth; gilt lettered spine. Photogravure portrait as frontispiece and sixteen full-page plates. Bright, tight and clean. Neat owner name; no internal markings. Minor wear. VERY GOOD. 277 pages. Index. SCARCE 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

London: James Clarke & Co., Ltd, 9 Essex Street, 1932. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1932. Hardback. In the 'Great Preachers' series. Hardback. Dark green cloth. Black end-papers. Gilt lettered spine. Photogravure portrait of Fleming as frontispiece and two full-page plates. 190 pages. Index. Slight fading to spine. VERY GOOD. Tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. SCARCE . [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Literature, Theology and History. ] **Archibald Fleming, D.D., 1863-1941 was minister of the Church of Scotland at Pont Street, London. Well-known in his day for 'wireless' broadcasts. He had friendships with statesmen and royalty.**

London: Pickering & Inglis, 1933. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1933. Hardback. Hardback. Dark-blue ribbed-cloth; gilt lettered spine. Photogravure portrait as frontispiece and sixteen full-page plates. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. 277 pages. Index. SCARCE 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

London: Faber and Faber, 1951. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1951. Hardback. Preface by T. S. Eliot. Original blue cloth; gilt lettered spine. In blue printed dust-jacket (not price-clipped (9s.6d). No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. Old marks to pastedown where tape has been removed. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. 163 pages. Bibliography of authors and brief biog. [p156-163.]. Scarce. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE.

London: Overcomer Book Room, Edgware Road, 1930. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Illustrated with Photographs. FIRST EDITION : 1930. 'This book is largely compiled from diaries and notes collected by Mrs. Penn-Lewis with the intention of writing her autobiography.' Hardback. Illustrated with photographs as plates. Original blue cloth; gilt lettered spine; with gilt signature of Jessie Penn-Lewis to cover. A couple of stamps from Immanuel Bible College. No owner name or other internal markings. A tight and bright and clean copy. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. (xii), 311 pages. SCARCE. Only 2 copies recorded in the UK; Oxford and Wales. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

London: William MacKenzie, 1881. Not Given . No Binding. Near Fine. Folio. LONDON : 1881. Portrait of Antique Portrait of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC, FRS (1830-1903), styled Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and Viscount Cranborne from June 1865 until April 1868, was a British Conservative statesman, serving as Prime Minister three times for a total of over 13 years. He was the last Prime Minister to head his full administration from the House of Lords; professionally mounted. Size of print area; 6 x 9 inches overall mounted; size 12 x 9 inches. NEAR FINE. Ideal for framing. SCARCE. Sm.Folio. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

London: William MacKenzie, 1881. Not Given . No Binding. Near Fine. Folio. LONDON : 1881. Antique Portrait of Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook; professionally mounted. Size of print area; 6 x 9 inches overall mounted; size 12 x 9 inches. NEAR FINE. Ideal for framing. GATHORNE GATHORNE-HARDY, 1ST EARL OF CRANBROOK GCSI PC (1814-1906), known as Gathorne Hardy until 1878, was a prominent British Conservative politician, a moderate, middle-of-the road Anglian. He held cabinet office in every Conservative government between 1858 and 1892 and notably served as Home Secretary from 1867 to 1868 and as Secretary of State for War from 1874 to 1878. Sm.Folio. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

London: Hambledon Continuum [ Bloomsbury ], 2007. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large Octavo. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 2007. Hardback. Illustrated. Black cloth; gilt lettered spine. In colour pictorial dust-jacket. Tight, bright and clean. No owner name or internal markings. FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (x), 254 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Index. CONTENTS : Preface; 1. The Phoenix (setting the scene with the City's recovery after the Great Fire); 2. The Mercantile City; 3. The Royal Exchange; 4. The Hurry of Business; 5. The Profession; 6. Making It in the City; 7. The Merchant and Finance; 8. The Merchant Politician; 9. London Triumphant. SUMMARY : This book examines one of the most dynamic groups in early modern Britain, the overseas merchants of the City of London. Historians have increasingly recognized their key contribution to the nation's emergence as an imperial power and commercial society, but we still lack a clear… Read More

London: I & P Knapton, 1740. No Binding. Very Good. Large Folio. Jacob Houbraken, 1740, Amst.. 1740. [ Amsterdam Engraved. London Printed.] A single large folio leaf with fine engraved portrait dated 1740. Generous margins. In bright clean condition. Approx size; 19 x 14 inches (with good 2 inch margins). Printed on heavy, quality laid paper of the day. VERY GOOD. Ideal for framing. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. Folio. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

Camberwell, London: Printed at the School Press and published by the staff & students of the L.C.C. Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts, 1927. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. Folio - 12 x 10 inches. Illustrations; colour plates. B & W Plates. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1927. [ First printing of first volume of two. The Scarcer of the two; the second volume came out in 1930.]. Blue printed card covers. Half-title an full-title pages present; frontispiece and plates all present. Printed in red and black throughout. VERY SCARCE. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. VERY GOOD INDEED. 44 pages. **INSERTED: 3pp article from Vogue By Geo. Kennedy with photographs of a White House built on a Green Hillside in Surrey (Arts & Crafts style).[Not dated; circa 1930s]**. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. Folio. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarianrbooks, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE. Read More

Wigan: J. Starr & Sons, 1949. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. WIGAN : 1949. **Inserted; Compliments sheet from the author; St. Thomas's Vicarage, Wigan. Initialled and dated 9.3.1949'.**. A Catalogue of selected editions of the Book of Common Prayer 1549-1949 on exhibition at the Wigan Public Library from March 7th to March 19th, 1949'. Pale orange pictorial covers; sewn book. Frontispiece and four full-page plates. No owner name or internal markings. A bright, tight and clean copy. Minor wear only and a little foxing. VERY GOOD. 30pp. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE.

Wigan: J. Starr & Sons, 1949. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. WIGAN : 1949. A Catalogue of selected editions of the Book of Common Prayer 1549-1949 on exhibition at the Wigan Public Library from March 7th to March 19th, 1949'. Pale orange pictorial covers; sewn book. Frontispiece and four full-page plates. No owner name or internal markings. A bright, tight and clean copy. Minor wear only and a little foxing. VERY GOOD. 30pp. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE.

London: T & T Clark, 2004. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Large Octavo. LONDON : 2004. Series: T & T Clark academic paperbacks. Red printed covers. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. FINE. (x), 422 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Index. SUMMARY: A study of the fundamental religious ideas of the Reformation and their relationship to liberal Protestantism. [ Academic Paperback ]. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, C.H.S., Cumberland, Everyman, G. K. C., Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]

Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1982. First British Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Large Octavo. FIRST BRITISH EDITION : 1982. Hardback. Purple cloth, gilt lettered spine. In purple and maroon dust-jacket. Purple end-papers. Bright, tight and clean. Neat owner name; no internal markings. VERY GOOD INDEED. In VG jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (x), 422 pages. Index. Hard-to-find. Heavy book; extra postage required overseas. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping** [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Literature, Theology and History. ]