Search Results: Authors starting with O from St. Wulfstans Books

Cincinnati, Ohio: Jennings & Pye, [c.1885]. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4 3/4 x 7 inches. 283 pages. Pages bright and clean and free from marking soiling or staining. Bound in contemporary yellow cloth with black decoration and lettering on front cover and gilt letting to spine. Spine very lightly soiled. An exceptionally well-preserved copy of this scarce work.

London: Collins Liturgical Publications, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 3/4 x 7 inches. 766 numbered pages. Pages edged in blue. Front fep excised. Bound in publisher's blue cloth over heavy cardstock with gilt cross and title to front board and gilt title to spine. Slight staining to rear board. Three woven ribbon markers present. Not in Griffiths. A very nice copy of the Irish liturgy currently in use.

Single leaf from a damaged 1636 edition of the Book of Common Prayer, Church of Scotland. Archivally matted page that gives instruction regarding the reading of the Psalms, including precise instructions for leap years. Heavily decorated with a wide top border and delicately illustrated capital T. An historic leaf from the first printing of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer, which was infulential on the American Book of Common Prayer. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Very good+. Loose-leaf with mat.A nice leaf from the very scarce first edition of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer. Makes an excellent gift. (#2204)

London: Printed by John Baskett, 1713. Exotic. Near Fine. 5 1/4 x 8 inches. 8vo. Collates as A - Bb (in 8s) + Cc (4 leaves). With 54 [of 55] full page engravings. Pages generally bright and clean, a few with a stain or light soiling in the margin. Griffiths 1713/3. Bound with: Sternhold, Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre. London: Printed by William Pearson, for the Company of Stationers, 1714. [128] pages. Collates as A - H (in 8s). ESTCT87353. Both books red ruled throughout. Bound by John Field (with binder's ticket) in modern full elephant with five gilt bands and red morocco spine label with gilt title to spine. Provenance: Mary Gladstone (1847-1927), the influential daughter of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, with ownership inscription "C Mary Gladstone Christmas 1882," Library of Henry and Virginia Walton. Gladstone Family Copy. Harry and Virginia Walton were lifelong residents of Covington, Virginia, a small town in the… Read More

Oxford: Printed by the University-Printers, 1710. Leather Bound. Very Good. 5 x 7 5/8 inches. 8vo. A (8 leaf quire) + A - Bb (8 leaf quires), lacks B8, C1. Griffiths 1710/5. Bound with: Sternhold, Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre. London: Printed by William Pearson for the Company of Stationers, 1711. A - H (8 leaf quires) + I (4 leaf quire). ESTCT87253. Both works red ruled throughout. Some pages lightly soiled and some edges chipped in margins not affecting text. Bound in modern full brown goat with five raised bands to spine and new endpapers. A very nice red ruled Georgian BCP. During this time, the process of "red ruling" was very expensive, and used mostly for presentation copies.

Oxford: Printed at the University Press, [1905]. First edition. Leather_bound. Near Fine. 1 7/8 x 2 3/16 inches. 688 pages with black endpapers and illustrated frontispiece. Old ownership inscriptions to rfep. One ffep and one rfep excised. All pages edges rouged and gilt. Gilt very lightly worn with small spot on bottom edge. Bound in full flexible black green morocco with gilt title to spine. Very light shelf wear to lower edges. The first printing of this miniature edition. Griffiths 1905/5. A near fine Edwardian first miniature printing of the Book of Common Prayer which replaced the "Finger Prayer Book."

Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing, 1999. Second edition. Original Cloth. Near Fine/very good. 5 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches. 146 pages. Pages bright and clean and free of marking soiling or staining. Printed in red and black throughout. Bound in black cloth with red dust jacket. A very accessible edition of the 1549 Prayer book in modern English. The first worship edition since the original publication in 1549.

Ipswich: Printed and Sold by J. Raw, [1819]. Third edition. Leather_bound. Very Good. 3 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches. Ffep + viii + 173 pages + [1] + 2 rfep. Engraved title page. Endpapers lightly foxed. Pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Bound in contemporary full black calf coated in reversible PVAR. Corners slightly rounded. Turn ins faded to brown. Spine repaired with Japanese tissue. Inner joints weak. A very good clean copy of this collection of Anglo-Catholic devotions related to the Eucharist.

London: His Majestie's Printers, 1669. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. inches. Small folio. [50] + [496] pages. Engraved title page with architectural border by P Williamson. Collation [pi]1 + a-b (in 6s) + c (4) + d (6) + e (2) + A-B (in 6s) + C-D (in 4s) + E-Rr (in 6s) + Ss (4). This copy with two additional leaves in signature Aa (a total of 8 rather than 6) and Prayers for Mary the Queen Mother, indicating a printing before September 10, 1669. Lacks a1 (list of contents). Neat repairs to margin of title page. Tear to lower a2 with loss of portions of six lines of text in the Act of Uniformity. Short closed tear to inner margin of R3, neatly repaired, very pale damp stain to fore-edge margin from 2P6 to the end. Otherwise contents remarkably clean and bright, binding tight and firm. Kalendar printed in red and black. Printed in single column black letter. Psalter with separate title page and imprint of Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker. Griffiths 1669/1; ESTCR36533. All page edges… Read More

[London]: S.P.C.K., [c. 1950]. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. 4 pages printed on single leaf with single fold. Clean and lightly creased from folding in quarters. A nice guide to the Anglican Rite of Confirmation.

London: Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1598. Loose_leaf. Very Good +. Individual leaf from an Elizabethan printing of the original 1552 version of The Book of Common Prayer. The leaf is in very good condition, especially considering that it is more than 400 years old. There is an occasional blemish from age or use, but these indications of age confirm the authenticity of the leaf and enhance its aesthetics and uniqueness. Each leaf is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. The image is of two leaves, but is provided for illustrative purposes only, as each leaf will be different. The leaves are very large, measuring approximately 7 ½ inches by 11 ½ inches, and are suitable for framing. Most have one or more initial capitals of varying sizes which are decorated with geometric designs and/or illustrations (small images). They are printed on front and back in "black letter" or Gothic type. A scarce leaf of the original Book of Common Prayer… Read More

Oxford: Printed at the University Press, [1901]. Leather Bound. Fine. 3 1/2 x 6 inches. 24mo. ("long primer 24mo thin"). [632] pages. Collates as: A (20 leaves) + B - T (in 16s) + U (8 leaves). Printed in single column with headpiece within rules. Griffiths 1901/7. Bound with: Hymns Ancient and Modern for use in the Services of the Church. London: Printed for the Proprietors by William Clowes and Sons, Limited. [c. 1900]. 588 pages. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary ink gift inscription to ffep, else fine, with all pages bright and clean. All page edges brightly gilt. Bound in contemporary full dark green crushed morocco Spine with six compartments, one containing gilt titles and the others with simple gilt ornaments. Covers with double fillet borders and a central panel formed by gilt floral garlands. A lovely Edwardian BCP in a fine contemporary binding.

London: John Sturt and John Baskett, 1717. First edition, first state. Leather Bound. Near Fine. John Sturt. 5 1/2 x 8 inches. 8vo. 22 + 166 pages. Front hinge and front endpaper expertly reattached by conservator with Japanese tissue. Marbled endpaper and following ffep contain inscription "The gift of Lady Parkyns to her Daughter Anne Parkyns May 7th 1740." Engraved armorial bookplate of Sir William Milman on front endpaper, partially obscuring one of the inscriptions. Small area where a name was erased from marbled endpaper interrupting marbling. Each page beautifully engraved by John Sturt on silver plates. More than 130 engraved vignettes ranging in size from 41 mm x 55 mm to 84 mm x 55 mm, numerous other smaller in-text vignettes, initials, head and tailpieces, etc. Each page with elaborate engraved border. This edition also double red ruled. Volvelle present in original state on page V, thus first state. Pages very clean with small occasional minor smudge. All page edges gilt, with… Read More

London: John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1662. First edition. Half leather. Very Good. 7 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches. b3 - b8 + c (8 leaf quire) + d (2 leaf quire) + B - Gg (6 leaf quires) + Hh (7 of 8 leaves). Lacks initial 8 leaves, G3, R5, and Hh8. Begins with part of the Act of Uniformity. Kalendar in red and black. Soiled and dampstained. Several pages with contemporary ink notes. Several pages with closed tears that have been repaired with no loss. A few pages with marginal losses affecting text, mostly minimally, and a few other marginal losses not affecting text. ESTCR211954. Griffiths 1662/2. Bound with: Sternhold, Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Booke of Psalmes Collected into English Meeter. London: Printed by S.G. for the Company of Stationers, 1661. [19], 153, [16] pages, lacking pages after 139. ESTCR31616. Bound in modern tan half leather with brown buckram boards and new endpapers. True First Edition of the corrected 1662 edition of the English BCP. Very rare.

Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by W. Jackson and A. Hamilton, 1781. Leather Bound. Very Good +. G.L. Smith. 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. 12mo. Collates as A-L (in 12s). Printed in two column Roman type. Complete. 49 engravings bound in (plate facing leaf E1 lacking). Frontispiece states: "Printed for William Dawson, Paternoster Row, London. The whole set engraved by G. L. Smith.... Published according to Act of Parliament January the 1st 1773." Engravings illustrate selected days from the church year, Holy Communion, Psalms of David, Gun-powder treason, Martyrdom of King Charles I and King Charles's Restoration. Headings, captions, scriptural citations and quotations are engraved. They were originally issued in 1773 as The Liturgy of the Church of England: Adorn'd with 52 Historical Cuts. Early owner's names, Ann Reynolds and Ann Cutbush, along with note bearing same name. Marbled end papers. A few pages torn at edges. Griffiths 1781/7. Bound with: Brady, N[icholas] and… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine. 5 x 7 inches. 1296 pages. Corner of front endpaper excised. Pages bright, clean and free of marking or soiling. Rubrics printed in blue. All page edges stained green. Bound in green cloth with gilt title, stylized cross and publishers to spine. An excellent copy of the current unofficial English usage.

Cambridge: At the University Press, [1912]. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good +. 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches. 16mo. [2] + 32 + [2] pages. Also bound with Permissible Additions to and Deviations from the Service Books of the Scottish Church as Canonically Sanctioned. 56 pages. Last page slightly toned. Otherwise, pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling or staining. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt title to front cover. A small circular area of slight discoloration to front cover. Front hinge slightly weak, and a small (1/2 inch) closed tear at head of spine. This edition not in Griffiths. An apparent abbreviation of Griffiths 1912/2. A very nice copy of the Scottish liturgy, which was influential on the American Episcopal liturgy.

Oxford: Printed at the University Press, [1910]. First edition. Leather_bound. Very Good. 1 7/8 x 2 3/16 inches. 702 pages. All pages edges gilt. Black endpapers. Pages clean and free from marking, soiling or staining. Very clean. No marks or ownership inscriptions. Gilt lightly worn in places, but still bright. Bound in full dark green pebble grained morocco with gilt "Common Prayer" to spine and hallmarked silver front cover with unusual variant cherub design. Hallmark .925 sterling, "G & C L[td], Birmingham, dated 1910, likely mark of Green & Cadbury, manufacturers of silver fancy goods. First Georgian printing of this miniature edition. See Griffiths 1905/5. A very good Georgian first miniature printing of the Book of Common Prayer which replaced the "Finger Prayer Book" with a hallmarked sterling silver cover.

London: Church Publishing House, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 5 x 8 inches. 191 pages. Printed in red and black throughout. Perfect bound in original publisher's black cardstock. An interesting advance copy (marked "sample") of the Communion Office later included in Common Worship.

Loose-leaf: "These to be observed for holy dayes, and none other." Fair. Individual leaf from a 1636 book for the Church of Scotland that contained "Usage Instructions from The Booke of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments." The page is in good condition, considering its age. The top third and right side have a water stain that does not impede reading of the text. Two decorated capitals and red ink interspersed with the black (most pages of this edition are black text only). There is also at least one small bookworm hole. These indications of age confirm the authenticity of the leaf and enhance its aesthetics and uniqueness. Each leaf is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Archivally matted for framing and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Makes an excellent gift. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young, 1636.