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

Hamburg: Robert Kittler, 1856. Original Cloth. Very Good. 4 1/2 x 6 inches. 87 pages followed by [8] page table of contents/index. Lightly foxed, otherwise clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. All page edges gilt. Bound in contemporary delicately embossed black cloth with gilt cross and lily to front cover. Edges lightly worn. Spine slightly sunbleached. A nice copy of this devotional treatise in a very good period binding.

BOston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908. Original Cloth. Very Good. 5 3/4 x 8 inches. 354 pages. Extensive contemporary holographic notes in ink to endpapers. Pages otherwise bright and clean and free of marking, soiling or staining, Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. Covers lightly rubbed. Remnants of dust jacket inside front cover. A very good copy of this biography of one of the early female American educators, history professor at Wellesley College, and one of the founders of the American Association of University Women.

Oxford: At the University Press, 1832. First edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 5 3/4 x 9 inches. 2 vols. Vol. 1: 363 numbered pages. Vol. 2: 351 numbered pages. Occasional foxing. Bound in publisher's original wraps of half cloth with paper covered boards and original paper labels to spines. Light wear to hinges. A rare copy of this early commentary on the English BCP in its original state.

Chicago: Weir Brothers, [c. 1930]. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 5 x 7 inches (page size). Four pages printed on single leaf with single fold. Lightly toned. Small marginal loss to lower corner. Panton (1870–1955) was the pastor of Surrey Chapel, Norwich, Norfolk, UK. He was the editor (1924–1955) of The Dawn Magazine, the author of several books and tracts, and a British leader amongst those pursuing Prophetic studies. Panton founded and edited a new bi-monthly magazine, The Dawn, an Evangelical Magazine, which first appeared on 15 April 1924. Panton’s aim for his magazine was the stimulus, encouragement, and instruction of Christians who believed without reservation in all the Scriptures, and who sought to devote their lives to the highest ends before the return of Christ and the Kingdom. His editorial policy was to keep The Dawn as a fundamental, evangelistic, missionary, prophetic, dispensational, devotional magazine. Often, one of his sermons would be taken down in shorthand by a… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 6 x 8 1/2 inches. xvi + 340 numbered pages. Pages clean and free of marking, soiling and staining. Endpapers foxed, and rear papers split at hinge. Bound in blue cloth with title and author to front board and spine. Light sunbleaching. A very good copy of this history and commentary upon the American BCP.

Leipzig: Philipp Reclam jun., 1881. Original Cloth. Very Good. 3 7/8 x 5 5/8 inches. 375 pages followed by 34 pages of publisher's advertisements. Pages bright and clean and free of marking, soiling and staining. Floral and butterfly motif endpapers. Bound in contemporary brown cloth with gilt title and decoration to front cover and spine. Covers lightly rubbed at edges. A very good and clean copy of Pascal in German.

Philadelphia: Franklin Printing House, 1883. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. 6 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches. 32 pages. Pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Bound in original light brown wraps which are detached but present. Edges and corners chipped. An scarce and interesting argument by a parish priest lamenting the canons relating to disputes with a bishop. Passmore was a "penitentiary" at Ives' short-lived monastic community (Brotherhood of the Holy Cross) at Valle Crucis.

New York: Morehouse-Gorham Co., 1948. Paperback. Very Good. 4 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches. 232 pages. Pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling or staining. Small neat ink ownership inscription to half title. Paperback with very light wear to edges at the spine. A very good copy of this review of the doctrine of the Prayer Book.

Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Joseph Crukshank, 1783. 3/4 leather. Very Good. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches. 3 ffep + 64 (of 66) numbered pages + iv + (96 of) 98 numbered pages + 2 page booksellers catalogue + 2 rfep. Ffep with near contemporary inscription of Nicholas, Thomas and Joseph Newlin. Tear to title page professionally repaired without loss. Lacking pages 31-32 and 43-44. Pages 27-28 torn with loss of bottom half. Pages with typical yellowing. Bound in three quarter brown calf with light brown boards which are worn and stained. Hinges starting. Tail of spine chipped. ESTCW27849. A very good copy of Penn's apology for the Quakers.

[Baltimore?]: n.p., [1949]. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. 6 x 9 inches. 16 pages with large foldout graphical chart at end. Pages and chart bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Bound in original cream colored wraps which are lightly soiled and creased at edges. Old owner's name (R.W. Parks) on front cover. A very good copy of this history, notable for the chart representing the various editions of the Book of Common Prayer.

London: B. Wertheim, Aldine Chambers, 1846-1847. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 4 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches. [4] + 332 pages. With frontispiece of Edward VI. Old library plate (Kennet & Avon Workmen's Library) to front pastedown and old owner's inscriptions to endpapers (Thos Hocking). Pages occasionally lightly foxed or stained. Bound in blindstamped brownish cloth, now worn, with gilt title and date to spine. Notable for containing period accounts of travels and events in Ireland, Scotland, India, Canada, and account of an Indian family in the Oregon Territory (174) and contemporary discussions of the Irish Potato Famine (293).

London: John Snow & Co., 1869. Cloth. Very Good. 5 x 7 1/4 inches. viii + 328 pages. Pages occasionally lightly foxed or stained. 19th Century ownership inscription from Carnarvon, Wales. Illustrated with numerous topical engravings. Bound in maroon cloth now wrinkled and worn, with black spine label bearing gilt title. An interesting Congregationalist periodical in counterpoint to the established "ritualist" Church of England, containing discussions of temperance (26) and "women's" work (236-237), missionary activities in China (27), a Puritan Sabbath (45), DL Moody and Charles Spurgeon (55), prison conditions (187), the state of the church in the Americas (185, 222-23), and other contemporary accounts.

Hartford, CT: Church Missions Publishing Company, 1938. First edition. Wraps. Very Good +. 4 5/8 x 6 inches. 39 + vii pages with numerous illustrations. Pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Bound in original brown wraps. A very good copy of this article from the Quarterly (Publication No. 61) with images, descriptions and histories of the Episcopal churches in Europe on the eve of World War II.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1885. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8 3/4 x 11/ 1/4 inches. 2 vols. Vol. 1: xx + 665 pages. Vol. 2: xiii + 696 pages. Both volumes illustrated. Both volumes have a small ownership stamp inside the front cover, and the first few pages of volume 2 have a light dampstain. Otherwise, the pages are bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Both volumes rebound in matching gray buckram with black spine labels. Covers lightly worn. The front cover and spine of volume 1 is bleached by damp. A very good copy of this monumental and excellent history of the American Episcopal Church. A scarce work.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1885. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good +. 8 3/4 x 11/ 1/4 inches. 2 vols. Vol. 1: xx + 665 pages. Vol. 2: xiii + 696 pages. Both volumes illustrated. Pages are bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Both volumes bound in matching publisher's black cloth over heavy boards. Title in gilt to front covers and spine, and blindstamped on rear covers. Covers slightly bleached and lightly worn. An unusually good copy of this monumental and excellent history of the American Episcopal Church in its original state. A scarce work.

Clairmont, NH: The Clairmont Manufacturing Company, 1874. 3/4 leather. Near Fine. 2 vols. 6 x 8 1/4 inches. Vol. 1 (1785-1821): 655 numbered pages. Vol. 2 (1823-1835): 736 numbered pages. All page edges speckled red. Pages clean. Bound in matching 3/4 black morocco with marbled boards. Spines with 4 raised and gilt bands, gilt title and dates. An excellent copy of the definitive historical documents of the American Episcopal Church.

Basel: Verlag von C.S. Spittler, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches. 160 pages. Pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Printed in red and black. Bound in green marbled boards with green cloth spine and corners. Very light wear to covers. A particularly nice printing in red and black with decorative initial capitals. Scarce.

Leipzig: J.J. Weber, 1913. First edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 11 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches. Issue Number 3672 dated November 13, 1913, containing pages 832 through 878. Large format pictorial magazine. Edges lightly soiled and worn. The Illustrirte Zeitung was a pioneering weekly photo-journal known for its innovative graphics, political and literary coverage as well as its splashy and iconic advertising spreads. A beautiful example of this publication with many notable period advertisements.

Leipzig: J.J. Weber, 1913. First edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 11 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches. Issue Number 3660 dated August 21, 1913, containing pages 296 through 334. Large format pictorial magazine. Edges lightly soiled and worn. The Illustrirte Zeitung was a pioneering weekly photo-journal known for its innovative graphics, political and literary coverage as well as its splashy and iconic advertising spreads. A beautiful example of this publication with many notable period advertisements.

Leipzig: J.J. Weber, 1913. First edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 11 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches. Issue Number 3628 dated January 9, 1913, containing pages 50 through 92. Large format pictorial magazine. Edges lightly soiled and worn. The Illustrirte Zeitung was a pioneering weekly photo-journal known for its innovative graphics, political and literary coverage as well as its splashy and iconic advertising spreads. A beautiful example of this publication with many notable period advertisements.