Search Results: Authors starting with R from Goldring Books

London: SCM Press, 1976. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy which has some minor marks to back cover. 289 pages. Fifth impression. Translated from the German by D.M.G. Stalker. For this version Gerhard von Rad and Eduard Haller, his assistant, have reworked the text of the original 1967 work in order to make it more readable for non-theologians. Most of the footnotes have been deleted, technical and foreign expressions and words paraphrased, some additions included, and one section, that on apocalyptic, has been rewritten completely. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R8. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Burns and Oates, 2004. A Fine unmarked copy. 69 pages. The Seven Words from the Cross have been the focus of Christian meditation through the ages. Set to music by Haydn, they epitomise the depth of Jesus' human experience faced with death. Each meditation in the book is illustrated with a picture of Christ on the Cross, nearly all modern, personal gifts to the Dominican monk, and so part of life. The object is to lead the reader deeply into prayer and contemplation. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R7. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Tunbridge Wells: Midas, 1983. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from fading to spine) in pictorial laminated boards. A large format volume of 144 pages. he book is basically a lineside picture album and anthology of the route between London (St. pancras) and Derby, where the Midland had its headquarters. It includes a large number of photographs dating from those halcyon Midland days before the turn of the century, with graceful Johnson locomotives at the head of immaculately turned out carriages. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.88 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 1. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Chancellor Press, 1993. A near Fine unmarked copy with age darkening to page edges in pictorial laminated boards. A fascinating collection of tales from around the world which has been compiled from the records of state and county archives as well as the memories of those who recall characters and incidents related by their forebears. Illustrated with over 50 woodcuts and drawings. D4A. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Stuttgart: Privilegierte Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1950. KOMPLETT IN ZWEI BÄNDEN. Vorwort in deutscher Sprache und Englisch. TEXT IN GRIECHISCHER Sprache. Eine saubere und unmarkiert setzen. Bitte beachten Sie Zusätzliche Portokosten für hohe Gewicht- 3.35 Kilo. COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES. Foreword in German and English. TEXT IN GREEK. A clean, tight and unmarked set which has just a little sporadic light foxing and fading to spine. All edges red. Page marker bound in. Unpaginated. Includes the history of the Septuagint text and explanation of symbols. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A HEAVY SET OF 3.35 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST R2. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Burns and Oates, 1977. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy. Writing at the height of his powers, spiritual and conceptual, Rahner addresses himself to central problems of the Christian life; faith as courage; tolerance in the Church; freedom and manipulation in society and the Church, and offers a valid blue-print for the Church now and to come : the divine plan of freedom and spirit. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R8. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Exposition Press, 1976. SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO front endpaper with dedication ALSO a SIGNED LETTER enclosing the book. A near Fine copy unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. 71 pages. The book outlines a practical course of action for personal lives that has a twofold purpose - 1) to conserve our precious and dwindling energy resources for future generations; 2) to provide a buffer against inflationary pressures by saving energy and money. 1. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Jessica Kingsley, 2001. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy. 304 pages. This is an essential resource for all people caring for family members or friends with mental illness. Written by experts, it provides information on forms of mental illness, treatment plans, what to do in an emergency, the role of mental health professionals and other agencies, legal issues and confidentiality, housing, work and benefits. 52. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Longmans, 1966. Gold title on blue boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally there is some light foxing to top and fore edges else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket is also VG+. x + 83 pages. These lectures were delivered from notes and His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, President of the World Council of Churches has rewritten them for publication. They preach an involvement with this world to a fatal exclusion of the reality of the other. **** NOT EX LIB **** R1. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Geoffrey Bles : The Centenary Press, 1945. Silver title on black cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small name to front pastedown and an ink stamped name,address and date to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. 123 pages. Written by the later Archbishop of Canterbury when he was Canon of Durham Cathedral and Professor of Divinity in the University of Durham. The book's purpose is to examine the place of the Resurrection in the Gospel preached by the Apostles and in the theology that created the New Testament, and to discuss the historical character of the event from which both the Gospel and the theology sprang. **** NOT EX LIB **** R5. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: Plaisir De Lire, 1973. d'abord publié en 1913. Est le dernier roman de Charles Ferdinand Ramuz centré sur l’histoire d’un seul personnage. C’est le récit de la vie d’un homme qui a su profiter des cadeaux de l’existence et continuer son chemin malgré les difficultés rencontrées. Une belle leçon d’optimisme et d’amour de la vie. 50. Couverture Souple. Très Bon/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1985. A Very Good+ unmarked copy free of inscription with usual slight age darkening to page edges. Dustjacket is not price clipped and also VG+. An historical novel set in 18th century Staffordshire with the rapidly industrialising potteries, where Joseph Drayton, Master Potter, runs the family business, untrammelled in his private ambitions, ambitions which include Meg, a gipsy girl who slaves in his turning sheds, but not his gifted younger brother Martin. Martin is bound by indentures to work for five years in Joseph's pot bank but longs for the day when he comes into the Drayton legacy and can express his artistry in a more personal way and in this he is helped by his friend Simon Kendall, the canal digger, a humble genius who can neither read nor write but whose vision as an architect and engineer transforms the potteries trade. 22. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Brockhampton Press, 1992. A Fine uninscribed copy with laminated illustrated boards as the dustjacket with Fine complete dustjacket. A well informed manual, the result of 20 years of investigation, which provides compelling reading by an experienced UFO investigator who explains in words and visual images what UFOs look like and how to evaluate sightings and determine if it was an identifiable flying object. 100 revealing photographs many of which are previously unpublished. *** NOT EX LIB *** 23. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: John Murray, 2005. First edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. Through two years of close collaboration the author has put together a fascinating portrait of a private and professional woman, an actress who has won the hearts of millions with her diverse roles. 49 photographs. 11. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Moscow: Novosti Press Agency, 1972. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy. Text in English. 111 pages. Contents: Message to the Participants in the International Scientific Conference in Tashkent on October 16, 1972 by Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; Message of the Participants in the Conference to Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; Leninism - The Banner of Liberation and Progress of Nations by Sharaf Rashidov. Rashidov (1917-1983) was a Communist Party leader in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic and a CPSU Central Committee Politbureau candidate member between 1961 and 1983. In the Soviet Union his name became synonymous with corruption, nepotism and the Great Cotton Scandal of the late Brezhnev period. The Uzbek leadership falsified production records to have substantial funds transferred from Central Soviet funds to them and when this was discovered Rashidov committed suicide. 11. First. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. Second edition (first was 1997). 696 pages printed on acid free paper. For over 50 years, Oxford's Dictionary Department has been collecting, sourcing, researching, and authenticating quotations on an international scale, and in doing so, it has created one of the richest language resources in use anywhere in the world today, and has developed the most thorough and reliable editorial procedures. As the Sunday Telegraph states ' an instant pearl for every occasion'. **** NOT EX LIB **** *** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.2 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COSTS **** 23. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Lindsey Press, 1949. Gilt title on blue cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with some fading to spine. Internally there is a contemporary inscription and date to front endpaper else clean and tight. Dustjacket is complete with a repaired tear to back and is plastic protected. This edition is a revision of the first edition of 1935, brought up to date and much enlarged, written with such clarity that the reader will understand Dr. Schweitzer's contribution to music, theology and ethics. B2B. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Rawlings, Chapman Publications, 1972. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR 'TO KATHY McKAY VERY BEST WISHES SINCERELY LEO RAWLINGS'. Stated First Edition. A very clean, tight and unmarked copy. Dustjacket has a little wear to spine head and tail, sides and corner tips and is not price clipped and has a dustjacket protector fitted. Foreword by Lord Mountbatten of Burma. Dedication by Lord Russell of Liverpool. xxxi and 160 pages. Map of the notorious Railway of Death front endpaper and 119 plates. The artist's (1918-1984) now classic work as a prisoner of war for three and a half years of the Japanese in World War II, in which he describes the railway camps, the bridge building on the River Kwai, Changi in Singapore, the fall of Singapore, and all of the horrors experienced by the POW's - all graphically illustrated by his now famous drawings. **** A VERY SCARCE SIGNED COPY **** 22. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Rawlings, Leo. 8vo… Read More

London: Oxford University Press, 1944. Gilt title on blue cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small name to front pastedown else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. 128 pages. Lower edge uncut. The aim of the book is to set forth 'what I believe to be the meaning and message of the Gospels in such terms as can be understood by the ordinary educated reader'. R3. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Profile, 2007. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. 200 pages. Illustrations in the text. The Rosetta Stone has been in the Brtish Museum for 200 years and is the single most visited object in the entire collection. A pharaoh's forgotten decree, recorded in three scripts, it is the key to the lost hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt, a mystery which had intrigued men of science since the end of the Roman empire. It was discovered by Napoleon's troops in Egypt in the summer of 1799. Two men in particular worked on the stone's secrets: the first is Thomas Young, the brilliant English polymath who deserves to be better known. The second is the Frenchman Jean-Francois Champollin, the mercurial lover of all things Egyptian, who is known as the father of Egyptology. What is the real story of these mens rivalry and who deserves the greater credit? B2C. First. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.