Search Results: Authors starting with W from Butler Rare Books

London: printed by J. Paramore, at the Foundry, Upper Moorfields; and sold at the New Chapel, City-road, and at the Rev Mr Wesley's preaching houses in town and country, 1786. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 7"x4.5". 12mo. 227, [1]pp Pages are in very good condition. 2 sections protrude slightly on the rebind which has been undertaken sympathetically retaining the original tree calf boards and marbled endpapers. Label to spine

London : printed for I. C. and Iohn Saywell, and part of the Impression made over for the use and benefit of Edward Minshew Gent., 1647., 1647. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Small folio. 26 x 20cm. Polished calf boards recently rebacked with raised bands. Label. [24], 267, [1]. 182, 36, [24]pp. This edition does not require a portrait as some editions. A very clean copy with minor stains. This is an excessively rare edition, with only a single copy located in the US.

William Whately was a Puritan preacher who lived in England during the 17th century. He was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire in 1583 and studied at Magdalen College, Oxford. He became a pastor in Banbury in 1605 and later served as a minister in Banbury and then Deddington. Whately was known for his passionate preaching style and his emphasis on the importance of living a virtuous life in accordance with biblical teachings.
In addition to his preaching, Whately was also a prolific writer. He wrote several works on theology,… Read More

London. Printed and sold by the Booksellers in Town and Country., 1738. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 6½"x4¼" (17cm x 12cm). Original full blind stamped leather board rebacked. Portrait plate faces title page + A-Qq4 pages; each sermon is separately paginated; the book is complete. Endpapers have some browning and ink inscriptions. The portrait and title page show evidence of a tape repair which has now been restored. The date has been shaved at the base of the title page leaving the top part of the Roman numerals visible. Some light foxing / light browning in the text which is otherwise clean and crisp. This is the first edition of this very early set of sermons and the only one published in 1738. It was then re-published 3 times in 1739 and only once more in 1745. A rare collection published just 3 years after Whitefield's conversion and held in a handful of Institutional Libraries. ESTC T57934

Published Amsterdam, Petrum den Hengst, 1779. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 3 volumes, complete. Octavo. 21cm x 14cm. Twelve parts bound together in three vols. Each part has a title page; each volume has a general title page. General index to the 12 parts, in v. 3. Original full C18th calf rebacked in full gilt to spine with 6 labels. Raised bands. A lovely binding. Text is clean with some contemporary ink inscriptions