Ecclesiastical & Religious from Bird's Books
New Arrivals
More Photos
The Theory of Eternal Life
by Collin, Rodney
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1950
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$63.57
Show Details
Description:
Cape Town: Stourton Press, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition limited to 600 copies. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt titles on spine, spine sunned. 120pp illustrated with one colour and 8 black and white full page plates. Gift dedication dated 1950 and a rather long note written in ink on front free endpaper ‘…do not lightly… Read more about this item Item Price
$63.57
More Photos
The Cathedrals of Central Italy
by Bumpus, T. Francis
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1911
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$57.21
Show Details
Description:
London: T. Werner Laurie, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo, original blue cloth with gilt decoration and titles on front and spine. Upper edge gilt. Viii + 321pp + 6pp publisher’s catalogue. Coloured tissued guarded frontispiece and 3 other coloured plates from paintings by Stafford Leake accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress, other black and… Read more about this item Item Price
$57.21
More Photos
Symbols of Power
by Davidson, H R E (Ed.)
- Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$44.50
Show Details
Description:
D.S. Brewer LTD, 1977. Hardcover. Very good +/Good. Folklore Society Mistletoe Series. 8vo, green dust jacket with vignette of Mistletoe on front, over green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. 182pp. Contents include Religious Symbols and Indian Thought; The World to Come. A Two Thousand Year Old Painting from China; The Old English Paternoster; Icons as… Read more about this item Item Price
$44.50
More Photos
Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture; North India. Foundations of North Indian style c. 250 B.C. - A.D. 1100
by Meister, Michael W. ; M. A. Dhaky; Krishna Deva (eds.)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$31.79
Show Details
Description:
Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio, cloth covered boards with gilt titles on front and spine. This is the plates volume only. 778 black and white photographs. Front end paper has a some crossed out text and wear to top corner (see picture). Inner book nice and clean and in lovely condition. ***Over… Read more about this item Item Price
$31.79
PURITAN IN THE WILDERNESS A Biography of the Rev. James Fitch 1622-1702
by John T. Fitch
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1993
- ISBN
- 9780897251310
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$95.36
Show Details
Description:
This is more than just a biography, it covers the reformation, moving to an American colony, rise of puritanism in America, interactions with the native populations etc., as well as personal history. 319pp including index and glossary, illustrated with photographs, figures and maps. Decorated endpapers. Item Price
$95.36
Church Music and Protestantism in Post-Reformation England: Discourses, Sites and Identities (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History)
by Jonathan Willis
- Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781409400714
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$63.57
Show Details
Description:
Routledge, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Church Music and Protestantism in Post-Reformation England' breaks new ground in the religious history of Elizabethan England, through a closely focused study of the relationship between the practice of religious music and the complex process of Protestant identity formation. Hearing was of vital importance in the early modern period, and… Read more about this item Item Price
$63.57
More Photos
Short Studies on Great Subjects
by Froude, James Anthony
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- A New Edition
- Published
- 1883
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$53.40
Show Details
Description:
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1883. A New Edition. Hardcover. Good. Complete in 4 volumes. 8vo, half leather with green boards. Gilt titles on spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Two gift dedications on front free endpaper, one dated 1884 and the other 1932. Vol. I 662pp., vol II 598pp, vol III 558pp, vol IV 572pp. Some shelf wear,… Read more about this item Item Price
$53.40
More Photos
History of Latin Christianity; Including That of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicolas V. ; Complete in 6 Volumes.
by Milman, Henry Hart
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Second edition
- Published
- 1857
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$502.20
Show Details
Description:
London: John Murray, 1857. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, full calf binding with marbled endpapers, with gilt titles and decoration on spine. Emblem of Trinity College in Oxford in gilt on front and back boards. From the collection of George Gilbert Ramsay of Glasgow University with his personal bookplate on the front pastedowns. Ramsay studied at Trinity… Read more about this item Item Price
$502.20
More Photos
The History of Christianity From the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of Paganism in the Roman Empire. Complete in Three Volumes
by Milman, Henry Hart
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- A New Edition
- Published
- 1863
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$158.92
Show Details
Description:
London : John Murray, 1863. A New Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, half calf binding with marbled paper on boards, matching marbled endpapers, with gilt titles and decoration on spine. All edges red. Vol. I viii + 472pp, slight crack to binding and some shelf wear, vol. II iv + 474pp, vol. III iv + 518pp, including index.… Read more about this item Item Price
$158.92
More Photos
The History of the Jews. From The Earliest Period Down to Modern Times ; Complete in 3 Volumes
by Milman, Henry Hart
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Published
- 1863
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$190.71
Show Details
Description:
London : John Murray, 1863. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, half calf binding with marbled paper on boards, matching marbled endpapers, with gilt titles and decoration on spine. All edges red. A very attractive set. Vol. I xliii + 464pp, one page has a professionally repaired tear; vol. II vii + 490pp; vol. III vii + 479pp… Read more about this item Item Price
$190.71
More Photos
Dawn in Africa
by Shaw, Mabel
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1927
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$12.71
Show Details
Description:
London: Edinburgh House Press, 1927. First edition. Softcover. Acceptable. Paperback 8vo, illustrated card covers. 64pp illustrated with frontispiece and 3 other black and white plates. A well used book with age spotting, wear to edges etc. A fair reading copy. Apparently a true story of missionaries and villages in present day Zimbabwe, then named Northern Rhodesia. Previous owner's… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.71
More Photos
Myth, Magic, and Morals
by Conybeare, Frederick Cornwallis
- Condition
- Used - Good +
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1909
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$731.06
Show Details
Description:
London : Watts & Co, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. A Study of Christian Origins. Issued for the Rationalist Press Association, Limited. Extremely scarce first edition. 8vo, original navy cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Xviii + 376p. An investigation of the Jesus story, the development of arguments through examination of the gospels, Birth Legends, Magic… Read more about this item Item Price
$731.06
More Photos
Of the Imitation of Christ
by Thomas A Kempis
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Edition
- A New Edition
- Published
- 1885
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$12.71
Show Details
Description:
London : Rivingtons, 1885. A New Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Small 8vo, cloth boards with emblem and titles in gilt on front and spine. All edges red. Xiii + 207p. Item Price
$12.71
More Photos
The Bible Today
by Christian Scholars
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$12.71
Show Details
Description:
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode , 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good. Historical, Social, and Literary Aspects of the Old and New Testaments. 8vo, burgandy cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Cream dust jacket with titles in black and red border. Xv + 208pp including index. Illustrated by 37 plates including frontispiece. In excellent condition, a… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.71
More Photos
The Story of the Bible
by Foster, Charles
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Published
- 1901
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$15.26
Show Details
Description:
London : S. W. Partridge and Co., 1901. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good. “From Genesis to Revelation Told in Simple Language” Adapted to all Ages, but especially to the Young. 8vo, decorated royal blue cloth with pictures of lions on front; figure and gilt titles on spine. 621pp with 121 illustrations, including coloured frontis and other coloured plates.… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.26
More Photos
The Story of the Gospels For the Use of Children
by Maria, Trench
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Second edition
- Published
- 1901
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$15.26
Show Details
Description:
Oxford: A. R. Mowbray & Co., 1901. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, red cloth boards with black and gilt decoration of an angel carrying light. Titles in gilt on front and spine. All edges red. Corners a little bumped and a little marking on front. Beautifully decorated endpapers. Contemporary handwritten dedication on title page. 248pp with black and… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.26
More Photos
Plain Words to Children
by William, Walsham How
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1905
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$15.26
Show Details
Description:
London: Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, olive green boards with vignette of book and candle in dark green on front. Dark green titles on front and spine. Coloured endpapers and nice and clean inside. 176pp of biblical explanation and guidance for children. Chapters on the Soul, Obedience , God’s purpose, Sin etc. written… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.26
More Photos
The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1844
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$15.26
Show Details
Description:
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1844. Hardcover. Good. Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches; and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.’ Small 8vo, full calf binding with 5 raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Rich.d Cavendish named… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.26
More Photos
Urbs et Orbis or The Pope As Bishop and As Pontiff
by Humphrey, William
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1899
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$108.07
Show Details
Description:
London: Thomas Baker, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo, green cloth boards with embossed titles on front and gilt titles on spine. Xviii + 497pp, plus publisher's catalogue at rear. A detailed treatise of the Papacy in action with some account of the machinery by which the Supreme Pontiff has governed and governs the visible Church.… Read more about this item Item Price
$108.07
More Photos
Heritage and Hope: The Episcopal Churches in the East Neuk of Fife 1805-2005
by Stuart George Hall
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
- Item Price
-
$31.79
Show Details
Description:
Fife: Stuart George Hall, 2004. First edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo, softcover, 244pp illustrated with photographs, maps and plates. Signed by the author on the title page. ‘This book celebrates the spiritual heritage of the Episcopal Church’. Slight shelf wear to lower front corner, otherwise in near fine condition. Item Price
$31.79
