PRAYER BOOKS from Chilton Books

Oxford: At The University Press / London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Amen Corner, 1953 .. Scarce original blue leather bound "Order Of Service". First edition. 4to. 27.6cm x 19cm x 0.8cm. [6pp.]/pp.7 - 47/[1p.] . Blue pebbled calf binding. Front board with gilt titles and gilt royal cypher. previous owner's name to front endpaper: "Anthea Rawson. June 1953." Clean… Read more about this item

London : Samuel Bagster And Sons, Limited, 15, Paternoster Row, no date (c.1850).. A vey good original full leather (almost) miniature binding. 16mo. 9.7cm x 6.5cm x 2.5cm. [2pp.]/pp.16/[16pp./pp.634 . A typical black 'pebbled' calf, 'Bagster Binding' in very good condition. Spine with four raised bands, gilt title: "Liturgia Britannica"; and gilt publisher: "Bagster". to spine: All page… Read more about this item

Oxford: Printed at the University Press. / London: Henry Frowde, Oxford Warehouse, Amen Corner, [no date - c. 1890]. Scarce Finger Prayer Book. Diamond 96mo. 9.0cm x 2.9cm x 1.1cm (3.5" x 1.1" x 0.4"). pp.672 . A very good original full leather binding. Black morocco over thin covers. Gilt titles and small gilt cross to front cover.… Read more about this item

Oxford: Printed at the University Press. / London: Henry Frowde. (no date - C.1900).. Diam. 96mo - Cum Privilego. 9cm x 3cm x 1cm. Half title, followed by printed title. Prayer book; p.77-p.342. "Psalms Of David."; p.413-p.599. Please note pagination is as stated and there are no pages missing. AEG. Full red leather with gilt title:"Common Prayer" to both… Read more about this item

London: R. E. Thomas & Newman, Ltd., Printers, Lithographers, etc., etc., 24 White Street, Moorfields, E.C.2 .. A very good original service booklet in a fine leather binding. 8vo. 8" x 5" [2pp.]/ff.11 . Full red calf binding by Bumpus. Gilt crest to front cover with gilt filet border. Edges lightly rubbed. All page edges bright gilt. Clean yellow… Read more about this item

London: Seeley and Co.Ltd, 1898.. 1st ed. Short Chapters on the History and Contents of the Book of Common Prayer. 13cms x 9cms. Pp.16/170/6(ads), all edges red. Brown cloth with gilt menorah motif to front, gilt title to spine. VG.

London: Rivingtons, Waterloo Place, 1890 .. 4to. pp.12/[14 leaves of plates ]. 25cm x 19cm .Grey boards with title in red & black. Edges a little rubbed and soiled. Light toning to endpapers, otherwise clean text and illustrations. G+.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1902.. 1st ed. History of the revision of the Prayer Book and the fate of Church Ornaments at the beginning of Elizabeth Ist's reign. Chapters include: I.The Current Story of the Revision: 1. Modern Accounts. 2.The Account in Strype. 3. Historians befor Strype.4. Examination of the 'Device'. 5. Examination of Guest's Letters. 6. The… Read more about this item

London: George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, 1908 .. 8vo. 21.6cm x 14.5cm x 2cm. Original blue cloth binding of The Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society. Gilt crest to front board, plus title: "Sarum Psalter." Spine and board edges rubbed and dulled. Light foxing to endpapers. Title in red & black and lightly foxed (… Read more about this item

Burgh-by-Sands: Fort House, nd (c.1981).. Selections scribed and decorated by the author. Pp.32, text in a beautiful hand-written script style with black & white decorations. Stiff card covers, slightly rubbed. VG.

Otterton: Brexworthy Press, Fort House Publications, 1990.. 2nd imp. "The object of this booklet is to try to restate for the man in the pew the value of the Book of Common Prayer in terms of its spiritual worth as a book of worship." Pp. 28. Paperback, minor crease to front near spine. VG.

London: SPCK, 1949.. 1st ed. Study of the Book of Common Prayer. Pp. 160, old sticky label mark to fep. P/b, old tape mark to spine. G+.

London: SPCK, 1927.. 1st ed. Study. Pp. 63, spotting to title page and last page. P/b. G+.

Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 1999.. 1st ed. "This delightfully illustrated book contains all the collects that appear in the Book of Common Prayer." Unpaginated, illustrations based on wood engravings designed by Blanche McManus. P/b. F.

London: Faith Press Ltd., 1928.. 1st ed. Pp. 171/1 (ad), owner's name and slight mark to fep. P/b. G+.

London: SPCK, 1943.. 1st ed. Study. Pp. 8/77, faint mark to fep. Blue cloth, d/w. G+/G+.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell,1981.. 1st ed. "A storm of controversy greeted the publication of the ASB(Alternative Service Book). 'No Alternative' culls some of the more striking contributions to this debate and jextaposes them with important original articles by some of the protagonists and other commentators which set the controversy in its full doctrinal, literary and artistic context and analyse… Read more about this item

Cambridge:University Press, 1943.. Revised edition. "...the origin and development of the existing service-books normally used today in the churches of this country... and the origin and development of forms designed in modern times to satisfy the needs of special sections of the Christian public." Pp.viii/142, owner's name to front free endpaper, 3cm square loss to rear free endpaper.… Read more about this item

London: SPCK. 1949.. Puts the Prayer Book into the ordinary person's hands, and shows him its beauty and its meaning". Pp 61. P/b, slight rusting to staples. G+.

London: Andrew Dakers Ltd., 1949.. 1st ed. A constructive and critical examination of the Book of Common Prayer. Pp. 8/248. Book plate to fep. Slight spotting to free edges of pages without affecting text. Royal blue cloth, gilt title to text, d/w with slight chipping. G+/G.