Search Results: MONASTIC from Chilton Books

1978.. Unpaginated, full of b/w cartoons. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969.. 2nd imp. "In this deeply sympathetic survey of the religious life in the modern world Geoffrey Moorhouse describes the daily life of monks, nuns and other religious: the effects of authority and the demands of obedience." Pp. 13/436, 23 b/w illustrations, owners details to fep, light staining to part of fore-edge not affecting book internally. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has edge tears with losses. G+/P.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1972.. 1st Penguin ed. "This book is not about Christianity in general: it is about 'the religious life' in its technical sense." Pp. 4/316. Ex libris ink stamp to fep. Toning to pages. P/b. Illustd. cover. G.

London: Blackfriars Publications, 1958.. This volume, a translation of L'Apostolat, forms a complete study of the apostolic life." Pp.viii/206. Black cloth, dustwrapper has edgewear and small tears to top and tail of spine. VG/G+.

Roma: Pubblicazioni Agostiniane, 1995.. A Historical Album of the Order of St Augustine. Contents: I.750 Years Ago; II.St Augustine's Monasticism; III.The Grand Union of 1256; IV.The First Hundred Years; V.The Late Middle Ages; VI.The Age of Reform; VII.Augustinian Missions; VIII.The Age of Suppression; IX.Return and Renewal; X.The Augustinians in the Twentieth Century. Landscape format. 21cms x 29.5cms. Pp.95, colour and black & white illustrations throughout. Laminated stiff card covers, small chip to lower front edge. VG.

Guildford: Lutterworth Press, 1982.. 3rd ed. A completely revised and updated edition. A guidebook to Retreat Houses, 136 guest houses, monastries and convents are described in detail. Pp. 96, 41 b/w illustns., + 10 maps. P/n. Illustd. cover, VG.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1976.. 1st ed. An Experience of Community. Pp. 125, 5 drawings. Inscrip. to fep. Toning to pages. P/b. Illustd. covers. G.

London: A.R. Mowbray. 1983.. 1st ed. "Examines two questions: What is the religious life? and has it a role in the Church today and tomorrow? The questions are insistent both for religious communities and the Church". Pp 110. Owners bookplate to fep. Pages toned. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

London:SPCK,1964.. Revised edition. "The history of the Church of England in the nineteenth century is characterised by the revival of the monastic ideal, which had been dormant, apart from a few isolated experiments, since the Reformation. This book tells the story of the revival and proviodes a list....of all communities...in the Anglican Communion throughout the world, including those no longer in existence." Pp.xviii/650,16 black & white illustrations, owner's name to front free endpaper but pages clean throughout. Fawn cloth, darkened and spotted to spine, some minor discolouration to boards, wear to top and bae of spine. G+.

London: Alexander Moring, The Dela More Press, 298 Regent Street, W., 1903 .. First edition. 12mo. 15.8cm x 12cm x 2.5cm (6" x 5" x 1"), pp.44/285. Original white papered spine (now soiled) with original paper label (browned), over grey-blue boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed . Previous owners details to verso of front board. Newspaper cuttings laid down to endpapers, relating to Joceline and Gerbestone Manor. Half title and crest for "The King's Classics", followed by a photo frontispiece: "The Seal Of Abbot Samson", and printed title. Browning to endpapers, otherwise clean text throughout. A well preserved book. ** Publicity flyer reads: "This account, written by the English chronicler Jocelin of Brakelond offers invaluable insights into Monastic life in the Middle Ages. A study of St. Edmund�s Abbey covering the years 1173-1202, the work is remarkable for the vivid scenes and characters it presents, particularly that of the abbot Samson. The volume also includes a detailed chronology… Read More

Edinburgh: Sands & Co, 1909.. Newly Done Into English with Preface and Notes by Father Cuthbert, O.S.F.C. "The coming of the Friars Minor, or Franciscan Friars, to England, in the year 1224, was an event of no mean importance in the religious and social life of the nation." Pp.xl/168, bookplate of the Holy Sepulchre New Hall to inside front board. Brown cloth, gilt title and roundel to front, gilt tltle to spine, ink number to lower spine. G+.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.Ltd, 1906.. The ordinary collections of the work of a Kempis do not contain the Chronicle, although there is no doubt as to the authenticity of the book, which is of considerable importance to students of the movement known as 'The New Devotion', and to those who are interested in the Brotherhood of the Common Life. Top edge gilt, rough-cut page edges. Pp.xvi/234, title page in red and black, decorated head and tail pieces to chapters and historated capitals, some pages uncut, owner's name to front free endpaper, small bookseller's inkstamp to inside front board, spotting to preliminaries and front and rear endpapers as well as to closed page edges. Blue cloth, gilt oval motifs to front and rear boards, gilt title to spine, edges rubbed. Good.

London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1977.. Rep. "The talks in this book were given at a retreat at Beni-Abbes in the Sahara." Pp. 11/145, ex-priory library stamps to feps. Pbk. G+.

London:Mowbray,1950.. 1st ed. Pp.96, owners name(E.H.Chavasse)to fep, slight toning to endpapers.Brown cloth spine, green boards. G+.

London: The Protestant Truth Society. nd.(c.1960s?).. Her experience as a nun of the Roman Catholic Church, her escape from the convent, and her ultimate conversion to Christ". Pp 158. Paperback, slight creasing to spine. G+.

London: Darton, Longman & Todd. 1982.. We are presented with a radical and dynamic picture of the Religious Life which is true to the theology of Vatican II, to modern biblical scholarship and to the practical requirements of everyday life". Pp 225, slight toning to pages. P/b, slight creasing to spine with small sticker, slight rubbing to covers. G+.

Cambridge / London : Deighton Bell and Co. ; G. Bell and Sons, 1915 .. The system of double monasteries, or monasteries for both men and women, is as old as that of Christian monasticism itself, though the phrase "monasteria dupliciates from about the C6. The term was also sometimes applied to twin monasteries for men; Bede uses it in this sense with reference to Wearmouth and Yarrow, while he generally speaks of a double monastery as 'monasterium virginum.' . " First and only edition. pp.32 . Original green card covers with black printed titles. Covers creased and faded, with staining to spine and one small tear carefully repaired. Small ownership label to the verso of the front cover: "A. Reynolds 17/6/58". G+ .

USA: CARA, 1976.. 1st ed. These CARA Symposium papers reflect views of the future by Religious, men and women, both active and contemplative. Pp. 238. Stamp to fep. P/b. VG.

London:Catholic Book Club,1945.. Pp.138, name to fep. Black cloth. G+.

London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1978.. 1st.ed. "Problems and the challenge of the religious life in the world today...role of the religious in contemporary society." Pp. 201, sticker to fep, inkstamps to closed page edges. Pbk. G+.