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London: J.M. Dent & Co,, 1934. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Small Octavo. FIRST EVERYMAN EDITION. LONDON : 1934. Everyman's Library of Theology & Philosophy. Hardback. Introduction by A. D. Lindsay. Original black ribbed-cloth, lettered & decorated spine in gilt, blind 'Dent' motif on front cover, decorative end-papers. Bright copy; internally crisp and clean. Neat owner name; G. D. McDonald, University College, Oxford; no internal markings. Tight, bright and clean. NEAR FINE. (xxxiv), 483 pages. Bibliography: p. vii/viii. SCARCE first printing in jacket. Printed at 'The Temple Press, Letchworth, England'. See Seymour Guide to Everyman p. 185. Sm.8vo. Dent Everyman Library No. 909. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Art, Bagster, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

London: J.M. Dent & Co,, 1934. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Small Octavo. FIRST EVERYMAN EDITION. LONDON : 1934. Everyman's Library of Theology & Philosophy. Hardback. Introduction by A. D. Lindsay. Original black ribbed-cloth, lettered & decorated spine in gilt, blind 'Dent' motif on front cover, decorative end-papers. Yellow printed dust-jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. Bright copy; internally crisp and clean. Neat owner name; no internal markings. Minor dulling to jacket spine. Tight, bright and clean. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xxxiv), 483 pages. Bibliography: p. vii/viii. SCARCE. Printed at 'The Temple Press, Letchworth, England'. See Seymour Guide to Everyman p. 185. Sm.8vo. Dent Everyman Library No. 909. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Art, Bagster, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald,… Read More

Oxford: Oxford University Press - Clarendon Press, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large Octavo. FIRST EDITION. OXFORD : 1989. Hardback. Dark-blue cloth; gilt lettered spine. In dark-green printed dust-jacket. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xx), 396 pages. Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-383). Index. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. Lg.8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1952. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. Folio - 14 x 11 Inches Tall. FIRST EDITION. PHILADELPHIA : 1952. [ Transactions of the American Philosophical Society New Series Volume 42, Part 3: 1952.]. Paperback. Illustrated throughout. incl. sections, elevations and plans. Light-brown printed covers. Bright tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. 431-564 pages. Bibliographical footnotes. Bibliography: page 559. Folio; approx. 14 x 11 inches. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

Glasgow & London: Glasgow: Robert L. Holmes, London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co.,, 1893. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. LONDON & GLASGOW : 1893. [ First published the previous year.]. Hardback. Original brown cloth; gilt lettered spine. Blind-stamped panels to covers. Original black end-papers. Untrimmed edges as issued. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. Slight browning got end-papers. VERY GOOD. 208 pages. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE.

Wiesbaden [ New York ]: Breitkopf & Härtel. [ C. F. Peters Corp ], 1964. Sixth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Folio - 11 x 9 Inches Tall. Frontispiece - Portrait - Music score. WIESBADEN : 1964. [ Originally published in 1862.]. Hardback. Frontispiece - Portrait - Music score - facsimile. Original dark-brown cloth; gilt lettered spine and cover. In original glassine dust-jacket. No owner name; no internal markings. Paper slightly browned. VERY GOOD INDEED. (clviii), 1,024 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Appendices. Index. Folio; approx. 11 x 9 inches. Heavy; extra postage needed (over 3kg). ***Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE.

NEW YORK: Fordham University Press, 2004. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Large Octavo. FIRST EDITION. NEW YORK : 2004. Paperback. Green pictorial covers. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. FINE. (xii), 355 pages. Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-335). Index. Nice copy. CONTENTS: Jacques Derrida: Terror, religion and the new politics -- Jean-Luc Marion: The hermeneutics of revelation -- Paul Ricoeur: On life stories ; On the crisis of authority ; The power of the possible ; Imagination, testimony, and trust -- Georges Dume?zil: Myth, ideology, sovereignty -- Emmanuel Levinas: Ethics of the infinite -- Herbert Marcuse: The philosophy of art and politics -- Paul Ricoeur: The creativity of language ; Myth as the bearer of possible worlds -- Stanislas Breton: Being, God and the poetics of relation -- Jacques Derrida: Deconstruction and the other -- Julia Kristeva: Strangers to ourselves: the hope of the singular -- Hans Georg Gadamer: Text matters --… Read More

Oxford: Oxford University Press (Humphrey Milford) , 1923. Not Given . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 12mo. Frontispiece - Portrait plus plate. OXFORD : 1923. [ First published in this series 1901.]. World's Classics No. 7. Hardback. Frontispiece - portrait. Contemporary publisher's binding in faux brown calf. Looks like tree-calf designed boards; Gilt decorative spine; looks like a dark green lettered panel. All edges gilt. Marbled end-papers. Neat owner name dated 1926; no internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. No foxing. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. (viii), 344 pages. Index. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE EDITION/BINDING

London: Stanley, Paul & Co. Ltd. , 1909. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Quarto - Approx 10 x 8 Inches. Hassall, John 1868-1948 . FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1909. Brown pictorial paper wrappers, yapped. Title, author, illustration, illustrator, Illustrated by John Hassall; photoengravings. No owner name; no internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. Minor edge-wear. VERY GOOD INDEED. 127 pages. Publisher's advertisements: p. 123-127. KEBLE HOWARD WAS THE PEN NAME OF JOHN KEBLE BELL (8 June 1875 - 29 March 1928). He was an English writer and journalist, who wrote a large number of novels, short stories, sketches and plays, mainly light comic pieces, often depicting suburban life. One contemporary literary commentator described Howard as "a highly successful novelist and a moderately successful playwright". John Keble Bell was born in Basingstoke in 1875, the third of the twelve children of the Reverend George Edward Bell. Soon after his birth, his father was appointed Vicar of… Read More

London: I & P Knapton, 1738. No Binding. Very Good. Large Folio. Jacob Houbraken, 1738, Amst.. LONDON : 1738. [ Amsterdam Engraved. London Printed.] A single large folio leaf with fine engraved portrait dated 1738. Generous margins. In bright clean condition. Approx size; 19 x 14 inches (with good 2 inch margins). Printed on heavy, quality laid paper of the day. VERY GOOD. Ideal for framing. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. Folio. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

London & New York: T & T Clark - Sheffield Academic Press, 2004. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Lg 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 2004. Hardback. Blue cloth; silver lettered spine and cover. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, clean and tight. FINE. (xv), 280 pages. Bibliography. Indexes. Lg.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large Octavo. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 2005. Hardback. Illustrated; 16pp plates (chiefly coloured). Black cloth; gilt lettered spine. Original light brown end-papers. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xiii), 578 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Index. SUMMARY: Beau Brummell's life is a riveting story of unparalleled fame, fashion and admiration followed by a descent into poverty and madness. The man who put Saville Row on the map, who could win friends, political arguments or the favours of women with apparent effortlessness, and who was responsible for some of the wittiest put-downs in history, Brummell created the myth of the British gent typified by wit, style, sex, and the finest tailoring in the world. In this biography, Ian Kelly brings the clothes, fashions and people of Regency England vividly to life.… Read More

London: Continuum Publishing Group (Burns & Oates), 2003. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Large Octavo. Plates. FIRST EDITIONS. LONDON : 2003, 2009. 2 VOLUMES. Hardback. Dark-blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. Blue pictorial dust-jacket. Colour photographic end-papers. Plates; facsimiles. Minor use only. NEAR FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeves. The Concordance is NF Jacket VG+. SCARCE. From the jacket flap; 'The Blickling Homilies' which date from the end of the tenth century, are one of the earliest extant collections of English homiletic vernacular writings. The homiletic texts survive in a composite codex consisting of 'Municipal Entries for the Council of Lincoln' (fourteenth - seventeenth century), a 'Calendar' (mid fifteenth century), 'Gospel Oaths' (early fourteenth century), and the eighteen homiletic texts that are based on the yearly liturgical cycle. The Blickling Homilies are an important literary milestone in… Read More

London: Morgan Bros. (Publishers) Ltd, , 1937. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Illustrated . LONDON : 1937. 43rd ed.. First published: 1894. Illustrated. Soft-bound in red leather; rounded corners. Flexi-boards detached; spine worn. Text complete. Ideal for a re-spine. Over 60 pages of adverts adverts to front. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. Apart from faults noted: VERY GOOD. (lxli), 2,675 pages. 8vo. Heavy (over 2kg); extra postage needed. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

London: John Murray, 1875. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Lg 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1875. Hardback. Original dark brown sand-grained with blind ruled boards. Gilt lettered spine. Original untrimmed edges. Brown end-papers. Neat owner's name on title-page, but no internal markings. Minor wear only. A bright, tight and clean copy. (xi), 164 pages. 32pp catalogue to rear.**Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Art, Bagster, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE

Bristol: Albion Press : Wansbrough & Saunders, 1823. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 12mo. BRISTOL : 1823. [ First published Hatchard 1810.]. Hardback. Words edition; without music. Cloth spine; marbled boards. Gilt lettered spine. No owner name. A handful of neat contemporary marginal marks. Tight, bright and clean. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. (xxiv), 244, (xii) pages. Includes indexes. 12mo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE.

London: Printed for Thomas Tegg and Son; Tegg, Wise, and Tegg, Dublin; Griffin and Co., Glasgow; and J. and S.A. Tegg, Sydney, Australia. [ Whittingham, Charles 1767-1840. [prt], 1835. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Cruikshank, George 1792-1878.. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1835. [ Printed by Charles Whittingham.]. Hardback. Frontispiece by George Cruikshank: plus vignette to title-page engraved by Devenport. Original textured back cloth; gilt lettered spine within a decorative panel (professionally re-spined retaining original spine). Untrimmed edges as issued. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. A little foxing. VERY GOOD INDEED. (v), 476 pages. Nice copy in cloth as issued. Opie collection of children's literature ; 004:041. Authorship attributed in Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.), I, 260. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999. Second Impression . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Large Octavo. Illustrated. CAMBRIDGE : 1999. Hardback. Illustrated. Black cloth; gilt lettered spine. In black and colour pictorial dust-jacket. Neat owner name of Alan Shackleton and blind-stamp. Two pictures from magazine tipped-in to rear blanks. No internal markings. NEAR FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xvi), 451 pages. Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-426). Index. CONTENTS: Kennedy deals fully with Strauss's life as leading composer and national figure in the Third Reich, during which he was both feted and cold-shouldered by the authorities. In putting this period into perspective he draws heavily on hitherto ignored material, including Strauss's own letters and diaries. In addition he reveals much about Strauss's long, happy but tempestuous marriage to the soprano Pauline de Ahna as well as tracing the important relationships to his librettists… Read More

London: Collins Liturgical Publications [ Harper Collins ], 1989. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. LONDON : 1989. [ First issued 1983.]. Hardback. Dark-blue cloth; gilt lettered spine and cover. Two ribbon markers. No owner name; no internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. An attractive copy. FINE. 872 pages. Index. Now scarce. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Art, Bagster, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1953. Fifth Impression . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. LONDON : 1953. [ First published in 1938.]. Hardback. Frontispiece and 7 other plates, map. Light-brown cloth; gilt lettered spine (onto dark-red panels). In white and green printed dust-jacket (not price-clipped (18s). Neat owner name (not readable) dated 'Juba (South Sudan), 1954 and another W.G. Dowall, 1955; no internal markings. Tight, bright and clean. Minor wear and dulling to jacket spine. NEAR FINE in VG jacket; now in clear protective sleeve. (xxv), 339 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Glossary: pages 319-329. Index. CONTENTS: Tribal origin and kinship system -- The Gikuyu system of land tenure -- Economic life -- Industries -- System of education -- Initiation of boys and girls -- Sex life among young people -- Marriage system -- The Gikuyu system of government -- Religion and ancestor worship -- The new religion in East Africa -- Magical and medical practices -- Conclusion --… Read More