Religion og teologi

The Phoenix

Manly Palmer Hall · 1956 · Rooke Books

£2,950.00 (€3,536.00 | $3,897.38 | ¥622,164)

Los Angeles, The Philosophical Research Society, Inc, 1956. Cloth. An important mystic work by Manly Palmer Hall, exploring a wide variety of occult subjects, signed by the author. The third edition of this work, of which only one thousand copies were printed.Signed by the aut...

A Treatise on White Magic: Or, the Way of the Disciple

Alice A. Bailey · 1934 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.08 | ¥125,487)

London, Lucis Publishing Company, 1934. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Alice Bailey's esoteric guide to white magic, encountering topics including the astral plane and esoteric senses. The very scarce first edition of this work by Alice Bailey, in ...

Sane Occultism

Dion Fortune [Violet Mary Firth] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Inner Light Publishing Society, 1938 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce 'first cheap edition' of Dion Fortune's discussion of various aspects of occultism. The first cheap edition of this work, the second edition overall.Fortune's guide to ...

The Mystical Qabalah

Dion Fortune [Violet Mary Firth] · 1951 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, Williams & Norgate, 1951 . Cloth. The fourth impression of Dion Fortune's fascinating guide to the 'Mystical Qabalah&apos. The fourth impression of Dion Fortune's work, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with three foldin...

Le Thresor Des Prieres Et Oraisons

Jean du Ferrier · 1676 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.08 | ¥125,487)

Rouen, Francois Vaultier, 1676. Vellum. A very scarce French 'treasure' of prayers, a mid-seventeenth century edition. A very scarce work.In French.A collection of prayers and orations, titled as 'The Treasure of Prayers&apos. Including several holy meditations ...

Le Vrai Communiant

Daniel de Superville · 1718 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

Rotterdam, Abraham Acher, 1718. Leather. A scarce French text on how to be a true communicant, by the theologian and pastor Daniel de Superville. A scarce work.Complete as two volumes bound in one.In the original French.A religious treatise on the Holy Communion, in which the ...

Les Visites Charitables

Charles Drelincourt · 1665 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,996.61 | $3,302.86 | ¥527,257)

Paris, Olivier de Varennes, 1665-69. First edition. Leather. The scarce to see first edition of this religious work by Charles Drelincourt, offering a wide variety of consolations to offer solace during difficult periods of people's lives. The first edition of this scarce...

Regeneration: Being an Account of the Social Work of the Salvation Army in Great Britain

H. Rider Haggard · 1910 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this commentary on the social work of the Salvation Army from popular Victorian author H. Rider Haggard. First edition. With a frontispiece and five plates. Collated complete. A detailed comm...

La Journãƒâ©E Du Chrãƒâ©Tien Sanctifiãƒâ©E Par la Priãƒâ¨Re Et la Mãƒâ©Ditation

1878 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Not Stated, Alfred Mame at Fils, 1878 . Leather. A lovely copy of this Christian prayer book in French, approved by French Roman Catholic Archbishop Charles-Théodore Colet, smartly bound in full morocco. Bound in full morocco. Decorative gilt dentelles. Quite rare. A charmi...

Here and There in North India

Reverend Herbert Moore · 1914 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

Westminster, Society's Office, 1914. Cloth. A scarce copy of this illustrated account of missionary work in the North of India. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a map, and thirty-one in-text and full-page images. Collated complete. An account of some of the m...

No Traveller Returns: Ten Chapters on the Future Life

Clarence May · 1932 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London , Skeffington & Son, Ltd. [1932]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce second impression of this work by Reverend Clarence May on the afterlife, with original unclipped dust wrapper. This is the first edition, second impression of this scarce work published 1932. Undated, da...

Lettres Sur Divers Sujets Concernant la Religion Et la Metaphysique

François de Salignac de La Motte Fenelon · 1718 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

Paris, Jacques Estienne, 1718. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this classic of Christian literature, containing François Fénelon's defense of the Christian religion. The first edition of this work in a full speckled calf binding, with marbled paste downs...

The Life of Jesus of Nazareth

William M. Sinclair; Sir George A. Smith · 1908 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Eyre & Spottiswood (Bible Warehouse) Ltd , [1908]. Cloth. A profusely illustrated work on the life of Jesus of Nazareth, with colour plates by William Hole. In the publisher's original blind stamped gilt cloth. Illustrated by William Hole with eighty colour plate...

The Story of David

1934 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1934. Cloth. A scarce copy of this reprint of The Story of David, with illustrations from John Farleigh. Reprinted from the first and second Books of Samuel, the authorised version of 1611 is followed without alteration. Illustrated with eleven wood...

An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, Being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People Called Quakers

Robert Barclay · 1765 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1765 . Leather. The first Baskerville edition of the influential Scottish Quaker Robert Barclay's theological 'vindication' of the Quaker doctrine. The eighth edition in English of this work, but the first to be published by John Ba...

A Collection of Several Remarkable and Valuable Sermons, Speeches, and Exhortations

Various · 1741 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

Glasgow, George Paton, 1741. Leather. A scarce collection of sermons and speeches relating to the National Covenant, an interesting piece of Scottish history. A scarce work.A collection of sermons published for the National Covenant of Scotland, with pieces by Andrew Cant, Tho...

Parables of Our Lord

Anonymous · 1851 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, J. Mitchell, 1851 . Cloth. A very scarce illustrated edition of the Biblical parables, illustrated by John Franklin. A very scarce work, in which the merciless servant, the lord of the vineyard, the wicked husbandmen, the faithful servant, the ten virgins, the sheep an...

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, and the Apocrypha

Anonymous · 1815 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.75 | $3,170.75 | ¥506,167)

London, White, Cochrane and Co, 1815 . Leather. A beautifully bound and very scarce three volume edition of the Holy Bible, illustrated with engraved plates by Charles Heath and Richard Westall. A very scarce three volume folio edition of the Old and New Testament and Apocryph...

Liber Valorum Et Decimarum; Being an Account of the Valuations and Yearly Tenths of All Such Ecclesiastical Benefices in England and Wales, As Now Stand Chargeable with the Payment of First-Fruits and Tenths

John Ecton · 1711 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, W. B. for Is. Harrison; W. Freeman; George Sawbridge, 1711. First edition. Leather. John Ecton's important compilation of the financial states of churches in England and Wales, the first edition of this uncommon work. The uncommon first edition.An important religi...

Adam&Apos;S Rib and Other Anomalous Elements in the Hebrew Creation Myth

Robert Graves · 1955 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)

London, Trianon Press, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A signed work by Robert Graves in which he explores the Creation myth, a smart limited edition work with illustrated by James Metcalf. A signed limited edition, this copy numbered 126 of an 250. Signed by Graves and Metcalf to...