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The Case of Impropriations and of the Augmentation of Vicarages and Other Insufficient Cures, Stated by History and Law, from the First Usurpation of the Popes and Monks, to Her Majesty&Apos;S Royal Bounty, Lately Extended to the Poorer Clergy of the Church of England

White Kennett · 1704 · Rooke Books

£770.00 (€922.96 | $1,017.28 | ¥162,395)

London, Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of White Kennett's interesting analysis of the Church of England, written just after a period of serious religious turmoil in England. A very scarce work. The first edition of th...

The Necessity and Encouragement, of Utmost Venturing for the Churches Help: Together with the Sin, Foll, and Mischief of Self-Idolizing. Applyed by a Representation of 1. Some of the Most Notorious Nationall Sins Endangering Us. 2. The Heavy Weight of Wrath Maifested in Our Present Calamities. Yet Withall, Gounds of 3. Confindence, That Our Church Shall Obtain Deliverance in the Issue. 4. Hopes That the Present Parliament Shall Be Still Imployed in the Working of It. All Set Forth in a Sermon, P

Herbert Palmer; William Reyner; Christopher Tesdale · 1643 · Rooke Books

£3,800.00 (€4,554.85 | $5,020.35 | ¥801,431)

London, John Bellamie; Samuel Enderby; Phil Stephens, 1643-44. Disbound. A very scarce collection of three sermons delivered on fast-days by Herbert Palmer, William Reyner, and Christopher Tesdale in the mid seventeenth century. None of the works have been seen at auction. A c...

Nehemiah, or, the Excellent Governor. Being a Discourse Delivered at the Cathedrall of the Holy Trinity, Dublin, Aug. 1669. Before the Right Honourable Thomas Earle of Ossory Then Lord Deputy of Ireland

[John Parry] · 1670 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,264)

Oxford, H. Hall; Ric. Davis, 1670. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce first edition of John Parry's sermons on Nehemiah, delivered before Thomas Earl of Ossory in 1669. The first edition of this work. A very scarce work. Disbound. ESTC citation number R33024. A sermon...

A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God: More Particularly in Answer to Mr. Hobbs, Spinoza, and Their Followers. Wherein the Notion of Liberty Is Stated, and the Possibility and Certainty of It Proves, in Opposition to Necessity and Fate. Being the Substance of Eight Sermons Preach&Apos;D at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, in the Year 1704, at the Lecture Founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle

Samuel Clarke · 1705 · Rooke Books

£3,200.00 (€3,835.67 | $4,227.67 | ¥674,889)

London, James Knapton, 1705. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Samuel Clarke's engaging work discussing theology and the existence of God, this copy previously owned by Isaac Hawkins Browne. A very scarce work. The first edition of this work. 'A ...

An Account of Mr. Cawdry"S Triplex Diatribe Concerning Superstition, VVIL-Worship, and Christmass Festivall. By H. Hammond D.D.

Henry Hammond · 1655 · Rooke Books

£3,400.00 (€4,075.39 | $4,491.90 | ¥717,070)

London, J Flesher for Richard Royston, 1655. First edition. Leather. Henry Hammond's rebuttal to and analysis of Daniel Cawdry's controversial work 'A Diatribe Concerning Superstition&apos. A very scarce and early work regarding superstition. The first edition o...

Paul the Pope and Paul the Friar. A Story of an Interdict.

T. Adolphus Trollope · 1861 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1861. Cloth. A fascinating work of papal and catholic history from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Written by Thomas Adolphus Trollope. This work charts the conflict between Pope Paul V and Fath...

The Soul Its Sorrows and Its Aspirations

Francis William Newman · 1868 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Trubner and Co. 1868. Cloth. A fascinating work on 'The Soul' by the renowned British scholar and man of letters Francis William Newman. Whilst predominantly remembered as the brother of the well-known churchman John Henry Cardinal Newman, Francis William New...

Memorials of St. John at Hackney Part III.

R. Simpson (ed.) · 1882 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

Guilford, Printed by Joseph Billing and Sons, 1882. Leather. A very scarce first edition copy of this fascinating volume on the memorials in the Church of St John-at-Hackney, compiled by Richard Simpson. This copy has been rebound in a half crushed morocco binding, with the or...

Istoria Del Concilio Di Trento Scritta Dal Cardinale Sforza

Annoymous · 1845 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.34 | ¥63,271)

Roma, Presso Gli Editori De'Classici Sacri, 1845. Leather. Two volumes bound in one being an exploration of the life and work of Francesco Sforza Pallavicino. Sixteen books, from two volumes bound into one. Two volumes bound into one. Previous owner bookplate to the front...

Paroissien Complet Contenant L&Apos;Office Des Dimanches Et Fetes de L&Apos;Annee En Latin Et En Francais a L&Apos;Usage de Paris. Nouvelle Edition. Augmentee Des Offices Du Sacre Coeur, de Saint Vincent de Paul de Saint Jospeh, Etc. Etc.

Annoymous · 1841 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Paris, A. Marcilly Librarie, 1841. Leather. A beautiful copy of this French and Latin religious text, bound with a metal clasp in the shape of a crucifix. New edition. Written in both Latin and French. In an delightful morocco binding. Illustrated with 4 plates throughout. A v...

Feriae Anniversariae. Observance of the Church&Apos;S Holy-Days No Symptom of Popery; Shown from Testimonies of Her Most Approved Children, in Continuance 1547-1800.

Richard Mant · 1847 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, John W. Parker, 1847. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this fascinating religious treatise on Christian anniversaries and Holy Days, by the English churchman and author of the notable 'History of the Church of Ireland', Richard Mant. A very scarce ...

Oeconomia Iudiciorum Divinorum Sub Novo Testamento: Vel Iam Patratorum, Vel Adhuc Expectandorum, Per Omnes Novi Foederis Libros Adornata Atque Digesta Ab Io. Henrich Maio

Johann Henrich · 1717 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

Francofurti ad Moenum , Ioan. Maximilianum a Sande, 1717. Vellum. A interesting work in the original Latin by the seventeenth century Lutheran Johann Henrich. Handsomely bound in a full vellum binding. A very scarce theological work by Johann Henrich. With two on Copac, held a...

First Advent Conference by Archbishop Vaughan. The Church of Christ, Indefectible Second Advent Conference by Archbishop Vaughan. The Church of Christ and the Bible Third Advent Conference by Archbishop Vaughan. Is the Protestant Church the Church of Christ? Fourth Advent Conference by Archbishop Vaughan. The Church of Christ, the Catholic Church Daniel O"Connell. An Oration Delivered in Sydney by Archbishop Vaughan, on Occasion of the Centenary 1875 Higher Education. Inaugural Address at St. Jo

Archbishop Vaughan · 1875 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Sydney, Edward F. Flanagan; J. G. O'Conner; J. J. Moore, 1875-1876. Cloth. A very scarce collection of six speeches by the Archbishop Roger Vaughan, all delivered in Sydney in 1875 to 1876. Roger Vaughan was a Benedictine monk at Downside Abbey, who went on to become the ...

Channel Island Churches a Study of the Medieval Churches and Chapels.

John McCormack · 1986 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Chichester, Phillimore, 1986. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of John McCormack's 'Channel Island Churches', copiously illustrated, signed and dedicated by the author. Providing a comprehensive and detailed examination of the 'old churches of ...

Never Mind the Vicar

Reg Frary · 1964 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

London, A R Mowbray and Co, 1964. First edition. Hardback. An humorous reminiscence on Vicar-Choir relationships by Reginald Frary. This work, 'Never Mind The Vicar', draws on real experiences from Frary, who was a singer in the choirs of the Richmond Team Ministry a...

The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of the Church of England Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David with Hymns Ancient and Modern for Use in the Services of the Church Complete Edition

Various · 1549 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London and Cambridge, William Clowes and Sons, Cambridge University Press, c1900. Fine Binding. Two pocket sized, uniformly bound works, being the Book of Common Prayer and a selection of Hymns The Book of Common Prayer also contains the Psalter or Psalms of David. With the ca...

An Account of Sarah Lawrance; Memoir of Mowhee; Death of Mrs. Fletcher; Account of Mrs. H.A. Rogers; an Aunt&Apos;S Advice to a Niece; Death of Mrs. Foster; Sermon on Matthew XVIII; a Sermon for New Year&Apos;S Day

Various [inc. Mary Fletcher; John Wesley; Basil Wood; Mary Tooth] · 1780 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Thomas Cordeux, 1780-1820. Leather. A collection of very scarce sermons and biographies relating to piety and death, all written by prolific preachers during an age of evangelicism. Seven very scarce writings relating to piety and death, including sermons, written by p...

The Daily Missal and Liturgical Manual with Vespers

0 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Leeds, Laverty & Sons Ltd. c1960. Leather. A very smart full morocco title, with the original green cloth slipcase. A very smart title, bound in full morocco.  Decorated with illustrated endpapers and gilt dentelles, in addition to full gilt text block edges. With four bright...

The Life and Times of St. Leo the Great

Trevor Jalland · 1941 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1941. Cloth. The first edition of an uncommon biography on the prolific fifth century Pope, best known for pacifying Atilla the Hun from continuing his invasion of Italy. The uncommon first edition of The Life and Times of St....

Forty Days in the Desert on the Track of the Israelites

W. H. Bartlett · 0 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Bell and Daldy, c1850. Cloth. A richly illustrated travel title, with folding map, in striking original binding. Undated, dated approximately from a copy held by the University of Edinburgh Libraries. An uncommon work, in the striking original green cloth, richly decor...