Religion og teologi

Texts and Hymns

Lord Brassey · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Not Stated, Private Circulation, c1910. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this collection of religious texts and hymns printed for private circulation. Very scarce. Printed for private circulation. A collection of religious texts and hymns, including: Job XI 7-9, Psalm LXXVII, Prov...

A Practical Exposition of the Gospel According to St. John, in the Form of Lectures, Intended to Assist in the Practice of Domestic Instruction and Devotion

John Bird Sumner · 1838 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, J. Hatchard and Son, 1838. Leather. A smartly bound third edition of lectures from Bishop John Bird Sumner, bound by Hering. Third edition. A collection of lectures intended to assist in the practice of domestic instruction and devotion. Exploring the gospel according ...

Sammelband of Thirteen Religious Pamphlets

Various · 1830 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,668)

Various, Various, 1830-48. Leather. An anthology of thirteen very scarce religious pamphlets bound in one volume, including five signed by the author to the Marquis of Northampton. A sammelband of thirteen very scarce religious pamphlets, an intriguing anthology of sermons by ...

The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

1916 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

London, The British and Foreign Bible Society , 1916 . Leather. A striking copy of the New Testament, with decorative wooden panels and small compartments designed to hold water from the Jordan and soil from Nazareth. Scarce to see in this binding. In a highly decorative bind...

Paroissien Romain

1870 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,198)

Tours, Alfred Mame at Fils, 1870 . Fine Binding. An elegantly bound pair of French Paroissien Romains, or Parishioner Missals, housed in separate compartments of a custom, lined box. Beautifully bound by E. & A. Lesort, in full polished morocco with intricate gilt detailing an...

The Red Letter New Testament

1950 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1950 . Leather. A delightful copy of the Red Letter New Testament, illustrated in colour and bound in striking engraved wood. Bound in quarter leather, with beautifully carved wooden boards. This decorative copy of the Red Letter New Tes...

The Red Letter New Testament

1950 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1950 . Leather. A charming copy of the Red Letter New Testament, illustrated in colour and bound in striking engraved wood. Bound in quarter leather, with beautifully carved wooden boards. This decorative copy of the Red Letter New Testa...

The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus

Church of England · 1937 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Oxford, Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, 1937 . Cloth. A charming 1937 edition of the New Testament, published in the year of the coronation of King George VI. A delightfully bound copy of the New Testament, a commemorative volume published alongside the coronation o...

The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and Hymns Ancient and Modern

The Church of England · 1920 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1920 . Leather. A lovely 1920s edition of the Book of Common Prayer and Hyms, in bright ivorine boards. A unique edition of the Book of Common Prayer, Psalter, and Psalms of David, with additional hymns.In vibrant morocco backed ivorine b...

Teutonic Mythology

Viktor Rydberg; Rasmus B. Anderson [trans.] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.38 | ¥253,084)

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1889 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first English language translation of Victor Rydberg's examination of the myths, legends and religious beliefs of the Germanic peoples. Translated from the original German into English by Rasmus ...

Death and the Maiden: Girls&Apos; Initiation Rites in Greek Mythology

Ken Dowden · 1989 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London, Routledge , 1989. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition discussion of the significant role of girls' rites of passage within Greek mythology. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with eight full...

Medieval Glass at All Souls College: A History and Description, Based Upon the Notes of the Late G.M. Rushforth

F. E. Hutchinson · 1949 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,960)

London, Faber and Faber , 1949. First edition. Cloth. A historical study of the surviving medieval glass in the ante-chapel of All Souls College, Oxford, with colour and monochrome plates. The first edition.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated wi...

How Our Bible Came to Us: Its Texts and Versions

H. G. G. Herklots · 1954 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

New York, Oxford University Press, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce work on the origins of the Bible, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates. Collated complete. A comprehensive work on the origins of ...

The Oswald Chambers Daily Devotional Bible

Oswald Chambers · 1992 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Nashville, Thomas Nelson, 1992. Leather. A finely bound copy of the Oswald Chambers Daily Devotional Bible, bound by Bayntun-Riviere, Bath. New King James version. A daily devotional bible with three hundred and sixty-five readings. Written by Oswald Chambers, a Scottish Bapti...

A Word for My Country; or, an Address to the Parishioners of Crosstone, and All Whom It May Concern

Melville Horne · 1817 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, J. Hatchard, 1817 . First edition. Unbound. The very scarce first edition of this essay from Anglican clergyman and British missionary Melville Horne. A very scarce first edition from this prominent Anglican figure, a man who campaigned for all British Protestants to u...

La Communion Devote

Jean le Placette · 1700 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Amsterdam, George Gallet, 1700. Leather. A scarce French discussion on the communion and it's importance in the Catholic Church. A scarce work.Two volumes bound in one.In the original French, published in Amsterdam.A devotional guide on the communion by Jean le Placette, ...

L&Apos;Examen de Soy-Mesme, Pseaumes

Jean Claude · 1682 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)

Charenton, Samuel Perrier; Samuel Perier, 1682. Leather. Two French religious works bound in one, including the psalms, and an exploration on how to prepare for Communion. Two volumes bound in one.Both works are in French. 'L'Examen de Soy-Mesme, Pour se Bien Prepar...

The Life of the Waiting Soul in the Intermediate State

R. E. Sanderson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd. 1900. Cloth. The ninth edition of this scarce religious work on death by R. E. Sanderson. The ninth edition. First published in 1896. In the publisher's original gilt cloth.A scarce work. This work was written by R. E. Sanderson ...

La Semaine Sainte

Charles du Vernoy; Charles Duvernoy · 1696 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,053)

Geneva, Samuel de Tournes, 1696. Leather. A very scarce French collection of prayers for Holy Week, by Charles Duvernoy. A very scarce work.In the original French.The fifth edition of this work.Lacking a third of the title page, resulting in some loss to the title, and publica...

The Training and Work of an Initiate

Dion Fortune [Violet Mary Firth] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, The Aquarian Press, 1955 . Cloth. The second edition of Dion Fortune's guide to esoteric initiation, an 'essential book for all true students of Occultism&apos. The very scarce second edition of Dion Fortune's work, which was first published in 1930. In ...