The books in this genre involve techniques and journeys about finding and believing in something beyond one’s self, and becoming linked with something bigger (a god or deity).
Recommended Books
Twelve Lectures Upon the History of Saint Paul… 1833.
£40.00BLUNT, REV. Henry. Twelve Lectures Upon the History of Saint Paul, Delivered During Lent, 1831, At the Church of the Holy Trinity, Upper Chelsea. [Part 1 & Part 2]. Part 1 is a fourth edition, Part 2 is a second edition. PROVENANCE: Hugh Duke of Westminster (armorial bookplate to front pastedown). 8vo. London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1833.
Corpus Doctrinae Christianae Ecclesiarium… 1623.
£225.00Early 17th Century Book in Contemporary Binding- Wodehouse Provenance. URSINI, Dr. Zachariae; David Parei. Corpus Doctrinae Christianae Ecclesiarium à Papatu Reformatarum, Continens Explicationes Catecheticas. [26], [blank], 946, [blank], 240pp. Interior: Some browning and soiling, pages age toned, some staining. Bottom right-hand corner of text block has been singed/burnt affecting about a third of the book with loss to blank margins, characters and catch-words. Perhaps singed by a candle?! Front and rear endpaper partially removed, lacking paste-downs. Exterior: Contemporary 17th century calf, (worn). PROVENANCE: Wodehouse Kimberly 1838 (inscription to armorial bookplate inside on front board ). Possible connection to P.G. Wodehouse family. 8vo. Bremae, 1623.
£250.00The Infidel Class; or, the Second Part of the Story of Archibald Thompson. [c. 1835]
£36.00[ANON]. The Infidel Class; or, the Second Part of the Story of Archibald Thompson. 107pp. Interior: Browning to endpapers, light foxing in places throughout. Binding: Contemporary quarter straight grain Morocco, with marbled boards (some wear, corners bumped). 12 mo. (Size). Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union [No date c.1835].
£40.00A Sermon Preached in St. Andrew’s Church… 1828.
£14.40Rev. J. JONES’ A Sermon Preached in St. Andrew’s Church, Liverpool, On Sunday, The 23rd November 1828. 30pp. Interior: Occasional light spotting, some creasing, no Half-Title. Binding: dis-bound (i.e. without boards). 8vo. Liverpool, 1828.
£16.00A Sermon Preached At Parish Church of St. Peter… [1822]
£16.20JONES, Rev. J. A Sermon Preached At Parish Church of St. Peter, Liverpool On Tuesday, 18th June, 1822. Being The Time of the Yearly Meeting of the Children Educated in the Charity Schools Connected with the Established Church in that Town. [6], 26pp. Interior: pages age toned, occasional spotting, a few closed tears/tears, creasing to top right hand corner throughout. Binding: dis-bound (i.e. without boards). 8vo. Liverpool, James Smith, [1822].
£18.00The Raven and The Dove. 1822.
£63.00[LYTTLETON- CAMERON, Lucy]. The Raven and The Dove. By the Author of ‘’The Two Lambs”, “Margaret Whyte, “ &c. Engraved frontispiece, other engravings within the text (Sporadic soiling, pages age toned, occasional spotting). Publisher’s olive/grey wrappers (chipping with loss, soiling to covers, covers detaching). 36pp. 8vo. Wellington, Salop, F. Houlston and Son., 1822.
£70.00The Sunday Scholar and the Young Loiterer. [c. 1830s].
£18.00[ANON]. The Sunday Scholar and the Young Loiterer. (Light soiling). Publisher’s green pictorial wrappers (lacking lower wrapper, upper remaining wrapper is detached, light soiling). Upper wrapper is title page. 16pp. Small 8vo. Birmingham: Thomas Groom [no date., circa 1830s].
£20.00The Walsall Apprentice and the Little Boy That Could Not Tell A Lie. 1831.
£16.20[ANON] The Walsall Apprentice and the Little Boy That Could Not Tell A Lie. 8pp. (Light foxing). Publisher’s pink, printed wrappers (upper wrapper torn to upper wrapper, bottom right-hand corner with loss, stitching (binding) loose/nearly detached, as stitches missing). 48mo. (65 x 100mm). Birmingham: J. Moore, 1831.
£18.00The Pious Young Waterman. 1831.
£19.80SYER, John. The Pious Young Waterman. 8pp. (Pages lightly soiled, occasional light spotting). Publisher’s pink pictorial wrappers (charming woodcut of a ship to upper wrapper, contents detached as stitching has perished). Charming wood cut of a ship to the head of penultimate page “The Pious Sailor’s Song.” 48mo. (65 x 100mm). Birmingham: J. Bolton, 1831.
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