Burkitt Rev W (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Vg. .and Othe Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England with the Companion to the Altar with Notes and Annotations. [xvi], 652; 100pp. Engraved title-page and frontis. Original full calf [front board detached] Rear pages have some damp otherwise a sound and tight copy a scarce early Victorian Prayer Book.Lovely script owners name' Charlotte Matthews Litcham November 4th 1834'. Litcham is a Norfolk village near Swaffham.…

Leather HARDBACK. Condition: Very Good. No date. Pages are not numbered. Title page vignette of Christ praying which is foxed, and under a creased tissue guard. Frontispiece of "Praise the Lord upon the Harp" plus 8 other copper-engraved plates, all are foxed. Rubbing to leather extremities. Clean & tight. All page edges gilt. No inscriptions. Leather bookplate on the front paste-down with name and date (1853) in gilt. Bound in at the back and dated 1845 is "A New Version of the Psalms of David fitted to the tunes used in Churches". Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard, ref F5632. THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER With Explanatory Notes and Annotations With a Brief History of the Liturgy &c. Selected from Veneers, Scripture Prayer Book and Embellished with Engravings. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Unpaginated, thick small 4to. No date, but bound in at the back is "A New Version of the Psalms of David fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches" dated 1845, though the Book of Common Prayer looks earlier. Copper engraved title page, copper engraved frontispiece of "Praise the Lord upon the harp." with 7 furthe copper-engraved plates. Contemporary tan, full straight-grained morocco binding with gilt decoration to the spine and black spine label, straight cloth binding with gilt lettering, binding very good with slight rubbing to extremities. All edges heavily gilt. Contents clean and tight, paper to hinges worn, but hinges remain strong. no inscriptions, minimal foxing. A very good tight copy in a handsome binding. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Condition: Bueno. 24.5x39. vi pp. 2l. 653pp. Plates. Contemporary leather with raised bands. Tears to 4 of the plates (one neatly, but rather primitively repaired), minimal traces of worming in preliminaries. This copy has been used as the family bible by the Bushell, Fagg and Cullen families of Patham (? there are Pathams in Kent and Suffolk). The family list start with the children of William Bushell, the oldest, Mary Ann, born in 1816, and continues with some 20 family members born throughout the 19th century. This is an uneducated family, with frequent (and sometimes fairly extreme) spelling mistakes, and shakey handwriting. "Mary Ann Bushell is my name and inglon is my nation patham is my dellerring place christ is my salvation when I am die and in my grave and all my bones are roing O pray god rember when I am quite forgoting". Contemporary leather with raised bands.…

Hard. Condition: Good. Pages bright, light tanning through, foxing on endpapers and title pages, heavy rubbing to boards with some chipping including 4cm of board missing from foot of spine, but boards otherwise firm. Size: 8vo. Burkitt, Rev. W. M. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. Full leather binding with gilt decoration at the spine. Front board detached from textblock, along with the frontispiece, title page and preface page. Rear board loosened, and held on by one binding thread. Boards generally scuffed, with shelfwear consistent with age. Marbled end papers. A tan to the page edges. Previous water damage is noticeable at both the top and bottom corners of the textblock. Contents remain clear and legible throughout. Impressive engravings accompany the text. A nice reading or reference copy.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A uniformly bound four volume set of the Scweich Lectures from 1913-1918, with folding maps and illustrations. A four volume set. Uniformly bound full green cloth. A set of the Scweich Lectures from 1913-1918. The are a series of lectures related to the archaeology, art, history, languages and literature of Ancient Civilization with reference to Biblical Study. Delivered and published under the auspices of the British Academy. This set comprises: (1914) Jewish and Christian Apocalypses. By F. Crawford Burkitt. The Schweich Lectures 1913. The first impression. With one plate. (1919) 'Israel's Settlement in Canaan: The Biblical Tradition and its Historical Background'. By the Rev. C.F. Burney. The Schweich Lectures 1917. The second edition. With six folding maps. Collated, complete. (1920) 'Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition'. By Leonard W. King. The Schweich Lectures 1916. The third impression. (1920) 'The Hittites'. By A.E. Cowley. The Schweich Lectures 1918. The first impression. With a frontispiece map and in text illustrations throughout. In full cloth bindings. Externally, smart. Slight fading to spines, with light bumping to the heads and tails. Light rubbing to joints. Odd faint mark to boards. Ex library, with a City of Cardiff public library bookplate to front paste downs. Offsetting to free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting to the front and rear. Ink inscription and stamp to rear of title page to all volumes. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book. …