Chalmers Rev Thomas (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint Edition. A Good copy in brown cloth lettered in gold. Light cover wear. Foxing/tanning at the outer edges and endpapers, clean/unmarked within, and not ex-library. A sound reading copy of this 1841 edition. Book.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Benjamin W. Crombie (illustrator). A splendid original antique coloured portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Splendid colouring, printed in 1882. An attractive and interesting caricature portrait of Rev. Chalmers.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Benjamin W. Crombie (illustrator). A splendid original antique coloured portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Splendid colouring, printed in 1882. An attractive and interesting caricature portrait of Rev. Chalmers.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Engraved By Roffe (illustrator). A fine original steel engraving. c. 1850. Mounted and ready to frame. An excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Thick 12mo, pp xlii,438, faint traces of a pencil signature on the title page, otherwise very clean internally, original pink blind-stamped cloth, very slightly worn and marked. An unusually bright copy. [With the author's last corrections, to which is prefixed a biographical preface by the Rev. John Cumming.]. { "A book which effectively represented an encyclopedia of pre-evolutionary natural history, commissioned and published whilst Charles Darwin was on board the Beagle."}.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Engraved By William Thomas Fry (illustrator). A splendid portrait, engraved by William Thomas Fry (1787-1835). Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Editon Thus. 1827 (the title-page states 1826 but the introductory essay and advertisement are date May 1827). First edition thus. 580pp. (lacking the half-title page), and a 4 page catalogue dated June 1827. Thomas Scott (1747-1821) was an influential English preacher and author. He is probably best known for his 'A Commentary On The Whole Bible' and 'The Force of Truth'. He was also one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society. This edition of his Tracts is printed from the separated editions of those Tracts, which were revised by himself, previous to his death. Contents are: The Force of Truth; The Warrant and Nature of Faith in Christ; A Discourse on repentance; A Treatise on Growth in Grace; and On Election and Final Perseverance. The book is bound in contemporary full leather boards with titling on a leather label on the spine. This copy has been in the Edinburgh Theological Library and there is a small gold stamp of the library on the top of the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with some expected scuffing and light staining to the leather on the boards and spine. The corners are lightly bumped with a little damage and loss to the leather on the top corners. There is a thin crack in the leather running down the middle of the spine and there is some damage and loss of about 1/8" of the leather at the top of the spine. There is a thin split in the leather on the top 2" of the front spine edge and down the length of the rear spine edge. The contents are tight and clean with a little underlining and neatly written ink notes on some of the first 73 pages, including the introductory essay. The title page has 'Ex Libris Bibliothecae Theologicae Edinensis' written near the top edge and a name and place has been written on the front free endpaper. There is a label from the Theological Library on the front fixed endpaper.

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Tight clean, half-leather bound, copy. Volume three of the works of Thomas Chalmers series. Light brown leather with gilt embossed decoration and lettering to spine. Darker brown covers. Shows some signs of shelf wear including some scuffing to edges. Internally previous owner's signature to ffep, otherwise clean, bright and tightly bound. Wrapped in tissue, bubble wrap and inserted into jiffy bag. Posted daily from UK, first class within UK and airmail world-wide.

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Tight clean, half-leather bound, copy. Volume four of the works of Thomas Chalmers series. Light brown leather with gilt embossed decoration and lettering to spine. Darker brown covers. Shows some signs of shelf wear including some scuffing to edges. Internally previous owner's signature to ffep, otherwise clean, bright and tightly bound. Wrapped in tissue, bubble wrap and inserted into jiffy bag. Posted daily from UK, first class within UK and airmail world-wide.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 193-224. Features: The influence of the revolution on the religious life of America; Lieut.-Co. Samuel H. Melcher, M.D.; Mansion House of Wentworth Cheswill; Old No. 4 Chapter, D.A.R.; Half-Leather; The Shooting Star; Molly's Peril; Memory; New Hampshire Necrology. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine - July 1916 The influence of the revolution on the religious life of America; Lieut.-Co. Samuel H. Melcher, M.D.; Mansion House of Wentworth Cheswill; Old No. 4 Chapter, D.A.R.; Half-Leather; The Shooting Sta.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. London: William Pickering, 1834, Two Volumes, Third Edition. A very attractive two volume set, full leather binding for J. Hatchards & Son, London. Blind stamped and gilt leather binding, very attractive in a modest but attractive binding. Vol. I xi, 284pp; Vol. II vi, 304pp. Approximately 8 ¾ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, 5 raised bands, 6 compartments with gilt decoration and blind tooled detailing. Joints good condition, Corners good condition gently bumped and worn. Boards good condition attractive full maroon leather boards with gilt decoration and blind tooled details, there is a black mark across the front board of Vol. II. Page edges good condition all gilt. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition plain with gilt dentelles, the bookbinders name is printed along the top edge of the front paste down. End papers good condition plain. Title good condition half title page The Bridgewater Treaties in each volume, main title page has an 'Aldine' anchor illustration to the centre, lightly tanned with some minor foxing. Pages good condition tanned and minor foxing to both, Vol. II has some pages with marks in the margins, tanned throughout with some foxing. Binding good condition. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1834 Binding: Hardback.

1 page. 4to. Condition: Fine. 1 page. 4to. Chalmers was a Scottish mathematician, political economist and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland. Reading in part in a wretched hand: "I have just time to say that I have seen Dr. L---, and have recommended Pinhester (?) to him.but I am a ---shattered by the work.".

2 Volumes [bound in 1]. 8vo. pp. xi, [1 leaf], 284; vi, 304. with half-titles. modern bds. One of a series of eight works, on the power, wisdom and goodness of God as manifested in the creation known as the 'Bridgewater Treatises'. They were written at the request of the trustees of Francis Henry Egerton, eighth and final Earl of Bridgewater [1756-1829] in accordance with the provisions of his will.