ESSAYS IN ECCLESIASTICAL BIOGRAPHY: VOLS. I - II. Complete set 1853 by Stephen, Sir James - 1853

Longmans green and Co London (new ed), 1891. Hardcover. Bound in maroon cloth, blind embossed circular image on each board, black endpapers, 663pp + 32pp advertisements Binding shows water stains on the boards, text is VG

Longman Green Longman And Roberts, 1860. Hardcover. Acceptable. Fair+ leather-covered hardcover. No DJ. ORIGINAL 1860 EDITION. Text unmarked. Marbled page edges and end papers/inside covers. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Spine edge wear with small tears. Hinges cracked but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A wonderful collection of biographical essays of key religious figures by Sir James Stephen, reprinted from his articles in the Edinburgh Review. A fourth edition copy of Sir James Stephen's 'Essays in Ecclesiastical Biography' from 1860. This work compiles articles that Stephens contributed to the Edinburgh Review concerning the lives of notable religious figures such as Hildebrand, Saint Francis of Assisi, and Martin Luther.Sir James Stephen was the British Under Secretary of State for the British Colonies, and also made significant contributions to the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Boards show a bit of wear, with marks to rear board and spine. Bumping to spine and extremities, with a bit of loss to the tail of spine. Fading to spine and top-edge. Hinges are starting. Some fading and wear to paste downs. Internally,… Read More

London. Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. 1860. Hardcover. 22.5cm, fourth edition, xvii,661p., in contemporary full calf, raised gilt ruled bands, extra gilt decorations in the panels, black leather label, gilt titles, gilt ruled borders on the boards, dutch marbled endpapers and edges, very good to fine copy (s12.3). Sir James Stephen (1789-1859), the prominent English historian, contributed these studies in ecclesiastical biography originally to the "Edinburgh Review" which were published in book form in 1849. Subjects include; Hildebrand, Francis of Assisi, Luther, Benedictnes, Port-Royalists, Richard Baxter, Wilberforce, etc. The fourth edition was published in 1860 and includes a short memoir. A very attractive copy of an important religious study.

Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1853. 3rd edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G+. 2 volumes, viii+520pp+24pp publishers catalogue, iv+507pp, cloth rather rubbed & with the spines very faded, small split at the base of the spine to volume I & with the rear hinge splitting at the pastedown gutter, internally fine. Boksellers ticket of David Brown, Exeter to each volume & a binders ticket of Westleys to the rear pastedown of volume I. A series of biographical studies on - Hildebrand - St Francis of Assisi - The Founders of Jesuitism - Martin Luther - The French Benedictines - The Port Royalists - Richard Baxter - The Evangelical Succession - William Wilberforce - The Clapham Sect - The Historian of Enthusiasm.

London : Longmans, Green, and Co, 1891. New edition. Hardcover. Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; xvi, 663 p. ; 19 cm. Subject; Christian biography.