Search Results: Authors starting with N from St. Wulfstans Books

London: Printed and Sold by the Booksellers in Town and Country, 1737. Leather Bound. Very Good. 5 x 8 inches, 8vo. 4 + ix + [3] + 429 + [1] pages, engraved frontispiece pasted to front cover and 24 full page engravings and 1 oversized fold out engraving. Occasional foxing. Closed tear to title and following page. Bound in full brown calf with wear and old repairs to spine and hinges and spotting to boards perhaps due to the effects of mottling during binding. Small loss to head and tail of spine, two compartments and corners, part of red spine label remains, spine with gilt banding and five raised bands. ESTCT76497 A very good copy of this standard guide to the celebratory services of the Church of England for more than a century. "Though it does not aim at originality or eloquence, the skillfulness of the execution and the sincerity of purpose gave it unrivaled popularity as a popular manual of Anglican theology." DNB. This copy heavily engraved and illustrated.

London: Printed for T. Osborne et al, 1762. 22nd edition. Leather Bound. Very Good. 5 x 8 inches. 4 page account of the author + xxi + 636 numbered pages + index + 2 full page engravings. Very occasional light foxing and staining. Bound in full brown calf with recent professional rebacking preserving original boards and renewed endpapers. Spine with five raised bands, expected wear to edges and corners professionally conserved. A very good early copy of this standard guide to the celebratory services of the Church of England for more than a century. "Though it does not aim at originality or eloquence, the skillfulness of the execution and the sincerity of purpose gave it unrivaled popularity as a popular manual of Anglican theology." DNB.

1874. First printing. Loose_leaf. Fine. 5 1/8 x 8 inches. Single page of printed correspondence with enclosed train schedule card for 1880 and hand addressed envelope. Letter neatly folded in thirds with pencil notes on verso. Envelope slightly charred at edge. Enclosed schedule card lightly yellowed but clean. Provenance: Personal library of Samuel Hart. An interesting early railroad notice and schedule with a notable provenance and associated items. Also an interesting insight into the affairs of Samuel Hart (1845-1917), who was the Secretary of the House of [Episcopal] Bishops, dean of the Berkeley Divinity School, the (un)official “middle way” seminary of the Episcopal Church at Middletown, Connecticut, and Custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. In 1886, he became the third custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. In 1892, he became secretary of the House of Bishops. In 1898, he became the fourth historiographer of the Episcopal Church. He served in all three of these… Read More

Pittsfield, MA: Axtell & Pomeroy, 1882. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. 5 3/4 x 9 1/8 inches. 24 pages. Pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Slight vertical crease and a few creased pages. Bound in original light blue printed wraps. A very good copy of this scarce explanation of Episcopal missions.