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

Cincinnati, Ohio: Jennings & Pye, [c.1885]. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4 3/4 x 7 inches. 283 pages. Pages bright and clean and free from marking soiling or staining. Bound in contemporary yellow cloth with black decoration and lettering on front cover and gilt letting to spine. Spine very lightly soiled. An exceptionally well-preserved copy of this scarce work.

Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young, 1636. First edition. Loose-leaf. Very Good +. Archivally matted and framed from the first printing of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer which was influential on the American Book of Common Prayer. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. A very nice portion of the scarce first edition of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer. Makes an excellent gift.

Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young, 1636. First edition. Loose-leaf. Very Good +. Archivally matted instructions concerning Morning Prayer from the first printing of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer which was influential on the American Book of Common Prayer. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. A matted partial leaf from the very scarce first edition of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer. Makes an excellent gift. NOTE: small portion of page missing under the words "and attending". Also ink from reverse side shows through on the right. Please examine photo closely.

Loose-leaf. Good -/Fair. Archivally matted and framed decorated page from a damaged copy of the 1636 Scottish Book of Common Prayer, which was influential on the American Book of Common Prayer. The decorated page is very fragile and shows evidence of minor tears in the upper left corner and the bottom right. As is evidenced in the photo, the page is decorated by an elaborate header, more than 1" high. After the page title, follows a delicately illustrated capital T.The text gives instructions on how the Old and New Testaments are to be read throughout the year.Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. A very nice portion of the scarce first edition of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer. Makes an excellent gift. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young, 1636. First edition. (#2189)

Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young, 1636. First edition. Loose-leaf. Very Good +. Archivally matted instructions from the first printing of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer which was influential on the American Book of Common Prayer. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. A very nice copy of this service standard from the very scarce first edition of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer.

A portion of a leaf from a damaged 1636 Scottish book of Common Prayer. This portion of a page includes a heavily decorated band that is 1 and 1/16th" tall above the following text, starting as a large headline, and decreasing in size:"A commination against sinners, with certain Prayers to be used divers times in the year, and especially on the first day of Lent, commonly called, Ashwednesday." Including the archive quality mat, the entire item measures 10" x 7.25". This page is in Very Good + condition, from the very scarece first printing of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer, which was influential on the American Book of Common Prayer. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young, 1636.

"Thumb Prayer Book" in gilt on front cover. One of the smallest BCP ever printed and a true rarity. Griffiths' bibliography notes a single Bryce printing of the Scottish BCP in a slightly larger format and with slightly different pagination. Text block measures 1 1/2 x 1 7/8 inches. Covers extend over text block and measure 1.75 x 2.5". Unpaginated (approx. 770 pages). Pages bright and clean and free from marking or staining. All page edges rouged. Bound in later flexible maroon suede with a single blind ruled border to both covers. New endpapers. Not in Griffiths.

Oxford: Printed at the University Press, [1905]. First edition. Leather_bound. Near Fine. 1 7/8 x 2 3/16 inches. 688 pages with black endpapers and illustrated frontispiece. All pages edges rouged and gilt. Black endpapers. Pages clean and free from marking, soiling or staining. Very clean. No marks or ownership inscriptions. Gilt lightly worn in places, but still bright. Bound in full black straight grained morocco with gilt "Common Prayer" to spine and hallmarked silver front cover. Hallmark .925 sterling, Charles Penny Brown, Birmingham, dated 1899. The first printing of this miniature edition. Griffiths 1905/5. A near fine Edwardian first miniature printing of the Book of Common Prayer which replaced the "Finger Prayer Book". Unusual, with an earlier hallmarked sterling silver cover.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1891. First printing. Original Cloth. Very Good. Folio. 1 ffep + [8] + 544 + [16] + 1 rfep. Each page reproduced within double red rules. Announcement and price list pasted inside front cover. Bookseller's stamp of London Bible Warehouse inside front and rear covers. Pages very lightly and uniformly toned. End papers foxed and edges lightly soiled. Otherwise, pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Bound in publisher's embossed brown cloth. Spine lacking, and covers holding loosely by cords. Covers worn and scuffed, especially along edges. Internally very clean. Griffiths 1891/1. A very good copy of the original handwritten draft of the 1661 English BCP reproduced by letterpress and printed in black with printed red rules. Despite the worn binding, a nice unsophisticated copy of this scarce work.

Oxford: Printed at the University Press, [1905]. First edition. Leather_bound. Very Good. 1 7/8 x 2 3/16 inches. 2 matching volumes. 688 pages with black endpapers. BCP begins at page 5. Accompanied by Hymns Ancient and Modern for Use in the Services of the Church, [c. 1905]. London: Printed for the Proprietors of William Clowes & Sons, Ltd. 861 pages. All pages edges rouged and gilt. A few leaves slightly extended. Black endpapers. Pages clean and free from marking, soiling or staining. Old ownership inscriptions to ffep. Gilt lightly worn in places. Bound in matching full flexible black morocco with gilt "Common Prayer" and "Hymns A & M" to front covers and gilt titles to spine. Very light shelf wear to edges. The first printing of this miniature edition. Griffiths 1905/5. A very good matching pair of this Edwardian first miniature printing of the Book of Common Prayer which replaced the "Finger Prayer Book."

Oxford: W. Jackson and A. Hamilton, Printers to the University, 1790. Leather_bound. Very Good. 9 x 11 1/4 inches. Large 4to. 1 ffep + A -Eee in 4s + Fff (2 leaves) + 1 rfep. Some page corners repaired. Owner’s name in neat contemporary ink to title page "George Leycester" (1768-1827) of Toft Hall in Cheshire, a well-known Cricket player. Bound in contemporary reverse leather with blind stamping in Georgian panel style and black morocco label on front cover with gilt bordering and lettering, “TOFT 1824.” Front hinge split with old repair to inner hinge. Covers worn with loss of leather. Griffiths 1790/2. A Gentleman Cricket Player’s copy of a notable edition of the Book of Common Prayer which was collated with the Oxford copy and corrected by Dr. John Parsons, according to an annotation in the file copy.

Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young, 1636. First edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good +. Individual leaf from the first Scottish Book of Common Prayer, which was influential on the American Book of Common Prayer. The leaf is in very good condition, especially considering that it is almost 400 years old. There is an occasional blemish from age or use, but these indications of age confirm the authenticity of the leaf and enhance its aesthetics and uniqueness. Each leaf is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. The leaves are large, measuring approximately 7 ½ inches by 10 3/4 inches, and are suitable for framing. Most have one or more initial capitals of varying sizes which are decorated with geometric designs and/or illustrations (small images). They are printed on front and back in "black letter" or Gothic type. A scarce leaf from the first edition of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer. Suitable for framing. Makes an excellent gift.

London: Printed by John Baskett and Assigns of Henry Hills, 1725. Leather Bound. Very Good. 3 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches. 3 ffep (1 marbled) + A (8 page quire) + B - O (12 page quires) + P (4 page quire). Griffiths 1725/2 (with variant printer listed on title page). Bound with: [Edmund Parker], A Companion to the Altar: Shewing the Nature and Necessity of a Sacramental Preparation, in order to our Worthy Receiving the Holy Communion, London: Printed for Edmund Parker, 1725. 10th edition. 74 numbered pages, with engraving and separate title page. ESTCT230779. Bound with: Sternhold, Thomas, and John Hopkins, The Whole Book of Psalms Collected into English Metre, London: Printed by Tho[mas] Wood, 1726. 96 unnumbered pages. Collates as A - D (12 page quires) + 3 rfep (1 marbled). ESTCT88842 (with variant date on title page). Bound in full black morocco with gilt Georgian style paneling to boards and extensive gilt decorations to spine, which is in six compartments with raised bands, wear and crack to spine and… Read More

[London]: Reprinted without any alteration, [1710]. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 4 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches. 8vo. [168] unnumbered pages. Title page yellowed and chipped at bottom with no loss. First few pages age-toned, other pages bright and clean. U2 and U3 with small losses to lower corners affecting 2 or 3 lines of text with text supplied in neat handwritten facsimile. ESTCN11904. See ESTCS108617 (1546 edition). Half title excised and "reprinted without any alteration" removed from title page. Bound in later full brown calf with "King Henry VIII's Primer" in gilt to spine and light wear to corners and head and tail of spine. A very good copy of the 1710 reprint in 32 lines (scarce in its own right) of the 1546 edition by Grafton altered to give appearance of the even rarer 1546 edition.

Oxford: University Printers, 1708. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 5 x 7 3/4 inches. 8vo. A - BB (8 leaf quires) + 52 engravings. Lacks A1 (title page). Griffiths 1708/4. Bound with: Sternhold, Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre. London: Printed by William Pearson, for the Company of Stationers, 1708. A - H (8 leaf quires) + I (4 leaf quire) + 2 rfep. First Pearson edition. ESTCT194819. Both works printed in two columns and red ruled throughout. Marbled endpapers. Pages bright and clean, with a few quires slightly extended. Bound in full black morocco with two brass clasps present and working. All page edges gilt and gauffered. Slight separation at top of front hinge and boards slightly warped. A very nice highly illustrated English BCP with fifty-two engravings, gauffered edges and clasps.

London: Printed by C. Whittingham, for H.D. Symonds, 1797. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 4 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches. 12mo. 347 + 92 + [4] pages. All page edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Printed in single column Roman type. Scattered light foxing and toning. Griffiths 1797/8. Small binder's ticket on inside front cover: McKinlay, Book Binder, No. 8 Bow Street, Covent Garden. Bound in full contemporary straight grained morocco with gilt rules and rolls along borders. Spine has imitation raised bands with gilt decorations. Front hinge professionally repaired with Japanese tissue. Head and tail of spine lightly worn. Corners and edges worn with small losses to corners. A very good Georgian BCP in a fine binding with bookbinder's ticket.

Edinburgh: Cambridge University Press, [1912]. First edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 5 x 7 1/4 inches. lvi + 698 numbered pages, a (4 leaves, lacking a1 (initial blank)) + b (16 leaves) + C (8 leaves) + 1-21 (in 16s) + 22 (14 leaves). All page edges rouged and gilt. An interesting unrecorded variant of Griffiths 1912/2 and 1912/3. Bound in full flexible black leather with gilt cross on front cover and gilt "Common Prayer (Scotland) / Cambridge" on spine. Pasted inside the rear cover is a manuscript letter dated 18th March 1913 from E.H. Dowden, the niece of the noted Irish poet, professor and literary critic Edward Dowden, whose brother was Bishop of Edinburgh, addressed "Dear Dr. Hart" regarding the new Scottish BCP and the effect of the printer's strike upon it and the Scottish Chronicle, noting "how useful your American Revision Reports have been" and the current state of revision of the Lectionary among other related subjects, also included is a letter from… Read More

Cambridge: Printed by John Baskerville, 1762. First Baskerville duodecimo edition. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 4 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches. [198] leaves including cancel title without slip over price (second issue, with title reset). Light marginal soiling. Griffiths 1762/8. Bound with: Sternhold, Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre, Printed by John Baskerville (Cambridge) for B. Dod (London) (BCP); John Baskerville (Birmingham) (Psalmes), 1762. [61] leaves. First Baskerville edition. ESTCT87252. Marbled endpapers. All page edges gilt, now worn. Bound in contemporary dark olive morocco. Elaborately gilt-tooled to cottage roof design, gilt now dulled and worn. Front hinge professionally repaired. Two first edition Baskerville printings bound together. A unique book. Baskerville was an innovative printer and typographer whose works are considered to be some of the most beautiful printed in the English language. Tributes to his genius as a printer include the font… Read More

London: Folio Society, 2007. 5th printing. 1/2 leather. Fine. 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. 718 numbered pages. Pages clean. Bound in publisher’s half green leather with gilt decorations to spine. Green marbled boards and green page edges. Green ribbon marker and green slip case. A fine modern reprinting of William Pickering's famous Book of Common Prayer first printed in 1853 as part of the Caslon Revival.

Cambridge: Printed by John Archdeacon, 1792. Leather Bound. Very Good. 10 1/2 x 16 3/8 inches. Collates as [2] + A-Zz (in 4s) + Aaa (2 leaves) + *A-*C (in 4s). Ffep with inscription "Parish of Moulton County of Lincoln Mr. William Hooton Churchwarden 1833." State Prayers for "our Gracious Queen Charlotte, his Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family" with later amendments in contemporary ink and pencil. A few leaves lightly soiled and with old marginal repairs. Bound with: Bound with: Brady, N[icholas] and N[ahum] Tate, A New Version of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches. London: Printed by G. Woodfall, 1801. [46] pages. Bound in full reverse calf with blindrolled borders. Covers scuffed and corners rounded with loss. Spine with six raised bands and beginnings of separation at hinges. Griffiths 1792/1. A very good copy of this Georgian altar book.