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ERASMUS THE REFORMER
Written by A.G. Dickens; Whitney R.D. Jones.
Stock no. 1331400
Published by Methuen. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tracing the impact of Erasmus upon the movement for religious reform in early sixteenth-century Europe, as well as delineating a most unusual and arresting personality. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. 367 pages including index. B/w plates. ISBN: 0413334805. Spine slightly bumped. Page browning and textblock slightly grubby else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM
Written by George Faludy.
Stock no. 1831527
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, born in Rotterdam, was a philosopher, theologian and humanist. With his books, he had a great influence on the cultural and intellectual climate. Erasmus was a world citizen: he believed it was important for people to treat other people, the world and themselves with care and attention. Purple cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 298 pages including index. ISBN: 0413269906. Slight discolouration to top and tail of boards. Foxing to top edge of text block. Personal inscription in ink to half-title page. Brown pictorial dustwrapper lightly edge-worn, lihgtly sunned/faded to spine, and a few light marks.

GOD'S FUNERAL
Written by A.N. Wilson.
Stock no. 1831447
Published by John Murray. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A magisterial, colorful narrative illuminating the central tragedy of the nineteenth century: that God (or man's faith in him) died, but the need to worship remained as a torment to those who thought they had buried Him. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. xi and 402 pages including index. ISBN: 0719557615. A few minor scuffs to boards. Foxing/browning to text block. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is a bit scuffed.

GODLINESS AND GOOD LEARNING: FOUR STUDIES ON A VICTORIAN IDEAL
Written by D. Newsome.
Stock no. 1831252
Published by John Murray. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

"Rootless, godless, ignorant and lost," the adjectives used by an eminent scholar to describe the rising generation of our times, could never be applied to the generation that grew into manhood at the time of the Great Exhibition of 1851. For this was an age of dedicated lives, of men who were proud of the past and confident of the future, of a ruling class which was both purposeful and devout. Includes two biographical studies, one of an idealist Victorian headmaster and one representing the exemplar of the ideal, a Winchester schoolboy. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xii and 291 pages including index. Light rubbing and minor discolouration to top & tail of spine. Text block browned with some foxing. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. A few scattered foxspots. Purple patterned dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small tears and chips.

AS MAD AS A HATTER!
Written by David E. Evans.
Stock no. 1329708
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A History of Nonconformism in Dursley. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0904387909. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Minimal bumping to top of spine. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine, is lightly scuffed and has minimal edge rubbing.

THE HOLY REICH: NAZI CONCEPTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY, 1919-1945
Written by Richard Steigmann-Gall.
Stock no. 1829451
Published by Cambridge University Press. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Originally published as a hardback in 2003 and transferred to digital printing in 2009. The author here argues that the Nazi movement, contrary to the conventional view, was not anti-Christian, let alone atheistic. He demonstrates that many participants in the Nazi movement felt a personal attachment to Christiantity, and claimed that their ideology of antisemitism, anti-Marxism, and antiliberalism was inspired by Christian values. Pictorial cardwraps. xvi and 294 pages including index. ISBN: 9780521603522. A physical copy of a Print-On-Demand item. Minor knock to top rear cover edge. Contents clean.

PENSEES
Written by Blaise Pascal; A.J. Krailsheimer; T.S. Eliot.
Stock no. 1829103
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Translated and with an introduction by Krailsheimer. Introduced by Eliot. Black cloth, gilt title and decorations. Colour illustrations. xlvii and 368 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed, and has a small knock to one end.

CREATION: ARTISTS, GODS & ORIGINS
Written by Peter Conrad.
Stock no. 1827982
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A book of breathtaking scope, in which the mystery of how the world began unfolds in an epic narrative that sets the Gods against the world's great artists, their rivals in creative energy. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 592 pages including index. ISBN: 9780500513569. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, else a lovely copy.

THE SEVEN BISHOPS OF MONMOUTH
Written by Arthur Edwards.
Stock no. 1327159
Published by Arthur Edwards. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

In celebration of the 75th birthday of the diocese of Monmouth. White card wraps. B/w photos of the 7 Bipshops discussed. Covers slightly edge rubbed and grubby. Contents fine.

THE GLORY OF BYZANTIUM AND EARLY CHRISTENDOM
Written by Antony Eastmond.
Stock no. 1825578
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Gold coloured cloth with dark blue titles. All edges gilt. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780714848105. A few scuff marks to boards. Contents clean.

THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS
Written by Theodora Wilson Wilson. Illustrated by Arthur A. Dixon.
Stock no. 1324999
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Scripture stories for children. Cloth spine. Pictorial front board. 4 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby. Neat name in belongs to box. Page browning to last couple of pages. A few marks to some pages but generally contents clean.

GREAT MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BIBLE
Written by Theodora Wilson Wilson. Illustrated by Arthur A. Dixon.
Stock no. 1324998
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Scripture stories for children. Cloth spine. Pictorial front board. 12 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Slight musty smell to contents but contents clean.