Religious Manuscripts

An interesting exploration of the world of books and reading in Ancient Greece and Rome by Frederic G. Kenyon, Late director and Principal Libraria...

A fascinating book of Sufi teachings told in a collection of stories and fables. Sufism is a mystical branch of Islam characterized by a focus on I...

An interesting and well produced book from the Shell Transport and Trading Company, Limited, marking their Diamond Jubilee. Based on their famous s...

First published in Paris in 1719, this is David Humphrey's 1721 translation of this work by Father Bernard de Montfaucon. This folio size volume is...

An original typescript thesis for a Doctor of Divinity Degree at Durham University. Almost certainly a unique document of considerable depth in ter...

A set of 4 interesting and attractive Japanese tourist guides, comprising: Tourist Library No. 8; What is Shinto?, by Genchi Kato, 1935, 73pp;  Tou...

A fascinating unpublished typescript journal of an 1839 voyage undertaken by Agnes Paterson from Scotland (nee Aird, 1809-1893). An introductory No...

A substantial early 18th Century illustrated bible, attractively bound and with a scripted family provenance in the book. This is Vol. I only; Gene...

An early 17th Century King James Bible, published in 1625. The first King James Bible was issued in 1611, and followed by versions (KJV) such as th...

Japanese woodblock print book; Ehon Saiyūki (絵本西遊記), an Edo-period illustrated adaptation of Journey to the West (Saiyūki 西遊記). Such adaptations we...

The Bridgewater Treatises: On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God; As Manifested in the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellect...

Rare Batak Pustaha from northern Sumatra in Indonesia. SOLD This unique hand produced book is in manuscript form on tree bark and is housed in hand...

This volume details the pioneering work in India of 5 missionaries; Bartholomew Ziegenbald (Germany); Christian Frederick Schwartz (Denmark); and t...

A smart copy of this work by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), English poet, philosopher and theologian. This is one of his noted religious work...

A good copy of this novel by English Islamic scholar and novelist, a covert from Christianity to Islam, Marmaduke Pickthall (1875-1936) - set in Pa...

A very smart set of 3 George Bernard Shaw works, all uniformly rebound in stylish modern cloth bindings. Comprising: Cashel Byron's Profession, Rev...

A beautifully presented volume of this classic work, the first version of the book published in 1890. Written by Scottish anthropologist, Sir James...

A beautifully presented volume of this work, first published in 1983. Very much a deluxe edition from Gryphon Editions, in full pigskin leather, sp...

A very smart copy of this Scottish book of sermons by Scottish Free Church Minister, James Sieveright (1783–1852), who also served as Moderator of ...

The Scots Magazine was found in 1739, and claims to be the world's oldest magazine still in publication today (although with gaps in its publicatio...

A handsome volume of both the First and Second Series of Emerson's essays, in a very attractive binding. Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books: Essays, ...

A handsome set of 3 volumes bound in a modern full leather binding with slipcase. The History of The Jews. Three Volumes. By Henry Hart Milman (unc...

A beautifully produced book featuring a tale by American writer, James Branch Cabell (1879-1958), primarily a writer of fantasy fiction. This story...

Roman Society; From Nero to Marcus Aurelius. By Samuel Dill, M.A. Published by Macmillan and Co., Limited, London and The Macmillan Company, New Yo...