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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Revelation of Christianus is a collection of Christian Science poems that explore themes of faith, redemption, and spiritual transformation. Written by Charles Adolphus Murray Dunmore, the Earl of Dunmore, this volume offers a unique and insightful perspective on the Christian faith, and will be of interest to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of religious poetry.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Revelation of Christianus is a collection of Christian Science poems that explore themes of faith, redemption, and spiritual transformation. Written by Charles Adolphus Murray Dunmore, the Earl of Dunmore, this volume offers a unique and insightful perspective on the Christian faith, and will be of interest to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of religious poetry.

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Two pages. Dimensions of paper fourteen and a half inches by nine inches. Aged and stained, with fraying to extremities and some loss to one corner (not affecting text). Order to 'deliver and pay of such his Majesty's Treasure as remains in your Charge unto John Earl of Dunmore or his Assigns the Sum of Two hundred and Fifty Pounds', on Dunmore's 'Annuity or yearly Pension of One Thousand Pounds as one of the Gentlemen of his Majesty's Bedchamber'. With signatures of 'Winnington', 'G Earle' and . Docketed 'Mr. Yorke I pray pay this Order out of Addl. for the Civil List | 14 April 1740'. Countersigned 'Yorke'. With 'Walpole' - presumably Horatio Walpole, later 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton - in bottom right-hand corner. Autograph receipt, signed 'Dunmore', and witnessed by William Roper, on reverse.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:8185326770.

Zustand: Good. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:8185326789.

Zustand: Good. 1895. No Edition Remarks. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and front board. Large 'File Copy' label stuck to front board: perhaps publisher's file copy, but no other markings to confirm. Many pages remain uncut. 16-page publisher's catalogue to rear dated April 1895. Murray was better known for his travel writings; scenes in Egypt and India form part of this novel of Scotland. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Slight gutter cracking, more so to hinges which have some exposed netting. Firm nonetheless. Faint traces of a sticker to FEP; pencil inscription erased from half title. Slight tanning and minor nicks to text block edges. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. A few faint liquid droplet marks. Notable smudges, staining and loss to 'File Copy' label. Spine is slightly sunned. Gilt is bright.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Ex-library, Dunedin Public Library. Bindings shaken. Gutters split at hinges. Text block separating from covers at front hinge on Volume One. Complete with all plates and maps. Circular library blind-stamp to corner of every plate. Library card pocket and date due slip on front endpapers. Library rubber stamp on title pages. Black mark with library call number in white at tail of spine on each volume. ; Volume One: xx, 360 pages + frontispiece + 17 plates + 1 colour folding map at rear. 21 in-text illustrations. Volume Two: x, [2], 352 pages + frontispiece (map) + 4plates + 2 colour folding maps at rear. 5 in-text illustrations. Both volumes stated "Second Edition", 1893. Blue-grey moire cloth with silver buddha illustrations on front board, and silver lettering in English and Tibetan characters on front board. Page dimensions: 214 x 131mm. The text includes some notes on the Tibetan culture, the Tibetan Buddhist religion and the Gelugpa sect. The illustrations include Tibetan Buddhist Chortens near, Leh, Ladakh, an area visited by the author. "May 31st - Bought six more ponies at an average of 43 rs. each. I had about twenty to choose from, but they were mostly too small"- Volume 1, page 107. "From there we were taken into the Chhos Khang, or sacred room, sometimes called the book-room, as the Buddhist holy books are all kept there. This room would answer to a chapel in any Christian monastery, for it is in here they assemble to read their Scriptures, and more often the writings of some Lama than the words of Buddha. In the centre of this room was a gaudily painted throne, on which sits the incarnation, and on his right is another highly decorated pedastal, on which sits a gilded image of Buddha"- Volume 1, page 133-134. "The whole configuration of the country has undergone a complete change since we crossed the Karakoram pass. Instead of being shut into nullahs and gorges and deep gullies, and walled in by the precipitous rocks of giant snow-clad mountains, we are now in an open country of vast plains and distant hills and the temperature has altered with the scenery"- Volume One, page 209.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Format is 7 inches by 9.25 inches. ix, [1], 55, [3] pages. Cover has Easter Day 1901 in gilt on the front cover, along with the title in gilt. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some endpaper discoloration. Dedicated to Mary Baker Eddy. Each page has an orange/red rule border, each poem's initial letter is in a medieval style with decorative red background, ornaments at end of each poem. Earl of Dunmore is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Charles Adolphus Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore VD (24 March 1841 - 27 August 1907), styled Viscount Fincastle from birth until 1845, was a Scottish peer, Conservative politician, explorer, author, and artist. He traveled to North America to observe the American Civil War with a number of other British officers. He then traveled at least as far as Manitoba and painted a number of watercolors across the United States and Canada. In 1874, he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting in Disraeli's government, a post he held until 1880. In 1875, he was made Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire, which he remained until 1885. In 1882 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Inverness-shire Rifle Volunteers (later the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders). He retired in 1896. In 1892-93 he traveled through the eastern Pamirs to Kashgar. He was engaged in some form of diplomacy or espionage but the matter is not clear. Excerpt from The Revelation of Christianus and Other Christian Science Poems ; Here has come in the midst of human strife A doctrine from heaven above, Which teaches that God is the only life, And life is both truth and love. This doctrine, when new to the world at large, Was the oldest of Christian word, 'twas our Master's precept, our Master's charge.

No Binding. Zustand: Good. Horse Racing in Scotland & The Eglinton Jousting Tournament. Bi-folio sheet (overall size 43 x 68cm) printed on one side only. Left side comprising 3 columns of text printed in gold; right side decorated with 12 wood-engravings. Folded into segments to fit a letter; light wear to folds. An announcement for the Eglinton Stakes and Irvine Cup taking place from Tuesday 3rd May to Friday 6th May 1842. The race was to be won by Blue Bonnet belonging to Lord Eglinton. The woodcuts include: three illustrations of race horses and riders, four impressions of participants at the famous Eglinton Jousting Tournament revived in 1839, four individual comic figures attending the races including a dwarf, and one lively scene of ladies and gentlemen in or out of their carriages placing their bets. The reverse of the sheet contains a letter in ink commenting on the races written the day afterwards ( Saturday ).

Soft cover. Very good. Even overall toning. Light wear along original fold lines. Verso repairs to fold separations. Blank on verso. Size 8.75 x 23.25 Inches. This is an 1893 map by William and Alexander Keith Johnston of Central Asia, published by the Royal Geographic Society, to trace the route taken by the Earl of Dunmore in his travels through Kashmir, the Xinjiang province of China, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and through Turkmenistan to the Caspian Sea. The region - largely a Chinese frontier - was the site of significant Russian efforts to exert influence at the time, and it is in that context that the Earl of Dunmore's journey took place. Following the track, for example, one sees what appears to be a curious detour into the Pamir mountains between Yarkand and Kashgar; here, Dunmore's expedition was following a Chinese force sent to counter Russian incursions Aktash region. The region was also the site of conflict between Russian and Afghan forces - indeed, the journey took place only a few years before the border between Russia and Afghanistan was set with the signing of the Pamir Boundary Commission protocols in 1895. Dunmore's return route from Samarkand was undertaken on the Russian Trans-Caspian Railway; constructed in order to facilitate Russian troop movements along the frontier, the British considered this railway to be a particular threat to their interests in Asia. The Great Game - the struggle for Afghanistan From 1830 until 1895, a political and diplomatic confrontation, known as 'The Great Game', existed between the British Empire and the Russian Empire over Afghanistan and other territories in Central and Southern Asia. 'The Great Game', as it is known, was ignited due to Russian fears that Britain was making commercial and military inroads in Central Asia, while Britain mutually feared Russia adding 'the jewel in the crown' (India) to its vast empire in Asia. Several wars were fought, including the First Anglo-Afghan War in 1838, the First Anglo-Sikh War in 1845, the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1848, and the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1878, along with the Russian annexations of Khiva, Bukhara, and Kokand. Per historians, the Great Game ended on September 10, 1895 with the signing of the Pamir Boundary Commission protocols, which defined the border between Afghanistan and the Russian Empire. Publication History and Census The map was published in the Geographical Journal of 1893 to accompany the Earl of Dunmore's account of his journey. The separate map is catalogued only once in institutional collections, at the University of Chicago. The map appears to be scarce on the market. References: OCLC 71212659.

Sole edition. 96 autotypes. Oblong 4to. Publisher's pictorial cloth, silvered, extremities slightly rubbed but very good indeed. 3, 96ll. London, Autotype company, c. Murray commences his preface: "The accompanying reproduction, in Autotype, of rough pen and ink and water-coloured sketches, made mostly be by me at various times and in various places, constitute the first volume of a projected series of drawings, representing the result thirty-five years- travel in different parts of the world." Howgego records his travels: "Dunmore's inherited wealth provided the means for travel in African and the Arctic, but as an explorer he is best known for his journey through Central Asia. Starting from Rawalpindi in April 1892 and travelling by foot and on horseback, he crossed the Pamirs to arrive in Kashgar the continued west into the Ferghana valley of Russian Turkestan to reach Samarkand in January 1893. His account of the journey, The Parmirs published after his return to England in 1893, describes his 4000- kilometer journey, during which he scaled forty-one mountain passes and crossed sixty-nine rivers."   The work commences with five images of Spitzbergen, before moving on to Hammerfest "the northernmost town in Europe", Lapland and the Tana River (Finland). It then moves to the Circassian coast and the Caucasus, Georgia, and then Russian Central Asia and Chinese Turkestan before the large group depicting the Parmirs. Indeed, this is best understood as an illustrated volume to accompany Murray's narrative The Parmirs. It finishes with images of India, Malaysia and Singapore.   Very rare. OCLC lists a single copy in National Library of Scotland. Howgego IV, M100.

London 1893, Murray. Grey cloth, 2 vol. set, covers faded, contents vol.1 clean; vol. 2 clean, some foxing, 360+340p., 4 fold-out maps, 39 illustrations, glossary, a solid copy, 13 x 21 cm. SCARCE FIRST EDITION Beginning with the arrival at Karachi, through Lahore, the Khyber pass, Kashmir, western Tibet, the Kardong pass, the Sanju route, Kostagh, Yarkland, the Black pass, &c. A wonderful, detailed account, excellent historical reference source. * Chinese passports, Tsungli & Capt. Younghusband's trek. Start for Central Asia, Western Tibet, Buddhists, Nirvana, Heymis Monastery, Panamik, Shyok River, Karakoram Pass, Ice Mountains, Grim Pass, loss of two animals over precipice. Difficult crossings, arrival at Yarkand, Kashmir slaves, departure for the Pamirs. Kashgar history, Alichur Pamir, detention at Bulun-kul, Alai Mts., on to Tashkent, freezing of horses, Russian Turkestan, Ferghana Syr Daria and Samarkand. * A great primary source, exciting, superb reading of a major expedition to one of the most inaccessible places on the earth at that time. * COLLATION: Volume 1: Frontis Lord Dunmore in the Kirghiz dress, map of the Pamirs. . Volume 2: 3 folding color maps: frontis map of Tartary, Lord Dunmore's Expedition from Rawal Pindi to Samarkand 1892-1893, Chinese Official Map of the Pamirs and Adjacent Countries; 39 b.w. photos, table. * CONDITION: The set is overall in very good condition. Volume 1 has a bit of a dull spine, with a blind stamp on upper right corner of title page: "Presented by Mr. Murray" the publisher. Volume 2 has some mild foxing throughout. The spines as usual are a bit darkened, the front and back covers are bright. Otherwise this is a complete set as issued. * The ODNB identifies "Charles Adolphus Murray, seventh Earl of Dunmore [1841-1907], was also known as Viscount Fincastle, was as an early traveler. Dunmore traveled in many parts of the world, including Africa and the Arctic, but his principal journey was made in 1892 through Kashmir, western Tibet, Chinese Tartary, and Russian central Asia. He started from Rawalpindi in April 1892, reached Kashgar in Chinese Turkestan in December 1892, and continued west through Ferghana and Transcaspia, reaching Samarkand in January 1893. He had ridden and walked some 2500 miles, traversing forty-one mountain passes and sixty-nine rivers." Quoted from and enhanced from the ODNB. This cataloguer will follow the custom of recognizing the author's signed name on the title page rather than using his real name Murray. * BIBLIOGRAPHY: Yakushi D-181 *.