Neil rev james (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Octavo. Pp. x, (ii), 319, (2) Publisher's ads. Frontispiece. With 5 full-page illustrations and one sketch map of Jerusalem and environs. Footnotes, indices. HARDCOVER, bound in the original decorated green cloth, spine gilt; stamps to front flyleaf. In a very good condition. ~ Twelfth edition. Noted classicist Dr. Henriëtte Boas' copy, with her bookplate pasted onto front paste-down. Neil, the author of the successful "Pictured Palestine", has lived in Jerusalem from 1871 to 1874, and became familiar with the land and its peoples. He returned in 1875 to travel both Egypt and the Holy Land, where he had concluded his writing. F-5 OUT. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Crown octavo. Pp. vii, 194, (4) Publisher's quotes of press notices. Appendices, indices, footnotes. HARDCOVER, bound in the original green cloth, lettered in gilt. In good condition. ~ Seventh edition. "Palestine is awakening to new life, and Israel actually returning to its shores," opens the book, which celebrates "the restoration of the Jews" as a sign that "the mystery of God is about to finish." With interesting appendices about farming in Palestine, the scenery of the land, the Papal railway, the state of Europe and Russia. With detailed General Index and Index of Texts, which lists all passages of scripture explained or referred to in the text. Formerly in the Christadelphian Library, with a notice of rule pasted onto inside of cover. Z-2 OUT. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Crown octavo. Pp. vii, 194. Appendices, indices, footnotes. HARDCOVER, bound in the original green cloth, lettered in gilt. In a very good condition. ~ Sixth edition. "Palestine is awakening to new life, and Israel actually returning to its shores," opens the book, which celebrates "the restoration of the Jews" as a sign that "the mystery of God is about to finish." With interesting appendices about farming in Palestine, the scenery of the land, the Papal railway, the state of Europe and Russia. With detailed General Index and Index of Texts, which lists all passages of scripture explained or referred to in the text. A small flower has been dry pressed between two leaves of this copy, and is still preserved. It would be appropriate to assume that it has been picked, at one time or another, in the hillsides of Palestine. Z-2 OUT. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Crown octavo. Pp. x, 194, (8) Publisher's ads. Appendices, indices, footnotes and extended Preface. HARDCOVER, bound in the original illustrated blue cloth, spine discoloured. In good condition. ~ SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. With a presentation inscription in the Author's hand, "To E. Taylor in memory of the Palestine lectures (.), September 1895, James Neil". Eleventh edition. This edition is printed throughout on exceptionally heavy paper, actually card, uncommon in small octavo. Also the cover differs from the plain leaf-green cloth of previous editions and displays now illustration of an orthodox Jew reading from the Torah. With interesting appendices about farming in Palestine, the scenery of the land, the Papal railway, the state of Europe and Russia. With detailed General Index and Index of Texts, which lists all passages of scripture explained or referred to in the text. Z-2 OUT. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator). …