reverend john watson (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Zustand: New. Christianity and Islam are capable of dialogue. Neither faith has a single religious establishment or narrow belief system, both are rainbows of faith and practice. This book offers evidence of the complexities and rewards of exchanging ideas and opinions on the development and necessity of Islamic-Christian interfaith understanding. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 198. . 2005. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Very Good. Second edition hard back binding in publisher's original blackcurrant cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 240 pp with monochrome text illustrations throughout. From the private library and estate of Frank Williams. Ink message dated 1949 to the front free end paper Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with pieces of paper missing to the top front cover, price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.

Scarce non fiction work by the novelist (and leading member of the kailyard school of Scottish writers) under his real name (Reverend John Watson D.D.) including sections on Kindness, thrift, gratitude and 'straightness. Nicely decorated title page. Brown cloth with gilt titles and decoration. 1st edition. VG.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. John Watson was an eighteenth-century Church of England clergyman and antiquary. Between 1750 and 1754, he served as rector of the parish of Halifax in West Yorkshire. He wrote this history of the town, which was published in 1775. This is the 1973 facsimile edition, with red cloth boards. It is in good condition, with only very light shelf wear. The previous owner has put a sticker on the front pastedown. This book will be sent via courier due to its weight.

First edition. 4to. 265x210mm. pp. iv, 764, [10, index]. Ten engraved plates (frontispiece portrait of the author and a further nine). The verso of the second leaf of preliminaries is numbered vi. Some foxing in places but otherwise, internally very good with the plates in excellent condition. Handsomely bound in slightly later red straight-grained morocco, upper and lower covers decorated with two double fillet borders in gilt enclosing a continuous "drawer-handle" design in blind and framing a continuous swag and drop border in blind. Spine with five double raised bands, decorated in gilt and blind and lettered in gilt to the second and fifth compartment. Edges of the boards decorated in gilt. Turn-ins decorated in gilt with a wavy dotted line and ears of wheat with a flower motif in the corners. All edges gilt. The binding is of a very high standard. It is unsigned but the tooling and overall design conforms to the work of the German emigré binders and we would tentatively attribute the binding to either Christian Kalthoeber or John Bohn and date it to the 1790s or the very early years of the 1800s. A previous owner has inscribed the verso of the front free endpaper "Bound by Edwards of Halifax (??)". This seems unlikely but it is possible, given the subject matter of the book and the links between Edwards and the German emigré binders that this copy did pass through Edwards's hands. John Watson (1723-1783) was that perfect eighteenth-century combination of clergyman and antiquary. He was the curate of Halifax between 1750 and 1754 and retained links with the town throughout his life. Starting with Druidical remains and moving through Roman affairs, Watson brings the reader up to the eighteenth century. He covers the history of Halifax and provides details of the main buildings in the town as well as exploring fascinating byways such as "Remarks on the Dialect of Halifax","Vocabulary of Uncommon Words used in Halifax" and "A Catalogue of Plants Growing in the Parish of Halifax".