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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

27pp, plus 7 full-page b/w pls, plus 1 large folding coloured map, Printed Card Cover, VGC,

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A two volume complete set of this work, with both volumes being first printings of the first edition published in 1909. ***Profusely illustrated with plates including full-page tissue-guarded colour frontispiece to Volume I. showing: 'John Wesley after the painting by J. M. Williams, R.A. circa 1742. Reproduced by special permission from the original in Didsbury Wesleyan College, Manchester. Both volumes have a period bookplate to the front free endpaper: 'ex Libris Muff'. ***Volume I: Illustrated with thirty-two black and white plates plus tissue-guarded colour frontispiece. Very good in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and double rules to spine. Head and tail of spine rubbed and frayed. Small split and fraying to head of spine cloth. Interior pages and plates clean. All plates present as called for. Spine tight. A hint of sporadic foxing to margins of a few pages. No dustwrapper. ***xx prelim-pages including preface, complete with tipped-in errata slip (as called for), and list of illustrations plus 598 pages. ***Volume II: Illustrated with thirty-two black and white plates plus tissue-guarded frontispiece showing: Francis Asbury reproduced from the portrait painted by Bruff in 1808 and now in Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, New Jersey, U.S.A. Very good in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and double rules to spine. Head and tail of spine rubbed and frayed. Interior pages and plates clean. All plates present as called for. Spine tight. Hint of very light sporadic foxing to a few margins of pages. No dustwrapper. xvi prelim-pages including contents and complete with tipped-in errata slip (as called for), and list of illustrations plus 676 pages including index to rear and folding chart of statistics of methodism 1908. ***248 mm x 178mm. ***'For some time a History of Methodism has been required which should utilize the results of recent study upon the origins of the Methodist churches, manifest the sense of their oneness which all feel increasingly, and set forth worldwide Methodism as a branch of the Church Catholic with its own notes and an essential unity underlying its several forms in many lands. "A New History of Methodism" is designed to do this. It may claim this title, since not only is it the result of fresh study of the sources, but its plan and method have not been previously employed in Methodism histories. (Quote taken from the Preface) ***A very well presented and detailed work on the history of Methodism. A heavy two volume set, now over a hundred years old. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate. ***PLEASE NOTE: This two volume set is heavy - please contact us for shipping rates if you live outside the UK.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 192 pages. 6.75x4.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A two volume complete set of this work, with both volumes being first printings of the first edition published in 1909. ***Profusely illustrated with plates including full-page tissue-guarded colour frontispiece to Volume I. showing: 'John Wesley after the painting by J. M. Williams, R.A. circa 1742. Reproduced by special permission from the original in Didsbury Wesleyan College, Manchester. Both volumes have a gift inscription in fountain pen ink to the top of the front free endpaper: 'Dinah Tyszka from Rex Russell 1987'. ***Volume I: Illustrated with thirty-two black and white plates plus tissue-guarded colour frontispiece. Very good in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and double rules to spine. Head and tail of spine rubbed and frayed. Small split and fraying to head of spine cloth. Interior pages and plates clean. All plates present as called for. Spine tight. A hint of sporadic foxing to margins of a few pages. No dustwrapper. ***xx prelim-pages including preface, complete with tipped-in errata slip (as called for), and list of illustrations plus 598 pages. ***Volume II: Illustrated with thirty-two black and white plates plus tissue-guarded frontispiece showing: Francis Asbury reproduced from the portrait painted by Bruff in 1808 and now in Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, New Jersey, U.S.A. Very good in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and double rules to spine. Head and tail of spine rubbed and frayed. Small split and fraying to head of spine cloth. Interior pages and plates clean. All plates present as called for. Spine tight. Hint of very light sporadic foxing to a few margins of pages. No dustwrapper. xvi prelim-pages including contents and complete with tipped-in errata slip (as called for), and list of illustrations plus 676 pages including index to rear and folding chart of statistics of methodism 1908. ***248 mm x 178mm. ***'For some time a History of Methodism has been required which should utilize the results of recent study upon the origins of the Methodist churches, manifest the sense of their oneness which all feel increasingly, and set forth worldwide Methodism as a branch of the Church Catholic with its own notes and an essential unity underlying its several forms in many lands. "A New History of Methodism" is designed to do this. It may claim this title, since not only is it the result of fresh study of the sources, but its plan and method have not been previously employed in Methodism histories. [Quote taken from the Preface] ***A very well presented and detailed work on the history of Methodism. A heavy two volume set, now over a hundred years old. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate. ***PLEASE NOTE: This two volume set is heavy - please contact us for shipping rates if you live outside the UK.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Peddie, Tom; Prater, Ernest (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: "Ju-Ju" Justice - a startling West African Ju-Ju incident and its sequel, involving the Elder Dempster branch boat "Lagoon"; Tales of the Service - The Smuggler's Cave (part III) - stirring stories of the Service contributed by a customs-house officer on the West Coast of Scotland and also in Ireland; The Wooing of Abia - a charming yet thrilling love story involving natives of Papua, with great photos; Beyond the Law (part III) - The Dalton Gang terrorized the Western States of America for years while committing train robberies and holding up banks; The Empire's Only Eskimo Soldier - John Shiwak, of Labrador, the only Eskimo soldier to lay down his life for the empire (article with photo); Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram (part III) - the Himalayan exploits of Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman (with photos); A Nightmare Voyage - in 1905, the American barque Challenger left Port Townsend for Japan in the command of Captain Pedersen; Photo of a Papuan chief's daughter wearing a necklace of hundreds of dog teeth; Lion-Hunting as a Business - Frank Allen of Rhodesia is the only known lion-hunter - article with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa (part IV) - a 4,000 mile honeymoon trip east to west across the Dark Continent - with photos; The Baboon and the Baby - a baboon steals a baby from a home; My Experiences in German East Africa - James Henry Butcher relates his thrilling experiences as a private in the South African Infantry, with photos; The Shining Town - a fascinating photo-illustrated sketch of life and scenes in Granada; The "White" Chief of Penrhyn Island - the shipwrecked author was adopted by a chief in the South Sea Islands and went on to become the ruler of an island and its people; Only a Half-Breed - in South-West Colorado in 1869 a white man's squaw prevented a war; Fantastic ad "Swear Off Tobacco" by the Newell harmacal Company of St. Louis inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Wood, Stanley L.; Peddie, Tom; Holloway, W.H.; Wright, Frank; Soper, George; Prater, Ernest; Robinson, T.H.; Webb, Arch.; Shepherd, J.A. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Beyond the Law - Part I of the First True Account of the Exploits of the World's Most Noted Outlaws, by Emmett Dalton, the only survivor of the "Dalton Gang" - article with photos and great cover illustration; Wonders of the Teleferica - an interesting account of the remarkable aerial lines/cableways used by the Italians to transport men, guns, and provisions in the high Alps - article with many photos; The Youngest Soldier in the French Army - photo of 11-year-old Charles Meux of the French Army; Tales of the Service - Part I - A Night in a Vat; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - Part II - Eva J. Jordan, F.R.G.S. travelled with her husband for four-thousand miles through the great Equatorial Forest of Central Africa, becoming the first woman to penetrate this area - article with photos; A Night of Terror - an associate of Izaak Walton sinks into quicksand while fishing; Buried in a Snowdrift - a mining engineer is caught in an avalanche in the Andes; "Hooshta!" - the Tragedy of an Australian camel race - a stirring story from the West Australian goldfields; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part I - Fanny and William Workman describe their Himalayan mountaineering exploits - article with map and great photos; Thrice Through the Jaws of Death - Sergeant J. Harte of the Inland Water Transport relates hair-breadth escapes at sea and on land; How We Built the Bridge - War story related by a corporal of the canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps; Crossing the Canal - A despatch orderly attempts to cross the Suez Canal at night; Some Adventures of a Newspaper Woman - Marie Harrison provides a graphic and thrilling account of her startling adventures in search of 'copy'; The Railway Conquest of the Bay - a photo-illustrated account of the building of the Hudson Bay Railway; A Happy Family - humorous account of the antics of a number of strange pets belonging to a party of colonials in Singapore; A Modern Grace Darling - Miss Ella Trout rescues a sailor from a torpedoed ship off the coast of Devon - article with nice photos of Miss Trout; Photo of a group of Solomon Islands head-hunters reading The Wide World Magazine; Interesting four-page illustrated stock offering by Guaranteed Tractors, Inc., Edmund G. Soward, President; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 4-88, 9-24 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Wood, Stanley L.; Soper, George; Tennant, Dudley; Smith, R.; Reynolds, Warwick; Peddie, T.; Holloway, W.H.; Gilbert, A.; Webb, Arch. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Beyond the Law - Part II of the first true account of the exploits of the world's most outlaws, The Dalton Gang, written by their only survivor, Emmett Dalton; A Concert Party In the Desert - The "Roosters" Concert Party entertain troops in the Sinai Desert (with photos); Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part II of Fanny and William Workman's exploration of the Himalayas (with photos); The Cruise of the Cowboys - several men are Shanghaied at San Francisco but manage to escape on a small boat and get their revenge; The Hundredth Chance - illicit whisky distillers create major problems for Custom-house officer Alan Temple; ; Our Adventures in Sicily - travel adventures of Penelope and her husband; Boss of the Lava Walls - fight for dominance between two wallaroos; Children's Fight With a Panther - Anthony Farrer and Doreen Ashburnham, both of Cowichan Lake, British Columbia, fight off a panther and are awarded the Albert Medal by the King; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - Part III - Eva Jordan continues her 4,000 mile trek through the great Equatorial Forest of Central Africa; The Mad Druid - a young French girl, Aline Etieve, falls into the hands of a madman thinking himself to be the last Druid, and plotting to offer her as a human sacrifice; The Romance of Platinum-Mining - Ashmore Russan provides a striking account of this much-sought metal - article with photos of related activity on the Rio Opogodo, including a large dredge under construction; My Wanderings Through Texas - a breezy and fascinating pen-picture of a tramp through Texas; How We Outwitted the Bandits - two hostages eventually escape from bandits in Patagonia, South America; Wonders of British Guinana - E.C. Stembridge is enthusiastic over the future of this, the only possession of Great Britain on the mainland of South America; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 90-176, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Peddie, Tom; Soper, George; Reynolds, Warwick; Robinson,H.T.; Prater, E.; Gillett, Frank; (illustrator). First Edition. 85 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, with photos. (Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918); The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama, Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang, the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville, Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes, by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway, from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada, with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine, September 1918 Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton, British War Correspondents, Eastern Front, The Man-Eating Tigers, Rengarih, Bear Hunting, British Columbia, Water-Wheels, Hama, Syria, The Dalton Gang, Condon Ba.