burns rev thomas (11 risultati)

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

Condizione: New. In.

Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. VERY GOOD+ TO NEAR FINE. CLEAN RED CLOTH BOARDS AND SPINE, SLIGHT WEAR AT SPINE ENDS, LETTERING BRIGHT, BINDING TIGHT, HINGES STRONG. INTERIOR CLEAN WITHOUT WRITING OR MARKS. Preface by the Very Rev. James MacGregor.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. A very good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt. No ownership inscription and not foxed. Pp.xv,275. Described as "a mine of information" on the Records and Properties of the Church of Scotland.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Spine Creased With Denting To Ends, Boards Showing A Little Discolouration Towards Edges. All Pages Clean And Tightly Bound.

A substantial and scholarly late-Victorian study of Scottish ecclesiastical silver. Rev. Thomas Burns's Old Scottish Communion Plate (1892) remains the definitive reference work on the subject, documenting the design, history, and use of communion vessels across Scotland. The volume includes a preface by the Moderator of the General Assembly, James MacGregor, and valuable chronological tables of Scottish hallmarks compiled by Alexander J.S. Brook. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates and engravings, it is both an important work of church history and a key reference for collectors of Scottish silver. Old Scottish Communion Plate, by the Rev. Thomas Burns, F.R.S.E., F.S.A. Scot., Minister of Lady Glendorch's Parish, Edinburgh. With a Preface by The Right Rev. James MacGregor, D.D., St Cuthbert's, Moderator of the General Assembly, and Chronological Tables of Scottish Hall-marks prepared by Alexander J.S. Brook, F.S.A. Scot. Published in Edinburgh by R. & R. Clark, 1892. Limited to 175 copies on large paper. This numbered 69 and is signed by the author. A good hardback in original Publisher's binding - burgundy leather spine and corners with gilt decoration, rules and titles. With red cloth over boards with gilt title and roundel to front cover. The covers with some rubbing, bumping and wear. Outer joints are rubbed, but all soundly bound. Text is bright and clean throughout, with clean and attractive plates. Burgundy endpapers with some rubbing. With gilt top edge to text block. A very usable copy of this substantial and comprehensive work. Text in English. xxx + 651pp + Numerous illustrations and Plates (some with tissue guards). Dimensions: approximately 295mm high x 248mm wide x 72mm. Approximate weight 3.5kg (unpacked).

Hardcover. Condizione: g to vg. Limited First edition. Large quarto (11 1/4 x 9"). xxx, 651, [1]pp. Modern full burgundy pebbled buckram, with gold lettering to spine. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering. First catalogue of all the silver vessels belonging to the Church of Scotland which were dedicated for sacramental use prior to 1800, with their inscriptions, and where it has been possible, with extracts of Kirk-Session Records bearing on them. Includes information about Scottish communion customs and their associated cups and tokens, as well as baptismal vessels; A thorough volume, which also contains a chapter devoted to Scottish hallmarks. One of 175 signed copies on large paper, of which this is No. 91. This work is profusely illustrated throughout with 105 in-text figs and numerous plates, including 20 tissue-guarded photogravures. Ex-library copy with stamp at top and bottom paper edges, bookplate on inside of front cover, and library printed reference notice on inside of back covers. Only the 20 tissue-guarded photogravures are water-stained along edges. The other plates and pages are absolutely clean. Binding in overall very good, interior in good to very good condition.

Half - Leather. Condizione: Good Plus. Landseer, Thomas; Harvey, W. (illustratore). Five titles bound as one. Respective publish dates and sub-titles as follows: 1830; 1831; 1851 (republished from the times of saturday, 9th august, 1951, with a preface); 1848 (a sermon preached in the church of st. stephen, walbrook); 1835. Some scuffing to leather, removed bookplate on front pastedown and small heraldic shield to ffep, some light staining to top edge of some pages, occasional period owner name to title pages, otherwise contents clean and tight. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Red cloth; Burgundy leather at spine and corners; Gilt titling at spine and front cover; 651 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw plates and figures. One of 175 copies in this edition; Includes information about Scottish communion customs and their associated cups and tokens, as well as baptismal vessels; A thorough volume, which also contains a chapter devoted to Scottish hallmarks; Heavy. Good (Front hinge split; Back hinge taped; Corners bumped; Bookplate inside front cover; Some light foxing to first and last few pages, but most pages clean).

1905. George A Morton. Hard Cover. Book - VG, page edges & endpapers foxed, rough edges, gilt titles on spine. 9x7.5. 275pp. Ex-University Library.

1905. George A Morton. Hard Cover. Book - VG, page edges & endpapers foxed, rough edges, gilt titles on spine. 9x7.5. 275pp. Ex-University Library.