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The list below contains the latest items we have catalogued in our offline database. If you are reading this the same day it was posted then they may well not yet have appeared on any of the websites on which we sell (we generally update sites every few days, not daily). Please email us to order books.

[400351] Thomson, Andrew; Harper, James. Sermons Preached on Occasion of the Death of John Brown, DD. Edinburgh: William Oliphant & Co, 1858. Limp. Average Minus . 80 pages, spine taped. John Brown (1784-1858) was minister of Broughton Place United Presbyterian Church, Edinburgh, and grandson of John Brown of Haddington. GBP 2.75

[400352] Munro, Lewis. Only for Jesus: Memorials of the Late William M MacGregor, Missionary to China. Dingwall: Lewis Munro, Ross-Shire Journal, 1889. Second Edition. Disbound. Poor . 175 pages, life & letters of a Scottish Highland missionary to China, his travels through Ceylon, Singapore, etc., and early death. Disbound and with brown paper glued to outer pages, pages rather stained and grubby. GBP 4.75

[400353] Thain, Jessie. Diary of Jessie Thain (The Friend of Robert Murray McCheyne). Resolis: Murdoch Campbell, 1955. Paperback. Average . 56 pages. GBP 2.75

[400354] Macbean, Lachlan. Elementary Lessons in Gaelic Reading, Grammar, and Construction, with a Vocabulary and Key. Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1901. Fifth Edition. Limp. Average Minus . 62 pages, paper somewhat browned with age, some pen underlining, especially to later pages. Prize from Comunn na Gaidhlig an Lunnain to D A Macfarlane, Raasay, 14.1.02. GBP 4.75

[400355] Candlish, James S. The Christian Sacraments: Hand-Books for Bible Classes Series. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, Cloth. Average . 129 pages. Foxed, some pencil underlining. GBP 3.75

[400356] Manning, Helen. To Perish for Their Saving. Eastbourne: Victory Press, 1970. Paperback. Average ISBN: 0854760806. . 128 pages, illustrated. "A moving account... of the martyrdom in 1968 of two missionaries by cannibals in West Irian, and the dramatic events that followed." GBP 1.75

[400357] Wilmshurst, Ebenezer (ed). Gathered Fragments in the Life of Francis Covell, Minister of the Gospel, and Pastor of Providence Chapel, Croydon. London: E Wilmshurst, 1896. Cloth. Average Minus . 72 pages, internally somewhat dilapidated. Francis Covell (1808-1879) was pastor of Providence Chapel, Croydon (Gospel Standard Strict Baptist). GBP 2.75

[400358] Covell, Francis. Sermons. Cloth. Average . A bound volume of about 60 assorted sermon pamphlets, by Francis Covell (1808-1879), pastor of Providence Chapel, Croydon (Gospel Standard Strict Baptist). GBP 14.50

[400359] Baer, S. Hebrew Psalms: Liber Psalmorum: Textum Masoreticum Accuratissime Expressit, E Fontibus Masorae Varie Illustravit, Notis Criticis Confirmavit. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchniz, 1880. Cloth. Average . Preface by Franz Delitzch. Elements of metrical accents. Complete Hebrew text of the psalms (82 pages). Critical appendices on variant readings etc (77 pages). All non-Hebrew text is in Latin. Part of a series. Cloth of spine tearing away from boards. GBP 4.75

[400360] Tweedie, William King. Life of the Rev John MacDonald, AM, Late Missionary Minister from the Free Church of Scotland at Calcutta; Including Selections from his Diary and Letters. Edinburgh: John Johnstone, 1849. Cloth. Average Minus . 464 pages, pages browned/foxed/water stained throughout. John MacDonald lived 1807 to 1847. GBP 37.50

[400361] Bunyan, John; Stevenson, Robert Louis (introduction). The Pilgrim's Progress. London: Samuel Bagster & Sons Limited, 1941. Cloth. Average ISBN: . . 423 pages, illustrated, fold-out plan of the road drawn by T Conder. Contains both parts. Undated but gifted in 1941. GBP 3.75

[400362] Pinnock, William Henry. A Short Analysis of New Testament History, being a Consecutive History of the Life of Christ, and Elucidations of the Epistles, and the Book of Revelation. With Questions for Schools. Cambridge: J Hall & Son, 1886. Third Edition. Cloth. Average . 207 pages, a few small pen marks to margins of a few pages. GBP 7.50

[400363] Kennedy, John. Man's Relations to God: Traced in the Light of "The Present Truth". Edinburgh: John Maclaren, 1869. Leather. Average . 175 pages. Pages grubby/foxed. Rebound in black leather. GBP 5.75

[400364] Anon. Philips' Atlas of the Counties of Scotland: A Series of Twenty-seven Maps, Shewing the Roads, Railways, Villages, Country Seats, Places of Interest to the Tourist, &c.: Accompanied by a General Map of Scotland. London: George Philip & Son, Cloth. Average Minus . Judging by the state of completion of the railways in the Highlands, this edition is probably from the 1870s. The 27 coloured county maps are complete though one or two have slight damage and some have pencilled additions. Each county map shows all the parishes. Map of Scotland torn and incomplete. GBP 9.50

[400365] M'Cheyne, Robert Murray. A Basket of Fragments: Being the Substance of Sermons. Aberdeen: George & Robert King, 1849. Cloth. Poor . viii + 376 pages, selected sermons. Somewhat dilapidated, spine taped, occasional pen underlining and marking by D A MacFarlane, late Free Presbyterian minister of Dingwall, whose name is marked on the title page. GBP 3.75

[400366] Moule, Handley Carr Glyn. Outlines of Christian Doctrine (The Theological Educator series). London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1894. Cloth. Poor . 288 pages. Heavy pen underlining and annotation to much of book, by D A Macfarlane, late Free Presbyterian minister of Dingwall. GBP 3.75