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[471571] Westminster Assembly & Lawson, Roderick. Shorter Catechism with Comments and Scripture Proofs. Edinburgh: Knox Press, 1994. Booklet. Good . 64 pages, with supplementary explanatory material and revising questions. GBP 0.55

[451850] Smith, Ron. Christian? (bundle of 12 copies). Bromley: Ron Smith, 1995 . Booklet. Very Good . 12 copies of 16 page evangelistic booklet including prayer of commitment (with explanation that it doesn't make you a Christian!). GBP 1.20

[006574] Borgenicht, Louis; Borgenicht, Joe. The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips and Advice on First-Year Maintenance. Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2003. Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 1931686238. . 226 pages. Humorous baby manual for dads in style of car manual. GBP 1.50

[400417] Shirra, Robert; Johnston, John Brown. Remains of the Rev Robert Shirra, Linktown, Kirkcaldy. With a Memoir by the Rev John B Johnston, Kirkcaldy. Edinburgh: Oliphant and Sons/Johnstone and Hunter, 1850. Cloth. Poor . lvi + 197 pages + catalogues of Oliphants and Johnstone & Hunter. Falling apart, pages grubby. 50 pages biography of Shirra (1724-1803), who studied under Ebenezer Erskine and became a Seceder minister in Linktown of Kirkcaldy; 48 pages Death-Bed Dialogue of Rev Thomas Lister, Dundee, recorded by Shirra; 137 pages of 4 sermons; 10 pages of extracts from 3 more sermons; 3 pages Letter to Rev James Fisher, Glasgow, 1772, on the death of his wife. Scarce. GBP 19.50

[400418] Philpot, J C [Joseph Charles]. Through Baca's Vale; or Daily Words for Zion's Wayfarers Selected from the Works of J C Philpot By His Daughters. Oxford: J C Pembrey, 1893. Cloth. Average Minus . 490 pages, a little pen underlining, exterior covered with clear adhesive film which is peeling. GBP 2.00

[400419] Robinson, Edward. A Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament. London: Thomas Tegg, 1854. New and Revised Edition. Cloth. Poor . 918 pages, Greek-English, very detailed, NT references, comparison to Septuagint and Hebrew. No spine or front cover. Because the book is falling apart, a handful of pages here and there have been glued together affecting part of the text of the relevant pages. GBP 3.75

[400420] Pearson, Thomas; Cairns, John (preface-essay). Evangelical Alliance Prize Essay on Infidelity: Its Aspects Causes and Agencies. London: W J Johnson, 1864. People's Edition - New Series. Cloth. Average Minus . 328 pages. 1) Aspects: Atheism, Pantheism, Naturalism, Spiritualism, Indifferentism, Formalism; 2) Causes: General Cause, Speculative Philosophy, Social Disaffection, Corruptions of Christianity, Religious Intolerance, Disunion of the Church. 3) Agencies: The Press, the Clubs, the Schools, the Pulpit. Internal hinges detached. GBP 4.75

[400421] Gray, Andrew. The Whole Works of the Reverend and Pious Mr Andrew Gray, Formerly Minister of the Gospel in Glasgow. Aberdeen: George & Robert King, 1839. Cloth. Poor . 499 pages, covers damp-stained and torn, considerable pen underlining and annotation by D A MacFarlane, late Free Presbyterian minister of Dingwall. Preface by William King Tweedie. GBP 6.75

[400422] MacLeod, John. Scottish Theology in Relation to Church History Since the Reformation: Lectures Delivered in Westminster Theological Seminary Philadelphia, USA. Edinburgh: Free Church of Scotland, 1943. Cloth. Average Minus . 331 pages, edges foxed. Considerable pencil underlining and annotation by D A MacFarlane, late Free Presbyterian minister of Dingwall. Includes sections on the Seceders and Voluntaryism, and the effect that a modified subscription to the Westminster Confession had in the long run. GBP 6.75

[400423] Palmer, Benjamin Morgan. Theology of Prayer as Viewed in the Religion of Nature and in the System of Grace; The Threefold Fellowship and The Threefold Assurance. Harrisonburg: Sprinkle Publications, 1980. Cloth. Average Plus . 352 + 144 pages, two books in one volume. Edges slightly stained, spine rubbed. GBP 7.50

[400424] Stark, James. Rev John Murker of Banff: a Picture of Religious Life and Work in the North of Scotland. Banff: Alex Ramsay, 1887. Cloth. Average . 208 pages. John Murker (1802-1881) was minister of the Congregational Church, Banff. Recommended by Spurgeon as a good readable biography in which the author "allowed John Murker to appear in all his murkerishness". GBP 9.50

[400425] New Testament, Gaelic (Scottish). Gaelic English New Testament and Metrical Psalms. Edinburgh: National Bible Society of Scotland, 1935. Cloth. Average Minus . 717 + 240 pages. Gaelic New Testament and Psalter, with Authorized/KJV New Testament and 1650 Psalter in parallel columns. Some pen and pencil annotation to a number of pages, by D A MacFarlane, late Free Presbyterian Minister of Dingwall. Front cover and page edges somewhat stained. GBP 7.50

[400426] Kitson, Harry Dexter. How to Use Your Mind: a Psychology of Study. Philadelphia: J B Lippincott Company, 1926. Third Edition (Revised). Cloth. Average . 224 pages, a little pen and pencil marking. GBP 1.50

[400427] Ames, William. [Incomplete Copy of] Conscience with the Power and Cases Thereof. Divided into Five Bookes. Written by the Godly and Learned, William Ames, Doctor, and Professor of Divinity, in the Famous University of Franeker in Friesland. Translated out of Latine .... London: Edward Griffin for John Rothwell, 1643. Disbound. Poor . Incomplete copy: title page (loose) present but incomplete; text starts at page 17 of first book, though pages 17/18 are also incomplete. The first few of the remaining pages have been trimmed too much at the bottom, resulting in the loss of a line of text in some cases. Early pages have some pen marking, in a few cases with considerable annotation. Remaining pages paginated thus (thought to be complete): 19-35 (paper badly brown stained and deteriorating at bottom); [1 blank]; 1-56; 47-94; 93-99; [1 blank]; 1-136; 135-293; [1 blank], corresponding to ESTC Wing A2995A except for location of contents pages. GBP 25.00

[400428] Malan, Caesar (Cesar) (translated for the author). Gospel Seeds; or Collection of Unpublished Pieces on the Revealed Truths in the Word of God, and the Practice it Enjoins on Christians. London: J Nisbet, 1833. Hard Cover. Average Minus . 276 pages, spine missing, boards detached, sections falling apart, some pencil and a little coloured pencil marking. Uncommon book. GBP 19.50

[400429] Hetherington, W M [William Maxwell]. History of the Church of Scotland from the Introduction of Christianity to the Meetings of the Commission of the General Assembly in August 1841. Edinburgh: John Johnstone, 1841. First Edition. Half-Leather. Average . 804 pages, pen underlining and annotation to a few pages. Given the date, this edition does not cover the Disruption. GBP 13.50

[400430] Newton, John. Out of the Depths: Being the Autobiography of the Rev John Newton. London: C J Farncombe, 1935. Cloth. Average . 206 pages, some photos, spine a bit torn. GBP 3.75

[400431] Howie, John & Kerr, James (eds). Sermons Delivered in Times of Persecution in Scotland By Sufferers for the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ. Edinburgh: Johnstone, Hunter, & Co, 1880. Cloth. Average . plus " the original preface by John Howie, Commemoration Sermon on the Martyr Bi-centenary; and Biographical notices of the authors of the sermons by the Rev James Kerr, Greenock." 674 pages, large number of sermons by William Guthrie, Michael Bruce, John Welwood, Richard Cameron, Donald Cargill, Alexander Peden, Alexander Shields, John Livingstone, John Welch, and John Guthrie, several illustrations. 19th century edition of "A Collection of Lectures and Sermons preached upon Several Subjects , mostly in the Time of the Late Persecution", Glasgow, 1779. This copy has been professionally rebacked some years back by a Dutch bookbinder (Joh. H Brans of Delft) , and a few early pages have been professionally mended. A little pencil marking to early pages and one or two small pen marks. GBP 28.50

[400432] Thomson, Andrew Mitchell. Sermons on Various Subjects. Edinburgh: William Whyte & Co, 1830. Second Edition. Cloth. Average . 554 pages, spine slightly torn at bottom, some foxing. Andrew Thomson (1779-1831) was the well-known evangelical minister of St George's Edinburgh. GBP 23.50

[400433] Pembrey, John Cripps (ed). The Gospel Banner: Vol 32 No 371 (1910) to Vol 34 No 394 (1912). Oxford: J C Pembrey, 1910. Cloth. Average Minus . iv + 129-380 + iv + 1-378 + 1-128 pages. John Cripps Pembrey (1831-1918) was an Orientalist on the staff of Oxford University Press, and edited the Gospel Banner from 1872 to 1916. Includes sermons by Philpot, Erskine, Toplady, etc, various Scottish and Puritan material, letters, memoirs. Heavy pen underlining and annotation to a proportion of the pages throughout, by D A MacFarlane, late Free Presbyterian minister of Dingwall; cloth spine missing. GBP 7.75

[400434] Anon (said to be Bishop, John B); Goold, William Henry (intro). Only a Servant: or, A Brief Memorial of Mary H-, by an Elder of the Church. Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, Eighteenth Thousand. Cloth. Average Minus . 158 pages, covers worn, cloth spine missing, pages grubby. Second half of 19th century. GBP 4.75

[400435] Tiptaft, William. A Sermon and Some Sayings. London: Sovereign Grace Union, Booklet. Average . 25 pages, SGU Publication No 245. Sermon on: She shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins. GBP 1.00

[400436] Campbell, Iain D. In Thy Likeness: The Life and Letters of Rev Donald Macinnes. Snizort: Snizort Free Church, 1989. Paperback. Good . 58 pages. GBP 2.75

[400437] Greenhill, William (ed Sherman, James). An Exposition of the Prophet Ezekiel with Useful Observations Thereupon. Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1863. Cloth. Average Minus . 859 pages, external cloth spine worn and front board detached a little pencil and pen or coloured pencil marking to a few pages, some foxing, especially to early and late pages, otherwise b ook is in fairly good condition. GBP 19.50

[400438] Stuart, Alexander Moody. The Song of Songs: An Exposition of the Song of Solomon. London: James Nisbet & Co, 1860. Second Edition. Cloth. Average Minus . 558 pages, some pen underlining and annotation to a proportion of the pages. Uncommon book. GBP 45.00

[400439] Brown, John. Analytical Exposition of the Epistle of Paul to the Romans. Edinburgh: William Oliphant & Sons, 1857. Hard Cover. Average Minus ISBN: . . 639 pages, some pen and pencil marking and annotation, cloth spine torn. GBP 7.50

[400440] Hodge, Charles. Princeton Sermons: Outlines of Discourses, Doctrinal and Practical, Delivered at Princeton Theological Seminary on Sabbath Afternoons. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1879. Cloth. Average ISBN: . . 373 pages, considerable pen underlining and annotation by D A MacFarlane, late Free Presbyterian minister of Dingwall, spine binding shaken. GBP 6.75

[400441] Anon (attributed to Grinfield, Edward William); New Testament, Greek. He Kaine Diatheke: Ek tes Palaias Diathekes kata tous Hebdomekonta Diermeneuomene (Novum Testamentum Graecum Editio Hellenistica): Volume 2: Romans to Revelation. London: William Pickering, 1843. Cloth. Average Minus . Volume 2 contains pages 782 to 1493. According to Aberdeen University Library's catalogue: This 'Hellenistic edition' presents the T.R. [i.e. received text] (following Mill), illustrated by citations from the LXX., Origen's Hexapla, Josephus and Philo, given after each verse. Entirely in Greek. Cloth spine missing, slight insect attack in spine margin, internal spine weakened. GBP 48.50