Monday, November 20, 2006

Latest Books 20 Nov 2006

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.

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[451830] Westminster Divines. The Shorter Catechism: With Scripture Proofs. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1977. Booklet. Good ISBN: 0851512658. . 32 pages, with proof texts. Staples rusted. Three copies available at the time of cataloguing. GBP 0.50

[513177] Chapell, Bryan. Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming The Expository Sermon. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0801025869. . 375 pages. GBP 5.50

[513178] Horton, Michael S. (editor). Power Religion : The Selling Out of the Evangelical Church?. Chicago: Moody Press, 1992. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0802467741. . 353 pages, contributors include Colson, Sproul, Packer, McGrath & others. GBP 2.00

[513179] Payne, Tony. Bold I Approach: The Why and How of Prayer: 5 Interactive Bible Studies for Individuals and Small Groups. Kingsford: St Matthias Press, 2001. Booklet. Very Good ISBN: 187316632X. . 72 pages. GBP 1.00

[467001] Brown, John (of Edinburgh). Expository Discourses on the First Epistle of the Apostle Peter - set of 2 Volumes (3 Volumes in 2). Marshallton: National Foundation for Christian Education, 1975. Cloth. Average Minus / Average Minus. ISBN: 0851512046. . 398 + 524 + 436 pages. Edges a little foxed, covers slightly musty. GBP 17.50

[492037] Maynard, Michael. A History of the Debate over 1 John 5:7-8: A Tracing of the Longevity of the Comma Johanneum, with Evaluations of Arguments against Its Authenticity. Tempe, AZ: Comma Publications, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. NEW ISBN: 1886971056. . 382 pages, this is a new and unused copy. Consists mostly of a cataloguing (by a librarian) of comments on the validity of 1 John 5:7 by previous authors. GBP 24.50

[492038] Mijnders-van Woerden, M A. Bonisa: A Child of Africa. Lisse: De Lichtkring, 2001. First Edition (English language). Paperback. NEW ISBN: 9080619310. . 156 pages, English translation of the very popular 1960s Dutch language story of the conversion to Christian faith of an African child from a remote tribe. Children’s fiction based on the real experiences of a Dutch/Scottish Reformed missionary couple in the 1960s in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). GBP 6.50

[466029] Crabb, Edmund William. Men on the Tower: A Brief Review of the Prophetical Books of the Old Testament. London: Tyndale Press, 1951. Booklet. Average Minus . 48 pages, a bit stained. GBP 1.00

[466030] Mac Chalum, Domhnull (MacCallum, Donald). Domhnullan Dàn an Ceithir Earrannan. Glasgow: Alasdair Mac Labhruinn ’s a Mhic, 1925. Paperback. Poor . 59 pages, grubby, covers torn. Poetry. Rev Donald MacCallum was a minister in Tiree and later in Lewis, and was a campaigner for Land Rights. GBP 5.00

[466031] Grannd, Padruig (Grant, Peter). Dain Spioradail (Spiritual Hymns). Edinburgh: John Grant, 1912. Twentieth Edition. Cloth. Poor . 160 pages, in Gaelic. Covers stained, pages grubby. GBP 4.00

[466032] Mac-Gilleain, Iain. Dain Spioradail. Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart, 1880. Cloth. Poor . 204 pages, in Gaelic. Memoir in English: John MacLean (1787-1848), born in Tiree, emigrated to America, joined the Free Church of Scotland. Songs in praise of the Lord Jesus Christ. Covers stained, pages grubby. GBP 6.75

[466033] MacDonald, John (Ferintosh). Marbhrainn, a Rinneadh Air Diadhairibh Urramach, Nach Maireann; Agus Dàna Spioradail Eile. Edinburgh: Clòdh-Bhuailte Le Uilleam P Ceanadaidh, 1848. Hard Cover. Poor . 267 pages, Lengthy poems in Gaelic relating to Charles Calder, Alexander Stewart, John Robertson/Robison, Kingussie, Eilean H-Iorta, Jordan, John Kennedy. Grubby and dilapidated, piece of leather roughly sewn over original cloth. GBP 8.75

[466034] MacPherson, Mary (Mrs Clark); MacRae, Alexander (ed). Mary MacPherson (Mrs Clark) - Bean Torra Dhamh - The Religious Poetess of Badenoch - Her Poems and Life (The Dancing Sinner Who Became a Saint). Arbroath: The Herald Press, Cloth. Average . 72 pages. Approximately half and half biography (in English) and poems (in Gaelic). 1930s or 1940s. GBP 4.75

[466035] . Beatha Agus Iompachadh Dhugaill Bochannain (Life and Conversion of Dugald Buchanan). Glasgow: Alasdair Mac Labhruinn ’s a Mhic, 1928. Cloth. Poor . 185 pages, “… A Dh’eug ann an Ranach sa’ Bliadhna 1768 (Air a Sgriobhadh Leis Fein)”. Covers damp-stained, edges foxed, otherwise fair. GBP 7.50

[466036] Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus); Smart, Christopher. The Works of Horace: Translated Literally into English Prose: Volume 2 (only, of 2). Edinburgh: A Guthrie/J & J Fairbairn, 1792. 24mo - over 5″ - 5¾” tall. Leather. Average Minus . 423 pages, parallel pages of Latin and English. Contains Horace’s Satires, Epistles, Art of Poetry. Part of leather on front board missing. GBP 3.75

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