Latest books 27 November 2008
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[491455] Denney, James; Moffatt, James (ed). Letters of Principal James Denney to His Family and Friends. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1922. Cloth. Average . 220 pages, good szed print, edges rough cut and a bit foxed, top and bottom of spine slightly bumped. Undated, but estimated date of 1922 given in major library catalogues. GBP 5.75
[491456] Estrada, David; White, William. The First New Testament. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Incorporated, 1978. Hard Cover. Average Plus / Average Plus. ISBN: 0840751214. . 144 pages, illustrated. About the controversial discoveries of Jose O’Callaghan, who identified fragments from Qumran with New Testament passages. The authors were both Westminster Theological Seminary graduates. GBP 3.75
[491457] Various. Disruption Worthies of the Highlands: Another Memorial of 1843. Edinburgh: John Greig & Son, 1877. Half-Leather. Average Minus . 237 pages plus plates mainly by Woodbury Permanent Photographic Company. Leather rubbed, with spine tearing away from front board; considerable dark brown foxing. This Companion to “Disruption Worthies” contains lives (and portraits of most) of John MacDonald, Ferintosh; Roderick M’Leod, Snizort; David Carment; Alexander Flyter; Donald Sage; Charles Calder Mackintosh; William Findlater; Duncan Matheson (Knock & Gairloch); Mackintosh Mackay; David Mackenzie (Farr); Finlay Cook; Alexander Macdonald (Plockton & Glenurquhart); John M’Rae (Knockbain & Carloway); John Swanson; Charles Thomson; Robert Finlayson; Charles Gordon; Peter M’Bride; John MacAlister; Duncan MacNab; George MacLeod (Maryburgh & Lochbroom); John Munro (Halkirk); George Shepherd; Peter Maclean; Alexander Macleod (Uig & Rogart); H M’Kay Mackenzie & William Mackenzie (Tongue) . Lives of Donald Sage and Mackintosh Mackay are by John Kennedy, Dingwall, while those of Finlay Cook and John Munro are by Alexander Auld. Much less common even than “Disruption Worthies” which itself is not very frequently found. GBP 95.00
[491458] Scott, Thomas. The Force of Truth. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1984. Paperback. Average ISBN: 0851514251. . 127 pages. Spiritual autobiography of Thomas Scott, the commentator and rector of Aston Sandford, Buckinghamshire. 1747-1821. According to the Schaff-Herzog encyclopedia the book narrates “his change from rationalistic Unitarianism to the highest type of Calvinistic fervor, a work regarded as one of the most impressive spiritual autobiographies ever written” and he “succeeded John Newton, who had converted him to Calvinism, as curate of Olney”. GBP 2.00
[491459] Tweedie, William King. Seed-Time and Harvest: or, Sow Well and Reap Well: A Book for the Young. London: T Nelson & Sons, 1884. Cloth. Average . 256 pages, gilt and black decorated brown cloth boards, 18 chapters of Biblical and historical Christian narratives, by one of the original ministers of the Free Church of Scotland (lived 1803-1863). Title page detached, front endpaper missing, top of spine and front cover chipped, foxed. GBP 4.75
[491460] Warfield, Benjamin B. Christology and Criticism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1929. Cloth. Good . 459 pages, edges foxed. 9½ x 6½ x 1½ inches. GBP 5.75
[491461] Lloyd-Jones, D Martyn. I am Not Ashamed: Advice to Timothy. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Average ISBN: 0340389222. . 224 pages, sermons on 2 Timothy 1:12, preached on Sunday Evenings in 1964. Paper a bit browned. GBP 2.75
[491462] Vos, Geerhardus. The Kingdom of God and the Church (The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God and the Church). Nutley: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1972. Paperback. Good ISBN: 0875525024. . 111 pages. GBP 4.75
[491463] Boston, Thomas. A Soliloquy on the Art of Man-Fishing. Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1900. Cloth. Average . 108 pages, a little foxing, mainly to first and last pages. GBP 4.75
[491464] Barnett, Paul. The Message of 2 Corinthians: Power in Weakness (BST Bible Speaks Today series). Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1991. Paperback. Average Plus ISBN: 0851107850. . 188 pages. GBP 2.75
[491465] Baxter, Richard; Brown, William (ed). The Reformed Pastor. London: Religious Tract Society, New Edition. Cloth. Average . 311 pages. Reduced in size by the omission of extraneous and controversial material, rather than by a general abridgment. GBP 3.50
[491466] Smeaton, George. The Doctrine of the Atonement as Taught By Christ Himself: or the Sayings of Jesus Exegetically Expounded and Classified (Our Lord’s Doctrine of the Atonement). Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1871. Second Edition. Cloth. Average . 502 pages, endpapers and edges a bit foxed. GBP 7.50
[491467] Wright, J Stafford. Christianity and the Occult. London: Scripture Union, 1971. First Edition. Paperback. Average Minus ISBN: 085421299X. . 130 pages, paper somewhat browned. GBP 1.00
[491468] Warfield, Benjamin B. Studies in Perfectionism: Volume 1 (only, of 2). New York: Oxford University Press, 1931. Cloth. Average . 399 pages, large print, edges foxed. Later editions were abridged from the two-volume set. GBP 6.75
[491469] Warfield, Benjamin B. Studies in Tertullian and Augustine. New York: Oxford University Press, 1930. Cloth. Average . 412 pages, large print, edges foxed, front endpaper clipped. Later editions were abridged from the two-volume set. GBP 6.75
[491470] Metzger, Bruce M. The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission Corruption and Restoration. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1968. Second Edition. Cloth. Good / Good. . 284 pages plus plates. GBP 3.50
[491471] Edwards, Jonathan; Edwards, Tryon (ed). Charity and Its Fruits: Christian Love as Manifested in the Heart and Life. London: James Nisbet, 1852. Cloth. Average . 368 pages, paper discoloured especially at beginning and end of book, covers a bit tired looking. GBP 3.75
[491472] Lockyer, Herbert. The Man Who Changed the World: or Conquests of Christ Through the Centuries: Volume 2: Seventeenth Through the Twentieth Centuries. London: Pickering & Inglis Ltd, 1966. Hard Cover. Average / Average. . 441 pages. Edges foxed, especially top edges, slight tear to vinyl at top of spine/front cover. GBP 7.50
[491473] Whitley, Elizabeth. The Two Kingdoms. Edinburgh: Scottish Reformation Society, 1977. Paperback. Average . 212 pages, paper slightly browned, edges a bi foxed. The story of the Scottish reformers and covenanters. GBP 3.25
[491474] Baker, William H. On Capital Punishment. Chicago: Moody Press, 1985. Paperback. Good ISBN: 0802460607. . 166 pages. GBP 1.75
[491475] Carson, Donald A. From Triumphalism to Maturity: An Exposition of 2 Corinthians 10-13. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1986. Paperback. Average ISBN: 0851107680. . 186 pages, paper a bit discoloured. GBP 3.45
[491476] Ellison, H L (Henry Leopold). From Tragedy to Triumph: The Message of the Book of Job. Exeter: Paternoster, 1970. Paperback. Average ISBN: 0853640068. . 127 pages, Mount Radford Reprints series No 8; paper slightly discoloured. GBP 2.50
[491477] Kik, J Marcellus. An Eschatology of Victory. Phillipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co, 1978. Paperback. Average . 268 pages. On the postmillennial interpretation of Matthew 24 and Revelation 20. GBP 2.50
[469131] Plumer, William Swan. Psalms: A Critical and Expository Commentary with Doctrinal and Practical Remarks: Geneva Series. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1978. Cloth. Average ISBN: 0851512097. . 1211 pages. FAULTY COPY with pages 297-312 missing - a chance to own an almost complete copy for well below the going rate. Plumer was a well-known Southern Presbyterian minister and professor. GBP 9.50