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  1. ADDIS WILLIAM E. THOMAS ARNOLD A Catholic Dictionary. Containing some account of the Doctrine, Discipline, Rites, Ceremonies, Councils, and Religious Orders of the  Catholic Church. with frontis. pub. Lond. Virtue & Co. Ltd. 1954 or. maroon cl. roy.8vo. pp.VIII.844. Very good copy.    Price: $65.00
     
  2. ALBERTSON  S. J.  CLINTON  Anglo-Saxon  Saints  And Heroes. illus.  with map & 12 full page plates t/out.  pub.  U.S.A. Fordham University Press 1967 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.348. Very good copy.    Price: $45.00
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  3. ALLEN MAREE G. The Labourers' Friends. Sisters of Mercy in Victoria  and Tasmania. with e/paper illus. & 38 full  page plates  t/out. pub. Melb. Hargreen Pub. Co. in  conjunction with  Sisters  of  Mercy Melb.  congregation  1989  1st.ed. or.cl. gold pict.d/w. roy 8vo. pp.XIV.242. Very good copy.    Price: $35.00
     
  4. ALEXANDER MARC  British Folklore, Myths And Legends illus. with black & white and colour, maps endpapers illustrated with Morris Dancers, pub. London Weidenfeld Nicolson 1982 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.224. From the mock-Viking ship funeral in the Orkneys to the fertility trees of Cornwall. Britain's rich and varied folklore, legends and beliefs, providing a unique insight into the island's turbulent history. Neat owners inscription f/free e/paper else fine.    Price: $45.00
     
  5. ANDERSEN JOHANNES C.  Myths And Legends Of The Polynesians illus. with Sixteen plates in colour by Richard Wallwork. Thirty-two plates in half-tone and other illustrations, and fold. Map; pub. London : Harrap 1928 1st. ed. or. blue decorated cloth d/w. Gilt lettering to spine and front board, roy.8vo. pp.512. Fine copy in slightly defective d/w.    Price: $130.00
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  6. ANGUS S. The Religious Quests Of The Graeco-Roman World. study in the historical background of Early  Christianity. pub.  Lond.  1929 1st.ed. or.blk.cl.  8vo.  pp.XX.444.  sl. flecked to bds. Good copy.    Price: $70.00      Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
     
  7. ASAD MUHAMMAD (translator and annotator) The Message Of The Qur'an. Appendices. pub. Gibraltar: Dar Al-Andalus, 1984 softcover cr.4to. pp.998 fine. The Koran    Price: $60.00
     
  8. BAILEY JAMES  The God-Kings And The Titans. The New World Ascendancy in Ancient Times. illus. with b/w. photos, numerous line-drawings, maps. Appendices, Bibliography and Index. pub. London Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. 1973 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.350. Mystery of the Titans is solved. Four thousand years before Christ, the Sumerians, Aryans and Semites sailed from the Old World to the New crossing both the Atlantic and Pacific. in order to expand their mining operations. Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  9. BATLEY A.W. The Boomerang Returns. The Story of the Church Army  in  Australia. illus. with frontis. &  10  full  page plates  t/out.  pub.  N.S.W.  Church  Army  in  Aust.  1955 or.blu.wps. 12mo. pp.52. Very good copy.    Price: $20.00
     
  10. BARRACLOUGH  GEOFFREY (Ed.) The Christian World.  A Social and  Cultural History. profusely illus. with plates,  dwgs. t/out.  many full page & col. pub. N.Y. Abrams 1981  or.cl. d/w. folio pp.328. Christianity in its widest sense, emphasizing its social and cultural impact and exploring the religious life of ordinary people as well as the rituals of cardinals and kings. Very good copy.    Price: $70.00
     
  11. BARRETT JOHN That Better Country. The Religious aspect  of life  in  Eastern Australia 1835-1850. illus. with  2  full page  plates t/out. pub. Melb. M.U.P. 1966  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.214. Examines in detail some of the important relations between the Churches, the Governments and the people in eastern Australia during the years 1835 to 1850. Very good copy.    Price: $35.00
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  12. BEASLEY  WALTER  J. Jericho's  Judgment.  The  fascinating story of modern biblical archaeology told in a popular form by a series of letters to a friend. illus. with frontis.  & 10 full page plates t/out. e/paper maps pub. Lond. Marshall Morgan  &  Scott  nd. inscription on  f/free  e/paper  1939 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.192. Very good copy.    Price: $25.00
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  13. BIRT HENRY NORBERT Benedictine Pioneers In Australia. Two vols. illus. with frontis. & 8 full page portrait plates t/out. pub. Lond. Herbert Daniel 1911 or. grn.cl. 8vo. pp. Vol.I.XIV.504. Vol.II.516. The earliest Catholic priests in Australia were the English Benedictines. fine set.    Price: $300.00
     
  14. BOREHAM F.W. The Song Of The Stars. A Maori Romance. pub. Lond. Epworth Press 1929 or.grn.cl. 18mo. pp.32. Very good copy.    Price: $100.00
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  15. BOREHAM  F.W. The Other Side Of The Hill And  Home Again. illus.  with  frontis.  pub.  Lond.  Epworth  Press   1922 or.grn.cl. 12mo. pp.272. backstrip sl. sunned else fine.    Price: $45.00
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  16. BOREHAM F.W. Rubble & Roseleaves. And things of that kind. pub. Lond. The Epworth Press 1924 or.blu.cl. 12mo.  pp.268. spine sl. rubbed.    Price: $40.00
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  17. BOREHAM  F.W. The  Ivory Spires. pub. Lond.  The  Epworth Press. 1934 1st.ed. or.dk.blu.cl. cr.8vo. pp.272. "….Those ivory spires look like chaste and stainless fingers pointing mutely to the loftier altitudes and rarer atmospheres from whence their vestal purity proceeds." Short stories, anecdotes, some spiritual content. Very good copy.    Price: $60.00
     
  18. BOREHAM F.M. Day By Day. with e/paper illus. & title  page vign. pub.  Lond.  Epworth Press 1937  or.cl.  d/w.  12mo. pp.120. A selection from his works and an appreciation by Leslie F. Church. Very good copy.    Price: $65.00
     
  19. BOREHAM F.W. My Pilgrimage. An Autobiography. illus.  with frontis.  &  one full page plate, pub.  Lond.  The  Epworth Press 1940 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.254. fine in  the sl. chipped d/w.   Price: $45.00
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  20. BOREHAM  F.W. Dreams At Sunset. pub. Lond.  Epworth  Press 1954 or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.122. Wide-ranging essays, including essays on various aspects of Australia (for example, C.J. Dennis), on Cardinal Newman, and on youth and age. Fine.    Price: $45.00
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  21. BOREHAM F.W. My Christmas Book. A Handful of Myrrh, Aloes and Cassia. pub. Lond. Epworth Press 1953 or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.78.    Price: $45.00
     
  22. BOREHAM F.W. The Silver Shadow And Other Day Dreams. Lond. Epworth Press 1954 or.blu.cl. 12mo. pp.272. Very good copy.    Price: $45.00
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  23. BOREHAM  F.W.  Essays. The Last Milestones. pub. Lond.  The Epworth Press 1961 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.138. fine.    Price: $55.00
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  24. BRAILSFORD  MABEL  RICHMOND Quaker Women  1650-1690. Lond. Duckworth  &  Co.  1915  or.  olive-beige  cl.  8vo. pp.X.340. sl. rubbed to spine else v/good.    Price: $65.00      Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
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  25. BRIEF Statement Of The Chief Doctrinal Differences Existing Between  The Evangelical Lutheran Synod In Australia, And  the United Evangelical Lutheran Church  in  Australia. pub.  Adel.  reprint from  "Australian  Theological  Review 1936" or.wps. 8vo. pp.30. Very good.    Price: $25.00
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  26. BRIGHTON Congregational Church. Black Street. Brighton Vic. Centenary  Celebrations 1853-1953. illus. with 3 full  page plates t/out. pub. Melb. 1953 or.crm. folded card tied with blue ribbon at spine, cr.8vo. pp.16. fine.    Price: $25.00
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  27. BURLAND V.A. The Gods Of Mexico. illus. with 8 full age plates t/out. pub. Lond. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1967 1st ed. or. light red cl. 8vo. pp.XIV.220. A study of the ancient religion of Mexico which explains the meaning behind its beliefs & practices & relates them to human behaviour in primitive society. Very good copy.    Price: $45.00
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  28. BURROWS  MILLAR The Dead Sea Scrolls. The  Full  Account. With  translations of the Principal Scrolls. illus. with  2 maps & 7 full page plates pub. Lond. Secker & Warburg  1956 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XV.436. Very good copy.    Price: $40.00
     
  29. BURROWS  MILLAR More Light on the Dead Sea Scrolls New Scrolls and Interpretations with Translations of Important Recent Discoveries; illus. with   frontis. map of the Qumran community excavated on the western shores of the Dead Sea. index; bibliography; pub. Lond. Secker & Warburg  1958 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XV.434. Fine copy. Price: $40.00
     
  30. BYARD TREVOR Merriment Of Parsons with b/w. illustrations, pub. Melbourne Victoria Neptune Press 1982 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.212. Being the reminiscences of a Tasmanian boyhood, and the remembrances of a Ministry within the Methodist Church in Tasmania, Victoria, and South Australia. Fine copy.      Price: $25.00
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  31. CARLTON   Methodist  Church.  Palmerston  Street.   Jubilee Souvenir  1861-1911. illus. with 10 b/w. text  plates  pub. Melb. nd.1911  or.crm. illus. wps.  pp.16.  covers  little torn, edge  of  pages  little  scuffed,  otherwise  v/good complete copy of a scarce item.    Price: $55.00
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  32. CARLTON  METHODIST MISSION "Our Herald" The Official Organ of  the Carlton Methodist Mission. for  Sept  1914 (lacks cover)  1915 May-July Vol.1 No.4 (lacks rear wp.)  1917 (4 Issues quarterly) 1918 (3) 1919 (1) 1920 (3) 1921 (2)  1922 (4) 1923 (3) 1924 (3) 1925 (4) 1926 (4) 1927 (4) 1928  (4) 1929 (4) 1930 (3 one lacks f/wp.) 1931 (5 one double)  1932 (3)  1933 (4) 1934 (4) 1935 (4) 1936 (3) 1937 (3) 1938  (4) 1939 (4) 1940 (1) 87 in all a very good run of this periodical  with only 1000 copy circulation, illus. with  several plates, advts. per issue pub. Melb. or.lt.grn., crm.,  pink wps. 16mo. pp.36 per issue approx. v/good condition.    Price: $650.00
     
  33. CHRISTIAN  BROTHERS Mount St.Mary  Strathfield  N.S.W. illus.  with  title  page vign.  col.  text  plates  t/out. loosely inserted, map of Australia with location of schools &  col. picture of  Training  college  of  the  Christian Brothers. pub. Syd. nd.194-? or. maroon wps. 8vo. pp.12. Fine.    Price: $20.00
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  34. CHURCH  OF ENGLAND Parish Record. Circulating  through the  Parish  & district of Warnambool. Nos. 69  April  17th 1915; 77  18 Dec. 1915; 98 15th Sept. 1917; 99  20th  Oct. 1917; 104  16 March 1918; (5 issues) illus.  with  advts., roll  of Honour pub. Vic. Warnambool or.wps. 4to. pp.8  per issue. sl. spotted & chipped else good copies.    Price: $50.00
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  35. COATES Rev. HARPER HAVELOCK & Rev. Ryugaku Ishizuka, Honen The Buddhist Saint illus. with large fold out frontispiece, illus, e/papers, many plates t/out. pub. Japan: Chionin, 1925 1st ed. or. brown cl. gilt dec, to front board and spine; 8vo. pp.XCIV.956. Founder of the Pure Land School in Japan. Includes an introduction and notes, along with extensive selections from the writings of Honen. The chapter headings include; "Honen - Founder of the Jodo Sect," "Honen's Occult Powers," "Honen's Lay Followers," "Honen's Great Literary Works," and more. In Commemoration of the 750th anniversary of the founding of the Jodo sect. Very good copy.    Price: $600.00
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  36. CRUDEN  ALEXANDER Complete Concordance To The Old And  New Testament. Dictionary and Alphabetical Index to the Bible. In two parts, to which is added Concordance to the Aporypha. illus.  with  copper-engraved frontispiece portrait of Cruden, pub.  Lond.  Religious  Tract Society  nd.  Preface to the third ed.  dated  1769  or.cf. glt. to  spine,  mbled.  e/papers &  edges  super  roy.8vo. pp.XII.720. Very good.    Price: $600.00
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  37. CURCIC  SLOBODAN DOULA MOURIKI Ed. by. The Twilight Of Byzantium. Aspects of Cultural and Religious History in the Late  Byzantine Empire. profusely illus. with  b/w.  plates t/out.  many  full  page  pub.  U.S.A.  Dept.  of  Art  and Archaeology program in Hellenic Studies Princeton Uni. 1991 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XX.282. Very good copy.    Price: $250.00
     
  38. DANIELOU ALAIN Hindu Polytheism. Study of Hindu mythology. illus. with frontis. & 32 full page plates t/out. text diagrams pub. Lond. Routledge & Kegan Paul 1964 1st ed. or. red cl. cr.4to. pp.XXXII.538. Comprehensive study of Hinduism, explaining the significance of the Hindu gods. Very good.    Price: $150.00
     
  39. DEVRIES SIMON J.   Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow. Time and History in the Old Testament. pub. London W. B. Eerdmans Pub Co 1975 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.390. A systematic and comprehensive study of the biblical view of time and history as it occurs in the Old Testament. "The specific focus of the study is on the use and function of certain formal expressions involving the Hebrew word yom, 'day'. " Fine copy.    Price: $35.00
     
  40. EADIE JOHN  A New and   Complete Concordance To The Holy Scriptures, on the Basis of Cruden. pub. London Charles Griffin and Company 1869. or. brown cl. gilt decor. on front cover and lettering to spine, 8vo. pp.VIII.568. Triple column text. Boards flecked, lower hinge of front hinge sl. loose, binding tight, good copy.    Price: $35.00
     
  41. EDWARD Rev. Edward Isaac  Memoir  1856-1918. illus. with 4 tipped-in plates pub. Melb. nd.1918?  or.wps. 4to. pp.unnumbered (24). fine.    Price: $35.00
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  42. EDWARD SULLIVAN (text) The Book Of Kells.  illus. with  24  full page tipped-in, single sided,  col.  plates. pub.  Lond. The `Studio' 1914 or. crm. & dk.  grey  dec.cl. roy.4to. pp.VI.62. sl. spotty to edges else fine.    Price: $150.00
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  43. EERDMANS Bible Dictionary. illus. with 12  full  page col.  maps,  text  illus. t/out.  pub.  U.S.A.  William  B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. 1987 or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.1094. Fine.    Price: $50.00
     
  44. EVANS-WENTZ W.Y. The Tibetan Book Of The Dead. Or The After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, according to Lama Kaizi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering. illus. with frontis. & 7 full page plates t/out. pub. London, Oxford Uni. Press 1957 or. green cl. glt.ltg. and dec. to spine, dec. to front bd. 8vo. pp.LXXXIV.250. a fine copy.    Price: $50.00
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  45.  EWING JOHN F.  The Unsearchable Riches Of Christ And Other Sermons. With a Biographical Sketch By Henry Drummond illus. with frontispiece portrait, pub. Melbourne, Melville, Mullen & Slade, 1890 The memorial Volume or. maroon cloth, 8vo. pp.XXXIX.370. 20 sermons as preached by the Scots born minister to his congregation in Melbourne, Australia. Title page little browned, sl. shelf wear else fine.    Price: $45.00
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  46. FARAGHER NONI  Prelude Fugue and Variations Letters to a Loved One from Chaplain T.C. Rentoul in World War One illus. with 13 b/w photographs pub. Melbourne, Spectrum 1989 or. card wrappers, (paperback), 8vo. pp.184. Thomas Craike Rentoul was commissioned in the Army as a Chaplain, with the rank of Captain, in 1916. His letters to his young fiancee cover life on the troopship as he voyaged to Egypt, and then as he travelled to England and later to France. The horrow and tragedy of war stand in stark contrast against the loving thoughts and advice for his fiancée. Signed By Noni Faragher. Fine. Price: $30.00
     
  47. FERRABY JOHN All Things Made New: A comprehensive outline of the Baha'i faith. pub. London. Allen and Unwin 1957 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.320 . d/w sl. rubbed. Very good copy.. A comprehensive outline of the history and teachings the of Baha'i faith.    Price: $50.00
     
  48. FREUD SIGMUND Moses And Monotheism. Translated  from the German  by Katherine Jones. pub. Lond. 1951  Hogarth  Press and The  Institute of Psycho-Analysis  (The  International Psycho-Analytical  Library No.33) or.grn.cl.  8vo.  pp.223. cl. little flecked to edges, else v/good copy.    Price: $40.00
     
  49. GARDNER JAMES The Faiths Of The World. A dictionary of all religions and religious sects, their doctrines, rites, ceremonies and customs. illus. with 2 steel-engr. title vignettes & 48 steel-engr. plates  pub. Edinburgh etc., Fullarton, nd.1858-1860? 2 vols. or green cl. cr.4to pp.VII.992.930 fine set.    Price: $350.00
     
  50. GARRETT JOHN To Live Among The Stars: Christian Origins in Oceania illus. with 36 text maps, 16 b/w photos; bibliog., index; fold-out map, pub. World Council of Churches Switzerland. in Association with the University of the South Pacific. 1982 or. pictorial cardcover; 8vo. pp.XII.412. The first full story of Catholic and Protestant origins in the Pacific Islands, beginning in Guam and Tahiti, takes the reader finally to the shores of New Guinea, as the sacrifice of thousands of people, most of them Islanders, unfolds.    Price: $30.00
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  51. GEERTZ CLIFFORD The Religion Of Java. illus. with 2 maps, pub. U.S.A. The Free Press Of Glencoe 1960 or. green cl. red band to spine, 8vo. pp.XVI.398 Very good copy.    Price: $40.00
     
  52. GSELL F. X.  The Bishop With 150 Wives. Fifty Years As A Missionary Epilogue by Andre Dupeyrat. illus. with portrait frontis. & 10 full-page plates t/out. and a map. pub. Sydney Angus & Robertson, 1956or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.176. The story of Bishop Gsell's missionary work largely amongst the Aboriginals of northern Australia; he abolished child marriage among natives on Bathurst Island, near Darwin, by the simple expedient of buying all the girl children from their parents and promised husbands; the girls were then brought up in the island mission and returned to their tribe as free women at the age of 18, who could then marry one of their own choice. Autobiography of the Frenchman who was for forty-three years Bishop of Darwin. Slightly chipped d/w. else fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  53. GUINNESS GERALDINE In The Far East: Letters from Geraldine Guinness in China. illus. with numerous  b/w. photo plates  t/out. some full page, drawings. Folding map at rear; pub. Melbourne China Inland Mission 1901 Third edn, 18th thousand, or moss green cl. red ltg. & dec. to all covers and spine, cr.4to. pp.180,4 advts. A very good copy.    Price: $75.00       Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
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  54. HABERSHON  ADA  R. The Study Of The Parables.  pub.  Lond. Pickering    &   Inglis   nd.191-?   or.cl.   d/w.    8vo. pp.XXVI.366,6. Very good.    Price: $75.00
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  55. HAMILTON JOHN  These Five and Seventy Years The story of the Terang Presbyterian Church 1861-1936. Together with an account of the beginnings of The Western Church (Kilnoorat) which was founded in the year 1847. illus. with frontis. & 94 photo plates list of past and present office-bearers, pub. Vic. Terang Express Print, 1936 or. blue cl. title lettered in dark blue on front, 8vo. pp.VIII.82 Slight bump near spine else a very good copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  56. HAWTREY C.I.M. The Availing Struggle. A record of the planting and development of the Church of England in Western Australia 1829-1947. illus. with e/paper maps, frontis. & 15 full page plates t/out., text maps, pub. Perth 1949 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.208. photos of churches and pamphlets loosely inserted. Fine.    Price: $75.00
     
  57. HOARE BENJAMIN  A Catholic Knighthood. A Lecture. Delivered before some of the Branches of the Victorian Catholic young Men's Society. pub. Melbourne Catholic Pub. Co. nd. c. 1900 or. wrappers, 8vo. pp.24. Threepence on front cover. Last page torn in half, not effecting text. Prior owner may have written something and torn the blank part of the page off. Slightly spotted, otherwise very good.   Price: $40.00
     
  58. HOPKINS JEFFERY Meditation On Emptiness. Author presents an exposition of the Prasangika-Madhyamika view of emptiness as interpreted by the Ge-luk-ba order of Tibetan Buddhism. illus. with line drawings, & examples of Tibetan Buddhist script, pub. Lond. Wisdom Pub. 1983 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.1018. front free e/paper and free paper before title page cut to remove prior owner's name, otherwise fine copy.    Price: $100.00
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  59. HOWELL JO(Josephine)   The Hereafter. Stories from the spirit world. Channelled by Jo(Josephine) Howell. Privately printed Geelong, 1980 with contributions from the Thursday Night Meditation Group Geelong Christian Spiritual Church; original dark blue card covers. cr.8vo. pp.136. Fine.    Price: $30.00
     
  60. HUDSON  ANNE The Premature Reformation.  Wycliffite  Texts and  Lollard History. Lollardy, the movement deriving  from the ideas  of  John Wyclif at the end  of  the  fourteenth century,  was the  only  heresy  that  affected  medieval England.   this   study brings  together   the   evidence concerning  Lollardy  from all sources.  pub.  U.K.  Oxford Clarendon Press 1988 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp. 8vo.  pp.XII.556. v/fine copy.    Price: $150.00
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  61. HUNT ARNOLT D. This Side Of Heaven. A History of Methodism in  South  Australia. illus. with many text  plates  t/out. appendix, bibliography, index, pub.  Adel. Lutheran Pub. House 1985 1st.ed.  or.col.illus. bds. cr.4to. pp.XIV.450. Very good copy.    Price: $60.00
     
  62. HINNELLS JOHN R. The Penguin Dictionary Of Religions. illus. with maps, diagrams: pub. Lond. Allan Lane 1984 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.550. fine.    Price: $50.00
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  63. JARVIS SAMUEL FARMAR (REV) (Historiographer of the Church) A Chronological Introduction to the  History Of The Church Being A New Inquiry into the True Dates of the Birth and Death of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. And containing An Original Harmony of the Four Gospels, Now first Arrangesd in the Order of Time. illus. with charts, pub. London W. J. Cleaver 1844 1st. ed. or. grey/green cl. 8vo. pp.XVI.618. Cover has rubbing, slight soiling, slight foxing and short closed tears to cloth at top and bottom of spine from age; Firmly bound, a good copy only.    Price: $125.00
     
  64. JOSEPHUS  FLAVIUS-The Works Of.  The Learned  and Authentic Jewish  Historian,  and Celebrated Warrior.  Translated by William  Whiston, A.M. illus. with eng. frontis. &  folding map  pub.  Edinburgh  Thomas  Nelson  1843  or.maroon   cl. glt.dec.  & ltg to spine 8vo. pp.856,22. some sl.  wear  to edges, hinges sl. weak.    Price: $85.00
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  65. JUNG  C.G. Answer to Job. Translated from the  German  by R.F.C.  Hull pub. Lond. Routledge & Kegan Paul 1963  or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.XVIII.194. Very good copy.    Price: $40.00
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  66. KANE KATHLEEN DUNLOP   The History Of The Grey Sisters  1930-1980 illus. with black and white photographs, index. pub. Melbourne Canterbury, The Grey Sisters 1980 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.156. Very good copy.    Price: $30.00
     
  67. KELLER  WERNER The Bible As History. Archaeology confirms the Book of Books. illus. with 20 full page plates t/out. 2 folding maps pub. Lond. Hodder & Stoughton 1969 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XXIV.436. Fine.    Price: $35.00
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  68. LINDBLOM  J.  Prophecy In  Ancient  Israel.  Comprehensive history on Old Testament prophecy. pub. U.K. Blackwell 1967 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.VI.474. Very good copy.    Price: $50.00
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  69. LYDE Rev. SAMUEL The Ansyreeh And Ismaeleeh. A Visit To The Secret Sect Of Northern Syria, With a View of the Establishment of Schools. pub. London Hurst And Blackett, Pub. 1853 title gilt on or. embossed brown cloth fore-edge rough-cut, cr.8vo. pp.X.308 one errata slip. In 1851 Lyde visited the northern parts of Syria. The work is a narrative of that visit. He submitted in in the form of a report to the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem. Cloth sl. frayed at top of spine, two small cuts at edge of spine. Ex. old Congregational lib. Several stamps throughout. A good copy otherwise.    Price: $600.00
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  70. MacKENZIE  DONALD A. Indian Myth & Legend. illus. with col. frontis. 3 full page col. plates & 32 full page plates in monochrome by Warwick Goble. pub. Lond. The Gresham Pub. Co. 1913 or. glt.dec.  sap grn.cl. glt.ltg to spine and front  cl. 8vo. pp.XLVIII.464. fine.    Price: $60.00
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  71. MacKENZIE DONALD A. Myths Of Crete & Pre-Hellenic Europe. illus. with col. frontis. 4 full page col. plates & 32 full page plates in monochrome. pub. Lond. The Gresham Pub. Co. nd.192-? or.dec. beige cl. 8vo. pp.LIV.362. fine.    Price: $60.00
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  72. MacKENZIE  DONALD A. Myths Of Babylonia And Assyria illus. with col. frontis. tissue guard, 8 full page col. plates & 32 full page plates in monochrome, map; pub. Lond. The Gresham Pub. Co. nd.191-? Pre. owners inscription dated 1917; or. glt.dec. cloth, sap grn.and light cream decoration on front board and spine, glt.ltg to spine, 8vo. pp.XXXIX.538. fine.    Price: $85.00
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  73. MacKENZIE  DONALD A. Egyptian Myth & Legend. illus. with col. frontis. 5 full page col. plates & 32 full page plates in monochrome. pub. Lond. The Gresham Pub. Co. nd.190-? or. glt.dec.  sap grn.cl. glt.ltg to spine and front  cl.  8vo. pp.XLIX.404. fine.    Price: $75.00
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  74. MacKENZIE  DONALD A. Teutonic Myth & Legend. illus. with col. frontis. 3 full page col. plates & 32 full page plates in monochrome. pub. Lond. The Gresham Pub. Co. nd.190-? or. glt.dec.  sap grn.cl. glt.ltg to spine and front  cl. 8vo. pp.XLVII.470. some pencil underlining, fine.    Price: $75.00
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  75. MACKIE H.D.   The Great Divide illus. with some black and white photographic plates throughout; pub. Sydney; Privately printed for the Author by Ambassador Press, 1966 or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.148. Spiritual reflections on those who came to Australia, our education system, outback life, etc. Reverend Harold Mackie ministered for some years at Leura in the Blue Mountains, NSW. Includes author's experiences at Grafton and the Riverina. Tape markings on end papers, where cellophane wrappers have been adhered else v/fine.   Price: $20.00
     
  76. MacLEOD PAUL Why Do You Strike Me? The life and challenge of  Nikodems  Serzants. Nikodems grew up as the  son of  a peasant farmer. He saw his native Latvia invaded by  Russia and was conscripted into a Nazi stormtrooper  unit.  Taken prisoner by the Americans and after spending time in  camps he  migrated to Australia  and  became  accepted  as   a candidate  for  the priesthood. illus.  with  several  text plates t/out. pub. Melb. Neptune Press 1978 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.160. Very good.    Price: $30.00
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  77. MADDERN I.T. Compiled by. Light And Life. A History of  the Anglican  Church  in Gippsland. illus. with  20  full  page plates  t/out.  pub.  Vic.  Sale  1977  or.crm.  lt.grn.  & brn.illus.wps. 8vo. pp.120. Fine.    Price: $30.00
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  78. MATTHEWS  W.R.  W.M. ATKINS A  History  Of  St. Paul's Cathedral  And  The  Men Associated With  It.  illus.  with frontis.  & 56 plates t/out. pub. Lond. Phoenix House  1957 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XXIV.380. lightly chipped  d/w. at spine.   Price: $50.00
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  79. MAXIM Sir HIRAM STEVENS (Compiler And Editor) Li Hung Chang's Scrap-Book illus. with frontispiece and 42 illustrations, each with explanatory tissue guard. pub. London. Watts & Co. 1913 1st.ed. or dark red cloth, 8vo. pp.XXXII.382. philosophy and religion through the eyes of His Excellency Li Hung Chang. Very good copy.    Price: $185.00
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  80. MESSENGER  The  Official  Organ  of  the  Presbyterian Church of Victoria and Tasmania. Century  Souvenir  Number 1837-1937. Vol.XI. No.14 illus. with plats, advts.  t/out. pub. Melb. Oct. 8, 1937 or. cream & sepia illus.wps.  folio pp.35. showing signs of wear, else good copy.    Price: $50.00
     
  81. MOHANTI PRAFULLA   Indian Village Tales with b/w. line illustrations by the author. pub. London Davis-Poynter, 1975 1st. ed. or. boards d/w. 8vo. pp.126. Traditional stories from the coastal villages of Orissa in India. They express the imaginative power of the peasant his attitude to society. Fine.    Price: $40.00
     
  82. MOL HANS Religion In Australia: A Sociological Investigation. pub. Melbourne. Nelson. 1971 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVIII,380 Landmark study in the sociology of religion. The first truly exhaustive treatment of the religious beliefs and affiliations in Australia. Fine copy.    Price: $40.00
     
  83. MONCRIEFF A. R. HOPE Classic Myth And Legend illus. with colour & monochrome reproductions famous Paintings & Statuary. pub. London Gresham Publishing Company nd. inscription inside reads 1917 or. grey-green cloth with yellow & gilt lettering and yellow & black decorations. 8vo. pp. xvi, 444 sl. rubbed else very good.    Price: $60.00
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  84. MYERS ALLEN C. The Eerdmans Bible Dictionary. illus.  with 12  full  page plates col. maps, text  plates  t/out.  pub. U.S.A.  William B. Erdmans Pub. co. 1987 or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.X.1094. Fine.    Price: $55.00
     
  85. NATIONAL  EUCHARISTIC  CONGRESS Souvenir Of  The National Eucharistic Congress 1834-1934. Held in Melbourne December 2-9, 1934. Being the Contribution of the Catholic Church in Victoria to the Celebrations of Rejoicing and Thanksgiving held  to Commemorate the One Hundredth Anniversary  of  the Settlement  of  the  State  of Victoria  and  the  City  of Melbourne. illus. with many text plates, advts. t/out. pub. Melb. the Advocate Press 1934 or.crm. & lt. aqu.  pict.wps. roy.4to. pp.94. almost fine copy.    Price: $50.00
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  86. NICHOLSON REYNOLD A.   The Idea Of Personality In Sufism. Three Lectures delivered in the University of London. pub. Pakistan,Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, Lahore, 1970 With arrangement with Cambridge University Press; or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.106 with index. Sufi Islam Rumi religion. Price: $35.00
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  87. NORTH MELBOURNE Church Of Christ 1870-1920 Chetwynd Street North Melbourne Jubilee Souvenir. illus. with 13 full  page plates  t/out.  pub.  Melb. 1920 or.  grey  wps.  16mo.obl. pp.24. Very good.    Price: $35.00
     
  88. NUNN H.W. A Short History Of The Church Of England In Victoria 1847-1947. illus. with 6 full page  plates t/out. and a full-page map. pub. 1947 Melbourne, or. illus. wrapper. 8vo. pp.88. Very good.    Price: $35.00
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  89. O'HANLON Sister M. ASSUMPTA Dominican Pioneers  In New South Wales.  illus. with frontis. & 18 full  page  plates t/out. pub. Syd. for The Dominican Nuns Strathfield by. The Aust. Pub. Co. 1949 1st.ed. or. red cl. 8vo. pp.XVI.184. Very good.    Price: $40.00
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  90. ORDER Of Mercy.  Souvenir of the Centenary Celebrations of the Order Of Mercy. 1831-1931. illus. with many b/w. text plates t/out. pub. Melbourne The Advocate Press nd. 1931 or. stiff cream/grey wrappers, 4to. pp.32. Opened by His Excellency Most Rev. Cattaneo DD LLB Apostolic Delegate in Australia and New Zealand on November 2nd 1931. Contents: Songs, Hymns, in 3 parts. Fine.   Price: $30.00
     
  91. PAWSEY M. M. The Demon of Discord. Tensions in the Catholic Church in Victoria 1853-1864. illus. with 8 full-page plates; pub. Melbourne MUP 1982 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.184.    Price: $30.00
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  92. PELIKAN  JAROSLAV The Riddle Of Roman  Catholicism. history,  its  beliefs,  its future. pub.  Lond.  Hodder  & Stoughton 1960 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.256. Very good copy.    Price: $25.00
     
  93. PENNY GEORGINA   Witchery Of The West. Some Legends of Cornwall illus. with eleven line drawings by Hilda Quick, pub. Penzance, The Cornish Library nd. c. 1950 or.cl. grey d/w. 8vo. square pp.64. untrimmed to fore-edge. Book of Cornish Legends The Giant of St Michaels Mount, Enchanted castles Legends of Tregeagle Old Man of Cury Cherry of Zennor Fairy Fingers and lots more. Fine.    Price: $40.00
     
  94. PLATT J. ELLISON M. B. E. & M. Duggan, Ed.  Padre In Colditz pub. London UK Hodder & Stoughton Ltd 1988 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.320 Story of everyday life in Colditz told through the diary of and army chaplain. The author, an Army Methodist Chaplain, was one of the earliest British arrivals at Colditz, the 'bad boys' prison. Lacks f/free e/paper else fine.    Price: $45.00
     
  95. PRIEST JAGUAR The Book Of The Jaguar Priest. A translation of the Book of Chilam Balam of Tizimin. With commentary by Maud Woreester Malemson. A native account of the legendary history. Customs, prophecies, ad religion of the May Indians, and of their heroic suffering at the time of the tragic destruction of their civilization at the hands of the European conquerors. pub. N.Y. Henry Schuman 1951 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.238 with index. Fine in the sl. chipped d/w.    Price: $75.00
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  96. PTAH-HOTEP The Instruction Of Ptah-Hotep And The Instruction Of Kegemni: The Oldest Books in the World. Translated from the Egyptian with an introduction by Battiscombe G. Gunn. pub. Lond. John Murray (Wisdom of the East series) 1906 or. brown cl. dec. to front bd. 12mo. pp.76. fine copy, added newspaper clipping, review of book.    Price: $45.00
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  97. PYE MICHAEL Comparative Religion;: An introduction through source materials. pub. U.K. David and Charles 1972 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.248 Fine copy.    Price: $35.00
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  98. RADHAKRISHNAN S.  The Bhagavadgita With an Introductory Essay, Sanscrit Text, English Translation and Notes. pub. London: Allen & Unwin, 1953 3rd imp. or.cl. grey/blue d/w. 4to. pp.388 cloth faded and marked, some silverfishing very good dustwrapper. Good clean copy with faults to cloth binding.    Price: $30.00
     
  99. ROGERS ROSE ANNIE The Lonely Island illus. with 3 maps, 24 photos pub. Lond. Allen & Unwin 1927 or. maroon cl. glt. ltg to spine, 8vo. pp.224. Moving true story of a missionary family who lived on Tristan da Cunha after WW I. Inscribed by author, fine copy.    Price: $125.00       Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
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  100. ROYSTON PIKE Encyclopaedia Of Religion And Religions. pub. Lond. Allen  &  Unwin 1951 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  roy.8vo. pp.406. Fine.    Price: $45.00
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  101. SACKVILLE-WEST V.  Saint Joan Of Arc. Born January 6th, 1412 Burned as a Heretic, May 30th, 1431 Canonised as a Saint, May 16th, 1920. illus. with  frontis. 8  full page plates t/out. & 4 maps of which 1  is  folding pub.  Lond. Cobden-Sanderson 1936 or.cl. 8vo.  pp.436.  orange boards have only light handling wear & a slightly faded spine, some foxing to edges.   Price: $40.00
     
  102. SAVILL SHEILA  Pears Encyclopaedia Of Myths And Legends. Oceania and Australia. profusely illus. with plates t/out. pub. Lond. Phelham Books 1978 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.222. Very good copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  103. SANDERSON   W.A.  A  Jubilee  History  Of  St.   Andrew's Presbyterian  Church... Carlton. illus. with frontis. &  22 full  page plates t/out. mostly portraits, four to a  page, pub. Melb. Arbuckle Waddell & Fawckner 1905 or. maroon  cl. glt.ltg to front bd. 8vo. pp.132. Very good.    Price: $100.00
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  104. SENIOR MICHAEL Consultant Editor: Geoffrey Parrinder. The Illustrated  Who's Who in Mythology  profusely illus. with numerous b/w photos and line drawings, 44 colour plates, acknowledgements and index of themes. pub. London Guild or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.224. Fine.    Price: $40.00
     
  105. SOUTHALL  IVAN Parson On The Track. Bush Brothers  in  the Australian  Outback. llus. with 16 full page plates  t/out. e/paper  maps, pub. Melb. Lansdowne Press 1967 or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.212. Fine.    Price: $35.00
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  106. SOUTHERN  CROSS  Special  Souvenir Number  of. The  Great Melbourne Simultaneous Mission. Historic Mass meetings held around  Melb. simultaneously. illus. with plates some  full page, advts. t/out. pub. Melb. 1902 or. crm.lt.grn. &  blu. illus.wps. roy.4to. pp.92. fine.    Price: $75.00
     
  107. STEINER  RUDOLF The Gospel Of St. John. A cycle of  twelve lectures,  unrevised by the author, given at  Hamburg  from 18th to 31 May, 1968. Translated from the original by  Maud b.  Monges.  pub. N.Y. Anthroposophic Press  1940  2nd.imp. or.cl. 8vo. pp.192. Very good copy. Price: $40.00
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  108. STEWART  D.  MacRAE Growth In Fifty Years  1859-1909. The Presbyterian  Church Of Victoria. illus. with 6  full  page plates t/out. pub. Melb. 1909 or.blu. & grey cl.  8vo.obl. pp.VI.130. little rubbed else v/good copy.    Price: $75.00
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  109.  TERANG PRESBYTERIAN Church.These Five And Seventy Years. Century  of  Service  1861-1936. The story  of  the  Terang Presbyterian church 1861-1936. Together with an account  of the beginnings of the Western Church (Kicnookat) which  was founded  in the year 1847. illus. with text  plates  t/out. pub. Vic. Terang 1936 or.bds. 8vo. pp.82. & supplement (Our Centenary 1861-1961, attached to rear e/papers pp.XVI).  f/ bd. sunned otherwise fine, title paper attached to f/bd. of the original 1936 ed.    Price: $55.00
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  110. WADDELL  L. AUSTINE Buddhism & Lamaism Of Tibet.  With its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology, and in its  relation to Indian Buddhism. illus. with frontis. & many text plates dwgs. t/out. some folding pub. New Delhi Heritage Pub. 1979 (first pub. 1895) or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVIII.598. Very good copy.    Price: $85.00
     
  111. WAGGONER E. J. Prophetic Lights Some of the Prominent Prophecies of the Old and new Testaments interpreted by the Bible and History. illus. with engravings t/out. some full page; pub. Melbourne, Bible Echo Pub House 1889 or. dec light blue cl. gilt a.e.g. roy. 8vo. pp.180,2 advts. very good copy with minor wear, rubbed.    Price: $80.00
     
  112. WAGNER W. Dr. Adapted from the work of. By M.W. MacDowell, Ed. by W.S.W. Anson Asgard And The Gods The Tales And Traditions Of Our Northern Ancestors. illus. with frontis. engraving, numerous engravings through the text, some full page, dec. e/papers; pub. London W. Swan Sonnichsein, 1882 2nd edition or. dec blue cl. a.e.g. gilt decoration of horsemen and lightening on front board, gilt to spine, 8vo. pp.XVI.326. Very good bright copy.   Price: $150.00
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  113. WARE Rev. WILLIAM Intro. By Allon Henry Rome And Early Christians Being Letters of Lucius M. Piso, from Rome, to Fausta, the Daughter of Gracchus, at Palmyra. pub. London Cassell & Co nd.[ads at the back suggest 1880], Sunday School Prize bookplate adhered to front past-down e/paper, given at South Australian Schlars Competitive Competition June 1894 Prize for Middle Division; or. dark blue cl. gilt to spine cr.8vo. pp.388. Perhaps historical fiction? first published 1838, the author was a Boston resident. Very good copy.    Price: $35.00
     
  114. WARNER MARINA Alone Of All Her Sex. The Myth And The Cult Of The Virgin Mary. illus. with 40 full page plates  t/out. of 6 are col. pub. Lond. Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1976 or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XXVI.400,20. Fine.    Price: $45.00
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  115. WELLS H.G. Crux Ansata. (The Cross With  A  Handle)  An Indictment  of  the Roman Catholic Church. pub.  Syd.  Free Citizen  Press  nd.194-? or. grey illus.wps.  8vo.  pp.110. v/good copy.    Price: $30.00
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  116. WILKES PAGET Missionary Joys In Japan Or Leaves From My Journal. illus. with color frontis & 21 b.w. photos tipped in, with Christian poems. pub. London Morgan & Scott 1913 1st ed. or. green cloth, t.e.g. 8vo. pp.XVI.322.XIVadvts. covers author's travels in Japan as a leader of the Japan Evangelistic Band. His work in country missions, factories, work with children, and relationships with Japanese evangelists S. Takeda, Rev. Dr. C. Aoki, Kochi and Rev J. Nakada et al. His work at Karuizawa was especially important in assisting the poor. The work is written in a journal style, with dated entries. He often toured the distant missions throughout the countryside. A keen look at life in Japan at the turn of the century. Fine copy.    Price: $125.00
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  117. WILKIN Baptists In Victoria. Our First  Century 1838-1938.  illus.  with frontis. & 14 full  page  plates t/out.  pub. Melb. Baptist Union of Vic. 1939  or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.212. almost fine copy.    Price: $95.00
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  118. WILKINS W.J. Modern Hinduism. An Account of the  Religions and  Life  of the Hindus in Northern India.  pub.  Lond.  & Calcutta  Thacker Spink & Co. 1887 or.  grn.illus.cl.  8vo. pp.XII.494.,32 advts. Very good .    Price: $150.00
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