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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. ADVOCATE-The Broken run of The Advocate The Australian Illustrated Weekly Melbourne. illus. with avts. photo plates, t/out. pub. Melbourne Francis Moynihan at 'The Advocate' Office; original stapled wrappers folio pp.36-48 approx. per issue. Every Thursday.

     

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  3. 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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  4. 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
     
  5. 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
     
  6. 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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  7. 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
     
  8. ANONYMOUS  The Persecution Of The Catholic Church In The Third Reich Facts & Documents Translated From The German illus. with 16 illustrations (plates) appendices, index ; pub. London: Burns & Oates 1940 1st. ed. original navy cloth with title in gilt on spine 8vo. pp.366. Very good copy, firm binding, clean text.   Price: $65.00
     
  9. ASAD MUHAMMAD (translator and annotator) The Message Of The Qur'an. Appendices. pub. Gibraltar: Dar Al-Andalus, 1984 softcover cr.4to. pp.998 fine.    Price: $60.00
     
  10. 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
     
  11. 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
     
  12. 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
     
  13. 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
     
  14. BARRETT W.R.  History of the Church Of England in Tasmania. illus. with 16 black and white photos, pub. Hobart Mercury Press 1942 or. stiff cloth-backed papered cardboard cut flush, 8vo. pp.92. Begins with the early days of 1804 and goes up to WW2. Title page cut, not effecting title else near fine.   Price: $45.00
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  15. BENSON C. IRVING A Century Of Victorian Methodism.  illus. with  frontis.  &  18 full page plates  t/out.  pub.  Melb. Spectator Pub. Co. 1935 1st.ed. or.cl. 12mo. pp.528. Articles by A. Wesley Amos, H. A. Overend, C. C. Dugan, J. C. Lawton, E. Nye, T. C. Rentoul, J. H. Cain and the editor. previous owner's name to f/free e/paper, otherwise very good copy.   Price: $65.00 
     
  16. 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. Near fine set.   Price: $300.00
     
  17. BOURKE  D.F.   The History Of The  Vincentian  Fathers  In Australasia. illus. with many plates t/out. some full  page pub. Melb. Congregation of the Mission nd.1978? or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.244. Covers a period of nearly one hundred years when two Vincentian Friars commenced work in Sydney at the invitation of Cardinal Moran. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  18. BRADY E.J. Doctor Mannix. Archbishop of Melbourne. illus. with full page plate portrait of Dr. Mannix, 1 text illustration; pub. Melb. Library of National Biography 1934 or.cl. title lettered in gilt on spine and front board, (faded) 8vo. pp.312. sl/soiled to spine otherwise v/good.   Price: $65.00
     
  19. 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
     
  20. BRENNAN  NIALL Dr. Mannix. illus. with 2  col. plates and many  b/w. throughout, couour portrait of Daniel Mannix by Jack Cato.   pub. Adelaide, Rigby  1964  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. lg.8vo. pp.336. Biography of Irishman who was Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne for 50 years. previous owner's name to f/free e/paper, very good in the slightly worn chipped d/w.   Price: $35.00
     
  21. 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
     
  22. 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
     
  23. BROWN JUDITH M. Augustus Short, D.D. Bishop of  Adelaide. illus. with 8 full page plates t/out. pub. Adel. Hodge Pub. House 1973 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.258. Fine copy. Price: $35.00
     
  24. BULFINCH  THOMAS Bulfinch's Mythology. The Age  of Fable, The  Age  of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne.  pub. Lond. Spring Books 1966 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.680. Fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  25. 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.  Slightly faded to spine else very good copy.  Price: $40.00
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  26. 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
     
  27. 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
     
  28. 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
     
  29. 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
     
  30. CARR Rev. THOMAS JOSEPH Lectures And Replies. The Church and the Bible; Primacy of the Roman Pontiff; Primacy Further Considered; Origin of the Church of England; Church of England and the Church Catholic. illus. with frontis. pub. Melbourne The Australian Catholic Truth Society, 1907 1st. ed. or. green cl. 8vo. pp.XXXI.796. Published on the occasion of the Archbishop of Melbourne's Jubilee. Presentation prize to front free e/paper else near fine.   Price: $55.00
     
  31. CATHOLIC CHURCH OF VICTORIA Some Of The Fruits Of Fifty Years  Annals Of The Catholic Church In Victoria. profusely illus. with photographic plates t/out. examples of churches and buildings owned by the church in Victoria in 1897. pub. A. H. Messina and Co., Melbourne, 1897 or. beige wrappers 4to. pp.150 approx. Text contains a brief church history of buildings and orders in Victoria. Chipped wrappers else very good copy.   Price: $115.00
     
  32. CATHOLIC  Church In Melbourne-The. (1848-1948) illus.  with many  b/w.  plates  t/out. some full page  pub.  Melb.  the Advocate  Press  1948 or.illus. blu.wps.  roy.4to.  pp.110. Slight shelf wear, otherwise v/good copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  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: $25.00
     
  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
     
  35. CLARKE  HENRY LOWTHER Studies In The English  Reformation. The  Morehouse  Lectures  l912. Henry  Lowther  Clarke  was formerly the Archbishop of Melbourne. illus. with  frontis. &  5  full  page  plates  t/out.  pub.  Lond.  Society  for Promoting  Christian  Knowledge 1912 or.cl. glt.  to  spine 8vo. pp.XI.250.-VI.advts. Near fine.   Price: $55.00
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  36. CLARK ALBERT  E. The Church Of Our  Fathers.  Being the history  of the Church Of England in Gippsland,  1847-1947. Issued under the authority of the Bishop-in-Council of The Diocese of Gippsland: April 1947 or.cl. d/w 8vo. pp.294. Slight chipping to d/w. otherwise  near fine.   Price: $45.00
     
  37. 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
     
  38. COLE  KEITH A History Of The Church Missionary Society  of Australia.   illus.  with  8  plates maps. appendix: List of Missionaries. Notes and References. Index. pub.  Melb.   Church Missionary  Historical Publication. 1971 or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.370. The missionary society of the Anglican Church; Very good copy.   Price: $45.00
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  39. 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
     
  40. 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
     
  41. 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
     
  42. 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
     
  43. DICKENS CHARLES The Life Of Our Lord. Written expressly for his children. illus. with frontis. & 9 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Associated Newspapers 1934 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.128. near fine.   Price: $150.00    (See picture-press   )
     
  44. DOW  GWYNETH  M.  George Higinbotham.  Church  And State. Education in Australia Series illus. with frontis. & 5 full page  plates t/out. pub. Melb. Pitman 1964  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.216. Fine.   Price: $30.00
     
  45. 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
     
  46. EBSWORTH rev. WALTER A. St. Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne illus. with illustrated endpapers, profuse b/w. illustrations, appendices, supplementary index; pub. Melbourne St. Patrick's 1979 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.VI.126. Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  47. EDWARD Rev. Edward Isaac  Memoir  1856-1918. illus. with 4 tipped-in plates pub. Melb. nd.1918?  or.wps. 4to. pp.unnumbered (24). Pastor of Protestant Church Albert Street East Melbourne and formally Pastor of Reed Memorial Church in Launceston. Fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  48. 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: $200.00
     
  49. 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
     
  50. 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
     
  51.  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
     
  52. 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 fiancée cover life on the troopship as he voyaged to Egypt, and then as he travelled to England and later to France. The horror 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
     
  53. 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
     
  54. FREELAND   J.M.   Melbourne   Churches   1836-1851. An Architectural  Record. with illus. e/papers & 20 full  page plates t/out. pub. Melb. M.U.P. 1963 or.glt.cl.  glt.ltg.to spine,  slip  case 4to. pp.170. Limited to 950  copies  of which this is no.584. Very good copy.   Price: $75.00
     
  55. 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
     
  56. 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
     
  57. 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
     
  58. 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
     
  59. GLEN  FRANK Fly High Reach Far. A Parson of  the  outback. illus. with e/paper maps & 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Reed 1971 1st.ed. or. orange cl. 8vo. pp.216. The flying padre, a keen pilot flies the Missions Cessna 172 over 90,000 sq. miles of vast, arid dusty loneliness. The people are rugged like the land. He meets people with understanding, compassion, sympathy and humour with the down to earth grit appreciated by all in his parish. Very good copy.   Price: $30.00
     
  60. GOMM LESLIE Blazing the Western Trails. The Story of William Kennedy Pathfinder, Preacher and Pioneer. illus. with frontis. (portrait) & many plates t/out. some full page, pub. Syd. J.A. Packer privately printed 1935 or. orange & purple illus. wrappers 8vo. pp.208. Biography of Western Australian pioneer and preacher among the aboriginals. Slightly chipped to top of spine else very good copy.   Price: $55.00
     
  61. GRANT ARCH Camel, Train And Aeroplane. The Story of Skipper Partridge. illus. with 3 maps, 20 plates pub. Adelaide, Rigby, 1981 1st ed. or. light green cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.400. Story is set almost exclusively in the vast Inland of Australia, as a student Partridge met Flynn of the Inland and later accepted a call to serve as a patrol padre with the fledgling Australian Inland Mission. Fine copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  62. GOLDMAN LAZARUS MORRIS The Jews In Victoria In The Nineteenth Century with glossary, bibliography, pub. Melbourne By Author 1954 1st. ed. or. blue cl. roy.8vo. pp.454. Scholarly work of the early settlement of Jews in Victoria. Includes Woolf Davis, Joel Fredman, Israel Moses Goldreich, Louis Goldstein and Rev. Greenbaum. Slight wear to gilt lettering on spine. Gift inscription to f/free e/paper, else v/good.   Price: $100.00
     
  63. GUINNESS GERALDINE In The Far East: Letters from Geraldine Guinness in China. Re-cast and Freshly Illustrated with numerous  b/w. photo plates  t/out. some full page, drawings. Large folding map of China 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
     
  64. 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
     
  65. HACKIN J. In Collaboration with six Orientalists. Asiatic Mythology.  A detailed description and explanation  of  the mythologies of Asia. illus. with 354 b/w. plates & 16  full page col. plates, pub. N.Y. Crescent Books nd.196-?  or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.460. Fine.    Price: $50.00
     
  66. HALL WARREN E. The Valley of Decision. illus. with b/w. photo plates t/out. pub. by author 1996 or. card wrappers, (paperback), 8vo. pp.178. Anglican minister family history NSW & Bendigo. Signed by author on title page. Fine.   Price: $25.00
     
  67. 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
     
  68. HAMILTON JOHN (preface) Terang Presbyterian Church. These Five And Seventy Years. A Century  of  Service  1861-1961. 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 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).  Front board sunned otherwise very good, title paper attached to front board of the original 1936 ed.   Price: $55.00
     
  69. HARRY WESLEY C. Compiler. Hitherto.... A History  of  the Bendigo Baptist Church for the years 1859-1959. illus. with 3  plates one full page pub. Vic. Bendigo  1959  illus.wps. pp.28. Fine. Price: $20.00
     
  70. 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
     
  71. HETHERINGTON  JOHN Pillars Of Faith. Churchmen  And Their Churches In Early Victoria. with illus. e/papers & 24  full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Cheshire 1966 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.110. "Gives us a rare collection of priests, laymen, architects and builders associated with a dozen of Victoria's earliest and most interesting churches." Including St James' Old Cathedral, St Francis' Roman Catholic Church, Holy Trinity Church of England, Williamstown (12 churches altogether). Fine.     Price: $30.00
     
  72. 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
     
  73. 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
     
  74. 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
     
  75. 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. This is the most complete account yet of Lollardy, the medieval English heretical movement derived from the ideas of John Wyclif that anticipated many of the ideas and demands of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century reformers and Puritans. Considering new evidence, such as texts composed orassembled by adherents of Lollardy, episcopal records, chronicles, and tracts written against Wyclif and his followers. v/fine copy.   Price: $150.00
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  76. 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
     
  77. 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
     
  78. IGNATIUS  SISTER M. The Wheel Of Time. A brief survey  of the  ninety  - six years' work of the Sisters of  Mercy  in Victoria, 1857  - 1953. illus. with plates,  maps.  pub. for the Sisters of Mercy by The Advocate Press, Melb. 1954 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.385. Includes: Melbourne, Geelong, Warrnambool, Bendigo, Mansfield, Yarrawonga, Tasmania, Wentworth-Mildura, convents established after amalgamation. Slightly chipped d/w. else near fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  79. INTERNATIONAL Eucharistic Congress 29th International Eucharistic Congress. Official Souvenir Book, September 1928 profusely illus. with plates t/out. and advts. t/out. pub. Sydney. D.F. Morand 1928 or. col illus. wrappers cr.4to. pp.48 very good ads. Lux soap, Phoenix biscuits, Castrol oil, Henry Buck, General Electric, Fosters Lager and many others. Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  80. JAMES CHARLES E. A  Pioneering  Parson  In  the Riverina.  Rev.  John  Dykes  and  his  work.  illus.  with frontis. pub. Syd. 1933 1st. ed. or.bds. black cloth to spine, 8vo. pp.82. Almost fine.   Price: $125.00
     
  81. 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 Arranged 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
     
  82. 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
     
  83. JUNG  C.G. Answer to Job.  Researches Into the Relation Between Psychology and Religion 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: $45.00
     
  84. 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
     
  85. 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
     
  86. 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
     
  87. LEVI  J.B. and G.F.J. BERGMAN Australian  Genesis.  Jewish Convicts  and  Settlers 1788-1850. illus. with numerous illustrations throughout text, bibliography, references, index; pub.  Adel.  Rigby  1974 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.360. Eight jewish convicts arrived in the First Fleet to be followed by hundreds more. One became the leader of a bushranger gang, some were hanged, flogged or sent to outer settlements like Moreton bay. Some soared to amazing success becoming detectives, merchants, boxers, actors, journalists, politicians, farmers. The first complete history of the Australian Jewsih communities from First Fleet to Gold Rush. Fine.   Price: $65.00
     
  88. MacDONALD  AENEAS One Hundred Years Of Presbyterianism In Victoria. The Centenary history issued by Authority of  the General  Assembly of Presbyterian Church of Victoria. illus. with 48 b/w photographs, bibliography, index.  pub. Melb. Robertson  & Mullens 1937  or.cl.  8vo.  pp.189.XIX.  From the first arrivals in 1837, a hundred years of Presbyterian history in the Colony. v/good copy sl. silverfish marks to boards else very good.   Price: $60.00
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  89. 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
     
  90. 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
     
  91. 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
     
  92. 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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  93. 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
     
  94. 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
     
  95. MACKLE FRANCIS The Footprints Of Our Catholic Pioneers. The beginnings of the Church in Victoria, 1839-1859.illus. with 24 full page plates t/out. index; pub. Melbourne, The Advocate Press nd. c. 1939 or. beige cl. gilt titles to spine; 8vo. pp.204. Very good copy.   Price: $50.00
     
  96. 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
     
  97. 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
     
  98. 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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  99. 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. Gilt title faded to spine else very good.   Price: $150.00
     
  100. McEWEN  MARY  DOMINICA Threads In The Fabric.  Historical survey of the background and achievements of the apostolate of  the Sisters in South Australia. Foreword by James W. Gleeson, Archbishop of Adelaide. profusely  illus.  with b/w.  plates  t/out. some full page  pub.  N.S.W.  Hamilton Spectator Press 1977 1st.ed. (Glebe Point, NSW: The Sisters of the Good Samaritan) or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.200. South Australian local history, a history of those places where the Sisters of the Good Samaritan have lived and worked in South Australia, includes Port Pirie, Gawler, Whyalla, Adelaide, includes the geographical and historical background of these areas presenting something of the social life and occupations of the people.   Price: $45.00
     
  101. MELBOURNE  HEBREW CONGREGATION-The. Golden Jubilee Of  The Toorak  Road  Synagogue Building 1930-1980. illus.  with  7 full  page  col. & several b/w. plates  pub.  Melb. Golden Jubilee Committee 1980 or.illus. blu.wps. 4to. pp.80. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  102. 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
     
  103. 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
     
  104. 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
     
  105. 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
  106. MOORHEAD JOHN Cathedral On The Clarence. illus. with 12 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. John Ferguson Pub. 1984 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.VIII.164. The story of the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Grafton. signed by author.   Price: $35.00
     
  107. MURPHY  J.M.  (Rev) and Rev F.  MOYNIHAN (Ed. by.)  National   Eucharistic   Congress.   Melbourne,   Australia December  2nd-9th,  1934 illus. with 34  full  page  plates t/out.  (one  folding) pub. Melb. The Advocate  Press  1934 or. maroon cl. 4to. pp.294. Slight shelf wear, otherwise very good copy.   Price: $50.00
     
  108. MURPHY  FRANK Daniel  Mannix.  Archbishop  of  Melbourne. illus. with col. frontis. 23 b.& w. plates throughout. pub. Melb. The Advocate Press 1948 1st.ed. or. green cl. 8vo. pp.258. His opposition to conscription in World War One, lead to a political and cultural split in the nation that has taken almost 100 years to mend. The creation of the DLP and the forces of anti Reds under the Bed fears, are a result of his Irish view of the world. Little sunned to spine else v/good copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  109. MURRAY AEXANDER S. Manual Of Mythology. Greek and Roman Norse and old German, Hindoo and Egyptian Mythology. illus. with frontis. & many plates diagrams t/out. some full page, pub. N.Y. Tudor Pub. 1950 4th printing or. red cl. 8vo. pp.XIV.428. Very good copy    Price: $40.00
     
  110. 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
     
  111. 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
     
  112. 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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  113. 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
     
  114. 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
     
  115. 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
     
  116. OATS  WILLIAM NICOLLE A Question Of Survival.  Quakers  in Australia in the Nineteenth Century. illus. with 30  plates pub. Qld. Uni. of Qld. Press 1985 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  8vo. pp.XVI.410. Fine copy.  Price: $35.00
     
  117. PARKHURST JOHN A Greek and English   Lexicon to the New Testament. In Which The Words And Phrases Occurring In Those Sacred Books Are Distinctly Explained. And the meaning assigned to each, authorized by references to passages of Scripture. A New Edition, Corrected, Enlarged, and Improved. by John Parkhurst, illus. with frontis. portrait engraving and engraving of Cherubim of Glory & table; pub. London printed for George Cowie & Co. 1825 The lexicon is printed in double columns. or. half calf marbled boards, 8vo. pp.712. Corners, edges rubbed as is marbled boards, some foxing, otherwise very good for age, binding firm.   Price: $400.00
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  118. 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
     
  119. 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
     
  120. PERKINS HAROLD The Convict Priests illus. with 7 facsimile documents and one plate; pub. Melbourne Harold Perkins & Thistle Press nd. c 1983 or. card wrappers, (paperback), 8vo. pp.100. Story of three Roman Catholic Priests transported to Australia for alleged complicity in the 1798 Irish Rebellion. Signed  by author. Fine.   Price: $25.00
     
  121. 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
     
  122. POIGNANT ROSLYN Oceanic Mythology. The Myths of Polynesia, Micronesa,  Melanesia,  Australia.  profusely  illus. with plates t/out. many full page & col. maps, bibliography, index; pub. Lond. Paul  Hamlyn 1967 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.142. Fine copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  123. PONC?E CHARLES Kabbalah. An Introduction and Illumination for the world today. profusely illus. with drawings, diagrams t/out. some full page pub. Lond. Garnstone Press 1974 or. cl. d/w. 8vo. pp. 298. Explanation of the literature, influence and profound meaning of this ancient Jewish mystical tradition. Fine.   Price: $45.00
     
  124. 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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  125. 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.  Very good copy, added newspaper clipping, review of book, private lib. Withdrawn stamp to title page.   Price: $45.00
     
  126. 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
     
  127. 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
     
  128. ROBIN A.DE.Q. Making Many Rich. A memoir of Joseph  John Booth,  Fourth  Archbishop  of  Melbourne.  illus.   with frontis.  7 plates. pub. Melb. Church of  England  Diocese 1978 or.cl. d/w. sm.4to. pp.92. Fine.   Price: $30.00
     
  129. ROBINSON SAMUEL Australian  Sermons.  illus. with frontis.  &  one  plate pub.  Melb.  M.L.  Hutchinson  1899 or.blu.cl. 12mo. pp.XXXVIII.270.  Rev.  S.  Robinson  was pastor of Sk. Kilda Presbyterian Church. Slight tear to bottom of spine otherwise v/good copy.   Price: $50.00
     
  130. 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
     
  131. ROSENTHAL NEWMAN Look Back With Pride. The St.Kilda Hebrew Congregation's  First  Century. illus. with frontis.  &  16 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Nelson 1971 or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.182. Near fine copy.   Price: $30.00
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  132. ROSENTHAL NEWMAN Look Back With Pride. The St.Kilda Hebrew Congregation's  First  Century. illus. with frontis.  &  16 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Nelson 1971 or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.182. Presentation copy signed by author, fine copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  133. ROSS C. STUART The Scottish Church In Victoria 1851-1901 with b/w. frontis, and fifty other b/w. illus. pub. Melbourne. M L Hutchinson. 1901 1st ed or. blue cloth glt. ltg. to spine (faded) cr.8vo. pp.390. Very good copy. Author’s presentation copy.    Price: $125.00
     
  134. 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
     
  135. 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
     
  136. SAINT ANDREW'S  PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH  Mordialloc Centenary 1884-1984  illus.  with 10 text plates pub. Vic.  1984 or. illus. stiff stapled wrapper 4to. pp.38. Near fine copy.   Price: $20.00
     
  137. SAINT FRANCIS  CHURCH 1841-1941. A Century  of  Spiritual Endeavour. profusely illus. with plates, dwgs. sketches, t/out.  pub. Melb. The Fathers of the Blessed Sacrament, 1941 illus. wps. 4to. pp.128. Fine.   Price: $40.00
     
  138. 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
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  139. 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
     
  140. 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
     
  141. SMITH GRAHAM Mendi Memories. Missionary work in Southern Highlands  of  New Guinea. illus. with 8 full  page  plates t/out.  pub.   Melb.  1974  1st.ed.   or.cl.   d/w.   8vo. pp.VIII.152. Gives a vivid picture of daily life in Mendi and also gives the authors view on the place of the church in Papua New Guinea  Fine copy.   Price: $30.00
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  142. 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
     
  143. 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
     
  144. 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
     
  145. 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 half deep purple faux leather spine, with gilt writing on the front panel and 3/4 grey/green cloth with Presbyterian Church symbol embossed upon it. 8vo. square pp.VI.130. Little rubbed else v/good copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  146. ST  PATRICK'S  CATHEDRAL Melbourne 1839-1939.  illus. with b/w.  plates t/out. some full page pub. Melb. The  Advocate Press 1939 illus. wps. 4to. pp.100. A photographic record of the history of the magnificent neo-Gothic edifice, published for the centenary of the Cathedral 1939. Tear (lacks piece) to f/free  e/paper, slight chipping at spine ends else very good. Price: $55.00
     
  147. 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: $55.00
     
  148. 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
     
  149. 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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  150. 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
     
  151. 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
     
  152. 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   Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
     
  153. WHITE  D.D. The Rt. Rev. GILBERT Thirty Years in Tropical Australia. illus. with 22 Maps and Illus. pub. London Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1924 .8vo. or. maroon cloth pp.264. Memories of the first Bishop of the Diocese of Carpentaria, which comprised the north coast of Australia nearly from east to west. Gilbert White (1859-1933) "These chapters a varied and fascinating bill of fare whilst humour sparkles everywhere. The Cape York region, the Aboriginal Mission Reserves on the Mitchell and Roper, serious adventures in sketches in "the Gulf," the Northern Territory, the Torres Strait Islands,." Small stain to rear board otherwise very good copy.   Price: $55.00
     
  154. WHITE  D.D. The Rt. Rev. GILBERT Answer! Australia.  Being the  Book  prepared  for  the  Committee  of  the  Combined Campaign for Missions for presentation to the Church on St. Andrew's  Day,  1927, by The Rt. Rev.  Gilbert  White  D.D. (Sometime  Bishop of Carpentaria and of Willochra).  illus. with  frontis.  & 8 full page plates t/out. &  3  maps  one folding at rear pub. Syd. Australian Board of Missions 1927 or.lt.grn. wps. 8vo. pp.98. Author was the 1st Anglican Bishop of Northern Australia. Account of the Church's work with the Aborigines of Australia, the natives of New Guinea & the Pacific and Africa. Very good clean copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  155. 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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  156. WILKIN Rev F.J. Baptists In Victoria. Our First Century 1838-1938. illus. with frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out. (mostly portraits) pub. Melb. the Baptist Union of Vic. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.212. Slightly chipped d/w. partly adhered to boards otherwise very fine copy.   Price: $65.00
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  157. 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.  Slight shelf wear otherwise very good copy.    Price: $150.00    
     
  158. WISCHER  JOHN  Ed.  by. The  Presbyterians  Of  Toorak. Centenary  History  of Toorak Presbyterian Church  1876  to 1976. illus. with e/paper maps & 10 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. 1975 1st.ed. or.blk.cl. 8vo. pp.XII.146. Very good copy.    Price: $35.00
     
  159. WITT HOWELL Bush Bishop. illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Adel. Rigby 1981 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.238. Fine.    Price: $35.00

  160.             F. S. H. YOUNG  Pearls from the Pacific illus. many full page plates with pub. London Marshall Brothers, Ltd., nd.c.1924; or. red cl. gilf lettering to spine and a sketch map at rear; 8vo. pp.256. Florence Young [1856-1940] was born in New Zealand the daughter of Plymouth Brethren émigrés from England. She was sent back to England for her education and, following the death of her parents, she moved to Queensland, Australia. Deeply influenced by her Brethren upbringing, and by the teaching of the Keswick... after being orphaned, was posted to Queensland, Australia, where she put her Keswick Convention training to good use and began to work there and with other Melanesians in the Solomon Islands. She founded also the Queensland Kanaka Mission (QKM) and that morphed into the SSEM (the South Sea Evangelical Mission). Very good copy.    Price: $125.00

   
   
 
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