CHRIST from Chilton Books

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1938.. 9th printing. "An attempt to bring to the surface, for any who need it, some of the vast wealth of the unfathomable mine of the life of Jesus so as to enrich the poverty-striken lives which most of us live." Pp.384, signed by the author to front free endpaper, endpapers tanned. Blue cloth,… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton,1942.. 1st edition. Pp.144, signed by the author to front free endpaper, spotting to closed page edges occasionally touching onto margins. Blue cloth has wear to base of spine, dustwrapper worn with edge tears and losses and old tape repairs to reverse. G+/Fair.

London: Sheed and Ward, 1984.. By her imaginative re-creation of the Passion itself, realised with extraordingary intensity, detail, and depth, in words and in her own illustrations, Caryll Houselander has staged a drama whose anguish and tragedy have, all too often, passed into the unfelt pieties of the prayer-book. And, with equal urgency, she has shown us the Passion… Read more about this item

New York: The Declan X.McMullen Company, 1947.. 1st edition. "A compassionate study of the sufferings of Christ, the Man of Sorrows. Terrifying by anticipation and overwhelming in actuality, says Father Kane, Christ's Passion perfectly fulfilled the divinely established law of suffering and love". Pp.144, errata slip tipped-in to final page. Light brown cloth, dustwrapper has edge tears with losses… Read more about this item

London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, 1918.. Second impression. 25cms x 19cms. Pp.55, 12 colour tipped-in plates by Old Masters - including: Leonardo da Vinci, Fra Angelico, Berna, Pietro Perugino, Giottino, Francesco Francia,and Duccio Da Buoninsegna., toning to front and rear free endpapers. Brown cloth spine, ecru cloth boards with colour plate to front board, spotting… Read more about this item

Haywards Heath: Holy Cross Convent, 1962.. 2nd impression. Unpaginated, with black & white photographs of the Stations of the Cross in Holy Cross Convent Haywards Heath carved in stone by the sculptor Georg Busch. Creen card covers. VG.

London: William Heinemann,1925.. 1st edition. This play was privately performed at the Music Room, Boars Hill on May 9th,1925. Pp.101,owner's inkstamp bookplate and initials to front free endpaper, slight toning to pages. Blue cloth, gilt title to front and spine, darkened to spine. G+.

Chawton: Redemptorist Press, 2016.. 1st edition. "Deeply moving meditations on the fourteen stations, each addressed to Jesus as he undergoes each stage of his passion journey. They evoke both the horror and the humanity of the moment. In addition each is linked to a consideration of similar heart-rending sufferings in the modern world, mostly caused by human greed or… Read more about this item

Exeter: The Paternoster Press. 1985.. Dr. Harris's study is a model of how Christians should contend for 'the faith once delivered to the saints'........He allows the Bishop of Durham to speak for himself and directs his creative criticism towards what the Bishop has actually written or said". Pp 32. Paperback. VG.

London: Collins, 1988.. 1st edition. Reflections on the Stations of the Cross. Pp.35, sepia frontispiece + 15 further sepia illustrations by Elizabeth Wang. Paperback. VG.

Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1995.. History of Religions in Translation series. The first critical edition of an English translation. Pp.xii/343. Paperback. Scarce. VG."Ecce homo!, evidently the first published "Life of Christ", appeared anonymously in 1770. The text, by the atheist Baron d'Holbach, presents events contained in the gospels from a rationalist, free-thinking point of view....d'Holbach depicts… Read more about this item

New York: Continuum, 2001.. 1st edition. With James D.G.Dunn, Daniel J.Harrington, Elizabeth A.Johnson, John P.Meier and E.P.Sanders. "InJune 2000, five internationally renowned biblical scholars and one equally well-known systematic theologian traveled to Israel with 60 fellow pilgrims from various walks of life to share their insights on the Jesus of hisory and the meaning of the "historians' … Read more about this item

London: The Sheldon Press, 1942.. 1st edition. Pp.220, frontispiece drawing. Paperback, slightly rubbed with chipping to base of spine. G+.

London: A.S.Rouse, 1897.. 1st edition. Pp.180, floral endpapers, toning to front and rear free endpapers, owner's name to front free endpaper. Dark green bevelled cloth with black decoration to front board, gilt title to spine,speckled discolouration to rear board. G+.

London: W.Knott & Son Ltd, nd.. Contents: Part I. The Vision of Jesus. 1.The Holy Child - Humility; 2.The Holy Name - Power; 3.The Holy Body - Life; 4. The Sacred Heart - Love. Part II.The Approach to Jesus. 1.In My Life - Consecration; 2.In My Name - Vocation; 3. In My Heart - Identification; 4.In My Sufferings -… Read more about this item

London: James Nisbet & Co., 1896.. 1st edition. "The seed is the Word of God. The living water is the Holy Spirit. The ground is the human heart. This liitle book aims to illustrate this precious truth, from the story of two Scripture characters, moving again, amid the accessories of the home-life of Palestine, in the days of Jesus… Read more about this item

London: James Nisbet & Co., 1896.. 1st edition. "This work is a compilation. It contains extracts from heathen writers (opponents to Christianity), the early Fathers, and from a few lately [sic] discovered MSS., as well as selections from one or two noted modern writers upon Christianity." Pp.viii/154/14(publisher's catalogue). Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, publisher's labels (File Copy)… Read more about this item

London: National Society / SPCK, 1953.. Revised edition. Christian lessons for children. Pp.xvi/228, occasional line drawing illustrations. Paperback. G+.

New York: Harry N.Abrams Inc, 2004.. 1st edition. "When a donkey is born in a stable in Bethlehem, he realises that particular night is very special. Soon he accompanies his mother as she carries a human mother and child fleeing to Egypt...One day (the young donkey named) Bethlehem is purchassed to carry a man into the town of Jerusalem.… Read more about this item

London: Mowbray, 1989.. Reprint. Meditations. Pp. x/64/1(ad), slight toning to pages. Paperback. G+.