Porteus Rev (15 results)

Condition: Poor. Very worn softcover with torn spine/edgewear/creases/scuffs/marks. Bumped/creased corners. Tanned/foxed textblock edge. Foxing to pages. Pencil notes/underlining. Content is still good to read.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid original antique engraved portrait. Mounted - matted - and ready to frame . Excellent condition. Mount size approx 10 x 8 inches , 30 x 24 cms. Fine portrait of .Rev Beilby Porteus.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine original engraved portrait. Mounted and ready to frame,circa 1830 -A splended opportunity to purchase an original antique engraving.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid original engraved portrait of an eminent person. Professionally mounted and ready to frame. Unusual, attractive and decorative.

Half Leather Cloth Boards. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. 1858 Edition. Continued title : Who have sealed the divine truths of Christianity with their blood and a full defence of Christianity against the objections of Atheists , Diests and Infidels - To which are added evidences of the Christian religion by Beilby Porteus (Late Lord Bishop of London) including a treatise on the faith and practice of a Christian, compiled from the wrtitings of the most eminent and pious divines ; also Dr. Doddridge's excellent sermons on Christianity.Cracked spine edges.POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES AND FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY) .Please e-mail for further details Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Illustrated by Beautiful Steel Engravings (illustrator). Not Inscribed or Signed.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid antique engraved portrait, circa 1800. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. NOT AVAILABLE FOR AMAZON NON-UK CUSTOMERS; VDUE TO WEIGHT; very large heavy volume, bound in thick leather that has a little gold gilt decoration; 3.5kg; marbling to pp edges; fep has been torn out; illustrated by beautiful steel engravings; Vg-; ; occasional browning a page edges; excess P&P required; 4to 11" - 13" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two items offered together. The first is Rev. Porteus' history of Astley Hall published in 1923 - a small Octavo hardback, 55pp. Illustrated. Original blue cloth with gilt title to upper. Some rubbing and general wear. A former owner has begun colouring in the coat-of-arms decoration on page 4. With; the 1931 Jubilee Souvenir booklet. Octavo. Softback. 68pp. Illustrated. Original printed card covers, edge worn and a bit dust-soiled. Both 'Good' copies. Chorley, Lancashire interest.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. VERY large heavy volume, bound in thick hard leather that has a little gold gilt decoration; 3.5kg; iv; 922pp + 8 + 28marbling to pp edges; fep has been torn out; illustrated by beautiful steel engravings (b/w) ; G++; occasional browning a page edges; peice includes excess P&P in UK, but not outside, so excess P&P required outside UK ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two postcards included. Original blue cloth with gilt title to upper. Some rubbing and general wear. Pages are lightly tanned and dust dulled. Additional photos are available upon request.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Publication: London, Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, n.d. [c. 1800â"1815] Formatting: 8vo, pagination unverified, untrimmed text block. Condition Report: Good. The volume has been sensibly but plainly rebound in grey-blue paper over boards, presenting a tight, secure structure devoid of external embellishment. The text block remains entirely untrimmed, preserving its original rough-cut edges which display expected age-toning and moderate dust-soiling. Internally, the binding holds firm, though the preliminary leaves, including the frontispiece and title page, exhibit significant damp staining and prominent tide marks primarily localised to the lower gutter and margins. Intermittent foxing and scattered spotting are present throughout the text block, commensurate with the paper stock and provincial production of this era, yet the structural integrity remains uncompromised and the text is fully legible. Catalogue Note: This "Stereotype Edition" compiles Edward Youngâs profoundly influential blank-verse meditation alongside Robert Blairâs The Grave and supplementary verses, effectively gathering the period's most popular "Graveyard School" poetry into a single, accessible volume. The text is accompanied by an engraved frontispiece portrait of Young and several internal engraved plates executed by notable period craftsmen (including Neagle, Cooke, and J. Palmer), representing a solid example of nineteenth-century provincial illustration. The copy bears modest but interesting provenance markers, including early ownership signatures ("J. Burman" and what appears to be "John Forster") on the preliminary leaves. Having been rebound functionally in plain paper boards, the book stands as an authentic, unsophisticated survival of a heavily read printing. Such stereotyped editions, while historically printed in enormous numbers to satisfy the sweeping middle-class appetite for pietistic literature, are surprisingly scarce on the open market today in any condition, as they were overwhelmingly read to pieces rather than preserved in formal libraries. A quintessential cornerstone of the eighteenth-century "Graveyard School" of poetry, Edward Young's Night Thoughts was a spectacular literary success that defined the mood of Christian melancholia for generations. Written in profound grief following a succession of personal losses, this expansive blank-verse epic explores the transient nature of life, the inevitability of death, and the hope of immortality. This compilation also features Robert Blair's similarly influential poem The Grave, alongside other contemporary elegiac works, offering a comprehensive immersion into the era's fascination with mortality, mourning, and spiritual redemption. W.M. Craig; Cooke; Neagle; J. Palmer; J. James; J. Dudley; J. Taylor (illustrator).…

First Edition. [8], 81pp. Original publisher's stitched blue paper wraps, some wear and creasing to edges. Contemporary ink inscription to head of upper wrapper. Lightly soiled. A scarce survival in original wrappers of this short practical anti-Catholic work, dedicated 'To the clergy, and other inhabitants of the Diocese of Chester, more especially of those parts where the Papists are most numerous'. Stated to be 'excerpted' from the already rather slight volume Five Sermons against Popery (Dublin, 1772) by Thomas Secker (1683-1768), Archbishop of Canterbury for the final ten years of his life. ESTC T138767. Size: 12mo.…

, [8], xii, 787 pages, 52 plates as called for, finely bound Early edition , light rubbing to corners and spine, small chip to front board, front hinge partially cracked, rear hinge cracked but held, light foxing, mostly to the prelims, good condition , full blue calf, four raised bands, gilt titles and gilt decorated compartments to spine, ornate gilt and blindstamped borders to front and rear boards, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, full gilt edges , folio, 28 cm x 23 cm Hardback ISBN.…

Paper-covered Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Original paper covered boards - mellowed formerly white cover with Oxford panel drawn on. Boards a little darkened. Backstrip missing. With frontis and vignette title, plus letterpress title page. Clean throughout. This volume is dedicated by the author and philologist Dr John Jamieson "the the young ladies of Bemersyde from their faithful servant and friend John Jamieson". Rare with original author's inscription. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

An address by the Bishop of London - also the President of the Society for the Conversion and Religious Instruction and Education of the Negro Slaves in the British West India Islands - calling for the introduction of Christianity and education among the slaves, a controversial topic at the time. Rare, with only three copies listed in OCLC, at the Clements Library, the National Library of Scotland, and the National Library of Jamaica. SABIN 64327. HEARTMAN 120:1571. OCLC 166605785, 877398247, 880742600. Contemporary stiff marbled wrappers, detached. Internally clean. Very good. …