Rev Robert Fleming (3 results)

Condition: Very good. - Small quarto [9 inches high by approximately 8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The front cover is lightly foxed with a few small stains. There is some discoloration & minor soiling to the rear cover with a crease to its top corner. 63 pages. Black-and-white illustrations, including facsimiles. Very good. "The University of Waterloo.has one of the largest and best engineering schools in Canada.An educational foundation was established in 1977 to promote cooperative education and to develop new modes of interaction between industry and universities to further improve engineering education.". The foundation was named after Sandford Fleming, described in Legget's lecture as "a statesman engineer" and "truly one of the real builders of Canada". For a few years Fleming was simultaneously the Chief Engineer of the Intercolonial Railway from Halifax to Montreal, the Newfoundland Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 143p. A thin hardcover book bound in dark green cloth. Faint soiling on spine. Owner's provenance inscription, dated 1848, on both front and back endpapers. Some light foxing inside, and spotty brown stains in the margins of pages 43-57. Pencil underlining on several pages, but majority of text clean, and binding tight. Anti-Catholic book originally published in the 17th century, predicting the downfall of Rome and describing apocalyptic biblical prophecies.

104;64;96;98;192 Pp. Frontis engr. of Mary Queen of Scots and engraved title page at front pamphlet "History of the Abbey and Palace of Holyrood, other vignettes Title include The Confession of Faith, Used in the English Congregation at Geneva. Also John Knox 's Confession of Faith; Scriptural Principles of the Solemn League and Covenant, in their Bearing on the Present State of the Episcopal Churches;Catalogue of Antiquities in the Museum The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland;The Rise and Fall of Papacy;History of the Abbey and Palace of Holyrood Boards rubbed and worn, spine is worn along hinges, generally very good 1/2 calf with marbled boards, raised bands and title label to spine.