STORIES FROM THE BIBLE
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Stock no. 2140294
Published by Faber & Gwyer. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition.

Vellum spine with gilt title. Gilt decoration to front cover; brown/red cloth. Limited edition to 300 copies printed on English hand-made paper. SIGNED by author to verso of half-title page. This is Copy No. 192. Many pages are uncut - others are a bit jagged where they have been 'cut'. Some scuff marks, spotting and fading to covers. Foxing and browning to outer page edges; some margin marks.

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STORIES FROM THE BIBLE
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Stock no. 1322911
Published by Faber & Gwyer. 1st 1929. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 397 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Spine bumped with some fading. Light foxing to textblock and prelims else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge creased, small tear to lower edge of rear panel has been repaired on verso.

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RELIGION AND THE DECLINE OF MAGIC (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Keith Thomas.
Stock no. 1822742
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2012. Fine condition.

Studies in popular beliefs in 16th and 17th century England. Introduced by Hilary Mantel. Blue pictorial cloth with gilt. Colour plates. Still in original shrinkwrap which is just starting to split open at bottom end. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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TEN SAINTS
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by Helen Sewell.
Stock no. 2135468
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

9.75 x 7.25 ins. Illustrated endpapers. Bold full page colour illustrations. The text is specially designed for children, and each section is accompanied by a rhyme. The ten saints lived from the 3rd to the 13th Centuries. Wear to corners and spine. Bookplate and some tape marks to front pastedown. Other tape marks to rear pastedown/endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and chips; tape repairs to top edge of front panel and to spine; some loss.

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HISTORY OF CONGREGATIONALISM IN CARDIFF AND DISTRICT
Written by John Williamson.
Stock no. 1822484
Published by The Educational Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1920. Very good condition.

Brown cloth, black titles. B/w photos. 135 pages. Text block and endpapers browned and foxed. One or two small closed tears (no loss) to page margins.

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SECRET MEMOIRS OF A RENAISSANCE POPE
Written by Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini.
Stock no. 1321572
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Commentaries of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini Pius II. An abridgement. B/w illustrations. Full cream vegetable parchment ('Elephanthide'), with Piccolomini's crest blind stamped to front cover. Dark red leather title label to spine with gilt title. A few fox spots to spine else book is fine. A couple of tiny marks to slipcase.

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NUNS: A HISTORY OF CONVENT LIFE 1450-1700
Written by Silvia Evangelisti.
Stock no. 2134949
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780199532056. Light wear to cover corners.

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THE KNIGHTS OF CHRIST (MEN-AT-ARMS)
Written by Terence Wise. Illustrated by Richard Scollins.
Stock no. 2134747
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Religious/Military Orders of Knighthood 1118-1565. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Colour plates. ISBN: 0850456045. Browning to covers.

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SAINT PETER IN THE VATICAN: THE MOSAICS AND THE SACRED SPACE
Written by A. Comastri; et al.
Stock no. 1821742
Published by Musei Vaticani; Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Mosaics and sacred artworks of Saint Peter. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. Large format. A fine copy, still in original shrinkwrap (unread) which is a little torn.

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PINACOTECA VATICANA: IN THE PAINTING THE EXPRESSION OF THE DIVINE MESAGE IN THE LIGHT THE ROOT OF THE PICTORIAL CREATION
Written by Baldini Umberto; et al.
Stock no. 1821732
Published by Fabbri Editori. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Very large format. Grey picotrial boards, blind title to spine. 471 pages. Colour illustrations throughout, some fold-out. Tiny lower corner crease to a few pages. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase in almost fine condition.

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HITLER'S POPE: THE SECRET HISTORY OF PIUS XII
Written by John Cornwell.
Stock no. 2134026
Published by Penguin Books. Circa 2008. Very good condition.

This edition, with New Preface. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780143114000. Small nick to top edge of front cover; some cover edge creasing. Black mark to bottom outer page edges.

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MEDUSA'S GAZE: CASUISTRY AND CONSCIENCE IN THE RENAISSANCE
Written by Lowell Gallagher.
Stock no. 1819661
Published by Stanford University Press. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Examining the central role of casuistry in Elizabethan religions, political, and literary culture. Black cloth boards, red title to spine. Colour frontis. ISBN: 0804718598. Some mottling to boards. Text block slightly grubby, contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel and some foxing to verso.

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