murdoch rev (25 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Brown cloth binding with gold and blind stamping. 471pp. + publisher's ads. Brown endpapers. Light general wear, hninges repaired and tight. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Photos on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Zustand: Good. 1958. Reprint. 126 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. The dustjacket shows light edgewear.

Paperback / softback. Zustand: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG. First Edition. some edge spotting, solid binding.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Edges yellowed, with some minor marking; top edge dust-stained. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

(xx),288,(2) Pp. Frontis, map and b&w. photo illus. Honan, a province in Central China's Yellow River Valley, is widely recognized as the place where Chinese civilization originated. There are 4 ancient capitals within its borders. Luoyang, capital during multiple dynasties, is home to Baima Si (White Horse Temple). Founded in the 1st century, it's among China's first Buddhist temples. Nearby, the Longmen Grottoes have Buddhist rock carvings dating to the 5th century. Very light wear to edges, Sunday School Library ink stamp to front paste-down, general condition is very good Light blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Slightly dampstained. (china, missions, presbyterian).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Original beige cloth on boards with gilt lettering. Grey pictorial DJ uncredited. A departure from autobiographies into fiction by this author. A wealthy young woman leaves her home against her father's will. She rents an old house in northern New Brunswick, where she bakes pastries to sell to visiting fishermen in search of salmon. DJ blurb drops the name of Ted Williams, who apparently fished there. Surprise ending ! 168 pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. green gilt dec. cloth, 259 pages, small closed tears and chips to d.j. edges,ink signed on title page by author . Father Murdoch earlier books, The Red Vineyard, Souvenir, Sprigs, Alone With T hee were very popular. In mylar protective jacket. Size: 8 Vo., Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Third Printing. blue cloth, gilt cover and spine, 217 pages,a clean, bright copy. a collection of short stories by the author of The Red Vinyard. riter. He is best known for his book The Red Vineyard (1928), which gives an account of his service during the First World War as a military chaplain. Murdoch enlisted and trained with the 132nd CEF Battalion (North Shore), and eventually served in England, France, Belgium and Germany. The much revered priest suffered from Post Tramatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Shell Shock as it was called at the time. As a result of his illness he lived almost half his life in seclusion in Bartibog, New Brunswick . A casuality of war -his illness misunderstood. Size: 8vo,. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. cloth, 168 pages, some minor edge tears, in protective mylar jacket, d.j. is NOT price clipped. Benedict Joseph Murdoch (1886-1973),was born in Chatham, New Brunswick he was best known as Reverend B.J. Murdoch. He was a priest and novelist. In 1915 he enlisted in the Canadian Army as chaplain to the 132nd North Shore Battalion, a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. When the war ended, Reverend Murdoch returned to New Brunswick to serve as pastor at Jacquet River, in Restigouche Co., and Douglastown ( now known as Miramichi). After serving for nine years in the Douglastown he suffered from combat stress, (shell shock) and retired from the ministry on medical recommendation and spent most of the next thirty years living in seclusion in a woods cabin near Bartibog, ten miles from Chatham. Having no military pension he made money from his writing and the small stipends he received for each day he celebrated Mass. All his works were written in longhand since he never owned a typewriter. He died at Hotel-Dieu Hospital in Miramichi on 31 January, 1973 at age 86 Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Plus. Photo Portrait Frontispiece (illustrator). Tenth Printing. Original maroon cloth lettered in gold on boards. Cream dustjacket has red and black decoration and black lettering. Minor edgewear to dustjacket. Father Murdoch, a New Brunswicker, served as Chaplain to Canadian Expeditionary Forces in World War I, the subject of this book. This book was inscribed to Ralph Costello, the publisher of two Saint John, New Brunswick newspapers. 238 pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Cream coloured cloth. Zustand: Vg. to fine in fine dj. (7)-168 Pp. This is a novel by the well known New Brunswick author about a young girl, daughter of a millionaire who leaves her father's home, against his will, and rents an ancient country dwelling in the Miramichi valley, N.B.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 2001 Newcomen Society hardcover edition. Some reading wear, lean to spine else good condition. Contents: (1) Introduction, (2) Keynote address, Sir Neil Cossons, (3) Railways in the Greek and Roman world, (4) A rediscovered early rail waggon, (5) Pre-1840 trackways in south Wales, (6) Transitional technology: the Nantlle railway, (7) The railways of James Watt, (8) An engineering assessment of the Kilmarnock & Troon railway (1807-46), (9) Early railways in Dorset: the industrial railway of Purbeck, (10) North eastern locomotive pioneers 1805 to 1827; a reassessment, (11) The strange story of the Steam Elephant, (12) Rope haulage: the forgotten element of railway history, (13) An alternative railway technology: early monorail systems, (14) Rings, springs, strings and things: the national collection pre 1840, (15) The first steam locomotives on the European mainland, (16) The origins of the St Etienne rail roads, 181-38; French industrial espionage and British technology transfer, (17) The transfer of pioneering British railroad technology to North America, (18) The Albion mines railway of 1839-1840; some British roots of Canada's first industrial railway, (19) Learning through restoration; the Samson locomotive project, (20) Coal, banks and railways, (21) Early railways and regional identity, (22) The Stanhope and Tyne railway; a study in business failure, (23) Reflections on the iconography of early railways.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good to Very Good. Reprint. Original dark blue cloth on boards. Bright orange DJ has tiny fold tear at head. Inscribed "To R. B. Graham with every good wish from B.J. Murdoch." First printed in 1927, again in 1928, and by demand, again in 1955. Listed separately, also signed, is Reverend Murdoch's book based on his experience as a Chaplain in WWI, The Red Vineyard. Sprigs is more short stories. 217 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. The Red Vineyard by Rev. B.J. Murdoch, published by The Torch Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1927. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on front cover. Hardcover, 313 pages, frontispiece portrait of author. The story of a Catholic Chaplin in the Great War who carried God s words and Sacrament to soldiers in the front lines, hospitals, and wherever needed. Born in 1885 in Chatham, New Brunswick, Benedict Joseph Murdoch served as a Parish Priest in Douglastown and Jacquet River and also as a Chaplin to the 132nd North Shore Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces. Pages yellowed, page 11 has a previous owner s signature, also the inside of the back cover. Two cataloguing numbers on spine. Black stain on upper left-hand corner of cover. First two pages loose. Book: Fair.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 168 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.38 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Thos. Hunter (illustrator). a late 19th century reprint in green decorative boards with gold gilt title bands on both front cover and spine, no DJ as issued, 471 pages with 6 pages of book titles by publisher in rear, an unmarked illuminated presentation page after FEP copyrighted 1885 by Philadelphia lithographer Thos.(Thomas) Hunter, well preserved inner hinges with floral decorated end papers without markings, no handwriting, some dust tone to covers and light soil, in all this scarce publication has survived well.

Zustand: Good. First edition - Good copy in original cloth - REL0113 - 96pp. - Arbuckle Waddella l and Fawckner, Melbourne Australia. 1915. Hardback. . . . .

Leather. Zustand: Good. None (illustrator). An instructional religious work. Complete in two volumes, bound as one. Undated, dated using Copac. With a portrait frontispiece of Rev George Hay. Revised and corrected by Reverend John Murdoch. In a full calf binding. Externally, rubbed to the edges and to the joints. Heavier rubbing to the head and tail of spine. Light lines of rubbing to the spine. Front hinge is slightly strained but firm. Frontispiece and title page are loosening and may detach with further handling. Internally, firmly bound. Dark tidemark to the top corner of frontispiece and title page, affecting the corner of first few pages. Endpapers are soiled with many marks and spots. Worming to the front pastedown and to the recto of front endpaper. Prior owners' inscriptions to the recto of front endpaper and to title page. Pages are age toned, particularly to the edges. Spotting to the first and last few pages with occasional light spots throughout. Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First Thus. from the library of janet gaynor; winner of only silent film actress academy award for the year 1927-1928. relative newcomer gaynor won the first academy award over gish etc. gift inscription reads "petite, wise, admirable janet gaynor.- i count myself favoured by fortune in the honor of being your teacher. faithfully samuel kayzen, april 26 1932." Association Copy.

Zustand: Good. First edition - Good copy in original cloth - REL0113 - 96pp. - Arbuckle Waddella l and Fawckner, Melbourne Australia. 1915. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.