Theology And Freethought from Zetetic Books

Various: Various, 1792. Sammelband of eight pamphlets on Methodism. Comprising: 1. 'An Address to the Members and Friends of the Methodist Society in Newcastle', no publisher, no place ?(Newcastle), 1792, [2], iii-vi, 6-24pp; 2. 'An Account of the Trials of Alex. Kilham at Two District Meetings Previous to His Trial at the Conference Held at London 1796, Written by Himself',… Read more about this item

London: Hurst, Chance and Co. And Effingham Wilson, 1830. [5], vi-xi, [2], 2-182pp. Original cloth, title label to spine. Spine lightly faded, with light staining towards top and a small ink stain towards foot, light stain to lower cover, cloth generally lightly mottled. Lacks the front free endpaper, previous owners name to head of half-title, frontispiece lightly stained, otherwise fairly… Read more about this item

Exeter: Moon [Printer], 1818. Single sided printed broadside, approximately 220mm x 280mm in size. Lightly browned, lightly creased, worn to old folds with loss to a couple of letters of text, but with no loss of sense. The printer was [John] Moon of Exeter. Unrecorded broadside, seemingly complaining about a retirement home for dissenting clergy being built in Exeter, noting… Read more about this item

London: J. Watson, 1844. [3], 4-15pp, [1]. Later plain Fabriano paper covers. Pages lightly browned and with a few spots of foxing. One of Robert Dale Owen's pamphlets, with the final page being the 'Benefits of Responsible Government' by William Maclure. Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877), son of Robert Owen, and briefly a member of the US Congress. William Maclure (1767-1840),… Read more about this item

No Place: No Publisher Single sided printed broadside, approximately 125mm x 320mm in size, printed on yellow paper, no publisher, place or date. Slightly creased from old folds, but generally clean. Anti-Church and anti-tithe poem, ending with the verse "These are the men whose blandishment, Increase the daily widening rent, And point to disestablishment". First Edition. Unbound. Good+. Folio. Broadside.

Paris: Adolphe Laine, 1872. [3], 4-68pp, original decorative cloth, title in gilt within ornate frame to upper cover, with corner pieces in blind. Rubbed to extremities, corners lightly bumped, small black mark to centre of upper cover, endpapers browned, label of 'The Friends Meeting House Clevdon' to front pastedown and previous owner's name (John Frank - one of the members… Read more about this item

Lincoln: T.O. Brumby [Printer] Single sided printed broadside, approximately 205mm x 335mm in size, n.d. c.1850? A couple of small closed tears to head, lightly creased from old folds, lightly browned, otherwise clean. The printer was T.[homas] O.[xley] Brumby, of 1 Butcher Street, Lincoln (fl. 1841-1861), he was also a bookseller, stationer and bookbinder according to the BBTI. Appears to… Read more about this item

No Place: No Publisher, 1840. Single sided engraved ticket, approximately 75mm x 55mm in size, n.p. but almost certainly London. Possibly very slightly cropped, reverse with remnants of coloured paper where removed from an album. Dated 1840, (but the design is earlier as we have seen another dated 183-), with this being numbered 84. The front seats around the gallery… Read more about this item

London: Burgess, 1914. Single sided printed tissue, approximately 365mm x 370mm in size. Torn with loss to upper right hand corner and left hand side, creased and slightly spotted, but generally quite bright and clean. The first congress to be held after William Booth's death in 1912 and the last one until 1978. The printer was Burgess, who specialised in… Read more about this item

No Place: No Publisher, 1853. Single sided broadside, approximately 480mm x 380mm in size, no publisher or place. Lightly browned with minor staining and light offsetting, creased from old folds, small amounts of remnants from elsewhere to central fold of reverse, otherwise fairly bright. Appears to be an anti-Catholic satire appearing in the format of an advertisement for a… Read more about this item

London: S. Burgess, 1923. Printed, single sided tissue, approximately 340mm x 340mm in size. Black marks, presumably from the printing press, to either side, small amount of chipping to top right hand corner, otherwise fairly bright. Rose corner pieces to top left and bottom right hand corners, central image of General Booth (though he had died in 1912), surrounded by… Read more about this item

No Place: Tyler (Sculp.), 1839. Single sided engraved ticket, approximately 80mm x 55mm in size, n.p. but almost certainly London. Very lightly browned to edges, reverse with remnants of coloured paper where removed from an album. Dated 1839, but the design will be earlier as the final digit in the year is left blank (so 1830 or even earlier), this… Read more about this item

London: J. Noon, 1732. [2], 36pp, [2], disbound. Browned to edges, with pen number to corner of each page and authors name beneath title, otherwise fairly clean. ESTC T11676, with ten locations worldwide. First Edition. Disbound. Good. 8vo. Pamphlet.

London: J. Matthews and C. Dilly, 1795. 24pp, original paper wrappers, disbound. Light staining to foot of title, title nearly detached, creased to fore-edge of pages, lightly browned, but generally fairly clean. The second edition, ESTC shows a couple of provincially printed editions in the same year (Leicester and Hull), all editions are uncommon, with seven locations in the UK… Read more about this item

No Place: For the Editor, 1764. [4], 60pp, later boards. Spine browned, internally lightly browned, but generally clean. Clark Collection, page 108. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 8vo. Pamphlet.

Whitby: R. Horne, 1832. 8pp, disbound. Lightly browned, light soiling to last page. Uncommon, BL only on COPAC. First Edition. Paper Covers. Good. 8vo. Pamphlet.

London: No Publisher, 1710. 16pp, original paper covers. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets, trimmed, slightly soiled some light ink staining to last page of text not affecting sense, but generally fairly clean. Speck / Madan 319. First Edition. Paper Covers. Good. 12mo. Pamphlet.

London: John Morphew, 1710. 31pp, [1], original paper covers. Upper cover lightly soiled, edges chipped, one or two spots of foxing, but generally fairly clean. The Bishop of Norwich's speech with a separate title page. Estc T22830. Speck / Madan 338, noting that both Wake and Trimnell quote from Sacheverell's sermon to prove his opposition to the toleration of dissenters.… Read more about this item

Cardiff: William Bird, 1829. 28pp, ex-library with accession number in pencil to head of title, lacks front wrapper. Title slightly grubby, light occasional foxing otherwise internally fairly bright. Uncommon, no copies this early, or any with the Cardiff imprint on COPAC . First Edition. Paper Covers. Good. 12mo. Ex-Library.

Tenby: R. Mason, 1878. 24pp, paper covers, ex-library, with accession number in pencil to head of front cover. Covers a little grubby, light foxing to front cover and bottom edge of pamphlet, last four pages foxed. "George Huntington (1825-1905), Church of England clergyman. Huntington was a devout high-churchman who initially provoked evangelical opposition in Tenby. A mission conducted there in… Read more about this item