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Saint Augustine (Penguin Lives)
by Wills, Garry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670886106
- ISBN 13
- 9780670886104
- Seller
-
STILLWATER, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: A Lipper / Viking Book, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xxii, 152pp. Mildly ex-library, with no library treatments to book covers. Exterior is clean and binding is sound. Aside from typical library treatments, no markings to interior. Dust-jacket admits to a sticker and clear tape to lower spine area; else, just a touch of wear to jacket. A good, clean, sound copy
Synopsis
Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills brings the same fresh scholarship, lively prose, and critical appreciation that characterize his well-known books on religion and American history to this outstanding biography of one of the most influential Christian philosophers. Saint Augustine follows its subject from his youth in fourth-century Africa to his conversion and subsequent development as a theologian. It challenges the widely held misconceptions about Augustine’s sexual excesses and shows how, in embracing classical philosophy, Augustine managed to enlist “pagan authors” in the defense of Christianity. The result is a biography that makes a spiritual ancestor feel like our contemporary.
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Details
- Seller
- Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 034198
- Title
- Saint Augustine (Penguin Lives)
- Author
- Wills, Garry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670886106
- ISBN 13
- 9780670886104
- Publisher
- A Lipper / Viking Book
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Lives of the Saints biographies Catholic early church biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Augustine;
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About the Seller
Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
STILLWATER, Minnesota
About Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
Welcome to Henry Stachyra, Bookseller. We are a family owned business, specializing in scholarly used, out-of-print and rare books. We bring 18 years of experience to buying and selling second-hand books. Our primary specialties are theology and philosophy, medieval studies and patristics. However, we also sell books in many other categories, especially scholarly.
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