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This book is in very good condition. The front and back cover have minimal wear as well as the spine. The edges have minimal wear and the corners have hardly been bumped.The previous owners signature is written on the inside of the front cover. The pages are clean but are starting to yellow and tan. The binding is tight and solid. "No one can foretell the future. Even the most imaginative and farsighted of the men of the mid-19th century-men like Jules Verne in technology or Admiral Mahan in naval strategy-saw only in dim outline a few features of the middle of the twentieth century. We now have a range of technology that would have astonished even Jules Verne and it is by no means clear to us what the shape of the mid-twenty-first century will be. We too may see some shapes, some outlines. That is what this book is about." - Foreword, Man on a Spaceship

This book is in good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, spine and the edges of the cover. There is some bumping on the corners. The pages are yellowed but clear of any markings."In 1970 John Macquarrie came home from eight years as Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary, New York, after lecturing at his own university, Glascow. He had of course been home before that, at such moments as for the 1968 Lambeth Conference, where (as again in 1978) he was a consultant. In Michaelmas 1970 he became a Canon of Christ Church and Oxford's Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity...." - Foreword from Mary for All Christians

This book is in good condition. There is wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards and the edges are worn as well. The corners are bumped as well. The previous owners names are affixed and written on the inside of the front and back cover boards.There is staining on the front, back and spine of the cover boards. The pages are yellowed and tanned, but free of markings. "For each worshiping generation "the people called Methodists" have provided a revised edition of the HYMNAL. In every revision, however urgent the need for different devotional expression, the constraining motive has accorded with the counsel of the apostle:"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord...." - Preface from The Methodist Hymnal

This book is in fair condition. There is significant wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards The edges are also worn and the corners are bumped to the point of fraying. The previous owners name is inscribed on the inside of the front cover board. The pages are yellowed and tanned. This antiquarian book provides all the old standard hymns and the Psalms. A true collector's item.

This book is in good condition. There is a considerable amount of wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. There is a small ink stain on the front cover board and the lettering is fading on the front and spine of the cover boards. The corners of the cover boards are bumped significantly. One of the previous owners name is affixed on the inside of the front cover board and the other previous owners name is written on the front end page. The pages are yellowed and tanned and there are some markings and underlining. "Scholarship in this country for long clung to the traditional view of the Fourth Gospel, and we still lack in English a satisfactory commentary on the whole text written from the standpoint of the more moderate among recent continental commentators. That the present volume will at all adequately fill up a very obvious blank I can hardly hope; but it is offered as an attempt, however imperfect, to give the English reader in commentary form the results of the modern… Read More

This book is in good condition, although the dust jacket is torn in many places. There is minimal wear on the front, back, edges, and spine of the cover boards. There is no bumping and little fraying on the cover boards. The dust jacket is taped down on the cover boards. The pages are beginning to yellow, but the pages are clear of any markings. "When, after thirty years, Henrietta Blackwell returned to Great Island, garlanded in her private grief, she was still a remarkably beautiful woman and something of a legend. The boatman's eyes had gone to her un-ringed left hand, the moment she stepped onto his deck, and he had called her 'Miss Henrietta' until the servant Rosa, blowing about in a small, fierce tempest, had rebuked him with assorted languages. He had shrugged and substituted 'Madam Bryce' though he knew as well as all the island did that the title was a polite fiction and that the elopement of three decades past had never been blessed by Church nor approved by Law...." - Chapter One from… Read More

This book is in good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards The corners are slightly bumped.on the cover boards. The previous owners name is stamped on the inside of the front cover board. The pages are white, crisp and clear of all markings.The binding is cracked on the front of the spine and the previous owner used clear tape to repair the binding. "The Book of my esteemed friend Dietrich von Hilderbrand entitled True Morality and its Counterfeits was heralded when it first appeared as the most fully considered answer to a law-defying situation ethics as well as to an ossified legalistic ethics. The book is a positive and constructive answer. The reader can understand with little difficulty the basic principles in question...." - Preface from Morality And Situation Ethics

This book is in good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards and some minor bumping on the corners. The pages are white, crisp and clear of any markings. "For years I refused to write a field guide to the common edible and poisonous mushrooms, because field characters alone are not sufficient for accurate recognition of our native species. This is still true, but another factor has caused me to change my attitude...." - Introduction from The Mushroom Hunter's Field Guide

This book is in fair condition. The front, back and spine have considerable wear on the cover boards. There is also a considerable amount of wear on the edges of the cover boards. The corners are bumped. The front end page has a dedication to the previous owner written on the inside page. The pages are yellowed and tanned and the edges of the pages are worn. The rest of the book is free of markings. "Glancing down the other day from my study in the rectory tower, I saw a Life photographer posing a bright young fashion model against the background of our old lich-gate. This is not unusual-the outlines of our lich-gate, with its turned-up eaves and green leaves behind it, must be familiar through pictures to thousands of people who have never been here in person. The Little Church Around the Corner is a household name. It is the church with the beautiful Bridal Altar where romantic young couples flock to get married. It is the official place of worship of hundreds of actors. It is the historic shrine… Read More

This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the cover boards. The dust jacket has a little wear. The pages are crisp, white, and clear of all markings. "On December 7th, 1941, when the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor, Tracy Sugarman was a young man studying to be an illustrator - and falling in love with a tawny-haired girl named June. But for Tracy, as for all Americans, everything changed that December dawn...." - Preface from My War: A Love Story in Letters and Drawings