James parkes foreword (3 risultati)

Pamphlet. 18, [1] p.; 21.5 cm. (Parkes Library pamphlets ; 10) Given at 14th Conference of Anglo-Jewish Preachers in May 1962. `One last word, there are times when we feel saddened and disappointed, that so many people today appear to be shallow and superficial--the `couldn't care less' attitude, but the balance is amply redressed when we visit the sick and witness the courage and fortitude, the quiet and serene faith with which ordinary people face great crises in their life. I have sat at the bedside of a woman afflicted with a fatal illness who spent all her conscious moments planning a future for her children which she knew she would never share. I have watched a man aware of his hopeless condition, pretending that he did not know, and responding to the comforting words of his family with an assumed cheerfulness. I have been called to a young doctor stricken with polio who asked me to pray with him, and as we recited the 27th Psalm together, I felt faith flowing into him like a healing current. I have seen men and women facing serious operations with quiet dignity, and individuals enduring pain and incapacity with serenity and faith. These are experiences which fill us with humility and reverence as we stand in awe in the presence of real courage and deep and abiding faith. To see the spirit triumph over fear and pain and ordeal--this is our unsought and highest reward.' (p. 18) VG, stapled, blue on white self-cover. …

Hardback. Printed pages: 158. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket: Browning to spine and rear cover. Wear to head of spine with archival tape repair to reverse. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book: First printing. Blue cloth binding. Slight fading to ends of spine. Foxing and light browning to page edges, very clean text throughout. Scarce. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. New & Revised Edition. xv, 701 pages. Index. Generously illustrated with diagrams and black and white reproductions of archival photos. "The final word on the subject, a book that can never ben superceded. The sources from which it is drawn are principally the Official Returns, Admiralty Ships Covers, Progress Books and the personal notes and confidences of a number of Directors of Naval Construction. The large number of photographs came from the author's collection ammassed over the years; the ships' plans have never before been equalled; throughout, previously unpublished information is provided and details of all vessels are compared with those of their foreign rivals." - dust jacket. Former library copy with above-average wear and usual markings. Front hinge starting. Back hinge taped. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A worthy reference copy of this monumental study. Bibliographic reference: Law 0998. Leech, James (illustratore).…