Muriel trevor (35 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good. One of the major characters in this novel of a Protestant young woman, and the Roman Catholic she marries, is the inspiring figure of Blessed John Cardinal Newman. In the story of Clem and Augustine, their courtship and marriage, and Clem's conversion to her husband's faith, the reader sees the vital, influential, and holy Cardinal through the eyes of friends. Like Newman, the fictional character Clem was born in the Protestant faith, and their acquaintance begins before he or she becomes a Roman Catholic. The novel charts their ongoing friendship as it spans many years during which pivotal historical influences, such as the Industrial Revolution and the Oxford Movement, are shaping Victorian England. Many important events, personages, and ideas in the life of Newman appear in the story--his reasons for becoming a Roman Catholic, his differences with Cardinal Manning, his work in the Birmingham Oratory, and his being made a cardinal by Pope Leo XI. The author, a renowned biographer of Newman, used Newman's actual correspondence as the basis for his parts in the dialogue.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. One of the major characters in this novel of a Protestant young woman, and the Roman Catholic she marries, is the inspiring figure of Blessed John Cardinal Newman. In the story of Clem and Augustine, their courtship and marriage, and Clem's conversion to her husband's faith, the reader sees the vital, influential, and holy Cardinal through the eyes of friends. Like Newman, the fictional character Clem was born in the Protestant faith, and their acquaintance begins before he or she becomes a Roman Catholic. The novel charts their ongoing friendship as it spans many years during which pivotal historical influences, such as the Industrial Revolution and the Oxford Movement, are shaping Victorian England. Many important events, personages, and ideas in the life of Newman appear in the story--his reasons for becoming a Roman Catholic, his differences with Cardinal Manning, his work in the Birmingham Oratory, and his being made a cardinal by Pope Leo XI. The author, a renowned biographer of Newman, used Newman's actual correspondence as the basis for his parts in the dialogue.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Mildly Edgeworn. Condizione sovraccoperta: Moderate Dust Jacket Wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding firm.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Sturdy copy. Neat underlining throughout but does not hinder reading of text. Dj intact. Lh.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 285p, a VG paperback. This abridgement of the 1962 two-volumed work was first published in the Fontana Library of Theology and Philosophy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hardback with dust jacket in good condition. Few light creases in the back of the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First printing. A very good book in a very good dust jacket. Jacket has one small tear. Sec 36A.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good+. First Printing - First Thus. 292 pp. Trade paperback format. Printed in England, still with the UK publisher's name (Constable) on the title page; released in a McClelland and Stewart cover. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: The Moment of Truth by Graham Greene; In Love with Ariadne by William Trevor; Lavee Lagair Lemaore Lamaird by Laura Kalpakian; Open to the Public by Muriel Spark; Beyond Good and Evil by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy-Casares; A Fairly Close Encounter by A. L. Barker; Chameleon by Lawrence Scott; Othello's Shadow by Paul Sayer; Cloete's Revenge by Damon Galgut; Dream Kitchen by Paul Pickering; Geranium by David Updike; and The American Dream by Georgina Hammick. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Condizione: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Condizione: Very Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Literature, Autobiography, Personal correspondance).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good tip bumped in Very good dust jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDDust jacket little edgenicked with small chips.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. MAGNIFICENT: First Edition (Orig. April 29, 2003) First Printing: NEW mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW cover w/ SUPERB rose-orange linen wrapping spine & extending 2.12" onto front & back panels covered in SUPERB slate-blue linen w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & w/ titles BEAUTIFULLY gilt-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, EXQUSITE brown-lettering-on-tan card-stock end-papers handsomely -illustrated w/ "manuscript motif", NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & red-white-checked bands at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior printed w/ handsome clarity on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 6.76" x 9.50" x 1.50", 1.08 kg, xxvi+436 (462) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: In a one-volume abridgment, these 16th-century letters paint a magnificent portrait of family life amidst the intrigue, terror, & politics of the court of Henry VIII, w/ Lord Lisle's imprisonment in the Tower of London as the culmination of this profoundly fascinating & deeply moving story. * ABOUT THE EDITOR: Muriel St. Clare Byrne (1895-1983) worked for decades to create the six-volume edition of the sixteenth-century letters of Arthur Plantagenet, Lord Lisle. She was a lecturer at Oxford University, the University of London, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She was the author or editor of several other books about sixteenth-century England, and also co-authored, with her friend Dorothy L Sayers, the play Busman's Honeymoon. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted rates.…

Hardcover. Condizione: VG++/VG++/VG+. y 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp. HARDBACK "FOREWORD BY HUGH TREVOR-ROPER," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1983* Publisher: Secker and Warburg.* Binding and cover condition: Quarter-bound, blue cloth boards with scarlet spine strip, gilt title to spine and facsimile signature to face. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to bottom edge and tail of spine. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £12.50. Slight shelf wear to top edge and to head of spine. Small nick to top front edge. Front flap somewhat creased. Now in clear protective jacket. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Illustrated end papers showing facsimile document. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks to top edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: Facsimiles plates, reproductions & b/w line drawings throughout.* Pages: 416 pp. text. xxi pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Here is a one-volume abridgement of the acclaimed six-volume set of the Lisle letters which were assembled originally in search of evidence to be used in the trial for treason of Arthur Plantagenet, Lord Lisle. They were written from 1533 to 1540, when Lord Lisle was Deputy of Calais and provide a marvellous insight into the world of Henry VIII and his court.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st/1st with minor dust jacket faults and grubby top edge.* Boland, Bridget 1983-10-01.…

Hard cover. First edition. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good -. Paperback, almost Very Good, pp160, contents fine and tight.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Book is in very good/clean condition. Dust wrapper has wear and tears to extremities. 436 pages. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears, and is foxed here and there. No internal inscriptions. No torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; England; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0436079054. ISBN/EAN: 9780436079054. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54907. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. …

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Condizione: Good. 12 uniform small paperbacks in black board slipcase, 8vo.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Very Good Slipcase. First Edition Thus. Binding is square, tight, and solid. Blue cloth boards. Gilt is solid and bright. Pages are unmarked, crisp, clean, and not bent. Gold coloured slipcase has minor wear and a 1cm crack at one fore-edge corner.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Publisher: University Of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in FINE- dust-jacket. One tiny closed tear at the heel of dj's spine. Due to the book's weight, we are unable to ship outside USA. NOT remainder marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT faded. NOT a book club edition. NOT an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.…

Condizione: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt lettering to strawberry cloth spine. 8vo 9½'' x 7¼'' [xxv] 436 printed pages of text. ISBN 0436079054. Couple of small spots to the top edge. Near Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0436079054 ENGLISH HISTORY.…

Condizione: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt lettering to strawberry cloth spine. 8vo 9½'' x 7¼'' xxv, 436 [pp] ISBN 0436079054. Couple of small spots to the top edge. Near Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Separate card from the Directors of Secker & Warburg inviting the recipient to Luncheon at the Savile Club to launch this book. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0436079054 ENGLISH HISTORY.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. all 12 slim short story booklets are near fine to fine card covers.all unread in a rubbed slipcase.