Author: NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY CARDINAL
Title: Apologia Pro Vita Sua (Modern Library #113. 3)
Description: New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1959]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition of the autobiography by England's John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890). This work arose from a dispute with Charles Kingsley of the Anglican Church which also led to Newman's departure from the Anglican Church to the Roman Catholic Church. The title of this work roughly translates into English as "In Defense of My Own Life." Cardinal Newman was canonized as a saint of the Catholic Church in 2019. With an introduction by Anton C. Pegis. --- In Toledano spine 8 / red cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 388 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1959 (though 1950 date appears in book). ML #113.3. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked, though with dulling to cover gilding. Unclipped ($1.95) dust jacket with chips to spine ends, moderate chafing to extremities and slightly darkened spine, otherwise bright, mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xiv, 430, (4, ads) pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Modern Library Editions >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir >>Religion and Spirituality
Title: Apologia Pro Vita Sua (Modern Library #113. 3)
Description: New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1959]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition of the autobiography by England's John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890). This work arose from a dispute with Charles Kingsley of the Anglican Church which also led to Newman's departure from the Anglican Church to the Roman Catholic Church. The title of this work roughly translates into English as "In Defense of My Own Life." Cardinal Newman was canonized as a saint of the Catholic Church in 2019. With an introduction by Anton C. Pegis. --- In Toledano spine 8 / red cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 388 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1959 (though 1950 date appears in book). ML #113.3. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked, though with dulling to cover gilding. Unclipped ($1.95) dust jacket with chips to spine ends, moderate chafing to extremities and slightly darkened spine, otherwise bright, mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xiv, 430, (4, ads) pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Modern Library Editions >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir >>Religion and Spirituality
Price: US$ 23.00 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 86718
- Book number: 86718