A h g downes (5 resultados)

Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Good+. Good+ mass market paperback copy (NOT ex-library). Price marked off cover, minor shelfwear and wear to corners, light age-toning. In English, translated by A.H.G. Downes. 278pp. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1952 printing. Bound in publisher's red cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. A couple of minor stains to covers. Pages unmarked. The author draws upon his deep scholarship, upon insights gathered from poets, the experiences of saints, the discoveries of scientists, philosophers and theologians, and, above all, upon the revealed and ever-revealing Word of God to state the Christian approach to the meaning of man. Sensitively aware of those modern philosophies which challenge the Christian reverence for man as the image of God, the author sets out to show the theology of man's relation to God and how this relationship defines, colors, and directs man's relationship to both the temporal and spiritual facets of his existence. …

Hardcover. B/W photos. Very good condition. No dj. Includes chapters on Wood Properties of Interest in Plantation Productivity; Models of Within-Tree Variation; Within-Tree Variation and Sampling Point Correlations; Tools for Rapid and Cost-Effective Analysis of Wood Properties etc. 130pp. ISBN 064306284X.…

Hardcover. First Edition. pp. xiii, 1238. List of Members, (p.ii), Table of Contents (pp. iii-x), Royal Warrant (pp. xi-xiii).[Majority] Report (pp. 1-645; Index (p.646); List of Principal Recommendations (pp. 647-670); Separate Report by the Prebendary H. Russell Wakefield, Franccis Chandler, George Lansbury and Mrs. Sidney Webb (pp. 719- 1238. The Commission was appointed in 1905 'to inquire: - 1) Into the working of the laws relating to the relief of poor persons in the United Kingdom; 2) Into the various means which have been adopted outside of the Poor Laws for meeting distress arising from want of employment, particularly during periods of severe industrial depression.' The Commission was famously split and its recommendations were published in one report. A large propganda campaign was organized by Sidney and Beatrice Webb in support of the recommendations for prevention of destitution. In the years that followed, the fabric of the old Poor Law was gradually dismantled and the new system of social insurance took its place. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in full leather, rebound with original covers. Spine with 5 raised bands. Title and date in gilt on leather labels on spine. Covers are worn and scuffed. Binding is tight, gutters intact. Marbled endpapers. Ex-lib, wihdrawn from G.L.C. Members Library. …

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. An attractive selection of books on the Medieval era, particularly on contemporary thought and virtues across Britain and Europe. An attractive set of Medieval books that will offer the reader an insightful glimpse into thought, philosophy and theology in the Middle Ages. Published from 1950-1964.In the publisher's original cloth, in the original dust wrappers. All wrappers are unclipped except Brakelond, Pulpit and Saint Anselm. A frontispiece appears in Southern's Middle Ages and Saint Anselm, while an illustrated map of 'The Liberty of Saint Edmund' appears in Brakelond. Collated complete.While often considered to be a period marked by decay and little progress, the Medieval period is one of the most fascinating times in history, filled with intrigue, power struggles and powerful reflections on virtues and ideals. This particular set focuses on Medieval Britain and Europe. List of works include:The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond, edited by H.E. Butler, with both the original Latin and English translation (1951 reprint).The Art of Courtly Love by Andreas Capellanus, translated with notes and introduction by John Jay Perry (1964, second printing).The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy by Etienne Gilson, translated by A.H.C. Downes (1950 reprint).Literature and Pulpit in Medieval England by G.R. Owst (1961 reprint).The Making of the Middle Ages by R.W. Southern (1959 reprint).Saint Anselm and his Biographer: A Study of Monastic Life and Thought by R.W. Southern (1963, first edition).Philosophy in the Middle Ages by Paul Vignaux, translated by E.C. Hall (1959, first translated edition). In the publisher's original cloth, in the original dust wrappers. Externally, very smart with clean boards. Minimal bumping to head and tail of spines, a marginally heavier to Owst, Gilson, and Capellanus, where a fraction of cloth has lifted. Dust wrapper are generally clean, with sunning to the extremities and spines. Sunning heaviest to wrapper spines of Gilson, Vigneux and Owst. Minor shelf wear to wrapper extremities, with the occasional small chip. Small closed tears to wrapper top edges except Owst. End papers are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot to Brakelond, Owst, Anselm and a little heavier to Making. Very faint offsetting to Capellanus and Gilson. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are mostly bright and clean, with light spotting to extremities of first and final leaves of Brakelond and Making. Very Good. Unknown (ilustrador). book. …