Henry g sheppard (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING. Henry FitzGerald Heard, (6 October 1889 - 14 August 1971), commonly called Gerald Heard, was a British-born American historian, science writer, public lecturer, educator, and philosopher. He wrote many articles and over 35 books. Heard was a guide and mentor to numerous well-known people in the 1950s and 1960s, including author Aldous Huxley, Henry Luce, Clare Boothe Luce, and Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. His work was a forerunner of, and influence on, the consciousness development movement that has spread in the Western world since the 1960s.- The contributors to the book are as follows: The Significance of the New Pacifism by Henry FitzGerald Heard. Pacifism and Philosophy by Aldous Huxley, Onward Christian Soldiers by A.A. Milne. The Microbes of Mars by Beverley Nichols. Great Possessions by Horace G. Alexander. The Third Alternative by Carl Heath. Father Forgive Them by Canon H.R.L. Sheppard. - Condition - The original dustjacket houses this beautiful book. It is chipped on the spine top and bottom. Soiled and scuffed in general and now housed in a removable plastic archival sleeve. Price of 2.s 6d. net on front prelim. - Turquoise cloth boards, faded to spine. Gilt illustration to the spine is in a legible condition. - Front blank endpage is missing. Pages are in a beautifully clean condition with very occasional foxing, mainly to the endpages front and rear. - END - Thank you for your interest and I do hope you can buy this beautiful book. - Our orders are shipped within 1 or 2 business days.…