Abbott edwin a edwin abbott 1838 1926 (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: FINE. Hardcover. An unabridged hardcover edition of this classic work which is a fictional introduction to the concept of spaces - flat, lines, three-dimensional. Includes the original illustrations by the author and a reproduction of the original title page, the 1884 Preface to the Second Edition, and an 1952 Introduction by Banesh Hoffmann. xii, 83 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.…

Softcover. 5th printing. xviii, 108 p.; diagrams in text; 20.5 cm. (Everyday handbooks ; 210) [First ed. 1884 anon., rev. 1884; first thus in 1963] Good in lightly spotted orig. tan wrapper. Pages toned.

Hardcover. 2nd edition. xi, 440 p.; 18 cm. [First printed earlier in 1878] `Philochristus the Elder to he saints of the Church in Londinium. But when I adentured to write, behold, it was an hard matter and well-nigh impossible, to set forth such an image of the Lord Jesus as should be at once according to the truth, and yet not altoether too bright for mortal eye to look upon and love. Therefore at the last, when I perceived that it was not given unto me to portray any character of the Lord as he was in himself, I determined rather to set forth an history of mine own life; wherein, as in a mirror, might perchance be discerned some lineaments of the countenance of Christ, seen as by reflexion, in the life of one that loved him.' (p. [vii] f.) -- `Chapter I. My former name was Joseph the son of Simeon, and I was born in Sepphoris, the metropolis of Galilee, in the twentieth year of the reign of the Emperor Augustus, about four years before the death of King Herod. In those days Israel was grievously afflicted, and tribulation befell the righteous. Satan put it into the heart of the rulers of the land to move the people to the worship of false gods, and the Lord God had not yet raised up a Redeemer for Israel.' (p. [1]) Fair spotted orig. brown cloth. Lower joint and worn spine glued.…

Hardcover. xxii, 166 p.; 23 cm. Good heavily spotted orig. ribbed green cloth. Marginal penc.

Hardcover. [i-ii, v]-xii, 120 p.: woodcut illus. in text; 19 cm. Signature cut from half-title, title-page removed. Poor orig. blue cloth, all edges gilt. Upper edge dampstained.

Hardcover. xi, 460 p.; 22 cm. Good ex-lib. black binder's buckram.

Softcover. xii, 195 p.; 22.5 cm. Good, sewn, in orig. green wrapper. Signature on title-page.