Charles w pusey (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. An edition in Fine condition; The Harvard Classics: the Confessions of St. Augustine and the Imitation of Christ are two of the most renowned and widely read works of religious literature in the history of the world. Both were written by one of the most influential and important figures in the history of Christianity, St. Augustine. The Confessions is a deeply personal reflection on Augustine's journey to faith and his experience of God. The Imitation of Christ is a book of spiritual guidance written by St. Thomas Aquinas and is one of the most studied and quoted works of philosophy in the world.; 7; 8vo.…

Softcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. Quarto wrappers. xxxii, 129-255pp., xxxiii-lxiv. Scattered foxing, yapped edges worn and torn, good only. Contributions by H.L. Mencken, W.M. Walker, Wm. Allen Pusey, John Walker Harrington, Ruth Lechlitner, Duff Gilfond, Robert Joyce Tasker, Charles Angoff, Sadakichi Hartmann, Cornelia H. Dam, Idwal Jones, Emily Clark, Dewey M. Owens, Chloe Arnold, W.A.S. Douglas, Mary J. Elmendorf, Karl Schriftgiesser, and George Jean Nathan. …

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. stated edition. 320 pages. 9.50x6.00x1.01 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: Very Good. New-York: George P. Putnam, 1851. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's gilt-embossed pebble-grained cloth;144pp.;illustrations throughout including frontispiece. Chipped with loss to spine ends; edgewear with exposure to corners. Binding sound. Spotting to endpapers, ownership inscription to front pastedownofC.W. Pusey dated Sept. 10, 1863 with "Wilmington, Delaware" written in pencil below; about Very Good. Laid in are six pages of manuscript notes, presumably in Pusey's hand, detailing his experiments for an "Improvised Apparatus for Steam Boiler Trials," and "Testing Steam Engines by the amount of heat carried off by the Condensing water." Though undated and unsigned, this appears to matchthe ownership signature of Charles Pusey, detailing his experiments and mathematical equations. Founded in 1848, Wilmington-based Pusey and Jones was a major shipbuilder during the Civil War all the way through World War II. Charles W. Pusey, son of the founder, later became President of Pusey and Jones and was lauded in one 1900 newspaper account as one of Wilmington's foremost businessmen and a mechanical engineer of note, having written several treatises for scientific journals. See The Evening Journal (Wilmington, Delaware), Wednesday, August 22, 1900, p. 5.…