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Hardcover. xii, 256 p.; 20.5 cm. Ink scoring as far as p. 44. Good orig. blue cloth, front cover spotted. Lt. marginal penc.

Hardcover. vi, [1], 206 p.; 19.5 cm. [title continues] Being lectures delivered at the Cambridge summer meeting, 1916 / by members of the University. -- Contents: Theism and modern thought I-II, W. R. Sorley; Human freedom, J. W. Oman; The problem of the existence of moral evil, F. R. Tennant; The problem of suffering, F. R. Tennant; The doctrine of providence, V. H. Stanton; Prayer, V. H. Stanton; War, J. W. Oman; Competition between individuals and classes, considered from the Christian point of view, W. Moore Ede; Competition between nations, considered from the Christian point of view, W. Moore Ede. -- From the prefatory note by V. H. Stanton: `The Committee of the Local Lectures, when arranging for such a Course this year, held that it ought to deal directly with those difficulties for Christian Theism which are raised by the spectacle of conflict and suffering in the world--difficulties which have long been more or less familiar to thoughtful minds, but which are, perhaps, more acutely and widely felt at the present moment, owing to the circumstances of the time, than they ever were before. It should be added that there was no consultation among the lecturers as to the treatment of the subjects allotted to them, and that they are responsible only for what they have individually said. But in spite of this independence, and of the fact that the subjects of the lectures, more especially those of the first seven, are intimately connected, it will not, I think, be found that there is needless repetition, or that there are serious discrepancies of thought.' Good lt. spotted orig. rose beige cloth.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good + Jacket. 1st Edition. 355 Pp. Beige Cloth. First Printing, With 1955 Date On Title Page. Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Price $3.95, Slight Aging And Browning, Bookplatea Few Short Edge Tears And Minute Losses.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 355 Pp. Beige Cloth. First Printing, With 1955 Date On Title Page. Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Price $3.95, Slight Aging And Browning.

Hardcover. xii, [1], 260 p.; front. (Alfred, by Hamo Thornycroft), line map; 20.5 cm. On cover: King Alfred's jewel in gold, red, azure. Contents: Introduction, by Sir Walter Besant -- Alfred as King, by Frederic Harrison -- Alfred as a religious man and an educationalist, by the Bishop of Bristol [George Forrest Browne] -- Alfred as a warrior, by Charles Oman -- Alfred as a geographer, by Sir Clements Markham -- Alfred as a writer, by John Earle -- English law before the Norman conquest, by Sir Frederick Pollock -- Alfred and the arts, by W. J. Loftie -- Index. Good orig.blue cloth, spine chipped and abraded. Ex-convent lib.…