Isbn: 9780354043694 - the jesuits: a history (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Little wear to boards. Light toning to pages with some spotting. Complete DJ with faded spine and edges.

Zustand: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Zustand: Very Good. 1980. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Very Good. 1980. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . .

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 320pp, some black and white photographic plates. Black cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Bumped spine heel, rubbed spine head. Text block edges starting to tan and fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, has light shelf wear, minor chipping to edges, mirrors book damage. Traces the stormy history of the Jesuits - the "shock troop of the Pope" took Christianity to distant parts of the world, often suffering torture, and martyrdom in the process.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. 320pp hardback, black boards gilt, illustrated with bw plates, in tape-secured wrapper in removable clear plastic sleeve, ex-library with usual stamps and labels.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Subject; Jesuits History. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. Jacket illustrations: (front) Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus; (rear): Jesuit martyrdom in India. ***Illustrated with black and white photographs. ***Fine in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. No inscriptions. Interior pages bright and clean. In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper. Spine of dustwrapper very slightly faded. No tears. Front and rear panels of dustwrapper bright. ***242mm x 162mm. 320 pages including appendices, bibliography and index to rear. ***'We are called the Pope's janissaries, "the favourite brood of anti-Christ," reported Jesuit missionaries to England in 1614. Very soon after its foundations in 1540 the Society of Jesus had gained an almost legendary reputation for efficiency and unscrupulous cunning as the spearhead of a Catholic counter-attack that wrested the initiative from a seemingly triumphant Protestantism. ***The original ambition of its founder, the Basque aristocrat Ignatius Loyola, was to travel alone to the Holy Land to convert Muslims. Yet an astonishing sequence of inspired improvisations transformed a group of ten ragged fanatics into the most formidable religious force of its time. Jesuits - as the "shock-troops of the Pope" took Christianity to distant parts of the world, often suffering torture and martyrdom in the process. The most intrepid explorers of their day, they were also pioneer linguists and anthropologists; their shrewd accommodation to life at the Emperor's court in China, and their enlightened treatment of the Indians in Paraguay, contrast sharply with later colonial rapacity. ***The Society was the first religious order to specialize in teaching on the grand scale - its system of education has produced such diverse intellects as Galileo, Moliere, Descartes, Voltaire and Teilhard de Chardin. ***David Mitchell's exciting account traces the stormy history of this most celebrated and vilified of Catholic orders to the present day. The Society of Jesus has always been at the centre of events within the Catholic Church and its story unfolds against a fascinating background of religious and political turmoil in Europe.' (Quote from inside front of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the true first edition in its original colour illustrated dustwrapper, in fine bright condition. Of interest to historians researching the history of the Jesuits. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition hardback, 1980, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket slightly rubbed to edges; boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.…