The soul of a bishop first edition

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If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. Interested in rare and collectible books? Welcome to the wonderful world of collecting Walt Disney! Add to cart Buy Now. Seller rating : This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers. Item Price. First edition, inscribed by H. This book was written during the same phase as God the Invisible King " H. Wells Society Serialized earlier that same year in Collier's Weekly.

Without scarce dust jacket. Currey, Hammond A In Wells' first work of fiction, he dedicated the work to Gregory as his "dearest friend.

They jointly authored a textbook, Honours Physiography , in Frontpiece By C. No Marks. Light wear on cover. IT was a scene of bitter disputation. Wells was an English author best known as a sci-fi writer, though he was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, and even writing text books and rules for war games.

Seller: Zellibooks. From Germany to U. Sprache: Deutsch. Herbert George Wells. Clean, unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. No dust jacket. Ships daily. This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

Published by The Macmillan Company. Spine may show signs of wear. Published by Independently Published, United States, The Soul of a Bishop is a novel by H. He emerges from the experience convinced that he must leave the Church, but is persuaded by an old mentor, Bishop Likeman, to wait three months before doing anything, during which time he continues in his episcopal duties.

Wells; C. Allan Gilbert [Illustrator]. Quantity: 2. Bound in publisher's red cloth. Gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Small gift inscription on front end page. Published by None Stated, No Edition Remarks. Red cloth with book plate to front pastedown.

Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Slight wear spine ends and corner. Illustrated by Frontis by C. Can 1st ed?. Published by Cassell London, Hardback 2nd printing. The covers are a marked and the spine a little faded.

Published by The MacMillan Co. Red fabric board book with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Book has shelf wear with light bumped corners. Book is clean and tight. Spine is straight. Pages are tight, clean, no tears or folds. Great book. Bishop Scrope keeps these developments from his wife, Lady Ella, and his four daughters until Lady Sunderbund arrives unannounced in Princhester, vowing to become his spiritual pupil.

The strain of this new situation leads him to take Dr. Dale's drug a second time, and under its influence he has a second vision, this time of the terrestrial globe in a state of spiritual ferment to which the world's clergy is not ministering.

Under the influence of this revelation he delivers a heretical confirmation address in the cathedral and resolves thereafter to leave the Church. Lady Sunderbund wishes to devote her riches to helping him found a new church, but in the process of developing plans for it Scrope realizes, in a third vision that this time is not mediated by any drug, that in the new religion he must serve "there must be no idea of any pulpit, of any sustained mission. Allan Gilbert, was a prominent American illustrator.

He is especially remembered for a widely published drawing a memento mori or vanitas titled All Is Vanity.