1963, ISBN: 888099d9733035ef1e3b08f9fcc25d6c

Tan leather binding, red title plate. Gilt edging and banding with embossed Glasgow Academy emblem on front board. Illustrations in colour. Superbly illustrated The Heroes, Greek fairy ta… Mehr…

Tan leather binding, red title plate. Gilt edging and banding with embossed Glasgow Academy emblem on front board. Illustrations in colour. Superbly illustrated The Heroes, Greek fairy tales (1856) - The Heroes (1856), a children's book about Greek mythology, The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Charles Kingsley is a collection of three Greek mythology stories: Perseus, The Argonauts, and Theseus. The author had a great fondness for Greek fairy tales and believed the adventures of the characters would inspire children to achieve higher goals with integrity. Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 ⤠23 January 1875) was a broad-church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives, which failed, but encouraged later working reforms. He was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin. Kingsley's interest in history is shown in several of his writings, including The Heroes (1856), a children's book about Greek mythology, and several historical novels, of which the best known are Hypatia (1853), Hereward the Wake (1865) and Westward Ho! (1855). He was sympathetic to the idea of evolution and was one of the first to welcome Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species. He had been sent an advance review copy and in his response of 18 November 1859 (four days before the book went on sale) stated that he had "long since, from watching the crossing of domesticated animals and plants, learnt to disbelieve the dogma of the permanence of species." Darwin added an edited version of Kingsley's closing remarks to the next edition of his book, stating, "A celebrated author and divine has written to me that 'he has gradually learnt to see that it is just as noble a conception of the Deity to believe that He created a few original forms capable of self-development into other and needful forms, as to believe that He required a fresh act of creation to supply the voids caused by the action of His laws.'" When a heated dispute lasting three years developed over human evolution, Kingsley gently satirised the debate, known as the Great Hippocampus Question, as the "Great Hippopotamus Question". Kingsley's concern for social reform is illustrated in his classic, The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby (1863), a tale about a boy chimney sweep, which retained its popularity well into the 20th century. The story mentions the main protagonists in the scientific debate over human origins, rearranging his earlier satire as the "great hippopotamus test". The book won a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1963. Kingsley's chief asset as a novelist lay in his descriptive faculties: the descriptions of South American scenery in Westward Ho!, of the Egyptian desert in Hypatia, and of the North Devon scenery in Two Years Ago. American scenery is vividly and truthfully described (despite Kingsley having seen it only in his imagination) in his work At Last, written after he had visited the tropics. His sympathy with children taught him how to gain their interest. His version of the old Greek stories entitled The Heroes, and Water-babies and Madam How and Lady Why, in which he deals with popular natural history, take high rank among books for children. Kingsley was influenced by Frederick Denison Maurice, and was close to many Victorian thinkers and writers, including the Scottish writer George MacDonald. Kingsley was highly critical of Roman Catholicism and his argument in print with John Henry Newman, accusing him of untruthfulness and deceit, prompted the latter to write his Apologia Pro Vita Sua. Kingsley also wrote poetry and political articles, as well as several volumes of sermons. Kingsley coined the term pteridomania in his 1855 book Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore., Macmillan & Co., 1876, 5<

1963, ISBN: 888099d9733035ef1e3b08f9fcc25d6c

Tan leather binding, red title plate. Gilt edging and banding with embossed Glasgow Academy emblem on front board. Illustrations in colour. Superbly illustratedThe Heroes, Greek fairy tal… Mehr…

Tan leather binding, red title plate. Gilt edging and banding with embossed Glasgow Academy emblem on front board. Illustrations in colour. Superbly illustratedThe Heroes, Greek fairy tales (1856) - The Heroes (1856), a children's book about Greek mythology, The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Charles Kingsley is a collection of three Greek mythology stories: Perseus, The Argonauts, and Theseus.The author had a great fondness for Greek fairy tales and believed the adventures of the characters would inspire children to achieve higher goals with integrity.Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 23 January 1875) was a broad-church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives, which failed, but encouraged later working reforms. He was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin. Kingsley's interest in history is shown in several of his writings, including The Heroes (1856), a children's book about Greek mythology, and several historical novels, of which the best known are Hypatia (1853), Hereward the Wake (1865) and Westward Ho! (1855). He was sympathetic to the idea of evolution and was one of the first to welcome Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species. He had been sent an advance review copy and in his response of 18 November 1859 (four days before the book went on sale) stated that he had "long since, from watching the crossing of domesticated animals and plants, learnt to disbelieve the dogma of the permanence of species." Darwin added an edited version of Kingsley's closing remarks to the next edition of his book, stating, "A celebrated author and divine has written to me that 'he has gradually learnt to see that it is just as noble a conception of the Deity to believe that He created a few original forms capable of self-development into other and needful forms, as to believe that He required a fresh act of creation to supply the voids caused by the action of His laws.'" When a heated dispute lasting three years developed over human evolution, Kingsley gently satirised the debate, known as the Great Hippocampus Question, as the "Great Hippopotamus Question". Kingsley's concern for social reform is illustrated in his classic, The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby (1863), a tale about a boy chimney sweep, which retained its popularity well into the 20th century. The story mentions the main protagonists in the scientific debate over human origins, rearranging his earlier satire as the "great hippopotamus test". The book won a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1963. Kingsley's chief asset as a novelist lay in his descriptive faculties: the descriptions of South American scenery in Westward Ho!, of the Egyptian desert in Hypatia, and of the North Devon scenery in Two Years Ago. American scenery is vividly and truthfully described (despite Kingsley having seen it only in his imagination) in his work At Last, written after he had visited the tropics. His sympathy with children taught him how to gain their interest. His version of the old Greek stories entitled The Heroes, and Water-babies and Madam How and Lady Why, in which he deals with popular natural history, take high rank among books for children. Kingsley was influenced by Frederick Denison Maurice, and was close to many Victorian thinkers and writers, including the Scottish writer George MacDonald. Kingsley was highly critical of Roman Catholicism and his argument in print with John Henry Newman, accusing him of untruthfulness and deceit, prompted the latter to write his Apologia Pro Vita Sua. Kingsley also wrote poetry and political articles, as well as several volumes of sermons. Kingsley coined the term pteridomania in his 1855 book Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore., Macmillan & Co., 1876, 5<

2017, ISBN: 888099d9733035ef1e3b08f9fcc25d6c

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Simon & Schuster, USA, 2017. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 302 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Simon & Schuster, USA, 2017. *** CONDITION: This bo… Mehr…

Simon & Schuster, USA, 2017. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 302 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Simon & Schuster, USA, 2017. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Max is about to face the scariest place he's ever been - South Ridge Middle School! He has been home-schooled by his grandmother until now, and he's begged his parents to finally let him start attending a real school. He's starting to question that choice, though, with the Doug aka Thug Thurston Problem. As in, Thug keeps stuffing Max in his locker. If only Max could be like the hero in all the comics he likes to read - or the ones he draws - and magically escape the locker and defeat Thug. Unfortunately, Max's uncanny, almost superhuman ability to smell pizza from a block away won't exactly save any lives or foil bad guys. But that doesn't mean Max won't do his best to be the hero his school needs! *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; ISBN/EAN: 9781471144622. Inventory No: 23010265.. 9781471144622, Simon & Schuster, 2017, 3, Paperback. Very Good., 3, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2016. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2016, 3, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2016. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2016, 3, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2016. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2016, 3, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2016. Hardcover. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2016, 5, Aladdin. Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages., Aladdin, 3, Simon & Schuster, Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Simon & Schuster, Limited, 2.5, New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc. 1st Edition, 1948 ----------pulp magazine, digest size. Notable stories this issue are part 1 of The Players of Null A (later also known as The Pawns of Null A) by Van Vogt, and Unite and Conquer by Sturgeon. Spine torn and clear-taped, cover creases, chips and tears, a poor-fair copy. Back cover advertisement is for Audel's Carpenters and Builders Guides (Theo. Audel & Co).. First Edition. Soft Cover. Poor to Fair. Illus. by Hubert Rogers (front cover). Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books., New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc. 1st Edition, 1948, 2, Medici Society, 1945. Hardback.. Very Good hardback (light edgewear, gift inscription on front free endpaper, pages gently age-toned) in Fair dustwrapper (moderate edgewear, age-toned, chipped with small losses to spine and corners).. Hardback in dustwrapper. With 12 illustrations by W Russell Flint. The image on this page is of the actual book for sale., Medici Society, 1945, 3<

1957, ISBN: 888099d9733035ef1e3b08f9fcc25d6c

Used, good, [PU: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London], Good condition hardback blue boards showing title of book etc clearly on spine in gilt lettering, no DJ. The back top edge of board has wh… Mehr…

Used, good, [PU: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London], Good condition hardback blue boards showing title of book etc clearly on spine in gilt lettering, no DJ. The back top edge of board has whitish stains. 224 pages good and clean with clear print. No foxing, previous owner has written name inside front board on the fly sheet. General Editor: Sir A. T. Quiller Couch, Edited by E. M. Wilmot-Buxton. A sketched picture of Charles Kingsley shown on the frontispiece black and white., Books<

ISBN: 888099d9733035ef1e3b08f9fcc25d6c

Used, good, [PU: William Clowes and Sons Limited, London and Beccles], CLASSICS, Good condition red boards no DJ. There are a few whitish stains on the boards front and back. 256 pages go… Mehr…

Used, good, [PU: William Clowes and Sons Limited, London and Beccles], CLASSICS, Good condition red boards no DJ. There are a few whitish stains on the boards front and back. 256 pages good and clean with clear larger print. Frontispiece: colour plate. Minor foxing on edge of pages, previous owner written name and address on fly sheet. And away across the bay they rowed southward. There are several black and white illustrations within the book., Books<