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The Problem of Pain
by Lewis, C. S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, scarce 1st edition; missing d/j, black boards good; titling on spine plate a little chipped; text block firm; unmark
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Centenary Press, 1940. 1st. h/b. Very good, scarce 1st edition; missing d/j, black boards good; titling on spine plate a little chipped; text block firm; unmarked pages tight and crisp, some marking on edges. Neat owner's inscription ffep.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). For centuries people have been tormented by one question above all Ð ÔIf God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?Õ And what of the suffering of animals, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? The greatest Christian thinker of his time sets out to disentangle this knotty issue. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungry for a true understanding of human nature.
Synopsis
In The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis, one of the most renowned Christian authors and thinkers, examines a universally applicable question within the human condition: “If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?” With his signature wealth of compassion and insight, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature. -C.S. Lewis Official Website.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133346
- Title
- The Problem of Pain
- Author
- Lewis, C. S
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, scarce 1st edition; missing d/j, black boards good; titling on spine plate a little chipped; text block firm; unmark
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Centenary Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1940
- Pages
- 148
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, apologetics, Inklings, CSLewis, theology, rare
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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About Inklings & Yarnspinners
INKLINGS & YARNSPINNERSA new online bookshop forFIRST & SIGNED EDITIONS, RARE BOOKSA particular focus on:- The Oxford Inklings with their Friends & Influences (C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Barfield, Williams, Chesterton, Macdonald, Sayers, etc)- Great 20th Century Novelists (e.g. Graham Greene & John le Carré; Anthony Powell & Evelyn Waugh; P. D. James etc)- Great 20th Century Poets (e.g. T. S. Eliot, John Masefield, Walter de la Mare, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Stevie Smith, W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Dylan Thomas, etc)- Christian Theology (e.g. from library sales)
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- Text Block
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Crisp
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