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H.G. Wells. The Soul of a Bishop [Frontispiece by C. Allan Gilbert]. The Macmillan Company, 1917.
Price: US$6.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Fading to spine, general shelf wear. Pages clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
H.G. Wells. The Soul of a Bishop. The Macmillan Company, 1917.
Price: US$7.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
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Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Wells, H.G.. The Soul of a Bishop.. The Macmillan Company New York: 1917., New York:, 1917.
Price: US$8.25 + shipping
Description: Red cloth binding First Am Ed. Frontis by C. Allan Gilbert. Moderate shlfwr o/w Good w/o DJ. Moderate shlfwr o/w Good w/o DJ.
Seller: Biblioceros Books, Warrenville, IL, U.S.A.
Wells, H. G.. The Soul of A Bishop. MacMillan Company, NY, 1917.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fourth printing bound in orange cloth with gold lettering. Frontis Ill ustration by C. Albert Gilbert. 341 pages plus ads. A Very Good copy. There are small bumps and rubs to the spine tips and corners. Slight s pine lean. Some dusting to the covers and rubs to the rear cover. Dust soiling to the edges of the book's upper page block.
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$11.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. 1st edition. Clean, unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Ships daily.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Wells, H. G.. The Soul of a Bishop. Toronto Macmillan Co of Canada Ltd 1917., 1917.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Description: VG. Effects of WWI on the Catholic Church. civilian life in England. Slight wear spine ends and corner. Illustrated by Frontis by C. Allan Gilbert. Can 1st ed ?.
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
H. G. Wells. The Soul of a Bishop. The MacMillan Co., New York, 1917.
Price: US$12.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: H. G. Wells. 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 .Book promotions/advertising in back.
Seller: Six Maples Books, Martinsburg, WV, U.S.A.
Wells, H. G.. The Soul of a Bishop - 1917. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1917.
Price: US$13.12 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: Lexington Books Inc, Idaho Falls, ID, U.S.A.
Price: US$14.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition. Original red cloth, gilt titles on cover and spine. Frontispiece by C. Allan Gilbert.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Wells, H. G.. The Soul of a Bishop. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1917.
Price: US$14.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in publisher's red cloth, with gilt lettering. Hardcover. Top edge gilt. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Wells, H. G.. The Soul of A Bishop. The Macmillan Company, NY, 1917.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition bound in red cloth with gold lettering. 341 pag es plus ads. A Very Good copy. Red cloth is dust stained along the edg es. Darkening to the spine. The spine has a 1/8" diameter puncture hol e. Small bumps to the corners. Slight spine lean. Some light scattered foxing to the endpapers. Frontispiece illustration by C. Albert Gilbe rt. No dust jacket.
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
Wells, H.G.. The Soul of a Bishop. Macmillan Co, New York, 1917.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: Wells discovers god in the midst of WW1. Nice bright clean tight copy of HB 1st. 5-1/2 x 7-3/4, 341 pp, color frontispiece, deckled fore-edge, top edge tinted. Near Fine unmarked, hardly any wear. Hardcover in red cloth boards w gilt titling, no jacket. No edition stated, assumed 1st printing.
Seller: Ed Buryn Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.
Wells, H. G.. The Soul of a Bishop. The Macmillan Company, 1917.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Macmillan Co., 1917; second printing of first American edition; 341pp. + 7 pages of ads. Color frontispiece illustration by C. Albert Gilbert G+/G hardcover, no dust jacket. Binding remains tight, sturdy and fully intact; light wrinkling in cloth at top of red cloth boards, light wear to edges, corners gently bumped; gilt titling remains bright and bold on front board, dulled but legible on spine; faint cup-ring on rear board; text very good throughout. No dust jacket. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Wells, H. G.. THE SOUL OF A BISHOP. MacMillan Company, New York, 1917.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo; 341 pages; Red cloth covers with minor rubbing and soiling. Color frontispiece. Name on inside front cover.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Wells, H.G.. The Soul of a Bishop. MacMillan & Co LTD, New York, 1917.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
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Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Wells, H.G. [Herbert George]. The Soul of a Bishop. The Macmillan Company, 1917.
Price: US$16.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fourth printing. No jacket. Spine lightly faded, pages foxed. 1917 Hard Cover. 341 pp. 7 pages of publisher ads follow text. Color frontispiece. A novel on the theme of religious/spiritual crisis, in which Wells rejects the doctrine of the Trinity.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Wells, H. G.. The Soul of a Bishop. MacMillan & Co Ltd, New York, 1917.
Price: US$16.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: No DJ Uncut Pages
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$16.52 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Minor, marginalised foxing. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 341 pages; Description: 4 p. L. , 341 p. Col. Front. 20 cm. Subjects: The soul of a bishop - H. G. Wells. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Wells, H. G. (first edition). The Soul of a Bishop. The MacMillan Company, New York, 1917.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: red cloth, octavo, first edition, year published date 1917 on title page, also states "Published, September, 1917" on copyright page, gilt lettering on front cover and on spine, 341 pages plus 7 pages of adverts, color frontis illustration by C. Allan Gilbert, very good condition, no dust jacket, binding tight, no interior marks, a few small spects on front cover, considering age a nice clean copy. a novel by H.G. Wells. Size: Octavo
Seller: Casa Paloma Books, Green Valley, AZ, U.S.A.
Wells, H. G.. The Soul of a Bishop. Macmillan Company, New York, 1917.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Red binding has minor edge wear and softness at corners with very slight slant to spine. Pages clean and unmarked. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 341 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Wells, H.G.. The Soul of a Bishop. MacMillan & Co LTD, New York, 1917.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Or stained area to cover. G-VG without DJ, red cloth boards and gold gilt with light faded
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Wells, H.G.. The Soul of a Bishop. MacMillan & Co LTD, 1917.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Hardcover, no dustjacket color frontispiece by C. Allan Gilbert
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$27.94 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Minor, marginalised foxing. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 341 pages; Description: 4 p. L. , 341 p. Col. Front. 20 cm. Subjects: The soul of a bishop - H. G. Wells. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Wells, H.G.. The Soul of a Bishop by Wells, H.G.. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1917, 1917.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Ding to edge, tips bumped else good no dust jacket. First American Edition.
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
WELLS, H.G.. The Soul of a Bishop. Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, Toronto, 1917.
Price: US$34.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 341 pp., frontis illustration, very light wear on corners, light soiling on edges, a couple of ragged page edges; toning to endpapers, little fading to gilt on spine. {03}
Seller: J.C. Bell, Lunenburg, NS, Canada
Wells, H. G.. The Soul of a Bishop. Macmillan Company, New York, 1917.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Wells's fictional examination of the effect of the Great War on British religious life; a sort of companion to 'Mr Britling Sees It Through'. First printing, September 1917. Hardcover, full red cloth with gilt lettering. Light wear, but a bit of water damage to the rear cover; corners lightly rubbed; top edge lightly spotted; foxing to end sheets. Jacket badly chipped and torn, missing about an inch at the head of the spine; large water stain on lower rear jacket and spine. Text clean; [8], 341 pages + 7 pages ads for other Wells titles; frontispiece illustration in two colors - matching the jacket art - by C. Allan Gilbert. Scarce in the jacket.
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
Wells, H.G.. THE SOUL OF THE BISHOP. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917., 1917.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First U.S. edition. Short crimped creases at the edge of the rear spine, minor edge wear to the heel of the spine, carelessly opened sheets resulting in a large piece missing from the lower margin of page 167/168, else a very good plus, sharp copy in red cloth with bright gilt lettering and decoration; in a high quality FACSIMILE dust jacket. This novel studies the effect of the Great War on the church and a Bishop who is overwhelmed by the difficult questions the times present. Octavo. 341 pages. Colored frontispiece plate by C. Allan Gilbert. Seven pages of additional Wells books by Macmillan are advertised at the rear.
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
WELLS H. G.. THE SOUL OF A BISHOP. The Macmillan Company of Canada, 1917.
Price: US$61.33 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: RO60072297: 1917. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 341 pages. Dessin en noir et blanc en frontispice. Titre doré sur le premier plat. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France
WELLS, H G.. The Soul of a Bishop. Macmillan Co, New York, 1917.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. C. Allan Gilbert dustjacket art. Interesting contemporary novel dealing with the effects of the First World War on the Catholic Church. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, modest soiling, spine ends and flap corners with centimeter deep chipping.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Wells, H. G.. The Soul of a Bishop. Macmillan Company, New York, 1917.
Price: US$66.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good minus first edition book in very good minus dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gold text on front panel and spine. Front and back panels are discolored, likely from water damage. Head and tail of board spine are faded and creased; edges and tips are rubbed. Foxing to upper and fore-edges of pages. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Internal pages are clean mostly white; some foxing through-out primarily in the margins, text is not affected. Dust jacket is intact although there is significant loss at head of jacket spine and upper left corner on back panel, fore- and spine-edges are creased and rubbed. Jacket is soiled and stained overall. The front panel with its charming picture is intact. Price of $1.50 is on the jacket spine. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
WELLS, H. G.. The Soul of a Bishop. Macmillan Co, New York, 1917.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. C. Allan Gilbert dustjacket art. Interesting contemporary novel dealing with the effects of the First World War on the Catholic Church. Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription at front endpaper, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some nicking and wear to edges, scotch tape mends at verso.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
WELLS, H G.. The Soul of a Bishop. Macmillan Co, New York, 1917.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. C. Allan Gilbert dustjacket art. Interesting contemporary novel dealing with the effects of the First World War on the Catholic Church. Near Fine, innocuous previous owner stamp exhorting borrowers to return book after 5 days at front endpaper and front pastedown, in Very Good dustjacket, modest soiling, nicking and wear to edges.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
WELLS, H G.. The Soul of a Bishop. Macmillan Co, New York, 1917.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. C. Allan Gilbert dustjacket art. Interesting contemporary novel dealing with the effects of the First World War on the Catholic Church. Near Fine in Good plus to Very Good dustjacket with creasing and edge wear to front edges, light chipping to spine ends, dime size chip to lower rear edge, and spotting to spine and rear panel.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Wells, H.G.. The Soul of a Bishop. Macmillan Company, New York, 1917.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: True 1st American Edition in a beautiful dust jacket. 341 pages + adverts. Small ownership signature on first free endpaper. Binding sound and tight. Text clear. Buy with Confidence! Offered by Hirschfeld Galleries of Saint Louis--Rare Books--Since 1931.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
WELLS, H G.. The Soul of a Bishop. Macmillan Co, New York, 1917.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. C. Allan Gilbert dustjacket art. Interesting contemporary novel dealing with the effects of the First World War on the Catholic Church. Near Fine in scarce Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends, mild edge wear, small chip at lower rear panel, small spot at spine.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [viii]+241+[7 ad] pages with frontispiece. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover in original jacket. From the library of Larry McMurty collection of H G Wells, with McMurty's bookplate. Advanced review copy of the First American edition. The Soul of a Bishop is a novelistic treatment of themes Wells developed in another book published the same year, God the Invisible King. In that volume, which was widely discussed at the time, as in The Soul of a Bishop, Wells rejects the theological doctrine of the Trinity that he attributed to the Council of Nicaea (the novel opens with Scrope dreaming about the Council of Nicaea). Wells experienced a religious conversion during World War I; his biographer David C. Smith reports that this conversion "did not last long, and mirrored somewhat similar experiences widely recorded in France and England" that were provoked by the war. These beliefs proved to be only a passing phase; "[e]ssentially . . . Wells had tried Christianity again, albeit in a version much altered from that normally taught, and had found it wanting." Another biographer, Vincent Brome, wrote that "within a few years, [Wells's] natural streak of Voltairian anti-clericalism had re-asserted itself with all its old vigor. Later in life he was a little uneasy about the lapse. Larry McMurtry, winner of a Pulitzer for Lonesome Dove and an Oscar for his co-adaptation of Brokeback Mountain, is also a legend among booksellers as the owner of Booked Up in Archer City, TX. His H G Wells Collection was developed by Nina Matheson with help from Serendipity Books and added to by McMurtry. It contained items to highlight any Wells collection, including the true first edition of The Time Machine (New York: Henry Holt, 1895) with H. G. Wells's name misprinted on the title page, The Island of Doctor Moreau (London: William Heinemann, 1896) in trial binding, and a signed first edition of The Invisible Man (London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1897). Condition: Publisher's advanced review stamp to title determining the review date, extremities lightly worn. Jacket rubbed, some wear to folds and edges, slightly trimmed else a very good copy in like jacket.
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Wells, H. G.. The Soul of a Bishop. Macmillan Company, New York, 1917.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 341 pages. First American edition, first printing. Illustrated and dust jacket art by C. Allan Gilbert. The story of civilian life in England during World War I. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the corners and the top and bottom of the spine. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.