John Henry Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua

John Henry Newman, D.D. APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA: BEING A REPLY TO A PAMPHLET ENTITLED "WHAT, THEN, DOES DR. NEWMAN MEAN?" London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1864. First edition in book form. Hardcover. Original blind-stamped brown cloth-covered boards, re-backed in black cloth with most of the original gilt-stamped backstrip preserved. 8vo; iv, 430, 127, [1], 24pp.

9 x 6 1/4 in.

From the Collection of the late Professor Joel L. Fleishman, founding director of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

John Henry Newman (English, 1801-1890) was a writer, theologian, and academic who became a cardinal in 1879. Apologia Pro Vita Sua, one of his principal works, was originally issued as a series of pamphlets in 1864 that were then published together in one volume later that same year.

Sunning to boards with a few small stains and marks, wear to corners, and some fading to gilt on spine; hinges reinforced with some scuffing and light wear to endpapers; name in ink on title page; interior lightly toned with some edge wear and folds, minimal scattered foxing, and occasional light grime. Good to very good.