Knowing by Jacobs Thornwell (11 results)

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Little spotted on the cover. No supplement. Size: 8vo. 257 pages. Full refund if not satisfied.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Novel by notable American educator and author Thornwell Jacobs. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering on front and spine. 257 pp. One copy has light pencil marks in front end-page. No foxing or annotation in this copy. Full refund if not satisfied.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in VG+ condition (slight edge wear, spine slightly faded). Previous owner's name and address inside the front cover. 257 unmarked pages. [1.3 lbs]. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. This is a supplement to Jacobs' earlier book, "Not Knowing Whither He Went." White paperback held at the spine with staples. Some dust/smudges on front and back covers. 32 pp. This copy is free from writing within. More images available upon request. Full refund if not satisfied.…

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Little rubbed. Included is 32 page Sequel & Supplement, Size: 8vo. 257 pages. Full refund if not satisfied.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Novel by notable American educator and author Thornwell Jacobs. This listing contains a pamphlet with a supplement to the work. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering on front and spine. 257 pp. Supplement is 32 pp. Gold dust jacket with lettering on front and spine. Previous owner's stamp in front end-page. No foxing or annotation in this copy. Dust jacket is fragile, and bears a few small tear at places on spine, and front flap is almost detached. Full refund if not satisfied.…

Hardback. Condition: Collectible: Very Good. None. Association Copy - Typed in a tipped in plate *Presented to Stephen Schmidt with the compliments of Oglethorpe University Press. Book is VERY GOOD with no dust jacket. Light wear on cover and light tanning to pages and edges. No marks in text. The Bidning is tight and square. 4 preliminary leaves, 11-257 pages 21 cm. . . . . . . The book is recognized as part of Jacobs? broader literary and philosophical output, often blending personal experience, historical perspective, and spiritual inquiry. The author, Thornwell Jacobs (1877 - 1956) was a historian, author, university founder and Presbyterian minister. He attended Princeton Theological Seminary and is best known as the refounder and long-serving president of Oglethorpe University (1915 thru 1944). . . . . . Stephen Schmidt (Oglethorpe Class of 1940) to whom the this book was presented with compliments of the Oglethorpe Univ Press, attended Oglethorpe on a football scholarship. He played quarterback for the Oglethorpe and graduated in 1940. In World War II he served as a B-29 bomber pilot, naming his plane "Stormy Petrel" in honor of his alma maters mascot. He is credited with dropping the last bomb of the World War II. After the war he became CEO of Dixie Seal and Stamp Company; Co-founded the Atlanta Tipoff Club and the Braves? 400 Club and served on Oglethorpe?s Board of Trustees from 1963, earning the nickname *Mr. Oglethorpe.* The Stephen J. Schmidt Sport and Recreation Center and a residence hall at Oglethorpe University are named in his honor. In 1992 he was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.…

Condition: New.

Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. First Edition. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titles on spine and front board. Good Plus. Tear in the cloth on the spine, partially exposing the binding, though the binding is intact and solid. Some discoloration to front board and shadow of sticker on rear end paper. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Ex library with interior stamp and call numbers, little rubbed, slight soiling. Inscribed by the author (to the library). With 32 page Sequel & Supplement included. Size: 8vo. 257 pages. Full refund if not satisfied. inscribed to a library.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Prelims lightly foxed, else a very good hardback in a rubbed jacket that has a few small spots of loss to the front joint.