The Divine Flame: An Essay Towards a Natural History of Religion [SIGNED]

Alister Hardy

Published by Collins, London, 1966

About this Item

Dust jacket: Spine faded and foxed with loss to head. Speckled marking to front cover. A few marks to rear cover. Front flap creased. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good. Book: First printing. Blue buckram binding. A couple of small marks to front board. Pencilled margin markings and a few notes (all in light pencil). Page 111 has a couple of light stains. Inscribed to Lady Helen Taylor and signed by the author on the front free endpaper: 'To Helen Taylor with best wishes from the author Alister Hardy Dec 1966. (I do not expect you to agree with all my heresies!)' Follow up to Hardy's 'The Living Stream'. This volume is the revised text from the second series of Gifford Lectures delivered by Hardy at Aberdeen University during 1964-5. Lady Taylor was the wife of Sir Thomas Murray Taylor, Principal of Aberdeen University from 1948-1962. A rare signed example. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 6.25 x 8.75 inches (15.5 x 22.5 cm).

Seller Inventory # 1213F102

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Divine Flame: An Essay Towards a Natural History of Religion [SIGNED]
• Publisher: Collins, London
• Publication Date: 1966
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback. Printed pages: 254
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion, Spirituality & New Age
  • Science & Medicine