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The Four Loves
by C. S. Lewis
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Geoffrey Bles, 1960. Hardcover. Good. 1960. First Edition. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Clean pages with noticeable tanning to endpapers and mild foxing throughout. Heavy foxing to text block edges. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Notable tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stain to rear board.
Synopsis
“Today, love is overused and undervalued at the same time. We love everything from various foods to cars, from movies to retailers, from people to God himself. We may not consciously distinguish one use of love from another, in part because our speech is becoming more and more informal, but it’s important to be intentional about the differences. As we know, Scripture tells us that love is the highest attribute. So let’s look at the four types of love found in the Bible, and that Lewis helps to draw out in The Four Loves, published in 1960, and based on a radio series he did with the BBC a few years prior to the book’s release.” -C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis contemplates the essence of love and how it works in our daily lives in one of his most famous works of nonfiction. Lewis examines four varieties of human love: affection, the most basic form; friendship, the rarest and perhaps most insightful; Eros, passionate love; charity, the greatest and least selfish. Throughout this compassionate and reasoned study, he encourages readers to open themselves to all forms of love.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1702907487MHP
- Title
- The Four Loves
- Author
- C. S. Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Geoffrey Bles
- Date Published
- 1960
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Text Block
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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