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. ~Original grey-brown straight-grained cloth, blind frames and decor to boards, gilt lettering to spine. Discreetly rebacked in near-matching cloth with original backstrip laid down. A little loss to gilt lettering and ruling on original backstrip. Mild fading to spine and to boards near edges. Slight foxing to page edges. 8vo (15.8 x 23.3cm). Hinges sound. Original brown endpapers unobtrusively repaired / reinforced at gutters. Small bookplate to inside front board: 'ex libris apud G. M. hospitantibus'. Inscription to verso of front free endpaper: 'To G. F. Gibberd from Eardley Holland. Sept. 28 1946. The last day of his Presidency R.C.O.G.'. Sir Eardley Lancelot Holland (1879-1967) was an eminent obstetrician and President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists from 1943-1946; G. F. Gibberd was likewise an accomplished obstetrician and author of a standard textbook on midwifery. This is the first edition of Newman's Apologia, his reply to Charles Kingsley's pamphlets attacking his integrity and that of the Catholic Church. An immediate bestseller and almost universally favourably received, the Apologia was a 'turning point' in Newman's life, 'his second significant contribution to a theology of the church' (ODNB), and remains in print today. First edition in original binding. ~Robust packaging. Overseas orders trackable on request. . 1st edn. Hardback. Very Good+. 430, 127pp. Binding sound, text unmarked.