8vo, brown buckram full cloth, gilt titles, 332pp. Early printing. Unclipped dust jacket (5.00) rubbed and toned to panels, quarter loss to spine panel, small chips and edge wear. Ownership marking to front endpaper, board corners bumped. Contents clean, binding firm. The Gifford Lectures, originally published in two volumes (Vol I Nature, Vol II Destiny), printed here complete in one volume. Niebuhr’s major work of theological history and teleology; examines classical, Christian, and modern conceptions of man’s ultimate end. A nice copy in mylar.