Alpha and Omega: A Contemplation of the First Eight Chapters of Genesis Containing the History of The Antedeluvian World and Man's Creation
by A FELLOW-CHRISTIAN
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Hunter, Rose & Company, 1883. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine; stamped decoration to front board. Wear to cloth at outer corners of boards and head and heel of spine. Front pastedown slightly rippled toward head.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20775
- Title
- Alpha and Omega: A Contemplation of the First Eight Chapters of Genesis Containing the History of The Antedeluvian World and Man's Creation
- Author
- A FELLOW-CHRISTIAN
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hunter, Rose & Company
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- Alpha and Omega
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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