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Background to the Long Search
by Ninian Smart
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Ex-College library with a few marks. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper. Text
- ISBN 10
- 0563127791
- ISBN 13
- 9780563127796
- Seller
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
British Broadcasting Corporation [B.B.C./BBC], 1977. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Ex-College library with a few marks. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper. Text complete, clean and tight.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (black boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 10” x 7” (1.1 kg); 315pp; Index; Bibliography; Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Colour Photographs; Diagrams; Maps; ISBN: 0563127791 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #160853|| Condition:
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookLovers of Bath
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 160853
- Title
- Background to the Long Search
- Author
- Ninian Smart
- Format/Binding
- Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Ex-College library with a few marks. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper. Text
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0563127791
- ISBN 13
- 9780563127796
- Publisher
- British Broadcasting Corporation [B.B.C./BBC]
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- comparative religion hinduism buddhism christianity judaism islam religions within beyond the white frontier china japan meaning search broadcasting long television program bbc programmes radio series includes bibliographical references and index studies
Terms of Sale
BookLovers of Bath
As a distance seller based in England, I am required to abide by the terms of the "Distance Selling Act", details of which are freely available. This ensures that you have the highest degree of protection when purchasing from me. Alongside that, I prefer to treat my customers in the manner that I expect to be treated; my guarantee is complete satisfaction or your money back - I aim to please, not just for the one book sale but to ensure that should you require another book, another time that my name against it means it gets your consideration.
About the Seller
BookLovers of Bath
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset
About BookLovers of Bath
BookLovers of Bath is set in the pastoral idyll of Peasedown St. John in Somerset (God's Own Country) in the south west of England. My wife and I owned the village Post Office until the modern world caught up with us in 2014. At that point I converted the premises to a small book shop, Fact or Fable, with a stock of around 4,000 titles in stock. I've been selling books worldwide since 1997 and rather hope to get the hang of it shortly…
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- 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...
- Edges
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- Good+
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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