The Confessions of Saint Augustine
by Augustine, St. / Pilkington, J.G. (translator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good - Very Good
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Liveright Publishing Corp., 1943. Book. Very Good. Hard Cover - Cloth. Hardcover Reprint. Octavo. l + 414 pp, Inked previou owner name on ffep, a few pages with neat ink underlines, check marks in the margins. translator's preface, (biographical) introduction (50 pp), , Thirteen books of the Confessions (complete); notes, index. Translated and annotated by J.G. Pilkington. Black and Gold Liveright edition, exterior Near Fine.. 2" closed tear to top edge DJ spine, DJ worn at the forecorners with minor edgewear. DJ handles nicely in removable mylar protector. Black cloth and gilt spine / fr cover design very nice, with Deckled foreedge and red top edge. 6" x 8.9" black cloth boards in mostly blue illustrated, Not price clipped, DJ.
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001313
- Title
- The Confessions of Saint Augustine
- Author
- Augustine, St. / Pilkington, J.G. (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good - Very Good
- Edition
- Hardcover Reprint
- Publisher
- Liveright Publishing Corp.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Biographical Introduction By Pilkington - Saint Augustine (born November 13, 354, Tagaste, Numidia [now Souk Ahras, Algeria]-died August 28, 430, Hippo Regius [now Annaba, Algeria]; feast day August 28), bishop of Hippo from 396 to 430
- Bookseller catalogs
- RELIGION;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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