A Foundress in Nineteenth Century Italy (Blessed Paola Frassinetti and the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Dorothy)
by Umfreville, Joyce
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Staten Island: Sisters of St. Dorothy, 1939. Life of the foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Dorothy, primarily involved in educating the poor. She was canonized in 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Hardcover, full blue cloth, gilt titling. Light wear, some staining, corners bumped & rubbed; gift note on free endsheet, ink notes on last page noting an additional convent. Text clean; [8], 165 pages, list of convents, frontispiece potrait & one other b/w plate.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- p0515
- Title
- A Foundress in Nineteenth Century Italy (Blessed Paola Frassinetti and the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Dorothy)
- Author
- Umfreville, Joyce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sisters of St. Dorothy
- Place of Publication
- Staten Island
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Religion, Religious Orders, Catholicism, Catholics, Nuns
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Jacket
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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...
- 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...
- Plate
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Poor
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