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Gideon's Torch
by Colson, Charles and Vaughn, Ellen [Attorney General John Ashcroft]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/near fine
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About This Item
Dallas: Word Publishing, 1995. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good/near fine. Signed limited edition of Gideon's Torch by Charles Colson and Ellen Vaughn, inscribed to Attorney General John Ashcroft.. Large octavo, vii, [3], 553pp, [4]. Blue hardcover, title in gilt on navy blue cloth spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. "Special Limited Edition" in silver across top edge of front cover. Solid text block, a few small stains along fore edge, light rubbing to spine and edges. In the publisher's dust jacket, light wear to edges of spine, shelf wear, a near fine example. Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper, "John Ashcroft, U.S. Senate." Signed by the author on the half-title "John - this is why we need more men like You in High office / Charles Colson.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12770
- Title
- Gideon's Torch
- Author
- Colson, Charles and Vaughn, Ellen [Attorney General John Ashcroft]
- Illustrator
- Signed limited edition of Gideon's Torch by Charles Colson and Ellen Vaughn, inscribed to Attorney General John Ashcroft.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Word Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Dallas
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Born Again, Born Again Colson, Being the body Colson, Now How Shall We Live Colson, The Faith Given Once for All Colson, Being the Body Vaughn
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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...
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- Copyright page
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- Fore Edge
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- Edges
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- Fine
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