SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1989* Publisher: Vintage Books (Random House) New York.* Binding and cover condition: Illustrated soft card covers showing Christ on the cross, purple & green spine with white title. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Complete with ROSICRUCIAN ORDER Book Mark. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 141 pp. text. xliv pp. conclusion, notes, index & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- The first major and eminently readable book on ?Gnosticism? benefiting from the discovery in 1945 of a collection of Gnostic Christian texts at Nag Hammadi in Egypt.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st. thus with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1400
Title: The Gnostic Gospels
Author: Pagels, Elaine
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - F/F/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn. Thus,
ISBN 10: 0679724532
ISBN 13: 9780679724537
Publisher: Vintage Books
Place of Publication: NY USA 182
Date Published: 1989-09-01
Size: 13.1 x 1.5 x 20.3 cm

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