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The Greatest of the Borgias
by Margaret Yeo
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Milwaukee, WI: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1952 The Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee, WI. 1952. Hardcover. Stated 3rd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($3.50); chipping and missing small pieces along top and bottom edges; light wear at spine shoulders and flap folds. Brown cloth and boards with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 294 pp 8vo. This is the story of the "Holy Duke", Francis Borgia, duke of Gandia and Marquis of Lombay, a great man in the eyes of the world in the mid 1500s and as a great saint. Rich with imagery and graced by the momentous history surrounding the colorful saint, this book gives an intimate account of the real Francis who consciousness of his own imperfections and relentless struggle to eradicate them brought to him the reward of sanctity. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010361
- Title
- The Greatest of the Borgias
- Author
- Margaret Yeo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Bruce Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Milwaukee, WI
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Francis Borgia, Borgia Family, Lucrezia Borgia, Cesare Borgia, Alexander VI, Holy Duke, Duke of Gandia, Marquis of Lombay, Jesuit Order, Society of Jesus, Spanish history, Spanish nobility, religion, Christian life,
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- Biographies;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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