The Hale Lectures, 1910 : The National Church of Sweden
by Wordsworth, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good (+)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Long Beach, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: A.R. Mowbray & Co. LTD., 1911 I have implied that the main object which I have set before me in these lectures is the promotion of mutual knowledge between the Churches and peoples of Anglican Communion and the Swedish Church and people, and the mutual affection and self-improvement which may grow from such knowledge. Condition notes: [xix], 459 numbered pp; HB no DJ. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, burgundy topstain, errata tipped at preface; edges sunned, a few shallow tears or crinkles to f.e., Gift inscription inked decorative book plate pasted to ffep, mildly cocked. Cover: navy cloth, gilt titles spine five gilt edged blocks; substantial shelfwear, extrems worn through, head tattered, several inch long tears at joints to the head of the spine.
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- Bookseller
- Independent Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038804
- Title
- The Hale Lectures, 1910 : The National Church of Sweden
- Author
- Wordsworth, John
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (+)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Apparent First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A.R. Mowbray & Co. LTD.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Religion, Christianity, Anglican
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- Gilt
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- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
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- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Sunned
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