The Happy Isles: The Story of Swedenborg.
by Sutton, Eric A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with gilt text and vignette; the top edge of the text block is age-darkened, otherwise a Very Good
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
London:: J M Dent & Company, 1938.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with gilt text and vignette; the top edge of the text block is age-darkened, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Fair dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (about 8 inches tall) . Map endpapers. Description: Dust jacket art and interior illustrations by Reginald Knowles; the interior illustrations are in black and white and include a frontis and five additional plates. This is the life of Emanuel Swedenborg told for children. The publication of this book was timed to coincide with the world-wide commemoration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Swedenborg's birth.
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 058848
- Title
- The Happy Isles: The Story of Swedenborg.
- Author
- Sutton, Eric A
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with gilt text and vignette; the top edge of the text block is age-darkened, otherwise a Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J M Dent & Company
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1938.
- Pages
- 177 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (about 8 inches tall)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Bookworm
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Oroville, California
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Text Block
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- Fair
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- Jacket
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