OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST FOUR BOOKS
by Kempis, Thomas A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Baltimore: John Murphy & Company. Fine with no dust jacket. c1890. Hardcover. Bound in a beautiful soft full dark blue calf, gilt titles and decoration, spine a little sunned, all edges gilt, a lovely clean, tight copy. ; 6.5" x 4"; 262 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Luis Porretta Fine Arts (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18769
- Title
- OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST FOUR BOOKS
- Author
- Kempis, Thomas A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- John Murphy & Company
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Date Published
- c1890
- Keywords
- THEOLOGY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theology;
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Luis Porretta Fine Arts
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Nanaimo, British Columbia
About Luis Porretta Fine Arts
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- 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....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...