The Imitation of Christ. A New Translation By Ronald Knox & Michael Oakley. LONDON : 1959. [ The Golden Library ]
by A Kempis, Thomas a` Kempis 1380-1471 [attributed name] Thomas van Kempen or Thomas Hemerken or Haemerken KNOX, R.A. [ Msgr. Ronald Arbuthnott Knox,1888-1957. & OAKLEY, Michael - Translators
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- near fine
- Paperback
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- Condition
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About This Item
London: Burns and Oates Ltd, 1959. First Edition Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine. Small 8vo. Frontispiece By Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). LONDON : 1959. Printed in Belgium. Soft-bound in black imitation leather. Gilt lettered title and motif to cover. Rounded corners. All edges red. Cream end-papers. Title-page printed in red and black. Frontispiece. A bright, tight and clean copy. No owner name or internal markings. NEAR FINE. 249 pages. Index. The Golden Library series. Sm. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping** [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE
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- Title
- The Imitation of Christ. A New Translation By Ronald Knox & Michael Oakley. LONDON : 1959. [ The Golden Library ]
- Author
- A Kempis, Thomas a` Kempis 1380-1471 [attributed name] Thomas van Kempen or Thomas Hemerken or Haemerken KNOX, R.A. [ Msgr. Ronald Arbuthnott Knox,1888-1957. & OAKLEY, Michael - Translators
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece By Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Burns and Oates Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- Small 8vo
- Keywords
- The Golden Library
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria
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SPECIALIST IN SECOND-HAND AND ANTIQUARIAN LITERATURE & THEOLOGY. Mail Order. SPECIALIST ALSO IN C.S. LEWIS AND THE INKLINGS and others
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