Junipero Serra
by Repplier, Agnes
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial dust jacket in mylar wrap, not price-clipped, moderate wear and sunning from age, creasing along front hinge, minor chipping on spinal head & tail, small handwriting on back cover; otherwise in good condition. Black cloth boards with dust jacket illustration inset on front cover & spine; in very good condition. Ex-library stamp on front endpaper. Map illustration of Serra's missions on front & back endpapers. Clean interior. Author Agnes Repplier was renowned for her previous work on missionary priests. This biography is about Franciscan missionary Fray Junipero Serra & his founding of missions across California. ; 8vo 6" - 8.5"; 312 pp .
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- Seller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 024897
- Title
- Junipero Serra
- Author
- Repplier, Agnes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Franciscan Missions, California, Spanish Catholicism
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About the Seller
Back of Beyond Books
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Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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