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Kirchen im Ordensland (Churches of East Prussia)
by Miegel, Agnes (Text by); Staatliche Bildstelle, Berlin; Hansa Luftbild GmbH; Dr. K. H.Clasen; W. Raschdorff; Aszmann, Elbing (Photographs by)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Königsberg, Pr: Gräfe und Unzer, 1933. First edition. Softcover. vg. Quarto. 26, [6]pp. Original illustrated wrappers, with woodcut on front cover. Publisher's logo on title page. This delightful photobook features 12 photogravures depicting churches and cathedrals located in what used to be East Prussia before 1945. The photographs depict an outside and inside view of the following places of worship: the Cathedral of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russian Federation); the Cathedral of Frauenburg (now Frombork, Poland); the church of Bartenstein (now Bartoszyce, Poland); the St. Marien church in Elbing (now Elbląg, Poland); and the church of Wormditt (now Orneta, Poland). Minor shelf wear and slight age-toning along edges of wrappers. Text in German, gothic script. Wrappers in overall good+ to very good, interior in very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39044
- Title
- Kirchen im Ordensland (Churches of East Prussia)
- Author
- Miegel, Agnes (Text by); Staatliche Bildstelle, Berlin; Hansa Luftbild GmbH; Dr. K. H.Clasen; W. Raschdorff; Aszmann, Elbing (Photographs by)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Gräfe und Unzer
- Place of Publication
- Königsberg, Pr
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- German churches in architecture, Architecture in East Prussia
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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...
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