MARTIN DE PORRES, HERO
by Bishop, Claire Huchet
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954. Beige hardcover cloth binding clean, square and tight, illustrated endpapers. Price-clipped DJ a bit yellowed, chips top and bottom of spine, rubbed along edges and wrinkles - protected now in clean Brodart jacket. 120 pages. Martin and his sister Juana have a rough time growing up in Lima Peru as halfNegro and half Spanish. This is the story of Martin's life of how, through his love of God, manages to minister to all people regardless of race or creed. in 1837, he was beatified by Pope Gregory XVI, and in 1951 the Pan American Congress of Pharmacists selected him to be their Patron. Third in the author's series on the lives of saints.Wonderful b/w illustrations throughout.. Illus. by Charlot, Jean. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013794
- Title
- MARTIN DE PORRES, HERO
- Author
- Bishop, Claire Huchet
- Illustrator
- Charlot, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens - Texts/Readers/Non-Fiction;
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