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The New Testament: An American Translation
by Edgar J. Goodspeed
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good +
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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NZ$124.36NZ$87.06
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1946 The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. 1946. Hardcover. Stated 21st Impression, 1946 (of the 1923 Edition). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; light bump to front upper tip. DJ: Good +; Price Clipped; closed tears to top and bottom of front panel; missing small piece at bottom of rear flap fold, light wear to head, tail, and tips. Red cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering and decorations on the spine and front board. 481 pp 16mo. The first part of the Bible to be translated into the American language, this book has become so well known that it needs no introduction. Since its publication in 1923, it has become widely accepted for its scholarship and loved for the simplicity and directness of its language. This book gives the clearest conception possible of the original meaning of the New Testament documents as the early Greek Christians wrote them. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016659
- Title
- The New Testament: An American Translation
- Author
- Edgar J. Goodspeed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- New Testament, English translation from Greek, Greek Christians, Edgar Goodspeed, Goodspeed Translation, The Bible, religion, Jesus Christ,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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