THE PAGAN BACKGROUND OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY
by W. R. Halliday
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
-
Milton, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Liverpool/London: University Press of Liverpool / Hodder and Stoughton, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Tan cloth, abrasion/splitting to rear outer hinge, repaired, abrasion also to head/heel of spine, otherwise clean with gilt lettering to spine fading a little; the binding is cocked, both covers firmly attached, bookplate and name of former owner. No dust jacket. xv, 334 pages.
Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.
Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Country Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21911
- Title
- THE PAGAN BACKGROUND OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY
- Author
- W. R. Halliday
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- University Press of Liverpool / Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- Liverpool/London
- Date Published
- 1925
Terms of Sale
North Country Books
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About the Seller
North Country Books
Biblio member since 2008
Milton, Vermont
About North Country Books
General used, collectible and antiquarian books. Also paper, ephemera and posters. I am now in my 14th year of full-time book selling.
Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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What is a first edition?
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