Pope Pius II: Priest and Statesman. A Biography
by Kees Van Hoek
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
STILLWATER, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd., 1939. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (ii), 106pp. Foreword by The Most Rev. Dr. Browne, Bishop of Galway. No dust-jacket. Ex-library, though no library markings to cloth covers. Several small bumps to extremities of volume, with light to medium wear in places on covers. Light soiling to exterior. Old newspaper clippings tipped in to front endpapers, as well as 2 other early blank pages. A name in ink to first page and just a few pencil marks to text. Some foxing to endpapers and some early pages, including title-page, as well as mild tanning to paper. Overall, a good, clean, sound copy
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Details
- Seller
- Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 035049
- Title
- Pope Pius II: Priest and Statesman. A Biography
- Author
- Kees Van Hoek
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Popes papal biographies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Papacy/Popes;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
STILLWATER, Minnesota
About Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
Welcome to Henry Stachyra, Bookseller. We are a family owned business, specializing in scholarly used, out-of-print and rare books. We bring 18 years of experience to buying and selling second-hand books. Our primary specialties are theology and philosophy, medieval studies and patristics. However, we also sell books in many other categories, especially scholarly.
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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