Sisters Of Sinai

Knopf, 2009-08-18. 1. hardcover. Used: Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. xii 3 316.""Janet Soskice takes us, via the lives of Agnes and Margaret Smith, on a quintessentially Victorian adventure. It is partly a physical journey: when Westerners generally feared to tread in the region, the sisters Smith traversed the Middle East, sleeping in… Read more about this item

New York: Vintage Books; Random House, 2010. xii, 316 pages, illustrations, map; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. "In 1892, two sisters, identical twins from Scotland, made one of one of most important scriptural discoveries of modern times. Combing the library of St. Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai, they found a neglected palimpsest: one of the earliest known copies of the… Read more about this item

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Knopf, 2009-08-17. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 6x1x9. Hardcover with dust jacket. Rear panel of jacket has dampstain, but does not affect book. Internally book has previous owner's name boldly printed on the inside board. Otherwise, text is clean, unmarked and the binding is tight. Prompt shipping.

Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. second printing. 316pp., index, illustrations. 8vo. Remainder dot lower edge of textblock, else fine hardcover, fine d/j.

Chatto and Windus,. Hardback. 338pp. A joint biography of the 'Westminster Sisters', theologians, explorers and linguists, Margaret Dunlop Gibson and Margaret Dunlop Gibson. Very clean and neat. Very good copy in like dust jacket . Hardback. 2009.

Vintage, 2010-08-23. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x7. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. 316 pages.

Vintage, 2009. VG to VG-/na. Softcover. Some rubbing & edgewear; some creases on corners & edges; overall clean & tight. 316 pages Keywords: 9781400034741

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

Vintage. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

U.S.A.: Knopf, 2009. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Near fine jacket..

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Vintage. Used - Like New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Knopf, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Tells the story of how Scottish twin sisters made one of the most important manuscript finds of the nineteenth century - an early copy of the gospels which lay hidden in the Sinai desert.