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"WITH BLEEDING FOOTSTEPS": Mary Baker Eddy's Path to Religious Leadership
by Thomas, Robert David
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0679414959
- ISBN 13
- 9780679414957
- Seller
-
Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. xvii, 363pp. B/white subject portrait frontis. Book clean, square. Blue quarter-cloth spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain boards (author's initials in gilt to front panel) have a thin sunned to strip to head and foot. Untrimmed foredge, blue-tinted textblock head, leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket has previous owner's clear tape reinforcing to inner (reverse surface) head and foot of spine and flap folds, soft edge-creasing, From the jacket flap: "In this groundbreaking biography, Robert Thomas brilliantly employs his training in both history and psychoanalysis and, for a non-Christian Scientist, his unprecendented access to Church archives to illuminate the psychological and social circumstances that led to Eddy's founding of a major religious movement . . . " Contents include: Acks. Preface. 14 chapters. Notes. Index. Book weight approx. 765g. (Customers outside Australia only - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote).. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good-/Good+. 8vo - (approx. 24cm x 16.25cm).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014953
- Title
- "WITH BLEEDING FOOTSTEPS": Mary Baker Eddy's Path to Religious Leadership
- Author
- Thomas, Robert David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679414959
- ISBN 13
- 9780679414957
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - (approx. 24cm x 16.25cm)
- Keywords
- Mary Baker Eddy, 1821-1910, Christian Scientists, United States, Biography, Christian Science, History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion/Spirituality/Inspiration;
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
Diversity Books - Terms of Sale: All PRICES quoted are in Australian DOLLARS. Books may be returned within seven days of receipt if found to be incorrectly described. Australian buyers: We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and direct deposit to Commonwealth Bank account. International buyers: We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express. International buyers have the choice of FAST AIRMAIL [approx.3-10 business days, depending on destination]or STANDARD AIRMAIL [approx. 10-25 business days, depending on destination] Please EMAIL regarding ARTICLE FOR SALE, AVAILABILITY, PAYMENT and POSTAGE/HANDLING OPTIONS.
About the Seller
Diversity Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Korumburra, Victoria
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