The Friar and the Cipher: Roger Bacon and the Unsolved Mystery of the Most Unusual Manuscript in the World
by Lawrence Goldstone,Nancy Goldstone
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0767914732
- ISBN 13
- 9780767914734
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 120, A compulsively readable account of the most mysterious manuscript in the world, one that has stumped the world’s greatest scholars and codebreakers. The Voynich Manuscript, a mysterious tome discovered in 1912 by the English book dealer Wilfrid Michael Voynich, has puzzled scholars for a century. A small six inches by nine inches, but…
Synopsis
Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone are a husband-and-wife writing team and authors of Out of the Flames , a Booksense 76 Selection. They have also written three books on their book-collecting pursuits: Used and Rare , Slightly Chipped , and Warmly Inscribed .
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- Bookseller
- The Edmonton Book Store (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 298055
- Title
- The Friar and the Cipher: Roger Bacon and the Unsolved Mystery of the Most Unusual Manuscript in the World
- Author
- Lawrence Goldstone,Nancy Goldstone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0767914732
- ISBN 13
- 9780767914734
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Edmonton Book Store
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Edmonton, Alberta
About The Edmonton Book Store
In business for nearly 30 years, we offer thousands of out-of-print and antiquarian books, with specialities in Western Canadian studies, signed Canadian literature and art books.
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- 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...