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Gesta Christi: A History of Humane Progress Under Christianity
by Brace, C. Loring
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hodder and Stoughton, 1882. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 520 pages, indexed. Hardcover in green cloth. EX LIBRARY BOOK WITH FULL MARKINGS. Binding is scuffed, has soil marks and rubbing .Spine has tape residue near foot. Headcap is bumped , has small tear in cloth on left side. Foot has fraying. Bottom of text block has stamp marks from a library. Front pastedown has bookplate from Davis Memorial Library at Methodist College , noting the book is from the Allen C. Lee Collection. Mr. Lee has signed the front flyleaf and noted "Red Springs, NC 3/4 1948". A 1 inch long chip is removed from top of front flyleaf. Signature not affected. Rear pastedown has a card pocket affixed to it and a card within. A modern bar code is at the bottom edge. Rear gutter is broken. Still attached near foot. Cords show. Title page has stamp mark from Rev Lee's private library. A penciled notation on copyright page. Library blindstamp on preface page.
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- Seller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 051465
- Title
- Gesta Christi: A History of Humane Progress Under Christianity
- Author
- Brace, C. Loring
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1882
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1882; C. Loring Brace; Christianity; History of Christianity;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History of Christianity;
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
14 day return guarantee, with full refund if an item arrives mis-described or damaged. Buyer pays return shipping.
About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
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- Copyright page
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