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India: Beloved of Heaven
by Badley, Brenton Thoburn (In Collaboration with Oscar MacMillan Buck & James Jay Kingham; with An Introduction by Bishop W. F. Oldham)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Topeka, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Abingdon Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth covers remains clean and gilt stamped lettering and decoration remain bright; Rubbing on edges, with very light wear at spine ends; Slight spine lean; Front hinge (internal) is a little loosened, though with no cracks/breaks; Text block remains tight and volume is clean. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 217 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6936
- Title
- India: Beloved of Heaven
- Author
- Badley, Brenton Thoburn (In Collaboration with Oscar MacMillan Buck & James Jay Kingham; with An Introduction by Bishop W. F. Oldham)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Abingdon Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1918
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About the Seller
Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
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Topeka, Kansas
About Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
We sell antiquarian and gently used books specializing in all things Kansas. We also offer a large selection of books for children, vintage young adult & series books; Agriculture; Psychology; Militaria and Western Americana.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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