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A New History of the Book of Common Prayer with A Rationale of Its Offices
by Procter, Francis and Walter Howard Frere
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- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
London: MacMillan and Co., Ltd, 1932. Original Cloth. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. xxiv + 699 numbered pages. Old bookseller's label of B. H. Blackwell Ltd. Pages bright and clean and free of marks, tears, soiling and staining. Bound in publisher's purple cloth with gilt title, author and publisher to spine. Covers lightly worn, with small tear and sunbleaching at head of spine. With original dust jacket rubbed at edges, and with small loss at head of spine. An excellent copy of this standard reference work on the history and evolution of the BCP, including treatment of the American BCP.
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- Bookseller
- St. Wulfstans Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 949
- Title
- A New History of the Book of Common Prayer with A Rationale of Its Offices
- Author
- Procter, Francis and Walter Howard Frere
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co., Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- Common Prayer history commentary Anglican Episcopal Scotland 20th
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St. Wulfstans Books
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Fayetteville, Arkansas
About St. Wulfstans Books
St. Wulfstan's specializes in antiquarian religious books, especially Bibles, Prayer Books, and other texts in the Catholic, Anglican, Episcopal or Presbyterian traditions. We are known for our extensive inventory of liturgical texts (such as the Book of Common Prayer) and related books.The inventory ranges from historically significant and very rare texts to affordable copies of prayer books from the U.S. and Great Britain.
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