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Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief
by E. Bolaji Idowu
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine book; near fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1886832005
- ISBN 13
- 9781886832008
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Wazobia, 1994. Edition published in memoriam author. Hardcover, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt spine and cover titles, pictorial wraps, 222 pp. Near fine book; near fine dust jacket. Revision of Idowu's 1955 doctoral thesis on comparative religion, a study of Olodumare, the ruler of the heavens in the Yoruba pantheon.
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- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2073
- Title
- Olodumare
- Author
- E. Bolaji Idowu
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt spine and cover titles, pictorial wraps, 222 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine book; near fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition published in memoriam author
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1886832005
- ISBN 13
- 9781886832008
- Publisher
- Wazobia
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Olodumare, Yoruba, Idowu
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Better Read Than Dead
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About Better Read Than Dead
Better Read Than Dead has been selling used books and other printed materials in Brooklyn, NY since 2012. We currently operate two open storefronts and an ever-growing online inventory.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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