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The Religion of Negro Protestants: Changing Religious Attitudes and Practices
by Johnston, Ruby Funchess
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York : Philosophical Library , 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 224 pages, indexed. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf. Hardcover bound in dark grey cloth. The binding is rubbed and worn but sound. Spine is faded. Outer edges of the text block show some spots/stains. Prior owner's bookplate on the front pastedown (George Breathett, who was a professor at Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina in the 1950s-1960s). The text is somewhat toned but clean and sound. Author's inscription reads, "To Clementine and Julian with Love, Ruby.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 050619
- Title
- The Religion of Negro Protestants: Changing Religious Attitudes and Practices
- Author
- Johnston, Ruby Funchess
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Philosophical Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.10 lbs
- Keywords
- 1956; Ruby Funchess Johnston; African American Religion; African American Studies; Protestantism; History of Religion in America; Signed; Bookplate; George Breathett; Bennett College; Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Bookseller catalogs
- African-American; History of Religion in America;
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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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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