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Secret Books of the Egyptian Gnostics: Jean Doresse
by Jean Doresse
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Fayetteville, New York, United States
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About This Item
The Viking Press, 1960. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Dust jacket has tape repairs on all four corners, tanned all around, spine darkened with chips and tears at the head. Red cloth boards are bumped lightly at the corners, spine is sunned, price clipped. Bookplate and cross out of pen name on inside front cover, some pencil writing. 1960 first edition. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011
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- Bookseller
- Ivy Ridge Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11335
- Title
- Secret Books of the Egyptian Gnostics: Jean Doresse
- Author
- Jean Doresse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 9x6x1
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
- Keywords
- religion & spirituality
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion & Spirituality;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ivy Ridge Books
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Fayetteville, New York
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Bookplate
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- Sunned
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Independent Bookseller
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- Price Clipped
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