The World's Great Scriptures: An Anthology of the Sacred Books of the Ten Principal Religions
by Browne, Lewis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1946. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth cover with gilt lettering and red decoration on front and spine has very minimal wear and is clean. Binding sound. There is a partial bookplate of a previous owner on front pastedown along with some erased writing. Front free endpaper has previous owner's name. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Top edge of text block tinted navy blue, fore edge has light speckled foxing. Lacking DJ. ; Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 559 pages .
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- Bookseller
- James F. Balsley, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12404
- Title
- The World's Great Scriptures: An Anthology of the Sacred Books of the Ten Principal Religions
- Author
- Browne, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
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James F. Balsley, Bookseller
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About the Seller
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Williamsburg, Virginia
About James F. Balsley, Bookseller
My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.
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