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THE TREATISE OF THE POOL: Al-Maqala al-Hawdiyya
by Obadyah B. Abraham b. Moses Maimonides; Paul Fenton ed.; Georges Vajda preface
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- FINE/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Octagon Press, 1981. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. FINE/Very Good. xvi, 146, 28 pp. 3 B/W photo plates of the Bodleian's original manuscript. 12mo, beige paper over boards, gilt spine lettering. Leaves tanned as usual, clean and sharp otherwise DJ spine a bit sunned, tips worn. Hebrew text with English introduction and commentary, Vajda's preface in French. Scarce in trade.
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- Bookseller
- Arches Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 500775
- Title
- THE TREATISE OF THE POOL: Al-Maqala al-Hawdiyya
- Author
- Obadyah B. Abraham b. Moses Maimonides; Paul Fenton ed.; Georges Vajda preface
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Octagon Press
- Date Published
- 1981
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Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Arches Bookhouse
Biblio member since 2022
Portland, Oregon
About Arches Bookhouse
Brick & mortar humanities bookshop in Portland, OR. Philosophy, history, theology, literature, art.
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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