The Luminous Trail
by Jones, Rufus M
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book very good: mild shelf wear, mild toning to endpapers, name on FFEP, text clean, binding tight./no DJ.
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan Company, 1947. first edition. hardcover. Book very good: mild shelf wear, mild toning to endpapers, name on FFEP, text clean, binding tight./no DJ.. 12mo 165pp. stated first edition. last published work of one of the most influential Quakers of the 20th century. Helped found the American Friends Service Committee in 1917, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Quakers in 1947. This book traces luminous trail, i.e. the lives of "persons, whether canonized or not, who have revealed the religious life--the high power of religion--the experience of the presence of the living God, in a supreme degree." From Saint John and Saint Paul to 19th century examples. #01332.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1272
- Title
- The Luminous Trail
- Author
- Jones, Rufus M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book very good: mild shelf wear, mild toning to endpapers, name on FFEP, text clean, binding tight.
- Jacket Condition
- no DJ.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- saints, lives of the saints, quakers, quakerism, pacifism, american friends service committee, nobel peace prize, nonfiction, first edition
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- 12mo
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- Shelf Wear
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- FFEP
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.