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The Bishop's Voice: Selected Essays 1979-1999
by John Shelby Spong; Christine M. Spong, Compiler and Editor
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0824515927
- ISBN 13
- 9780824515928
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1999 The Crossroad Publishing Company, New York. 1999. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($19.95); slight bumping to head and tail. Black paper over boards with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 238 pp 8vo. This book is an outspoken American churchman's prophetic views on issues that have shaped our era, and on people who have helped shape his life. Topics range from the personal to the political, from religion to morality, from conversations with other faiths to God, Jesus, and Christianity. The stories are intimate, unvarnished, humane, spiritual, and often bold, just like the man who wrote them. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015196
- Title
- The Bishop's Voice: Selected Essays 1979-1999
- Author
- John Shelby Spong; Christine M. Spong, Compiler and Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0824515927
- ISBN 13
- 9780824515928
- Publisher
- The Crossroad Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 64mo - up to 3" tall
- Keywords
- religion, religious essays, John Shelby Spong, religious scholar, church bishop, politics and religion, writer, other faiths, morality politics, religion and live, apartheid,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tail
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- Brodart
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- Jacket
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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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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