Ecclesiasticus or the Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach
by Brunton, Violet (illustrations), and C. Lewis Hind (introduction)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: The Bodley Head, 1927). Tall 8vo; original pictorial khaki cloth, lettered in gilt to spine; dustwrapper; fore- and bottom edges uncut; pp. xviii + (ii) + 165; colour plates with captioned tissue guards; decorations in text. Dustwrapper rather edgeworn; bump to fore-edges of boards; scattered foxing. Good condition, with dustwrapper. The text is from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha. Violet Brunton's whimsical illustrations charmingly depict the precepts highlighted. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12688
- Title
- Ecclesiasticus or the Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach
- Author
- Brunton, Violet (illustrations), and C. Lewis Hind (introduction)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London: The Bodley Head, 1927)
- Keywords
- Religion. Illustrated books Illustrated Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
All books offered subject to availability. Returns are accepted where we have erred materially in our description of goods.
About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
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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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...