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The gifts of the Jews : how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels
by Cahill, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 074595054X
- ISBN 13
- 9780745950549
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1998 SOFTBACK ?HARD TO FIND,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2001* Publisher: Lion Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps, minor rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine, slight crease to hinge. Seems lightly-used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. Very slight colouration to page margins and edges. VG* Illustrations: A few b/w line drawings within text.* Pages: 273 pp. text. xvii pp. acknowledgements & index at rear.* Product Description:- How a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels. Part history, part narrative, this is a fascinating exploration of the deepest roots of our cultural heritage, tracing them through the characters and stories of the Old Testament..* This is a VG copy of the 1st./1st. thus FNL, with light age & shelf wear.* ( The hinges of history ; v. 2)
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1358
- Title
- The gifts of the Jews : how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels
- Author
- Cahill, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp. FNL.
- ISBN 10
- 074595054X
- ISBN 13
- 9780745950549
- Publisher
- Lion
- Place of Publication
- Oxford 291
- Date Published
- 2001-01-01
- Size
- : maps ; 20 cm
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