HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE " SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Not known.* Date of Publication: Pre 1907 (1874)* Publisher: The Religious Tract Society.* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial green cloth with black & yellow design, gilt title to spine and face. Absolutely minimal bumps & rubs, no fading. VG+* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight, Sunday School prize bookplate to fep. dated Jan 1906. Very light reading wear, no marks to text, some foxing to all edges and end papers, otherwise no visible faults. GD+* Illustrations: B/w illustration by Raymond Potter to frontis and two other plates.* Pages: 259 pp. text. xi pp. book catalogue at rear.* Description: Glaucia, the Greek Slave masterfully depicts the intricacies of a momentous time in human history. Ancient Rome and Greece are the backdrop for this dramatic account of the early Christians, whose belief in the one true God stands in stark contrast to the polytheistic world in which they live. Great faith, perseverance, and unyielding courage are paramount as they live according to what they know to be right and true.* A NEAR VG decorative copy with some foxing reducing it to GD+. No dust jacket.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4641
Title: GLAUCIA THE GREEK SLAVE
Author: LESLIE, EMMA
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - GD+/VG+/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Early
Publisher: The Religious Tract Society
Place of Publication: London Uk 267

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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....
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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...
Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...