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GNOSIS: The Nature and History of Gnosticism
by Kurt Rudolph
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G+ in Poor dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060670177
- ISBN 13
- 9780060670177
- Seller
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Milton, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983. First American Edition. Hardcover. G+ in Poor dust jacket. Blue cloth is clean with minor shelfwear, clean, the spine is cocked, but covers firmly attached, a few page with margin pencil marks and some underlining, but very little (and may be erased) from a scholar and retired professor of religion, otherwise the pages are clean. Book marker ribbon bound and laid in. The dj is very worn. A very good reading/study/reference copy.
Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.
Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Country Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22026
- Title
- GNOSIS: The Nature and History of Gnosticism
- Author
- Kurt Rudolph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+ in Poor dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060670177
- ISBN 13
- 9780060670177
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1983
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
North Country Books
Biblio member since 2008
Milton, Vermont
About North Country Books
General used, collectible and antiquarian books. Also paper, ephemera and posters. I am now in my 14th year of full-time book selling.
Glossary
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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