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THE GREAT CHALICE OF ANTIOCH
by Gustavus A. Eisen
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Fahim Kouchakji, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 10 1/2 X 14 inches high. 22 pages. Tan cloth with dark blue lettering on cover. Signed by the author, with an inscription dated April 20, 1937, on ffep. Condition of the book is Very Good; spine ends very lightly worn, otherwise exterior is excellent, half title page and bibliography at rear are foxed, otherwise excellent, text and illustrations are very clean, binding is tight. Decorative art stack
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8566
- Title
- THE GREAT CHALICE OF ANTIOCH
- Author
- Gustavus A. Eisen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Fahim Kouchakji
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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