The Great Forty Years in the Diocese of Chicago A.D. 1893 to 1934
by HOPKINS, John Henry
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Centenary Fund of the Diocese of Chicago, Inc, 1936. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xii, 243pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Tipped to copyright page is a 1945 newspaper obituary for Hopkins. A tight and nice first edition of this chronicle of four decades Episcopalian church service. Penned on front flyleaf is "Presented to the Church Home / by Dr. Hopkins, August 1944. Second Floor Copy."
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44811
- Title
- The Great Forty Years in the Diocese of Chicago A.D. 1893 to 1934
- Author
- HOPKINS, John Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Centenary Fund of the Diocese of Chicago, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1936
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Chicago; Religion;
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