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Heralds of the Morning: The Meaning of the Social and Political Problems of To-Day and the Significance of the Great Phenomena in Nature
by Tait, Asa Oscar
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Oakland, California: Pacific Press Publishing Company, 1899. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Tait (1858-1941) was a prominent Sevent-Day Adventist, & this work has never gone out of print. This FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1899 has 279 pages, lavishly illustrated throughout with engravings & a frontispiece by C. Mente, marbling to exterior page edges & floral endpapers. Hardcover 8vo has brown cloth-covered boards lettered in bright gilt script to front & spine, with an image of a trumpeting angel stamped in silver to front board. Condition is VG: very clean, binding strong & straight, front & rear hinges intact, but cracking at Table of Contents. Pages creamy white with moderate tanning to edges. Former owner's name & address in pen to ffep. Rubbing to extremities, with heavier wear to spine tips & corners, including fraying. No DJ, as issued. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays(PST); weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021610
- Title
- Heralds of the Morning: The Meaning of the Social and Political Problems of To-Day and the Significance of the Great Phenomena in Nature
- Author
- Tait, Asa Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Pacific Press Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Oakland, California
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- RELIGION ILLUSTRATION BIBLE JESUS LAST DAYS PROPHECY MORMON MORMONISM SEVEN-DAY ADVENTIST
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- Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Religion/spirituality;
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La Mesa, California
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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