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HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY IN THE MIDDLE AGES
by Gilson, Etienne
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/NEAR FINE
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Random House, 1955. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. FINE/NEAR FINE. SIGNED and inscribed by the author d. 1969, Dominican House of Studies, Oakland, CA. Fifth Printing of the first American edition. 8vo, khaki cloth, gilt stamped spine title blocked in black with gilt and black cross to front cover, red topstain. Some faint toning to extremities, otherwise very clean and fresh with sharp edges; DJ spine very faintly sunned, some light rubbing to extremities, price intact and now wrapped in mylar. Etienne Gilson was founder of the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto and one of the foremost Catholic philosophers in the modern era. Signed copies of his books are uncommon.
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- Arches Bookhouse
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 503202
- Title
- HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY IN THE MIDDLE AGES
- Author
- Gilson, Etienne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- NEAR FINE
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date Published
- 1955
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