Baltimore: John Murphy & Company. Fine with no dust jacket. c1890. Hardcover. Bound in a beautiful soft full dark blue calf, gilt titles and decoration, spine a little sunned, all edges gilt, a lovely clean, tight copy. ; 6.5" x 4"; 262 pages .

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Bookseller: Luis Porretta Fine Arts (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 18769
Title: OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST FOUR BOOKS
Author: Kempis, Thomas A
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine with no dust jacket
Publisher: John Murphy & Company
Place of Publication: Baltimore
Date Published: c1890
Keywords: THEOLOGY
Bookseller catalogs: Theology;

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Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Calf: Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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....
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...