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John a Tale of the King Messiah
by Woods Katharine Pearson
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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North Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Author: Katharine Pearson Woods
Title: John A Tale of the King MessiahPublisher: Dodd, Mead And Company
Date: 1896Edition: First Edition
Format: HardcoverSize: 8vo
Pages 346"Around the ruins of what had once, however rude and poor, been the beginnings of happy homes, and the cradle of civic freedom, the fierce Syrian auxiliaries of Imperial Rome lay drinking, gaming, and laughing, as they shared the spoils to which none had been left alive to dispute their claim, so far as they knew or could control the matter. The Village, said moreover to be the refuge of certain escaped slaves, had reaped the reward of those who refuse to pay tribute to Rome, and who slay the tax-gatherers sent to collect the same. Such a crime is surely worthy of death, and the more as it is one wherein the whole land of Judea and Galilee would gladly become accomplice; but from this, so telling an example will assuredly serve to deter them."
Condition:Wear and rubbing to olive green art nouveau style gilt decorated covers, light soiling and toning to spine, wear and dust soiling to page edges, binding is cracked between pages 96-97, light foxing and toning to endpapers. A crease to the rear board. See photos029103/ 25 bx25E
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035127
- Title
- John a Tale of the King Messiah
- Author
- Woods Katharine Pearson
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead And Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1896
- Pages
- 346
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Historical Fiction religion
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / Religion;
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