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A New History of the Book of Common Prayer with A Rationale of Its Offices
by Procter, Francis and Walter Howard Frere
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1929. Original Cloth. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. xxiv + 699 numbered pages. Small old owner's inscription on ffep and half title page and a couple small notes on rfep, otherwise pages bright and clean and free of marks, tears, soiling and staining. Bound in publisher's purple cloth with gilt title, author and publisher to spine. Covers very lightly worn. An excellent copy of this standard reference work on the history and evolution of the BCP, including treatment of the American BCP.
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Details
- Bookseller
- St. Wulfstans Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1012
- Title
- A New History of the Book of Common Prayer with A Rationale of Its Offices
- Author
- Procter, Francis and Walter Howard Frere
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Common Prayer history commentary Anglican Episcopal Scotland 20th
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
St. Wulfstans Books
Biblio member since 2009
Fayetteville, Arkansas
About St. Wulfstans Books
St. Wulfstan's specializes in antiquarian religious books, especially Bibles, Prayer Books, and other texts in the Catholic, Anglican, Episcopal or Presbyterian traditions. We are known for our extensive inventory of liturgical texts (such as the Book of Common Prayer) and related books.The inventory ranges from historically significant and very rare texts to affordable copies of prayer books from the U.S. and Great Britain.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
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