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Origen: Contra Celsum
by Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Henry Chadwick
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge University Press, 1953. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. The 1953 1st appearance of this elegant Cambridge translation. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ example of the uncommon dustjacket, with mild darkening to the spine and several tiny closed tears along the rear panel's top-edge. Thick octavo, translated with an Introduction and notes by Henry Chawick, the former dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22842
- Title
- Origen: Contra Celsum
- Author
- Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Henry Chadwick
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- rare Christian history, rare Classical studies, rare Ancient Greek history, the Ancient Greek church, rare theology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Crisp
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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