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Proposed: The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David
by [Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America]
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Church Hymnal Corporation, 1976. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. 1001 numbered pages. A few pages with old notes now occluded, and previous owner's bookplate, otherwise pages clean. Bound in original black cloth with gilt cross to front cover and gilt title to spine. Griffiths 1976/3. A very good copy of the first edition of the 1979 revision of the American Prayer Book (currently in use), variously known at the time as the "blue book" or the "groundhog book" due to the peculiarities of its publication.
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Details
- Bookseller
- St. Wulfstans Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 870
- Title
- Proposed: The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David
- Author
- [Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America]
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Church Hymnal Corporation
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Common Prayer BCP Protestant Episcopal United States America 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
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- Gilt
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