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The Story of the Other Wise Man
by Henry Van Dyke
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1926 Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York. c1923 by copyright code F-A book is a June 1926 printing. Hardcover. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name and date 12/25/1926. Book Condition: Very Good; light wear to head, tail, and tips; light toning to pages. DJ: Good - ; chipping to head and tail with missing small pieces; bumping and missing small pieces on the top and bottom edges of DJ. Red cloth boards and spine with yellow lettering on the spine. Paste-on color illustration on front board matches the front panel of the DJ. Clean internals. Sound internal hinges. 74 pp 12mo. The story is an expansion of the account of the Biblical Magi, recounted in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament about a "fourth" wise man, a priest named Artaban, from Persia. Like the other Magi, he sees signs in the heavens proclaiming that a King had been born among the Jews and he sets out to see the newborn ruler, carrying treasures to give as gifts to the child. However, he stops along the way to help a dying man, which makes him late to meet with the caravan of the other three wise men. He commences his journey but arrives in Bethlehem too late to see the child, whose parents have fled to Egypt. He finally sees Jesus 33 year later after the crucifixion but as the wise man lays dying, he finally does meet Jesus and is rewarded for his life of good deeds. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
Synopsis
Henry Van Dyke was a preacher, university professor, diplomat, poet, translator, and author of many inspirational writings. His most famous work is The Story of the Other Wise Man , one of the best loved and most inspiring of all Christmas classics, celebrating its triumphant centennial in 1996.
Reviews
On Nov 4 2012, 63jesse said:
this is my favorite christmas story. i have read it yearly to my children for many years. i recommend this story to those of any age
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015090
- Title
- The Story of the Other Wise Man
- Author
- Henry Van Dyke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Jesus, crucifixion, three wise men, birth of Jesus, Christmas, King of the Jews, Magi, fourth wise man
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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