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Through the Lich-Gate: A Biography of the Little Church around the Corner
by Ross, Ishbel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, wedding gift inscription, spine sunned, head and foot of spine worn.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: William Farquhar Payson. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, wedding gift inscription, . spine sunned, head and foot of spine worn.. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Gilt decorated gray cloth boards with vellum spine. 16 Illustrations from dry points by Ralph L. Boyer. A look at the historic church located in the heart of midtown Manhattan. v, 164 pp.; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37586
- Title
- Through the Lich-Gate: A Biography of the Little Church around the Corner
- Author
- Ross, Ishbel
- Illustrator
- Ralph L. Boyer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, wedding gift inscription, spine sunned, head and foot of spine worn.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Farquhar Payson
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- New York City History, Episcopal Church
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York State;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Spine
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- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- First Edition
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