Pagans and Christians
by Robin Lane Fox
ISBN: 0394554957
ISBN-13: 9780394554952
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1987
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Explores the character of early Christianity, with details on religious life, secular daily life, and the condition of paganism at the time of its defeat.
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Knopf. Used - Good. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped daily. Over one million satisfied book lovers read with Experienced Books. 1987. Hardcover. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. Moderate to large bends/tears to dust jacket. Dust jacket: Acceptable. ( more information) Offered by Experienced Books LLC (United States)
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Knopf. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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Good + Text like new, with very good dust jacket, but downgraded because name and date written on inside cover. ( more information) Offered by Jonathan Friedman (United States)
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Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1987 Name to FFE, light foxing to edges, else tight and clean. DJ shows light edgwear, browning.. Am. 1st. Very Good/Very Good -. ( more information) Offered by Burke's Book Store (United States)
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NY: Knopf 1987 1st Am. edition, 1987. . Hardcover; original cloth without dustjacket. Ex-library book. Old library markings else clean and tight. Very good condition. ( more information) Offered by Kubik Fine Books Ltd, ABAA (United States)
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NY: Knopf. 1987. VG/VG-. Hard Cover. 799 pp; clean + tight; ISBN: 0394554957 . ( more information) Offered by The Old Library Bookshop (United States)
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Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1987 G+/VG. Purchase date inked on inside front cover under dust jacket, else VG+. Light shelving wear at edges of dust jacket, with small tear on top back near spine. Jacket flaps lightly sunned. Pristine text with no writing, markings, or dogears.. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Redd's Read Books (United States)
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Knopf, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Knopf, 1986, First American Edition stated. Near Fine hardcover (very slight edge soiling; otherwise Fine) in Near Fine jacket (slightly faded; jacket now protected in mylar cover). ( more information) Offered by Book Roundup (United States)
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1989 799 pgs. Looks like a Book Club Edition, though not stated. VG condition. Some minor DJ edgewear. Inside pages are clean and tight. No writing or marking.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Treasuring The Past - Old and Rare Books - Western, Massachusetts (United States)
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New York: ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1987. Books jacket has some wrinkles and wear. Books spine is bent. Book is in fair condition.. Hard Back. Fair/Fair. Religious. ( more information) Offered by Moody Books Inc (United States)
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Pagans And Christians
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. 1987. 1st Edition. Thick 8vo . Very Good in Very Good DJ. Top edges foxed . Religion and the religious life from the second to the fourth century A. D, when the gods of olympus lost their dominion and christianity, with the conversion of Constatine, triumphed in the Mediterranean world . ( more information) Offered by Chris Hartmann, Bookseller (United States)
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New York: Knopf, 1987. Religion and the religious life from the second to the fourth century A.D., when the gods of olympus lost their dominion and Christianity, with the conversion of Constatine, triumphed in the Mediterranean world. Hardbound with dust jacket. Pages have deckled edging. Text has had seepage at the upper corner of the pages fore edge. Seepage has caused staining on the edge itself and to the marginal section of the pages. Doesn't effect the type. Binding is tight. Corners of the boards are bumped. Very good bands. Dust jacket has very slight edge wear and fading around the edges. 799 pages.. Hard Back. Fair/Good. ( more information) Offered by Moody Books Inc (United States)
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Pagans and Christians
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Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1987. Sm tear, Rubbings. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Lofthouse Books (United States)
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Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1987. Pages are tight, bright & clean. Binding firm and straight, sewn signatures. Jacket in a crystal-clear polyester protector sleeve. Boards, peripheral edges and corners good+. No conspicuous wear. 799 pages, notes & indexed. If needed for reference, research, lucubrations or just enjoyment, this is the one.. Edition or Printing Not Stated. Red Lettered Boards. Near Very Good/Near Very Good No Price. 9 1/2 X 6 1/4 X 2. ( more information) Offered by Charles E. Peck (United States)
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Pagans and Christians
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New York and Toronto,: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1989 Reprint (1986, Viking, Penguin Books, Hamondsworth, G.B.) An in-depth study of the transition of Religion and Religious life from the 2nd to 4th Centuries A.D. when the Gods of Olympus lost their Dominion and Christianity, with the conversion of Constantine, triumphed in the Mediterranean World, Map of Classical "Asia". F/NF- red boards with red cloth backstrip hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and gilt author's monogram on front. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages clean and without markings. Sides deckle-edged. White DJ, illustrated with a painting of two reclining figures in a tent with two guards in foreground, one with spear. Minor edge wear and slight edge tattering, surface scuffing and rubbing. Tiny Price label on rear. Price corner clipped. 799 pp. Photo may not reflect actual condition of book.. First Publisher's Printing. Quarter-bound. Fine/Near Fine Minus. Illus. by Barbara de Wilde, Carol Devine Carson . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Spirit Tomes and Treasures (United States)
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Pagans And Christians
Fox, Robert Lane
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. VG+++ book in like DJ in mylar tight clean square Mild edgewear, . some minor creasing and nicking to DJ. 1989. Bk Club ed. Hardbound. Religion and The religious life from the second to the fourth century A. D.when the gods of Olympus lost their domnion and Christianity with the conversion of Constantine triumphed the Mediterranean World; 8vo; 799 pages . ( more information) Offered by JEM BOOKS (United States)
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New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1987. "Religion and the religious life from the second to the fourth century A.D., when the gods of Olympus lost their dominion and Christianity: with the conversion of Constantine, triumphed in the Mediterranean world", book plate on front paste-down, otherwise very clean and bright.. ISBN: 0394554957. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Robin Lane Fox, Pagans and Christians. ( more information) Offered by Book Grove (United States)
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Pagans and Christians
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New York: Knopf. Hardcover. 0394554957 800 pp, list of maps, preface, 13 chapters with notes, index. Binding tight, text clean. 6.4" x 9.5" red half-cloth boards in white DJ. (44 oz) . Very Good. 1987. First American Edition, 3rd Printing. ( more information) Offered by A Squared Books (United States)
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VG+/VG+ Hardcover; Alfred A. Knopf; Book Club Edition; 1989; 797 pages. Bright cover, minor shelfwear. Crisp unmarked interior. Jacket has touch of rubbing on top edge, one short tear. . ( more information) Offered by Mount Hope Books (United States)
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Pagans and Christians
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New York : Knopf , 1986 . Hardcover . Very Good /With Dust Jacket . 2" x 6.5" x 9.5" Tall . Used. Very Good. Clean and unmarked. Dust jacket in new mylar cover. 799 pages. ( more information) Offered by Christian Pages - Used and Rare Christian Theology Books (United States)
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PAGANS AND CHRISTIANS
Fox, Robin Lane
Knopf:, 1987. 799 pages. The author "re-creats for us the world of pagan religious activity: the old cults and their exotic permutations. And she shows that paganism remains- country to widely accepted opinion- extremely vigorous, right up to end. Christianity does not triumph unopposed. Yet Chritianity does, indded triumph. " FINE HARDCOVER, FINE- DUST JACKET.. First American Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by PASCALE'S BOOKS (United States)
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Pagans and Christians
Fox, Robin Lane
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987 Religion and the religious life from the Second to the Fourch Century A.D., when the gods of Olympus lost their dominion and Christianity. With the conversion of Constantine, triumphed in the Mediterranean World. Bright red cloth covers, pristine. Dustjacket intact and brodart protected.. Hard Cover. Excellent/Excellent. ( more information) Offered by KULTURAs books (United States)
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Pagans and Christians
Fox, R.L
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987 799 pp. Dust jacket has wear along edges and on outer corners, also has some discolouration. Cover has wear on outer corners. Outside edges of pages (opposite spine) not trimmed properly.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Arca Books (Canada)
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