Being a Christian, What it Means, and How To Begin
by Gladden, Washington
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Forest Grove, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Congregational Publishing Society, 1876. Fair. Cloth. First Edition,First Printing. 16mo (up to 6½" tall). 144pp. Brown cloth boards, gilt text. Gnawing to spine ends and corners. Many dings and scuffs to boards. Rear hinge starting. Text block is square, tight, toning with age, clean. Previous owner's name plate to front pastedown. Neatly underlined throughout..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bridgetown Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- QA25205
- Title
- Being a Christian, What it Means, and How To Begin
- Author
- Gladden, Washington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition,First Printing
- Publisher
- Congregational Publishing Society
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- 16mo (up to 6½" tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bridgetown Books
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Fair
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- First Edition
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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