Hillern's Higher than the Church
by [Wilhelmine von Hillern]. Translated by Mary J. Safford
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Reading, Pennsylvania: Handy Book Company, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. No date (circa 1920). Green cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front cover. Cloth is lightly worn at extremities. Previous owners' names on ffep and facing the title page; very light scattered soiling. 74 pages. 6 x 4 inches. Published by the Handy Book Company, which incorporated in 1915 and moved from Reading to Harrisburg in 1923. Higher than the Church is a legend set in the early sixteenth century in the German town of Breisach (located on the Rhine, across the river from French Alsace), in which the emperor Maximilian I and the artist Albrecht Durer figure. The main character is a young artisan and student of Durer's, who is commissioned to carve an altar for the Breisach cathedral. During the many-year ordeal he is separated from his lover. Wilhelmine von Hillern (1836-1916) was a German novelist.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014364
- Title
- Hillern's Higher than the Church
- Author
- [Wilhelmine von Hillern]. Translated by Mary J. Safford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Handy Book Company
- Place of Publication
- Reading, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1920
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Handy Literal Translations, Catholic, fiction,
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