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A. J. Gordon D.D.: A Biography With Letters and Illustrative Extracts Drawn From Unpublished or Uncollected Sermons and Addresses
by Ernest B. Gordon, Son
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1896. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrated with photographs and drawing. FIRST EDITION, 1896. Adoniram Judson "A. J." Gordon (1836–1895) was an American Baptist preacher, writer, composer, and founder of Gordon College and Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary. Gordon experienced a Christian conversion at age 15 and thereafter sought to become a pastor. He graduated from Brown University (then a Baptist affiliated school) in 1860 and Newton Theological Institution in 1863. From Wikipedia. <br><br>CONDITION: This book is from the library of Dr. James A. Stewart. Stewart was a prominent Scottish fundamentalist evangelist who also wrote books, started a publishing company and directed the Russian Bible Society. Stewart was the first preacher from the West to go behind the Iron Curtain after World War II. In 1970 there was a fire in his home leaving dark smoke marks on some books. There is no smoke odor. Hardbound brown covers, gilt title on darkened spine. Edge wear, small chipping head and tail of spine, bumped corners. Inner hinges cracked. Previous owner's name on endpaper, no other markings within. Illustrations; frontispiece missing. 386 pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 071810
- Title
- A. J. Gordon D.D.: A Biography With Letters and Illustrative Extracts Drawn From Unpublished or Uncollected Sermons and Addresses
- Author
- Ernest B. Gordon, Son
- Illustrator
- Illustrated with photographs and drawing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Biography; New England Minister; Evangelical; Preachers; Minister; Memoirs Minister
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
About Shelley and Son Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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