The Life of S. Alphonso Maria de Liguori: Bishop of St. Agatha of the Goths. Volume IV.
by Oratorians
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- hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
London, UK.: Thomas Richardson and Son. Good with no dust jacket. 1849. Hardcover. 8vo - 19 x 12 cm.; Xxii - 362 pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and blind stamped on front and back boards. One of the "Lives of the Canonized Saints and Servants of God" series from the Oratory of London. Introduction by Fr. De Held, Superior of the Redemptorist Fathers in England. Previous owner's name stamped on both front end papers. The front joint shows some splitting at the spine crown and the spine is cocked. Very minor foxing present and a closed tear in the fore edge margin of page xvii/xviii, neither of which affect the text. Binding is still solid with some minor shaking while the externals show edge wear and bumped corners. A clear and removable archival cover has been fitted. .
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- Bookseller
- Pilgrim Reader Books - IOBA
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- Bookseller Inventory #
- 11446
- Title
- The Life of S. Alphonso Maria de Liguori: Bishop of St. Agatha of the Goths. Volume IV.
- Author
- Oratorians
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Richardson and Son
- Place of Publication
- London, UK.
- Date published
- 1849
- Keywords
- Catholic, Redemptorist, Alphonso De Liguori (alphonsus), Biography, Oratory, Oratorians, Hagiography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Catholic - Biography;
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