New York: The Catholic Publication Society, 1873. First American Edition . Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 180pp. Ex-library. Translated from the original French by James F. Meline. Small volume, bound in original red but very worn cloth, though gilt lettering and decoration remain clear and bright. Cloth admits to a number of tears and stains. Some browning to paper, with several leaves not quite squaring up with other leaves. Several short, unobtrusive tears and small spots to interior; else, text clean. Some splitting to paper over hinges and binding a little shaken. An acceptable reading copy

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Seller: Henry Stachyra, Bookseller (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 036878
Title: The Life and Times of Sixtus the Fifth
Author: Baron Joseph Alexander Hubner
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Poor
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First American Edition
Publisher: The Catholic Publication Society
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1873
Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
Keywords: Lives of the Saints Catholic Church biographies Popes Papacy
Bookseller catalogs: Papacy/Popes;

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Welcome to Henry Stachyra, Bookseller. We are a family owned business, specializing in scholarly used, out-of-print and rare books. We bring 18 years of experience to buying and selling second-hand books. Our primary specialties are theology and philosophy, medieval studies and patristics. However, we also sell books in many other categories, especially scholarly.

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Shaken: A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Reading Copy: Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...