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THE PARABLES OF JESUS
by Cadman, S. Parkes; Wyeth, N.C. (illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good plus
- Seller
-
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Very good plus. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 163pp. Illustrated with 8 full-page color plates by N.C. Wyeth, including frontispiece. Foreword by S. Parkes Cadman. Purple cloth boards with color illustrated paste-down on front cover, gold lettering along spine. Illustrated endpapers. Light fading to spine, lettering a little dull, some minor rubbing to spine ends. Small chip to edge of cover illustration, which is a little dull. Faint spotting to edges of a few first and last pages. Very nice, solid copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53682
- Title
- THE PARABLES OF JESUS
- Author
- Cadman, S. Parkes; Wyeth, N.C. (illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- David McKay Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1931
Terms of Sale
Lost Horizon Bookstore
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. We do not accept overseas orders for some countries and for some large and expensive items.
About the Seller
Lost Horizon Bookstore
Biblio member since 2010
Santa Barbara, California
About Lost Horizon Bookstore
We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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