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THE VISITOR - OF HIS COMING AND OF HIS SOJOURNING AND CONCERNING THE MANNER OF HIS GOING AWAY
by Studdert Kennedy, Hugh A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Putnam. Very Good/Very Good. 1945. Hard Cover. 12mo Dust jacket price clipped. Cloth boards with gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Foxing spots to page tips.m65 pages clean and tight. THIS STORY of the Coming of The Visitor and of His Sojourning and Concerning the Manner of His Going Away has an allegorical setting, and yet remains very real by its firm grasp of the personal matters that provide ordinary men and women with their most important problems. The author was brother of the late widely-loved G. A. Studdert Kennedy, better known as "Woodbine Willie," and came into special notice with his frank and courageous application of religion to the vital topics of the day. "One rises refreshed from its noble teaching."-Church of England Newspaper. "An attractively written piece of allegorical writing."-The Guardian. "An exquisite parable."-Methodist Recorder. .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141297
- Title
- THE VISITOR - OF HIS COMING AND OF HIS SOJOURNING AND CONCERNING THE MANNER OF HIS GOING AWAY
- Author
- Studdert Kennedy, Hugh A
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1945
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About the Seller
CHARLES BOSSOM
Biblio member since 2010
ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....
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