Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1942. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. x, 237pp. Ex-library, with light wear and a touch of soiling to cloth, and a tiny worn area to spine where a sticker used to be. Light soiling to edges of pages. Aside from a name in ink to first page, text clean. Back hinge cracked, though text block remains square. Overall, a good, clean reading copy

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Seller: Henry Stachyra, Bookseller (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 032777
Title: The Larks of Umbria
Author: Albert Paul Schimberg
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Bruce Publishing Company
Place of Publication: Milwaukee
Date Published: 1942
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Medieval lives of the Saints biographies Franciscan Order St. Francis of Assisi
Bookseller catalogs: Franciscan;

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About Henry Stachyra, Bookseller

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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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....
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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