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Angels: An Endangered Species
by Malcolm Godwin
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671706500
- ISBN 13
- 9780671706500
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
$14.29$10.00
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About This Item
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster , 1990 Simon & Schuster, New York. 1990. Hardcover. 1st Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight dust soiling to upper edges. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($19.95); light bumping to top or rear flap; light rubbing to panels. Red cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Pictorial Angel on endpapers. 255 pp 8vo. Since ancient times, humankind has been intrigued by the angels, those awe-inspiring, luminous beings, who hover somewhere between God and man. The author presents an exquisite volume that goes the angels one better in vividness, detail, variety, and fancy and he takes the reader on a guided tour through all the lore from ancient times to the present. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012930
- Title
- Angels: An Endangered Species
- Author
- Malcolm Godwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671706500
- ISBN 13
- 9780671706500
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- angels, God, winged messengers, Metatron, Kabalah, Gabriel, Ofanim, medieval angelic pantheon, Satan, Adversary, St. Nick, angelic presence, Billy Graham, religion, Satan, Medieval Angels
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Brodart
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- Spine
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- Price Clipped
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- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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