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Blood and Fire: William and Catherine Booth and the Salvation Army
by Hattersley, Roy
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG++/F/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0349112819
- ISBN 13
- 9780349112817
- Seller
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About This Item
SOFTBACK ?AUTHOR SIGNED?, SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2000* Publisher: Abacus.* Binding and cover condition: Mono photo-illustrated soft card covers, no bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners, minimal creases to spine & hinge with very slight bruise to front edge. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. Authors signature to title page. No other annotations, marks or inscriptions, no visible faults. No tanning. FINE* Illustrations: Two x 8 pp. blocks of b/w photos.* Pages: 441 pp. text. xxx pp. notes, references & index at rear.* Product Description:- William Booth was one of the most extraordinary men of his age. Building on his belief that the established church was ignoring the needs of the poor, he founded the East London Christian Mission. By the end of the nineteenth century it had become the Salvation Army and had battalions stretching fromSouth Africa to Peru. Roy Hattersley?s dual biography of Booth and his wife Catherine, is both an absorbing portrait of their lives and legacy, and a fascinating insight into this fascinating period of social history.*This is a NEAR FINE, SIGNED copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf wear reducing it to VG++*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3746
- Title
- Blood and Fire: William and Catherine Booth and the Salvation Army
- Author
- Hattersley, Roy
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/F/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0349112819
- ISBN 13
- 9780349112817
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Place of Publication
- London UK. 477
- This edition first published
- October 5, 2000
- Size
- 12.4 x 19.6 x 3.4 cm
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