Calamites du Jour: Etudes Morales et Sociales
by Chemaly, Kairalla
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London (Birr), Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Beyrouth: Imprimerie Khalife, 1933. Book. Illus. by Farrouk, et al.. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Bound in contemporary quarter-morocco leather over marbled boards. Original illustrated card covers bound in. Some rubbing to spine and edges. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat. Illustrated. Author portrait frontispiece by Farrouk. A quite spectacular inter-religious book of warning and instruction to youth, endorsed by many, many religious, municipal, royal and embassy officials (all with portraits) -- including Pope Pius the XI. Striking illustrations of vice, demonic influence, and the wages of same. Partly illustrated from Hollywood films. Apart from title page and some introductory paragraphs, which are in French, the text is in Arabic. Quite an interesting and unusual production. 188p..
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- Bookseller
- CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41758br
- Title
- Calamites du Jour: Etudes Morales et Sociales
- Author
- Chemaly, Kairalla
- Illustrator
- Farrouk, et al.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Imprimerie Khalife
- Place of Publication
- Beyrouth
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Calamites du Jour: Etudes Morales et Sociales Middle East Lebanon Beirut Beyrouth religion religious Catholic Eastern Churches Islam Muslim moral leadership vice civic church and state church-state
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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.
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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
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