Church Vestments: Their Origin and Development. Illustrated with Eight Pages of Photographs and With Eight Colour Plates and Black and White Drawings by the Author
by Norris, Herbert
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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STILLWATER, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1949. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Herbert Norris. xviii, 190pp. Ex-library. No dust-jacket. Nicely illustrated. Exterior is quite worn, including some fading to cloth and a number of tears, chips, and small bumps to extremities. Gilt lettering to spine remains clear and bright, with a little rubbing to decoration on spine. Decoration to front cover remains clear and bright. Text clean and binding sound. A good working copy
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- Seller
- Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 037232
- Title
- Church Vestments: Their Origin and Development. Illustrated with Eight Pages of Photographs and With Eight Colour Plates and Black and White Drawings by the Author
- Author
- Norris, Herbert
- Illustrator
- Herbert Norris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Liturgy Liturgical studies vestments
- Bookseller catalogs
- Liturgical Studies;
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About the Seller
Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
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STILLWATER, Minnesota
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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