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Easter: Its Story and Meaning
by Watts, Alan
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1959. First edition. First edition, first impression. 128pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket a little toning and small scuff to spine panel, price clipped in a rectangular shape. An early work by the perennially popular English philosopher and interpreter of religious/spiritual practices around the world, on the Christian tradition of Easter and its roots in European paganism.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140946083
- Title
- Easter: Its Story and Meaning
- Author
- Watts, Alan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Abelard-Schuman
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- easter, Christianity, Christian, religion, Western, pagan, paganism, ocult
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- New
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- First Edition
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