The Great Chalice of Antioch.
by EISEN, Gustavus A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Fahim Kouchakji, 1933. Small folio. 22 pp. with color frontispiece and numerous illustrations from photographs. Publisher's cloth with blue cover lettering. Original printed dust jacket with some edge wear and light chipping. Laid in is a loose color plate of the chalice with ordering information for the book on the verso. A very good copy.This silver chalice was discovered on a dig in Antioch in 1910. This book is an abbreviated version of the two volume work of the same title.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71125
- Title
- The Great Chalice of Antioch.
- Author
- EISEN, Gustavus A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fahim Kouchakji
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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,...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...