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The Prophet
by Kahil Gibran
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good Slipcase
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1972. Hardbound. Sixteenth printing. Condition: Fine (like new). Dust Jacket condition: Very Good hardboard slipcase with gold pastedown of title and author on cover and spine. Illustrated throughout with b/w original drawings by the author. 84 pp. Clean, like new crisp leaves on faux parchment. The only marking is a prior owner dedication on the front free endpaper. The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death. It is one of the best selling books of all time and has never been out of print. The condition of this book is pristine and gift worthy.
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- Bookseller
- Select Tomes
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100360
- Title
- The Prophet
- Author
- Kahil Gibran
- Illustrator
- Kahil Gibran
- Format/Binding
- Black cloth boards with gilt drawing on front cover and gilted white spine. Like new condition.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Sixteenth printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Pages
- 84
- Size
- 8 x 10 1/2
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Religion, philosophy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion; Philosophy;
Terms of Sale
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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
Select Tomes
Biblio member since 2020
GAHANNA, Ohio
About Select Tomes
I am making available selections from my collection of eclectic, historical and sometimes rare books. My collection includes historical novels, cookbooks, textbooks and children's books along with other ephemera.
Glossary
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
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