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Something Beautiful for God - Mother Teresa of Calcutta

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Something Beautiful for God - Mother Teresa of Calcutta

by Muggeridge, Malcolm

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London: Collins, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND BY MOTHER TERESA. Writings by and about Mother Teresa of Calcutta including the transcript of Muggeridge's conversation with her in Calcutta. Publisher's cream cloth board with gold gilt lettering to the spine. Salmon-pink end-papers. A VG copy (spine a little darkened, minor marks to the boards) in a VG+ dustwrapper minisculy rubbed to the extremities. With the book-plate of Tony M Chance on the verso of the front free end-paper. Attached to the front paste-down is a TLS letter from Malcolm Muggeridge from his Robertsbridge Address in Sussex dated March 1983 addressed to the former owner of this book: Dear Mr Chance, Thank you for your most kind letter which I was delighted to receive. Your good wishes are of course reciprocated and it is encouraging to receive letters such as yours. Thank you again. Yours sincerely, Malcolm Muggeridge (signature in ink). Attached to the front free end-paper is a a prayer from Mother Teresa which she has addressed to "Tony M. Chance" and signed in blue felt tip: "God bless you/ M Teresa me". The envelope used to to post the signed prayer is also in Mother Teresa's hand in blue felt tip and was posted in Rome on June 28, 1984; this is attached to the rear paste-down. On the verso of the rear free end-paper is a review of "Mother Teresa - Beyond the Image" by Anna Sebba from the Times (Tuesday September 9, 1997". Extremely scarce with these attributes. Photographs/scans available upon request.

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Bookseller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
355490722095
Title
Something Beautiful for God - Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Author
Muggeridge, Malcolm
Format/Binding
Hard Cover
Book Condition
Used
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Collins
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1971

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James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.

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About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.

James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).

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Dustwrapper
Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
Paste-down
The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
A.N.
The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
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....
VG
Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Verso
The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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...

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