Surprising Mystics [Ludwig Kempe's Copy]
by THURSTON, HERBERT
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very good in very good dust jacket. With spare annotations from Kempe, along with his Christmas bookplate to front pastedown, an
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About This Item
Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1955. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. With spare annotations from Kempe, along with his Christmas bookplate to front pastedown, and previous ownership signatures. Binding square and tight, text clean and bright otherwise. A touch of fading to spine panel.. 8vo. 6 x 8.75 in. ix, 238 pp. Herbert Thurston, S.J. reviews the lives of Margery Kempe of Lynn (name underlined in Table of Contents by Dr. Kempe), Anne Catherine Emmerich, Domenica dal Paradiso, et al. Bound in original full dark blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine, in printed dust jacket. This copy belonged to Dr. Ludwig Kempe, German-American neurosurgeon, ornithologist, and illustrator, retired colonel in the U.S. Army, asst. chief of neurosurgery at Walter Reed, etc. etc.
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- Bookseller
- Irving Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10
- Title
- Surprising Mystics [Ludwig Kempe's Copy]
- Author
- THURSTON, HERBERT
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. With spare annotations from Kempe, along with his Christmas bookplate to front pastedown, an
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Regnery
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1955
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