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Tamers of Death; Volume One; The History of the Alexian Brothers From 1300 to 1789
by Chrsitopher J. Kauffman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0816403147
- ISBN 13
- 9780816403141
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
A$30.36A$21.25
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About This Item
New York, NY: A Crossword Book/The Seabury Press, 1976 A Crossword Book/The Seabury Press, New York. 1976. Hardcover. First Edition. Volume One. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to board bottoms. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($15.00); sunfading to spine; light rubbing to flap folds and spine corners; light wear to tips. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 234 pp 8vo. Of the many religious orders in the Middle Ages and Renaissance devoted to nursing and to the care of the mentally ill, only the congregation of the Alexian Brothers has survived into the twentieth century. Originating on the fringes of medieval society their ministry developed to assist plague victims, nurse the dying and bury the dead, later to attend the incurably insane. A clean very presentable copy in a Brdart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008766
- Title
- Tamers of Death; Volume One; The History of the Alexian Brothers From 1300 to 1789
- Author
- Chrsitopher J. Kauffman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0816403147
- ISBN 13
- 9780816403141
- Publisher
- A Crossword Book/The Seabury Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Bubonic Plague, plague, black death, Alexian Brothers, pauperes Christi, dead, bury the dead, care for the incurably insane, medieval death motifs, danse macabre, Ars moriendi,
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- First Edition
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- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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