Vindication of Anglican Orders (2 volumes)
by Lowndes, Arthur
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Good. New York: James Pott & Co; London: Rivingtons Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering lightly scuffed and shelfworn. Page edges untrimmed. Former library copies with spine stickers though no library markings found on content pages. Pockets removed from back pastedowns. Previous owner's signature and embossed stamp on forepages (Rev. Howard G. England of St. Andrew's Chapel, Lauraville, Baltimore Co.) Front hinges cracked but contents tight and intact.
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- Bookseller
- DR. BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MMXX3
- Title
- Vindication of Anglican Orders (2 volumes)
- Author
- Lowndes, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Keywords
- religion, religious history
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Items are returnable within 7 days of receipt if they are not as described but you must notify us first of your intention to return an item.
About the Seller
DR. BOOKS
Biblio member since 2005
Columbia, South Carolina
About DR. BOOKS
We are charter members of ABDASC, the South Carolina Antiquarian Bookdealers Association of South Carolina, and have been selling books on-line for more than 25 years.
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- Gilt
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- Tight
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