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Christ Rejected: or, the Trial of the Eleven Disciples of Christ
by Captain Onesimus
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Joseph Rakestraw, 1832. Front board had become detached along with front endpapers, possibly a half-title and other pages missing, as the remaining pages run fron rev of front free endpaper to title page. Title page has been torn and repaired. Red leather binding with gilt decoration to edges and to spine has minor bumping to corners and some scuffing to spine ends, but otherwise a not too bad copy of this not-very-common book. Published under the assumed name of "Captain Onesimus", the author was one John Hewson, according to the copyright information on rev of title page. This is the first edition, printed for the author in Philadelphia in 1832; there was another edition published in Trenton, NJ in 1834. . The complete title reads: "Christ Rejected: or, the Trial of the Eleven Disciples of Christ, in a Court of Law and Equity, as Charged with Stealing the Crucified Body of Christ out of the Sepulchre. Humbly dedicated to the whole nation of the Jews, which are scattered abroad on the face of the earth; and to the Deists of modern times. Designed also as a help to wavering Christians". 444pp, some b&w drawings.. First Edition. Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011529
- Title
- Christ Rejected: or, the Trial of the Eleven Disciples of Christ
- Author
- Captain Onesimus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Joseph Rakestraw
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1832
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Christian-Apologetics, Christian-Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
Biblio member since 2004
Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
Based in Kirkwall, Orkney off the north coast of Scotland. No shop, internet sales only..
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