Icelandic Church Saga
by John C. F. Hood
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1946. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. An interesting first edition copy of this work on the Icelandic Church, with illustrations. A first edition copy. This work is an interesting report on the Icelandic Church, its origins and changes across the years. With a frontispiece and a map.Collated, complete. In the original clipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Previous owner pencil inscriptions to the front endpapers. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original clipped dust wrapper which is generally smart with some light spotting and marks to the wraps and chipping to the extremities and head and tail of the spine. With fading to the spine. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 864B60
- Title
- Icelandic Church Saga
- Author
- John C. F. Hood
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Icelandic Church Saga religion Iceland church religion
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Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- First Edition
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- Chipping
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Tail
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