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Valeria, the Martyr of the Catacombs - A Tale of Early Christian Life in Rome
by W H Withrow
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
CA$35.37CA$28.29
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About This Item
London: T Woolmer, 1883 Book. Good. Brown Decorated Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Story set in Rome, by the Canadian Methodist minister William Henry Withrow (1839-1908), author of a major historical study of the Christian Catacombs of Rome, published in 1874. 172pp, illustrated with black and white engraving to frontis and decorated chapter heads. Drawing and lettering in black and gilt to top board and spine, patterned endpapers. Slight bumping to spine and corners, edges dust marked, with small red stain to lower edges, left hinge starting to pull and presentation inscription dated 1883 to endpaper, otherwise good copy..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015690
- Title
- Valeria, the Martyr of the Catacombs - A Tale of Early Christian Life in Rome
- Author
- W H Withrow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition.
- Publisher
- T Woolmer
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1883
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collectable Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...