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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Author Anonymous/various contributors Title The Message of the World's Religions Publication details New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898. First edition. 125 pages. Hardcover. Condition Very good for its age. Original red cloth boards with gilt title to front board. Expected shelf-wear, rubbing and some fading to boards and spine. Corners and spine ends bumped and worn, with some marking and surface wear visible to the cloth. Ink ownership inscription to front endpaper. Binding tight and boards square. Text block very clean and clear throughout. Description First edition of The Message of the World's Religions, published by Longmans, Green and Co. in 1898. A compact late nineteenth-century work on comparative religion, reflecting Victorian interest in the study of world faiths and religious thought. This copy is complete in 125 pages and remains in very good condition for its age. The original red cloth binding shows expected shelf-wear, rubbing, bumps and marks, particularly to the boards, corners and spine, but the book remains firm, square and attractive. There is an ink ownership inscription on the front endpaper. Internally, the pages are notably clean, with a clear and readable text block. A pleasing and collectible first edition. …

Hardcover. 1st Edition. sm4to, 24.5cm, the First Edition, viii,226,[1]p., with95 plates from wood engravings (some printed on sepia background) byvarious artists including Walter Crane, Cooper, Von Ramberg, C. Green,M.J. Lawless, T. Morten, F. Sandys, J.D. Watson, Printed by DalzielBrothers & others, bound in full dark green morocco, blind ruled raisedbands, gilt titles, blind stamped borders and decorations in the panels,blind ruled borders on the boards, gilt decorated block titles on theupper cover, bevelled boards, wide gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g., inkstains on the inner gutters else a very good to fine copy attractivelybound. (lt) Most reference located cited London, 1866 issue. …