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Vincent McNabb, trans.
The Akathistos Hymn: Ode in Honour of the Holy Immaculate Most Blessed Glorious Lady Mother of God and Ever Virgin Mary, Written on the Occasion of the Deliverance of Constantinople from the Barbarians, A.D. 626.
Published Oxford: Blackfriars Publications, 1947.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; printed with capitals & headings in red.
Printer: the Ditchling Press, Hassocks.
Size: 126x184x5mm.
Page count: 40pp (unnumbered pages).
Main language: English.
Overall condition poor to fair: the dustjacket on this copy is very ragged, with its spine almost disintegrated; the boards are discoloured, with a moisture stain on the lower corner of the back board; endpapers foxed, pages somewhat yellowed with age; previous owner’s name on the front endpaper, otherwise appears to be free of marking.

This item £10.00
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Weight without packaging: 103g.

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Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no

Introduction: foreword, 2pp
Notes: as an afterword at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: a few references
Index: no

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