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Thomas à Kempis.
The Imitation of Christ.

Published London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1947 reprint (previously issued 1910).
Series: Everyman’s Library, no. 484.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: T. H. Best Printing Co., Toronto.
Size: 114x176x22mm.
Page count: xx,284pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: dustjacket discoloured and ragged, some chunks missing on its top edges; the book itself is rather rubbed on its spine and edges, though not too heavily worn; page edges dusty, pages somewhat yellowed with age; previous owner’s name on the front endpaper, but the main text appears to be free of marking.


This item £4.00
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 286g.

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Presents a modernised text, based on the earliest English translations.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no

Introduction: 5pp
Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 2pp
Index: no

[BML/everyman]

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