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Author: Joscelyn, Archie
Title: The Crown
Place: Rock Island, IL
Publisher: Augustana Press
Date: [1960]
Item # : 114128
Offered by: PBA Galleries
End Date   07/29/2002 19:00:00 CDT
Price realized   $ 20

Item was sold in an online auction !

Description:
7½x5. Cloth, jacket. First Edition.
With review card laid in. Novel about a Roman soldier who was beside the cross when Christ was crucified and was afterwards stationed at Jesus' tomb. Full of New Testament people such as Caiaphas the high priest and Pontius Pilate. So anyways after the crucifixion, this soldier guy (Cedric) picks up the Crown of Thorns which had dropped to the ground and then all kinds of nutty stuff happens like- hey wait a minute, read it yourself!
Condition:
Jacket rubbed, with splits and small chips and a few tape residue marks; spine ends a bit crimped, corners a bit bumped; small tape residue marks to pastedowns, slight tanning to endpaper margins; about near fine in very good jacket.
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