Valamo and Its Message by Valamo Seura ry. (1983) - Hardcover with Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition | Religious History, Spiritual Reading, Book Collecting

Kohonen, Niilo [ed.], et al. Helsinki: Valamo-Seura ry., 1983.

English, Very Good, HC, 4to, 10 1/2" x 8 3/4", 287 pp. 

ISBN: 95199480007

Hardcover in white cloth with stamped gilt illustrations to front panel; a folded map of Laatokka placed in a sleeve adhered to back pastedown. Minor soiling and wear to edges, some sunning to edges, and light interior soiling. Very Good white pictorial dust jacket, some shelf wear, light soiling and wear to bottom edge, now in Mylar. 287 pp. Includes black-and-white and full-color images. Explores all things relating to this Orthodox monastery, Valamo, located in Heinävesi, Finland, including early history, major events, important figures, iconography, and much more. From inside the dust jacket: "The purpose of the [Valamo] Society, founded in 1969, is to collect, preserve and publish informative material and pictures of Valamo."