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Urantia Book. First Printing

The Urantia Book Parts I-IV. Urantia Foundation. 1955. "First Printing" stated with no listing of later printings. Crown octavo, 2097 pages
 Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Dust jacket has chips and tears, light stains and soiling. Front flap is separated but present and retains original $12.00 price.  Now protected by a removable mylar dj cover. BOOK: Bright gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Light cover edge wear. Previous owner's name tastefully inscribed on front cover at lower edge. Modest stains and soiling to page edges. Several pages have small folds to upper corners (not really dog-ears, more like improper storage). Damp rippling to rear of text block. Rear free end paper creased several times vertically. Still, a relatively handsome copy, rarely seen in original dust jacket. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. KG04a

"The Urantia Book (sometimes called The Urantia Papers or The Fifth Epochal Revelation) is a spiritual, philosophical, and religious book that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States sometime between 1924 and 1955. The authorship remains a matter of debate. It has received various degrees of interest ranging from praise to criticism for its religious and science-related content, its unusual length, and the unusual names and origins of the authors named within the book.

The text introduces the word "Urantia" as the name of the planet Earth and states that its intent is to "present enlarged concepts and advanced truth."[1][2] The book aims to unite religion, science, and philosophy.[3] Its large amount of content on topics of interest to science is unique among documents said to have been received from celestial beings.[4] Among other topics, the book discusses the origin and meaning of life, mankind's place in the universe, the history of the planet, the relationship between God and people, and the life of Jesus." - Wikipedia