The Temperance Leaders of America. Vol. I. (Part I: Biographies; Part II: Speeches and Lectures of the Leaders of the Temperance Reform with Articles Bearing upon the Temperance Movement)

Austen, Rev. B. F.

Published by The Author, St. Thomas, Ont. (Canada), 1896

About this Item

Quarto. 188, 194, [1] pages. Hardcover bound in full leather. Light to moderate wear to the binding. Now housed in a full mylar or acetate wrapper (removable). The front cover is embossed in blind with four portraits and the title embossed in gilt. There is a little splitting to the front hinge near the foot of the spine. All edges gilt. The text is sound and clean. Illustrated with small photographic portraits for a number of the Temperance workers. The spine states "Vol. I," but this may be all that was published. The work is divided into two sections, separately paginated. The first 188 pages offers biographies of Temperance workers, most with a photographic portrait (four per page). The second section is "Speeches and Lectures of the Leaders of the Temperance Reform with Articles Bearing upon the Temperance Movement." A nice, attractive copy. Seller Inventory # 048973

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Temperance Leaders of America. Vol. I. (...

Publisher: The Author, St. Thomas, Ont. (Canada)

Publication Date: 1896

Binding: Leather Bound

Illustrator: Carlotta B. Beattie

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket