Parsons Rev Benjamin (1 results)
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Scofield & Voorhies / D. Fanshaw, New York, 1840
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Timeless Pages, Newton, MA, U.S.A.Timeless Pages
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover / Publisher's Origin. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (Thus). Octavo (8vo). A highly scarce, definitive work of 19th-century Temperance and Prohibition reform literature. Written as an award-winning prize essay, Parsons provides an extensive medical, social, and Biblical analysis dismantling the defense of…intoxicating liquors. An important survivor detailing the religious social crusades of the Victorian era.Condition Report:Exterior: Bound in the publisher's original blind-stamped olive/slate green cloth. The spine retains its original gilt-stamped lettering block with light, uniform fading. The edges and extremities show mild shelf rubbing and light bumping to the corners, but overall it has excellent structural integrity.Interior: The text block is tightly bound and holding firm. Pages show standard age-toning and faint foxing restricted mostly to the introductory leaves and flyleaves. Generally a clean, solid copy free of modern marginalia.
