Right Rev J Johns (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Baltimore, 1867. Blue cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; edges and covers worn; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; free front endpaper detached but present; gutter broken with frontispiece and title page detached, now laid in; pages toned, no internal markings; 537 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. See photos for condition details: hardcover, blue cloth boards stamped in blind with gilt to spine. Also included in the book is a 19th-century photo of Bishop Meade from the H. B. Hull's Fine Art Gallery of Parkersburg, West Virginia. The photo has spotting on both sides along with pinholes in the corner and top center, where was likely pinned to something, and appears to be a previously unknown image of the bishop. The book itself shows some spotting and soiling on the exterior along with some edge and corner bumps/wear. The interior binding is good at the boards but there is pulling in numerous spots and a crack is present between the two frontispiece images. The front end page contains the names of the original owners, who are mother and daughter. This page contains the signatures of Susan Meade Hedges (1839-1913) originally married to Philip Carmine VanMetre, and also her daughter Mary VanMetre Faulkner (1860-1931), who had married Oliver Faulkner of the Faulkner family in Winchester WVa. This book was part of the Faulkner estate that was purchased in the 1970s and was packed away. It is unknown the connection to the Bishop Meade, if any. Signed by Other.…

19,5x12 cm; (2), 540, (2) pp. Legatura editoriale in tutta tela marrone con titolo e autore impressi in oro al dorso (piccola mancanza al margine superiore del dorso). Interessante testo di storia americana della Virginia e Pennsylvania, ricco di notizie inerenti alla storia di questi stati e alla Guerra Civile Americana. Meade fu attivo nella "American Colonization Society" che cercava di portare fuori dalla Georgia gli schiavi, per poi favorirne la liberazione. Opera in buono stato di conservazione. Prima edizione.…