Strickland W P Editor (14 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Softcover journal in very good plus condition. Article topics include: dedication to Eugene Campbell Barker; meals by Fred Harvey; William F.M. Arny: secretary of New Mexico Territory 1862-1867; the Arizona cattle industry: its political and public image 1950-1963; a bibliographical note on the Civil War in the West; and more. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Journal. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good-. Shelf 596 Clean and tight; paper browning; "Banner" stamped on front and rear end papers as well as title page; frontispiece with tissue guard; name and light stain on early blank pages; 525pp; light ripple throughout; generally light wear to the surface, edges and corners of covers including a bit of light rubbing especially to spine strip; Not a book club (BC) copy. Not ex library, not a remainder.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Peter Cartwright was an American Methodist and revivalist preacher in the Midwest, as well as twice an elected legislator in Illinois. Cartwright, a Methodist missionary, helped start America's Second Great Awakening, personally baptizing twelve thousand converts.--Wikipedia. 525 pp. Condition: Brown hardcopy, gilt title on spine. Front hinge cracked, endpaper missing. Edge wear to head and tail of spine, rubbing, page edges foxed. Owner name inside cover; text is free of notations. Full refund if not satisfied.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Undated; published ca. 1895-1900. Reprint. 12mo. volume in green cloth binding with red lettering & rules. Condition: minor wear & soiling to binding; pages toned; else very good. 525 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. Very good condition. Spine tips and cover corners are bumped. Name and date (Dec. 10, 1892) written in four places. Underlining and marks on pages 372 & 373. Top corner of 3 pages creased. 455 pages with illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Early edition. Worn but good copy in original binding. Light top corner stain diminishing in first 90 pages does affect corner of frontispiece and title page. Wear to head and heel, light stains to boards, including inside top and front edges. One small dark stain to spine. Former owner name on front endpaper. A worthy, well read copy. Peter Cartwright 1785 ? 1872) was an American Methodist, revivalist, preacher, in the Midwest. A circuit riding Methodist missionary, Cartwright helped start America's Second Great Awakening, personally baptizing twelve thousand converts. Opposed to slavery, he moved from Kentucky to Illinois, and was elected to the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly in 1828 and 1832. In 1846 Abraham Lincoln defeated Cartwright for a seat in the United States Congress. His Autobiography (originally published in 1856) made him nationally prominent. (wiki).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. What appears to be the first edition of an autobiography of a traveling Methodist preacher that has been edited by W.P. Strickland. Embossed brown cover shows its age with bumped corners, a small stain, several small tears along the spine and silver lettering on the spine that has faded. Substantial foxing to inside pages, including the title page and an image of Cartwright. Penciled name of a previous owner is barely visible on dark maroon front endpaper. All 525 pages appear to be here and a few have some minor flaws. Small smudge that may be ink on one page of the table of contents.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cartwright, Peter; Strickland W. P. (Editor) AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PETER CARTWRIGHT: THE BACKWOODS PREACHER Cincinnati, Ohio: Jennings & Graham Good/NA 525 pp. 12mo. No dust jacket. Green publishers cloth shows wear, soiling, and staining. Dull gilt on spine, extremities and hinges show wear, bumping, and rubbing, cloth has worn through at corners and exposed slightly-frayed boards. Textblock shows age toning, staining to front endpapers and some pages throughout, creasing to corners of several pages. All text is legible, binding is partially cracked between some pages and has loosened, textblock has separated from spine. This book has seen better days, but it is perfectly legible and would make a great reading copy. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Missing. Green cloth covered boards with red titles; edges and covers worn; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; no jacket. Pages toning along edges; interior clean and unmarked; 525 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Early edition. 3 portraits, 5 plates. Corner wear, foxing, bookplate. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 455 pages.

1st Edition. Good (some wear along spine edges & little discoloration covers; bit of scattered foxing, an occasional pencil notation). 12mo., embossed dark-brown cloth, spine stamped in gilt; 455 pages First Edition, later printing. James B. Finlay [1781-1857]. Finley?s familiarity with Native-American customs prompted Methodist Bishop McKendree to station him at the newly created Wyandot Indian mission at Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Under Finley?s leadership, the mission prospered with the establishment of a church, school, farm, and store. Finley significantly improved support for the mission during a trip east in 1826 to attend the anniversary of the Methodist Mission Society. A sympathetic defender of Indian rights, Finlay was harshly critical of the federal government?s removal policy that ultimately forced the Wyandot nation to relocate in Kansas in 1843. Finley was also a force in the growing antislavery movement within Methodism. Illustrated. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Later Edition of 1st edition of 1843; 8vo publishers blue blind embossed cloth with gilt titles to spine. Binding very slightly rubbed at hinges but essentially a very good copy of this scarce title. two previous owners' names on front endpaper. Minor wear to board corners and edges; lettering on spine rubbed down; minor fading to spine and boards; slight wear to corners and edges; minor browning and dustsoiling throughout; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Ow G/ndj: 525 pp + 2 p ads. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Fine verticlly textured brown cloth, gilt spine title & decoratiion, blind covers decoration & border, & tissued frontis portrait; A good solid copy with moderate uneven foxing; 551 pages.