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Published by H.G. Bohn, London, 1856
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine(-). Volume II only (of two). Octavo in blind-stamped, ornamented dark green cloth (standard Bohn's issue); 536p; index, adverts; 18 cm. Uncommon thus, unopened. Bohn's standard library, 41 (series) // Essays ; English ; Eclectic Review. // Wikipedia says: "John Foster (1770-1843) was an English essayist, son of a weaver, born in the parish of Halifax, Yorkshire, and educated for the ministry at the Baptist college in Bristol. After serving as a minister for several years, he chose to devote himself to literature. He contributed nearly 200 articles to the Eclectic Review. He wrote: Essays, in a Series of Letters (1804), and Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance (1820), in which he urges the necessity of a national system of education." Very lightly foxed; light wear and rubbing to exterior edges and spine head; else a Near Fine(-) very crisp and unopened copy. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated).
Published by Heaton & Son. 1863, 1863
Hardback, bound in embossed purple cloth, spine peeling at the top, some light rubbing, hinges strong and everything well bound in. Spurgeon College library stamps on the endpapers. Some foxing to first and last few leaves, the rest of the text is cl ean and crisp. xxv + 364.
Published by Jackson and Walford, London, 1846
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Vol. II only of 2 volumes. Viii, 590 pages + 2 pages corrections. Hinges cracked internally. Signature on front endpaper. Moderate foxing to prelims and index. Covers rubbed. Corners and edges of boards worn and frayed. ; 8vo.
Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). A smart two volume collection of the works and correspondence of this English Baptist minister. A two volume morocco set, with an illustrated frontispiece of the man in question to volume I. This is the scarce second edition of this work, containing two additional letters.These volumes detail the life and works of essayist and Baptist minister John Foster, chiefly comprised of his letters but also featuring a biographical overview from John Shepperd. Foster was a noted theologian of his time whose primary dissent with church doctrine involved 'Duration of Future Punishment', a subject treated at length in some of the letters included in the workWith the contemporary owner's inscriptions, 'Alexander C. Ewing with love from his affectionate cousin M, 4th May 1870' to the verso of an endpaper of volume I, and simply 'A C Ewing' on the same page in volume II. In the original morocco binding. Externally smart, with the odd mark to boards, and a small loss of leather to a spine band. A contemporary owner's inscription appears to the verso of a front endpaper of both volumes. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. book.