Abbott Rev John (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Water damaged with staining from black calf spine inside both covers at hinge and pastedown, boards are warped with some bubbling to cloth. Pages are largely undamaged with minor rippling. Original gray-brown cloth binding and black calf spine with gilt lettering. Frontispiece depicts a mother and children. This pocket-sized volume's chapters include: Responsibility, Maternal Authority; Mother's Difficulties; Faults and Errors, Religious Instruction; Results. The Reverend John Stevens Cabot Abbott (1805-1877) was a historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer from Brunswick, Maine, who preached in Worcester, Roxbury, and Nantucket, Massachusetts. Hardcover, acceptable condition. 177 pages, 32mo.

Fair. Soiled, heavily worn. Corners and edges worn to boards. hardbound Foxed throughout. Front fly and frontispiece loose. Marbled covers heavily rubbed and faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 8 chapters; 170 pages; Pages of other books by American Tract society in rear of book. Pages tight; extensive foxing; wavy pages from moisture exposure. Previous owner name inked on front inside page. ; Discoloration and soilng on front and back blank pages. Faded brown hard cover with ornate design on cover; gild lettering on spine; Corners bumped and worn; Some discoloration spots on covers. Back spine crease cracked top 3 inches and at bottom; Chapter headings include: Responsibility, Maternal Authority; Mother's Difficulties; Faults and errors, Religious instruction; Results, etc. VERY RARE VINTAGE BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 170 Pages With Ads For Other Books By Publisher In Rear Of Book. 8 Chapters; Preface In Front. Pages Tight; String Binding; Extremely Yellowed And Foxed. Pages Warped No Markings On Pages. Page Edges Darkened. Some Smudges, Soiling, And Creasing On Front And Back End Pages. Brown Boards With Embossed Design And Border On Front Cover; Gild Lettering On Spine. Corners Bumped. Some Fading And Rubbing; Outer Spine Crease Slightly Cracked And Worn. Book Written For Mothers In The Common Walks Of Life. The Religious Sentiments In This Book Are Those Usually Denominated Evangelical. Chapter Headings Include: Responsibility; Maternal Authority; Mother's Difficulties; Faults And Errors; Religious Instruction; Results, Etc. Extremely Rare Vintage Copy. In Poor Condition But Still Very Readable.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Livingston Manor, NY: Zen Studies Society, 1997. The Fall-Winter, 1997 issue of The Newsletter of the Zen Studies Society. Quarto, stapled printed wraps, 15 pp. + covers. See scan. About Near Fine; some cover toning, subscriber's address label. Lead article is Segaki, by Ven. Eido Roshi. Other contributions by Rev. Denko John Mortensen, Kyoshin Jacques Van Engel, and Austin McK. Francis. See contents on cover scan. l-eph2.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Boards detached, backstrip partially detached, full leather cover shows wear and rubbing. Pages are tanned and clean. A reading copy only.

Hardcover. Covers mottled and soiled; lacks 2-inch section of backstrip; extremities frayed; pages moderately foxed, with corners creased and outside margin frayed on a few; otherwise very good condition. . 177p.

Original 1833 copy of "Mother at Home; or the Principles of Maternal Duty." The book is overall in good- condition with signs of wear and age. The covers have some soiling and wear; the paper spine on the label is no longer present. The binding is good and sound. The front fep has a period inscription and clipped corners. The interior is foxed and toned from age with some occasional mild staining. A few pages have some creased corners. Along with that there may be the occasional page with some kind of other minor imperfection such as a tiny chip or tear, etc. The book measures approximately 7 5/8 inches by 4 3/4 inches and is 164 pages long.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Early Edition. Blind-Stamped Boards, 141 Pages. No Date Stated But Obviously C19th. Internally Near "Good", Some Writing On Endpapers And Front Hinge Weak, But Boards Are Well-Worn And Have Blotches. Not Ex Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Small book with marbled cover and cloth spine with a paper label. Binding is good. Edges are worn.Tissue protected frontispiece.

177 pp. Engraved frontispiece. 16mo, original cloth-backed marbled boards with printed paper label on spine. 1841 ink gift inscription; light foxing throughout; light use to binding.

Reprint. small 8vo, pp. 170. Some foxing, pencil scribbling on the end papers. Bound in blind stamped cloth. A good copy. A practical manual for establishing the Christian home, with chapters on maternal authority, religious instruction, etc.

Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xxviii, 29-639; illustrated with a steel engraved portrait frontispiece and more than 225 black and white wood engravings; burgundy cloth decorated in blind with a gilt and burgundy title tile at center of the upper board and a gilt decorated spine, patterned endpapers; Personal experiences opinions, anecdotes, incidents, and reminiscences of this influential accomplished temperance lecturer-orator. An exemplary copy! This book came to us enclosed in a craft paper cover that dated from the 19th century, this copy is very bright, ownership name on a front free fly leaf, one small edge chip to front endpaper else near fine.