Dickson Cyrus (3 results)

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1866 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 28 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Volume 1866.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Blank book (6 ½" x 8"). Contemporary quarter leather and marbled paper boards. Contains approximately 140 dense and neatly written manuscript pages on the rectos and versos. Both boards are detached, spine is worn, front free endpaper and one text leaf are detached, else good or better, with the interior manuscript pages clean and bright. A substantial collection of miscellaneous literary and philosophical writings, together with public addresses given by Cyrus Dickson during his tenure at Jefferson College from 1833-37. A member of the Philo Literary Society, Dickson's entries are notably well-written, ranging from allegories and dreams to natural theology, moral philosophy, and related topics. To cite but one example, here is a short excerpt from an allegorical tale set at his birthplace in Pennsylvania on Lake Erie, in which he lives in a state of nature with Native Americans: "We found the shore lined with savage men resolved like the ancient Britons to defend their own native land. But being told in their own language that our designs were not hostile they threw down their arms and bid us welcome to their wild retreat Eliza and myself remain with the Indians. They built us a little cottage under that ancient oak which has long since fallen Here we were happy surrounded by the unpolished children of Nature and Nature herself " After his graduation in 1837, Dickson went on to become an influential Presbyterian minister and author, and later served as Secretary of the Board of Domestic Missions. His death in 1881 elicited numerous tributes, and a memoir of him was published by Samuel J.M. Eaton in 1882. An illuminating journal that provides a window into early 19th century American literary culture. (Laid into the album are five seemingly unrelated holograph letters addressed to one Daniel Wilcock, and John Wilcock, at Frankfort, Philadelphia, dating from 1837-59: with business and personal content, re: a merchant partnership, shipping of goods, etc.).

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1866 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 30 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.