John Edgar Park Signed (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good minus. Without dust jacket. First Edition. Signed and numbered #46 by the author. Sold as a good original reading copy only. Octavo, 8? tall, 104 pages, 1/4 cloth over illustrated boards. A good, generally clean, hard cover with moderate shelf wear, slight exterior soiling, hinges and binding solid, paper lightly yellowed, BUT with foxing to the endpapers and front matter and a previous owner's bookplate. Without dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. LIMITED EDITION #189 SIGNED BY JOHN EDGAR PARKFront title pastedown peacock silhouette104 bright unmarked ivory pagesServed as President of Wheaton College 1926-1944 Park was a professor of the theory of worship at Boston University's School of Theology in the 1920s, the chairman of the board of trustees at Andover-Newton Theological Seminary and, for the year of 1936, the Lyman Beecher lecturer at Yale.A member of the board of preachers at Harvard, Park was one of the most popular preachers in New England. He was known on campus for his witty "Chapel Talks," some of which were published in New Horizons. Dr. Park received honorary degrees from Tufts, Middlebury, Wesleyan and, of course, from Wheaton. 104 pp. Fine binding; Art deco decoration B&ivory with red spine. Signed by Author.…