Pitezel Rev John (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Green cloth covers with blind stamped design on front and back. Gold lettering on spine is bright. Heavy wear, bumping and fraying on corners and spine ends. Moderate wear on all edges and hinges. Light shelf wear and soiling on covers. Soiling and yellowing to page ends. Previous owners interesting book plate is neatly pasted to the bottom edge of the inside front cover. Text is yellowed due to age. Otherwise clean and unmarked. This book is the "New Edition With Important Supplementary Matter Brought Down To Date." All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never ex-lib unless explicitly described as such.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Condition. Illustrations and Engravings + Frontispiece Portrait of Author. (illustrator). Four copper Engravings present. opposite page 88-Montreal River Falls. opposite page 94-Horse-Shoe Harbour, Near Copper Harbor, L.S. opposite page 162-Cliff Mine, Lake Superior, opposite page 390- Big Bekuenesec Falls, Menomonee River. Brown cloth binding with embossed design front and back. Faded gilt design with title and author on spine. Top and bottom of spine and corners of binding rubbed. Ink name of previous owner dated 1896 on front flyleaf. 431pp. Content clean, and sound with paper lightly tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. 192pp. Blind embossed brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine, all edges gilt. Owner's name inked on first to blank leaves, lightly foxed pages with small brown spot on bottom edge of first few pages, spine faded with ends and corners worn and bumped, a good only copy.

Illustrated with four engravings. (illustrator). Written for the ministers and members of the Methodist Episcopal Church: "The life of a missionary, in a wild and uncultivated field, is far from being monotonous. He is constantly brought into contact with extremes. His life is often a checkered scene not all made up of thorns, not all of clouds and storms. The cheerful sunlight often breaks in upon his path. Hardship itself imparts a power of endurance not a gift of nature, enabling its possessor to frown down formidable obstacles. It is often the lot of missionaries to wade through the deepest trials and experience the greatest consolations. The sketches given in the following narrative, it is hoped, may not prove entirely uninteresting to the indulgent reader. Often it is the case that, in new and unsettled portions of the country, the travels and labors of missionaries form an important link in its after history. And without these, the history of the Church can not be fairly written' and unless the missionary make the record it is not likely to be made by others. Indeed, in many instances, none but he can make it." Corner tips rubbed. Head and foot of spine somewhat rubbed. Front and back fly-leaves foxed. One signature beginning to loosen slightly but overall binding is tight and book is very good. 8vo. Decorative blind stamped black cloth covered boards.431 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. Blue cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; edges and covers worn and rubbed with boards exposed corners and spine ends torn and frayed; all edges gilt; 8vo, 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall; no jacket. Clippings pasted to front endpapers; old newspaper clippings laid in; pages toning at edges; Interior is clean and unmarked; 431 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Very good. The Lights And Shades of Missionary Life by Rev. John H. Pitezel, inscribed by the author and the 18th Governor of Ohio, Mordecai Bartley. (illustrator). Early Edition. Octavo, 431pp, [1]. Red cloth, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt. Rubbing to tips, general soiling to cloth and spine. Solid text block. Includes 3 of 4 illustrated plates and a table (Howes D-390) (Sabin 63039). This copy is inscribed by the author to the former Governor of Ohio, Mordecai Bartley. Additional inscription by the former governor to another recipient in pencil on the second free endpaper. First published in 1857, this work by Rev. John H. Pitezel details the nine years he spent exploring the coastline of Lake Superior. It provides important commentary on the local Native American tribes, pioneer life and mining activities in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The recipient of this copy, Gov. Mordecai Bartley (1783-1870), was the 18th Governor of Ohio and served four consecutive terms in the House of Representatives. Signed.

Condition: Good. Western Book Concern Cincinnati, OH 1857 Binding: Hardcover brown cloth boards. boards and spine are fairly rubbed, soiled, and foxed. spine is also sunned and contains several small chips. spine ends are creased and torn. corners are bumped and worn. tail and fore-edge are worn. flyleaves are soiled, darkened and foxed. text pages are moderately foxed and slightly stained. $NRP.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1857 First Edition Hardcover Fine/No Dust Jacket [Containing Travels, Sketches, Incidents, and Missionary Efforts, During 9 Years Spent in the Region of Lake Superior] Cincinnati, OH, 1857, 1st edition, self-published, Printed at the Western Book Concern; R P Thompson, printer, fine condition {exper.