Rev Patrick Brewster (1 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). A vanishingly scarce volume comprising the sermons of Scottish minister and passionate chartist, Patrick Brewster. A vanishingly scarce collection of Patrick Brewster's chartist and socialist sermons.In the original cloth binding.Undated, circa dated from an ink inscription to the front free endpaper.With a monochrome portrait frontispiece.Brewster was a Scottish minister largely based in Paisley, who held extreme political views; he was a 'moral-force chartist' and was actively involved in the plans for carrying out the chartist programme.He advocated the abolition of the slave trade, the repeal of the corn laws, and a national system of education.With an introduction by Thomas Johnston, editor of 'Forward'. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with slight rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional spots and a contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed. book.