Language: English
Published by A W Atkinson, Lynn, Mass, 1893
Seller: Wabash Museum Books, Mount Carmel, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 623 Pages; 26 Chapters 2 Parts. Pages Yellowed And Somewhat Foxed On Page Margins; String Binding; Page Edges Darkened With Some Soiling; Smudges And Soiling On Some Pages, End Pages And Title Page; Numerous Full Page Glossy Photos Including Frontispiece Of Hon. John P St. John. Front Inner Spine Crease Weakened And Split But Pages Intact. Front And Rear Inside Covers Have Ornate Green Leaf Design. Faded Green Hard Covers With Black Lettering And Illustrations On Front And Spine. Rubbing, Discoloration And Smudging Areas On Covers; Corners Slightly Bumped; Wear On Spine Ends, Corners, And Edges. Preface Autobiographical Sketch Of Rev. Samuel White Small In Front. Chapter Headings Include: The White Angel Of National Sobriety; A Backward Review Of The Brutalizing Evie; The Plague In Palestine, Greece, And Rome; The Advent Of Rum In America; The Agitation For Total Abstinence; National Efforts And Evangelists; Famous Orators Of The First Crusades; Anti-Liquor Labors In Church And School; The Reign And Record Of License; The First Wave Of Prohibition; During And After The War; Woman's Entrance Yupon The Arena; Temporary Reform Movements Gospel And Industrial Temperance; The Limitations Of Local Option; Prohibition Will Prohibit; A Review Of Anti-Arguments; Significant Comparisons Of Facts The Conclusion Of The Whole Matter, Etc. Very Rare Vintage Copy.
Published by A. W. Atkinson (1891), Lynn, Massachusetts, 1891
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pictorial boards show some slight rubbing to spine ends and cover edges, slight creasing to spine, front hinge starting, contents are clean and nice.
Language: English
Published by Philadelphia, Peerless Publishing Co., 1981
Subtitle: That foretells the freedom of the nations from the evils of strong drink. -- This is a bound sample of the book to be sold, selection of the text, and includes one page of purchasers' names written in. Selling copy slips bound in (these are poor paper and have offset to previous page). Two alternative cover colors included (see our Bookseller Images). -- Hardcover, 3/4 leather with stamped gilt and silver design. Condition: good only (chip from spine crown; leather spine and tips rubbed; offsets as noted otherwise nice and bright pages).