Temperance Editor (14 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Offered is the 1967-1968 Edition of the "Illinois Woman's Christian Temperance Union Handbook With Helps - Statement of Principles - Roster of Officers - Departments - Other Data" published out of Springfield, Illinois. A stapled softcover containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Inserted with the Handbook is a signed handwritten letter dated April 29, 1969 from Delta Rundle, local acting Co-President. The former owner's name (Delta Rundle) is written in pen to the upper edge of front cover; she has written periodic marginal notes and updates to the inside pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 48 pages. Alan Everitt "Urban Growth, 1570-1770" / W E Tate "Public House Bibliography" / Janet Smith "The Local Records Of Nonconformity" / Brian Harrison "Temperance Societies" / A S Mottram "King's Lynn Archaeological Survey" (SL#109).

Magazine. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Offered is the February 1936 issue of "White Ribbon Banner: Official Organ of The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Connecticut" edited by Ella F. Burr and published by The Chase Printery out of Putnam, Connecticut. A stapled publication measuring nearly 7-3/4" by 10-7/8" and containing eight pages including front and rear covers. The front cover states: "IN THE NAME OF OUR GOD WE WILL SET UP OUR BANNERS"; "For God and Home and Every Land"; "What Ought To Be Done Can Be Done." With inspirational quotes, poetry, and stories throughout, contents include: front cover lyrics "Our Glasses Upside Down" (sung to the tune of "Auld Lange Syne"); Official Messages (from State President Ella F. Burr, State Corresponding Secretary Sarah A. Hull, and State Treasurer Nellie R. Arnold); Quotations from Frances E. Willard; Christmas Eve Drinkers Menace Life and Property; poem "Moderation vs. Abstinence" by Florence E. Marshall; First Quarterly Temperance Lesson (Luke 8:26-37); Scientific Temperance Instruction; Connecticut Youth's Temperance Council (Officers; Official Letters from General Secretary Emma E. Lincoln and Federation President Rebecca Alling); Crazy Rooms (on the origin of the word "saloon"); Suggestions for Lessons About Tobacco. Condition: small mailing label to upper right corner of front cover ("Miss Lottie M Jacobs RFD4"); narrow waterstain and chipping along outer narrow fold (not affecting pagination or text).

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Offered is the January 1936 issue of "White Ribbon Banner: Official Organ of The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Connecticut" edited by Ella F. Burr and published by The Chase Printery out of Putnam, Connecticut. A stapled publication measuring nearly 8" by 10-7/8" and containing eight pages including front and rear covers. The front cover states: "IN THE NAME OF OUR GOD WE WILL SET UP OUR BANNERS"; "For God and Home and Every Land"; "What Ought To Be Done Can Be Done." With inspirational quotes, poetry, and stories throughout, contents include: Official Messages (from State President Ella F. Burr and State Corresponding Secretary Sarah A. Hull); Important Dates; Moral Standards Low in Washington; State Directors Page (Religious Education; Flower Mission and Relief Work; Literature; Social Morality; Medical Temperance); Connecticut Youth's Temperance Council (Officers; Greetings; Official Letters from General Secretary Emma E. Lincoln and State Secretary Marjorie E. Gould); Every W.C.T.U. Alive in 1936; Suggestions for Lesson About Tobacco; State Institutes; International Relations for Peace. Condition: small mailing label to upper right corner of front cover ("Miss Lottie M Jacobs RFD4"); light cover wear.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Offered is the April 1937 issue of "White Ribbon Banner: Official Organ of The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Connecticut" edited by Ella F. Burr and published by The Chase Printery out of Putnam, Connecticut. A stapled publication measuring nearly 8" by 10-7/8" and containing eight pages including front and rear covers. The front cover states: "IN THE NAME OF OUR GOD WE WILL SET UP OUR BANNERS"; "For God and Home and Every Land"; "What Ought To Be Done Can Be Done." With inspirational quotes, poetry, and stories throughout, contents include: Official Messages (from State President Ella F. Burr, State Corresponding Secretary Sarah A. Hull, and State Treasurer Ethel D. Barrows); Six Enemies of Peace; Legislation ("The Connecticut Woman's Christian Temperance Union at the hearing of March 17, placed itself on record as favoring amendments to the present Liquor Control Act"); Message From National President; Important Dates; Non-Alcoholic Fruit Products; Soldiers and Sailors; Flower Mission and Relief Work; Only One Big Contest by Bruce Barton; Camp Notes; Be Smart and Drink a - Carrot Cocktail; Loyal Temperance Legion Alphabet; Who Pays the Tax?; The N.I.M.B. (National Institute of Manufacturers and Distributors). Condition: small mailing label to upper right corner of front cover ("Miss Lottie M Jacobs [Address] Milton Mass"); issue previously folded twice; light cover and edge wear in places.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Offered is the March 1936 issue of "White Ribbon Banner: Official Organ of The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Connecticut" edited by Ella F. Burr and published by The Chase Printery out of Putnam, Connecticut. A stapled publication measuring nearly 8" by nearly 11" and containing eight pages including front and rear covers. The front cover states: "IN THE NAME OF OUR GOD WE WILL SET UP OUR BANNERS"; "For God and Home and Every Land"; "What Ought To Be Done Can Be Done." With inspirational quotes, poetry, and stories throughout, contents include: front cover Hear Ye! Hear Ye! (on the membership drive); Official Messages (from State President Ella F. Burr, State Corresponding Secretary Sarah A. Hull, and State Treasurer Nellie R. Arnold); Hold a Local Institute; Middlesex County Institute; Important Dates; Peace Bonds and Round Tables; Washington's Punch (recipe); The Five-Point Program of the Department of Radio; Connecticut Youth's Temperance Council (Officers; Official Letter from General Secretary Emma E. Lincoln; Young People's Eyes Opened); Loyal Temperance Legion; Hartford County Institute. Condition: small mailing label to upper right corner of front cover ("Miss Lottie M Jacobs RFD4"); covers show light age-browning to edges, light wear.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Offered is the May 1937 issue of "White Ribbon Banner: Official Organ of The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Connecticut" edited by Ella F. Burr and published by The Chase Printery out of Putnam, Connecticut. A stapled publication measuring 8" by 11" and containing eight pages including front and rear covers. The front cover states: "IN THE NAME OF OUR GOD WE WILL SET UP OUR BANNERS"; "For God and Home and Every Land"; "What Ought To Be Done Can Be Done." With inspirational quotes, poetry, and stories throughout, contents include: cover item COMPARE (the Popular View versus Scientific View of alcohol); Official Messages (from State President Ella F. Burr, State Corresponding Secretary Sarah A. Hull, and State Treasurer Ethel D. Barrows); Are You Going to Washington? (for the World's Convention); Important Dates; International Relations for Peace; Vacation Bible Schools; Resolutions for Mothers; Connecticut Youth's Temperance Council (Officers; Message from General Secretary Emma E. Lincoln; Y.T.C. Encampment); Loyal Temperance Legion; Newfoundland. Condition: small mailing label to upper right corner of front cover ("Miss Lottie M Jacobs [Address] Milton Mass"); issue previously folded twice; light cover and edge wear in places.

Soft cover. Condition: Collectible-Good. Original newspaper printed in black ink on beige paper. 16 1/2" x 22 1/2." Newspaper is clean and intact overall but has two horizontal and vertical fold lines (likely original), light age toning and slight rippling throughout, some loss of text on first page along fold lines and at center intersection of said fold lines on all four pages, and a few brown spots limited to top and bottom edges likely from moisture damage (what may be a small bit of powdery white mold is present on these spots). A Good copy. The May 30, 1845 (Number 22) issue of theTemperance Standard. The Temperance Standard, also known as the Standard, was a newspaper and the official publication of the Massachusetts Temperance Union, the latter of which was founded in March 1838 as a temperance organization. In addition to forwarding the temperance movement, the Temperance Standard also included general news, articles about education and family matters, jokes, pithy sayings, agricultural news, and works of fiction. The following are some of the features in this issue: "Charles Raymond" [cautionary tale about the titular man who is in the throes of addiction to opiates and alcohol], "The Death Bed of the Inebriate" [story of a man who once had a promising future but is now on his deathbed due to alcoholism], "Celebrity of Women" [rumination upon the stereotyped portrayal of women and women authors who have written to combat those stereotypes], "Education" [a call for the common school for more widespread education across socioeconomic classes], "Influence of the Temperance Reformation in Bringing to Light Buried Talent," "A Visit to the Charlestown State Prison" [author recounts a visit to said prison and warns readers that most of its prisoners purportedly ended up there due to intemperance], "A Presentment of Grog Shops," "Appeal to Young Men," "Report of the Secretary of the Charlestown Female Charitable Temperance Society," "News Department," "Temperance Meetings," "Poetry: To My Wife," and "Agricultural: Wire Fences; Subsoiling for Carrots; Liquid Manure; Locust Borers Destroyed; To get rid of dead Logs in a Field; Caterpillar; Cleanse your Wool; Farmers' Library; Prevention of the Bee Moth.".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 24 pages. Illustrated. TARS of the "NILE" - Training and Temperance / Edward Fraser "The True Story Of Nelson's Famous Signal" / F Hamilton-Knight "Stage Soldiers And Soldiers On The Stage" / Our Indian Army - The 26th Punjab Regiment of Bengal Infantry. U.K. Military history with photos & info -Over 125 years old. Marvellous period advertisements. (Papers).

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Strong binding. No markings. Bumped at the spine tips. The covers are a little faded. Dust jacket (in mylar sleeve) is chipped on the top of the spine and nicked at the top front corner and very slightly at the top left corner of the back. Winsor McCay dust jacket design and illustrations.

12mo: 2 pp. On the rectos of the two leaves of a bifolium. Good, on lightly aged and spotted paper. Her letter has been handed to him by 'Mr Spender'. He would be 'very pleased to have the temperance cartoons circulated as post cards', and has asked 'the manager here' for a costing. 'Some of the cartoons I believe are being produced as posters by the Liberal Publication Department and by Temperance organisations.'.

being a compilation of valuable information for the use of all classes faded green cloth front hinge cracking, very good.

Black and white illustrations (illustrator). First edition. Anti-Prohibition book that looks at the American national reaction against the 18th Amendment by 1929. The $25,000 prize-winning plan by Judge Franklin Chase Hoyt is reprinted herein, followed by an examination of the troubling results of Prohibition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Publisher's cloth over boards. Octavo. xxii, 397 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Hardback in Very Good condition without dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 448 pages. Original book bound in 3/4 leather. Earlier binding repair of hinges and endpapers. Sporadic page foxing throughout . Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.