Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse Thereon
[HELPS, Sir Anthony]
From Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
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From Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since December 15, 2006
About this Item
2 vols.: viii, 355; viii, 323 p. 17 cm. Half leather with marbled boards and gold impressing on spines. Speckled text block edges. Minor wear to extremities, a bit of rubbing to boards. Owner's inscription from 1859 on half titles in both volumes. Ink spatter on p. 128 vol. 2 affects legibility. Foxing to first and last pages. The "Friends in Council" consists of dialogues on such subjects as truth, conformity, despair, recreation, greatness, fiction, the art of living with others, education, public improvements, reading, giving and taking criticism, improvement of living conditions for the rural poor, government, and slavery. Section on slavery is large and divided into sections, describing it as cruel, needless, unauthorized, mischievous to the master as well as the slave, etc. Seller Inventory # 1216
Bibliographic Details
Title: Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and...
Publisher: John W. Parker and Son, London
Publication Date: 1857
Binding: Leather Bound
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.
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