A FORTY YEARS' FIGHT WITH THE DRINK DEMON, a History of the Temperance Reform as I Have Seen it and of My Labor in Connection Therewith by JEWETT, M.D., CHARLES - 1872

New York: National Temperance Society, 1872. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A history of the Temperance Reform as I have seen It. My labor in connection Therewith. Staining on some pages, some foxing on end papers, bound in green cloth, gold lettering on spine, spine edges frayed, some wear on boards otherwise good.

Boston: published by John P. Jewett, no. 23 Cornhill, 1849. 12mo, pp. 200, [4] ads; engraved frontispiece portrait; original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine; spine ends chipped, cloth with small crack along the front joint; some foxing, otherwise good and reasonably sound. This copy with a lengthy biography of the author on the front pastedown in pencil, and the early ownership signature of "Richard Spencer 1850" on the front free endpaper. Contains several original poems by the author (an amusing collection) and advertisements for temperance hotels and eating houses in Boston and Worcester.

Boston: Published by John P. Jewett, 1849. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Slim 8vo. [3], 4-200, [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements, including ads for temperance houses on the Northeastern Seaboard), [2] pp. Brown blindstamped cloth with copper lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Dr. Jewett and with a few in-text wood engravings. A collection of short pieces advocating for abstention from alcohol, with propaganda portraying liquor dealers as lowly and opportunistic. A Very Good example with the crown of the spine chipped and with foxing to the frontispiece, two contemporary names on the front preliminaries.

Boston, John P. Jewett, 1849. HBNO DJ , 1st edition, 1849, Green decorated embossed cloth with slight rub & wear & light stains, back cover slight discolorations & stain, Intermittent Fox, 200 pgs + ads, Interior Nice, Tight Clean, VG-/VG-, AS-IS, NODJ. First Edition. Hard Cover.