The Gallows, the Prison, and the Poor-House. a Plea for Humanity; Showing the Demands of Christianity in Behalf of the Criminal and Perishing Classes
by Quinby, G. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cincinatti, OH: G. W. Quinby. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's purply-brown blindstamped cloth with sunned spine and edges. Minor edgewear and soil, and lightly bumped spine ends and corners. Light foxing to text block and interior. Binding slightly tender, text clean. Gift inscription in pencil to ffep. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 326 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9690
- Title
- The Gallows, the Prison, and the Poor-House. a Plea for Humanity; Showing the Demands of Christianity in Behalf of the Criminal and Perishing Classes
- Author
- Quinby, G. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. W. Quinby
- Place of Publication
- Cincinatti, OH
- Date Published
- 1856
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion / Christianity;
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- Sunned
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- First Edition
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- G
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- FFEP
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- Jacket
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- Text Block
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