A Review of "A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Daniel Webster, Preached at the Melodeon on Sunday, October 31, 1852, by Theodore Parker, Minister of the Twenty-Eighth Congregational Society in Boston."
by Junius Americanus (George Osborne Stearns, pseud.)
- Used
- Condition
- Wrappers chipped, edges darkened, tear to top corner of title page, offsetting on two pages, else leaves clean; overall a good+
- Seller
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East Jewett, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company, 1853. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. Wrappers chipped, edges darkened, tear to top corner of title page, offsetting on two pages, else leaves clean; overall a good+ or better copy.. 89 pp. 8vo. Presentation copy (only first name remains) signed "With the Respects of the Author." Theodore Parker was a New England Transcendentalist and anti-slavery activist. Stearns felt Parker's sermon pernicious: "By an unheard of ferocity of attack upon the dead man's fame in a funeral sermon this man has put himself beyond the pale of conventional protection. He has shown no mercy to the dead, we shall show none to him living." Sabin 36924. LCP Afro-Americana 9775.
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- Bookseller
- Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27433
- Title
- A Review of "A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Daniel Webster, Preached at the Melodeon on Sunday, October 31, 1852, by Theodore Parker, Minister of the Twenty-Eighth Congregational Society in Boston."
- Author
- Junius Americanus (George Osborne Stearns, pseud.)
- Format/Binding
- Stapled paper wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Wrappers chipped, edges darkened, tear to top corner of title page, offsetting on two pages, else leaves clean; overall a good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- James Munroe and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1853
- Keywords
- , Americana, Americana, 19th c., Daniel Webster, American History, Ephemera, Funeral Orations, , Pamphlet
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About the Seller
Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
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East Jewett, New York
About Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
Kaaterskill Books is located on Parker Mountain in the Catskill High Peaks region of New York State. We offer fine, rare, and unusual books and manuscripts in a variety of fields with special emphasis on the Americas.
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