Text-Book of Temperance
by LEES, F[rederic] R[ichard]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Rockland, ME: Z. Pope Vose & Co, 1869. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). In brown cloth, titled in gold on spine; yellow endpapers; 312, [2]pp; errata slip at rear. Contemporary owner's name to front pastedown. An upright, tight copy, rear board gently warped, rubbed, with minor loss at head, internally clean: Very Good. Lees (1815-1897) earned his living as a temperance advocate (ODNB). This volume contains both scientific and religious arguments against alcohol, along with proposed plans for promoting temperance. Uncommon in the trade.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55359
- Title
- Text-Book of Temperance
- Author
- LEES, F[rederic] R[ichard]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Z. Pope Vose & Co
- Place of Publication
- Rockland, ME
- Date Published
- 1869
- Bookseller catalogs
- Temperance;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...