The Temperance Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1834; Calculated Generally for All Parts of the United States and Canada: Containing Beside the Usual Astronomical Calculations, Many Valuable Suggestions and Important Statements on the Subject of Temperance
by Executive Committe of the New-York State Temperance Society
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New Castle: L. D. Dewey and The N.Y. State Temperance Society, 1834. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (18cm). In paper wraps, spine whipstiched with small ribbon loop at top; 48pp; wood engraving to cover, 12 wood engavings in text. Lacking rear wrapper. With minor marginal annotations, including notes of family births. Rubbed, edges battered, small tear to front wrap, long tear to final leaf, minor dampstains to margins, but largely whole: Good. An almanac with temperance material, including an illustrated narrative of a drunkard's miserable career, told as a dialogue between mother and child.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55798
- Title
- The Temperance Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1834; Calculated Generally for All Parts of the United States and Canada: Containing Beside the Usual Astronomical Calculations, Many Valuable Suggestions and Important Statements on the Subject of Temperance
- Author
- Executive Committe of the New-York State Temperance Society
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- L. D. Dewey and The N.Y. State Temperance Society
- Place of Publication
- New Castle
- Date Published
- 1834
- Bookseller catalogs
- Temperance;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...