The Graves--Ditzler: Or, Great Carrollton Debate, on The Mode of Baptism, Infant Baptism, Church of CHrist, The Lord's Supper, Believers' Baptism, Final Perseverance of Saints (etc.) by GRAVES, J. R. and Jacob Ditzler - 1976

Memphis: Southern Baptist Publication Society, 1976. Third printing. Hardcover. Very good-. Small quarto, 1184pp. Stated "third thousand." A restored copy, bound in the publisher's green cloth and rebacked with original spine laid down, new endpapers to the front, and the inner hinges strengthened. A sound, firmly bound example; about very good. Very uncommon massive record of a debate between these two preachers. Graves represented the Baptist side, and Ditzler the Methodist side. Though at the time Methodism was not so popular in the American South, Ditzler was apparently a highly engaged supporter of the Confederacy dring the Civil War, taking his evangelism for both God and country (the CSA) abroad during that period (per his obituary). Any 19th century printing of this epic tome is scarce in commerce; we cannot find any auction listings in the past fifty years, nor any in commerce as of this listing. OCLC holdings are generally restricted to regional religious institutions.