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Temperance Books & Ephemera

Glimpses Of Fifty Years

Glimpses Of Fifty Years

by Willard, Frances E

Women Torch-Bearers

Women Torch-Bearers

by Gordon, Elizabeth Putnam

Nineteen Beautiful Years

Nineteen Beautiful Years

by Willard, Frances E

Melodies for the Temperance Ship. A Collection of Hymns, Tunes and Songs: Designed for Seamen and Landsmen, in their Social Gatherings, to promote Sobriety, Virtue and Religion, on Land and Ocean

Melodies for the Temperance Ship. A Collection of Hymns, Tunes and Songs: Designed for Seamen and Landsmen, in their Social Gatherings, to promote Sobriety, Virtue and Religion, on Land and Ocean

by Phineas Stowe

Boston: Phineas Stowe, 1856. Sixth Thousand. Double frontispiece, 64pp. Square twelvemo. Publisher's quarter cloth binding and illustrated boards. Lyrics and music. Boards and edges rubbed; lacking free, front endpaper; leaves toned; very good. "[The] Temperance Ship is launched on a sparkling sea, and we trust she will have a pleasant voyage around Cape Horn and the globe, and by her sweet melodies, may she induce many to join her noble crew in their work of love and mercy." (Preface) The author,... Read more about this item
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£60.06
Text-Book of Temperance

Text-Book of Temperance

by LEES, F[rederic] R[ichard]

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... Read more about this item
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£64.06
The Water-Drinkers

The Water-Drinkers

by Longmate, Norman

London: Hamish Hamilton. 1968. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners and some age-toning to spine. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xiii, 322 pages. Indispensible to an understanding of nineteenth century history and fiction. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£7.83
Souvenir Program

Souvenir Program

Leo Minster, MA, 1904. Pamphlet with silk tie. Very good.. 6 x 9 3/4 inches (15 x 25 cm), manilla wraps with silk ribbon tie, some discoloration around edges. Program of the convention held October 25-28, 1904. List officers and chairwomen, superintendents, and vice presidents, with some photographs. Many pages have advertisements by local businesses, and songs on the page. Inside cover has written in ink, "This book belonged to Almira Coffin Rowe, BL Rowe." Laid in are two double-sideded sheets... Read more about this item
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£76.08
Elements of Civil Liberty, or the Way to Maintain Free Institutions

Elements of Civil Liberty, or the Way to Maintain Free Institutions

by WISNER, William

Ithaca: Andus, Gauntlett & Co, 1853. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Brown cloth, boards blindstamped, titled in gilt on spine; yellow endpapers; vi, [2], [7]-238pp; steel mezzotint frontispiece portrait by A. H. Ritchie. A straight, fresh copy with loss to headcap, gilt dulled, some discoloration to fore-edge, but largely clean: Very Good or better. A work on American government as "an ordinance of God," with a chapter on the "Liquor Traffick" and temperance (217).
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£80.08
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

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

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... Read more about this item
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£60.06
The curse of Malvern

The curse of Malvern

by Edmister, Henry

Chicago, Stockton CA, and Philadelphia: The Monarch Book Co, 1892. 295p., red decorated cloth binding faded on the spine and unevenly faded on the cover, some edge wear, paper browned, front blank endpaper removed else good condition. Temperance novel, Wright no. 1701, but with a variant publisher. Majority found in OCLC were published by G. Hubbard & Co. in Columbus, Ohio.
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£28.03
The Battle Cry ... Temperance & Prohibition Songs , 1887

The Battle Cry ... Temperance & Prohibition Songs , 1887

by Taylor and Herbert

The Battle Cry, A New Collection of Temperance and Prohibition Songs by H S Taylor and Dr J B Herbert. Cincinnati: Fillmore Bros Publishers. Sold with original WCTU ribbon from the State Convention, Kearney, Nebraska, October 4 - 8 1897.
Condition: NOT a library book. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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£130.33
Women Torch Bearers; The Story of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union

Women Torch Bearers; The Story of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union

by Gordon, Elizabeth Putnam

Evanston Ilinois: National Woman's Christian Temperance Union Publishing House, 1924. Second Edition. Cloth. Very good. Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt imagine of hand holding up a torch on front, a few white spots and worn at extremities. Inscribed by author to another temperance activist, dated 1926. 320pp.
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£57.10
Temperance - or Prohibition

Temperance - or Prohibition

by Tietsoert, Francis J., ed

New York: The Hurst Temperance Contest Committee, 1929. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Black cloth with stain on front cover, green lettering on front and spine. Chips in cloth beside spine, wear to extremities, some front end pages have soiling. A contest was held for writers to propose a system of temperance without prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages. A few full page cartoons throughout, a few photographs throughout. 397 pp. First edition.
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£33.97
The True Path: Or The Murphy Movement and Gospel Temperance; A Complete History of the Rise, Progress and Wonder Effects of The Great Reformatory Wave Now Deluging Our Land... Biography... of Francis Murphy the Great Temperance Epostle

The True Path: Or The Murphy Movement and Gospel Temperance; A Complete History of the Rise, Progress and Wonder Effects of The Great Reformatory Wave Now Deluging Our Land... Biography... of Francis Murphy the Great Temperance Epostle

by Vandersloot, Samuel

Detroit: R.D.S. Tyler & Co, 1878. First Edition. Cloth. Good +. Blue cloth with embossed gilt lettering on front, embossed black decoration on front, gilt lettering on spine. Back cover has embossed title, white marks and buckling, wear to extremities, tissue guard over frontispiece, has foxing, front free fly leaf has name and location of former owner. Gilt page edges.
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£30.36
The Intemperate Use of Ardent Spirits

The Intemperate Use of Ardent Spirits

by Tenney, Caleb

Newport, R.I.: The Office of the Newport Mercury, 1815. Sewn wraps. Very good.. 8 1/2 x 5 inches (21 x 12.5 cm). Sewn pamphlet, foxing to cover, open tear at top of front cover, closed tear on back cover, ink writing on top. 23 pp.
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£133.13
The Greenwich Total Abstinence Ribbon

The Greenwich Total Abstinence Ribbon

Ribbon. Very good.. 5.5 x 3 inches (14 x 7.5 cm), silk ribbon, slightly frayed at bottom and top, minor staining, picture of George Washington at a desk holding a quill pen. Picture of eagle at top. "The Greenwich Temperance Benevolent Societies." Area with bird has two streamers one says "Total" the other one says, "Abstinence." Below the eagle in small lettering is,"Pledged to abstain from all Intoxicating Drinks." Benevolent societies proliferated in the U.S. between 1815 and 1861, melding... Read more about this item
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£190.19
The Physiological Effects of Alcoholic Drinks, from the British and Foreign Medical Review of Dr. Forbes; with Documents and Records of the Massachusetts Temperance Society, Illustrating the Origin of the Temperance Reformation, and Its Progress in the State of Massachusetts

The Physiological Effects of Alcoholic Drinks, from the British and Foreign Medical Review of Dr. Forbes; with Documents and Records of the Massachusetts Temperance Society, Illustrating the Origin of the Temperance Reformation, and Its Progress in the State of Massachusetts

by [TEMPERANCE]

Boston: Massachusetts Temperance Society, 1848. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (19cm). Dark cloth cloth, blindstamped on boards, spine titled in gilt; tan endpapers; xi, [1], 196pp; title page vignette. Inscribed "From the Council of the Massachusetts Temperance Society With the respects of J. C. Warren." A straight and stable copy, much rubbed at head and tail, spine sunned, light dampstaining to endpapers and inner margin, but else internally clean and bright: around Very Good. John Collins... Read more about this item
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£80.08
The cup of fury

The cup of fury

by Sinclair, Upton

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc, 1973. Paperback. 157p., small stain on half-title page, some toning on back wrapper, else in very good condition. Originally published in 1956. *Ahouse A87c.
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£9.61
Diseases caused by Tobacco

Diseases caused by Tobacco

by Kellogg, John Harvey

Washington DC: Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church, nd. Handbill. Double-sided 3x6 inch handbill; in very good condition. Discusses tobacco blindness and lung disease caused by smoking tobacco. No. 89.
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£12.01
THE USE OF BRANDY AND SALT, AS A REMEDY FOR VARIOUS INTERNAL AS WELL AS EXTERNAL DISEASES, INFLAMMATION AND LOCAL INJURIES; CONTAINING AMPLE DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING AND APPLYING IT. EXPLAINED BY THE REV. SAMUEL FENTON, M.D., LIVERPOOL, AND WM. LEE, ESQ., OF LA PERTE IMBAULT, IN FRANCE. SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED

THE USE OF BRANDY AND SALT, AS A REMEDY FOR VARIOUS INTERNAL AS WELL AS EXTERNAL DISEASES, INFLAMMATION AND LOCAL INJURIES; CONTAINING AMPLE DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING AND APPLYING IT. EXPLAINED BY THE REV. SAMUEL FENTON, M.D., LIVERPOOL, AND WM. LEE, ESQ., OF LA PERTE IMBAULT, IN FRANCE. SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED

by Fenton, Samuel; Wm. Lee

New York: Carvill & Co., 108 Broadway, 1842. 42, [2 blanks] pp. Original printed dark blue wrappers [disbound]. Narrow extremity wear to wrappers. Else Very Good. This second American printing followed the New York 1841. Previously it had been published in Britain in 1840. Fenton's concoction is "a simple but powerful remedy... an antidote to many of the common ills of life. Readers are counseled to "use French brandy only." A plethora of diseases, listed in alphabetical order, are cured by the... Read more about this item
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£280.28
The Temperance Reform and Its Great Reformers, 1879, First Ed

The Temperance Reform and Its Great Reformers, 1879, First Ed

by Daniels, W H

The Temperance Reform and Its Great Reformers. An Illustrated History, Including the Temperance "blue laws" of the New England Colonies; the Liquor Laws of the States; A Sketch of the Various Temperance Organizations; Biographies of Lyman Beecher, John B Gough, Dr Jewett, etc., A Chapter on the Medical and Chemical Phases of the Movement; "The Crusades"; the Woman's Christian Temperance Unions; "Red Ribbon" reform under Dr Reynolds; the Evangelistic Temperance Work Under Messrs Moody, Sawyer, etc.;... Read more about this item
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£103.90
A PILGRIM MAID:

A PILGRIM MAID:

by Townsley, Frances E

Butler, Indiana: L. H. Higley Publisher,, 1908,. hardcover. Fine. Butler, Indiana: L. H. Higley Publisher,, 1908,. hardcover. Fine. Octavo, 350 pages, green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. The autobiography of a woman minister and temperance advocate. 092108D
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£32.03
Anti-Cigarette Pledge [card]

Anti-Cigarette Pledge [card]

Chicago: n.pub, n.d.. Business card-sized pledge card, stating "I hereby solemnly promise, God helping me, to abstain from the use of Cigarettes in any form, and to use all means in my power to induce others to do the same." Very good. There is space to write the holder's name and the date, but this example is unused. Chicago union bug in corner.
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£16.02
Anna Morrison Reed 1849 - 1921, edited by: John E. Keller

Anna Morrison Reed 1849 - 1921, edited by: John E. Keller

by [Reed, Anna Morrison]

Lafayette: the editor, 1978. xxvi, 285p., illustrated with period photos and documents and two modern line maps; first edition cloth boards in dj, copy as new. "The collated writings of a nineteenth century Butte County girl..[who] lived several places in California, especially in the gold mining area, and married a miner.. As a popular lecturer and writer on Temperance and Women's Sufferage, she traveled widely throughout northern California for several years. Her diary and writings reflect ..the... Read more about this item
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£12.01
The Social History of Alcohol Review The Journal of the Alcohol and Temperance History Group  No. 18  Fall 1988

The Social History of Alcohol Review The Journal of the Alcohol and Temperance History Group No. 18 Fall 1988

by Giles, Geoffrey J. (editor) James S. Roberts, Bruce Donovan, David C. Sloane, Robert Garris

[Gainesville, FL]: Alcohol and Temperance History Group. Very Good. 1985. First Edition. Softcover. First edition. Magazine. Printed wrappers [about 5.5" x 8.5"], saddle-stapled, 36 pages. Fine bx235
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£10.01
An Appeal to Tax-Payers, In Opposition to the Existing Law for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors

An Appeal to Tax-Payers, In Opposition to the Existing Law for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors

by William J. Mullen

Philadelphia: Printed by J. Craig, [1852]. Paginated [17]-40 pages, i.e., [23] pages. 12mo. Pamphlet; removed; without wrappers, else Very Good. Scarce Philadelphia temperance tract railing against the traffickers of alcohol. Mullen connects alcoholism to sufferers of mental illness as well as highlighting an increase of crime, sometimes leading to murder. Mullen suggests that taxpayers are being overburdened through the allowance of alcohol sales; sales that create profits, but also create unwell... Read more about this item
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£120.12
The wet parade

The wet parade

by Sinclair, Upton

Pasadena, CA: Self-published by the author, 1932. Hardcover. 431p., later printing of Sinclair edition lacking Farrar emblem. Some dulling and fading to cloth along spine. Previous owner's name and date to top right corner of front free endpaper. Slight wear to corners. No dust jacket. *AhouseA47a. Sinclair's novel about temperance and regret at the evident failure of prohibition.
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£16.02
Glimpses of Fifty Years

Glimpses of Fifty Years

by Willard, Frances E

Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publication Association, H. J. Smith, 1889. Cloth with 1/4 leather. Very good. Brown cloth with 1/4 leather, gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt emblem on front, leather on corner, gilt page edges, wear at head and foot of spine, small tears where spine meets front cover, edges rubbed, front hinge tight but front endpaper has mostly separate. Front cover has fading to top two inches. Frances Willard was educator, suffragist and was the long time president of the Women's... Read more about this item
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£57.06