Item #000010366 Speeches, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings, on Subjects Connected with Temperance and the Liquor Traffic. Charles Jewett, M. D.

Speeches, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings, on Subjects Connected with Temperance and the Liquor Traffic

Boston: Published by John P. Jewett, 1849. First edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [3], 4-200, [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements, including ads for temperance houses on the Northeastern Seaboard), [2] pp. Brown blindstamped cloth with copper lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Dr. Jewett and with a few in-text wood engravings. A collection of short pieces advocating for abstention from alcohol, with propaganda portraying liquor dealers as lowly and opportunistic. Very Good. Item #000010366

A Very Good example with the crown of the spine chipped and with foxing to the frontispiece, two contemporary names on the front preliminaries.

Price: $100.00

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