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