Richmond, A.B.

Intemperance and Crime; [bound with] Calm View, from a Lawyer's Stand-Point; [bound with] Court and Prison; Leaves from the Diary of an Old Lawyer

Meadville, PA: Meadville Publishing House, 1883. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-vii, [3], 11-271, [4], 4-83, [8], 7-231, [1], [1] (page of publisher's advertisements), [5] pp. Half contemporary maroon morocco over red cloth with a gilt decoration of keys and handcuffs on the front board, gilt lettering with a gilt scroll and quill on the spine; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece and ten plates, and with a full-page illustration. Three works bound together. Intemperance and Crime was first published in 1880, it appears the later two works were first published in 1883. The plates depict alcohol in a spooky manner, with skulls and skeletons decorating bottles of booze and serving it. The Temperance Movement in the United States was fueled by zealots and found support in certain religious groups. This memoir is a helpful historical example of what a pro-temperance attitude and argument looked like. Very Good. Item #000012074

The rear hinge cracked, a few scuffs to the boards.

Price: $100.00