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Essays on the Preaching Required by the Times, and the Best Methods of Obtaining It; with Reminiscences and Illustrations of Methodist Preaching. Including Rules for Extemporaneous Preaching, and Characteristic Sketches of Olin, Fisk, Bascom, Cookman, Summerfield, and Other Noted Extemporaneous Preachers
by Stevens, Abel
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Carlton & Phillips, 1855. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 266, (22) pages. Hardcover bound in green publisher's cloth with spine title and designs in gilt. The binding shows wear and soiling and has some splash marks on the rear cover near the fore edge. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Text is foxed. "James F. Clark" is stenciled or printed on the front flyleaf. A sound copy.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043263
- Title
- Essays on the Preaching Required by the Times, and the Best Methods of Obtaining It; with Reminiscences and Illustrations of Methodist Preaching. Including Rules for Extemporaneous Preaching, and Characteristic Sketches of Olin, Fisk, Bascom, Cookman, Summerfield, and Other Noted Extemporaneous Preachers
- Author
- Stevens, Abel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Carlton & Phillips
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1855
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1855; Abel Stevens; Minister; Preachers; Methodist; Methodism; Rare; 19th Century; Collectible.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ministers; Sermons; History of Religion in America;
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Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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