New York: J. Soule and T. Mason, 1818. Leather_bound. Very Good. Original full calf with spine lined in gilt and red leather spine label lettered in gilt. 253 pp. + (4 pp. Contents at rear). A tight example, with the binding rubbed along edges, spine and soem scuffing to the boards. Handwritten and decorated ownership signature and place dated 1838 on the second front blank. Text is well foxed. Deaccsessioned from a church archive and so stamped on the verso of the title page. An early U.S. printing of Wesley's Extract, a work that first appeared in 1793.

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: E20444
Title: An Extract From Mr. Law's Seroius Call To A Holy Life
Author: John Wesley
Format/Binding: Leather_bound
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J. Soule and T. Mason
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1818
Keywords: religion, protestant, epsicopal, wesleyan, methodist,
Bookseller catalogs: Religion;

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.

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About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

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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....
Calf: Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Spine Label: The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...