The Island Planter. An Authentic Narrative [No. 365]
by [GILDERSLEEVE, Benjamin]
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
[New York: American Tract Society, n.d., ca. 1840s]. First Edition. 12mo (19cm.); self-wrappers with minor evidence of having been removed from larger volume; 8pp. Light foxing and toning to extremities, else Very Good and sound. Attributed to the Reverend Benjamin Gildersleeve by OCLC no. 83325642 (with imprint variant listing D. Fanshaw as printer). Fable recounting the religious trials of a successful planter on an island in the south, "a man of integrity and influence, kind, amicable, and affectionate, but radically hostile to the religion of Christ" (p. 1).
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50004
- Title
- The Island Planter. An Authentic Narrative [No. 365]
- Author
- [GILDERSLEEVE, Benjamin]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- American Tract Society
- Place of Publication
- [New York
- Date Published
- n.d., ca. 1840s]
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- 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...
- 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...