National Temperance Magazine Vol II (1845) by Various - 1845

T. Cook/Midland Temperance Press, Leicester, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Poor Condition. Annual Published as a monthly magazine from 1844 to 1846 & gathered as an annual in three volumes of which this is the middle one. The printer & publisher was Thomas Cook, founder of the world-wide travel agency bearing his name. In 1832, Cook moved to Adam and Eve Street in Market Harborough. Influenced by the local Baptist minister Francis Beardsall, he took the temperance pledge on New Year's Day in 1833. As a part of the temperance movement, he organised meetings and held anti-liquor processions. Thomas Cook worked successfully for some years as an important printer and publisher in Leicester. However, his famous pioneering railway trip to a temperance rally in Loughborough in 1841 would lead eventually to a change of career. Excursions further afield led ultimately to the establishment of a large international travel business which became so successful that Cook gave up his book trade activities in 1854. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 576 pages. Item Type: Annual. small mark to page 10 (mud-splash?) covering the word "need" (which remains visible) with some slight migration to adjacent pages.. Binding is tight, covers and spine sound but a piece is missing from the leather at spine top. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. no Dust Jacket as published.. Top edge brown. Gilt titles on black label spine. bumping & light wear to corners & edges. half-leather with marbled boards. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Religion & Theology; Christianity; Temperance; Baptist Churches; England; Religion & Theology. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3292. .