The Peace Manual: or, War and Its Remedies
by [PACIFISM] BECKWITH, Geo[rge] C
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: American Peace Society, 1847. First Edition. First printing. Brown cloth, blindstamped, titled in gilt; pink endpapers; 252pp. Presentation bookplate of the American Peace Society to front pastedown. Straight, tight, and unfaded, paper lightly browned, with occasional spots, pencil notes to endpapers: Very Good.
The structure and outline of the book are very similar to Thomas Upham's Manual of Peace (reprinted with an introduction by Beckwith in 1842), but the text is substantively different. SABIN 4262.
The structure and outline of the book are very similar to Thomas Upham's Manual of Peace (reprinted with an introduction by Beckwith in 1842), but the text is substantively different. SABIN 4262.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56398
- Title
- The Peace Manual: or, War and Its Remedies
- Author
- [PACIFISM] BECKWITH, Geo[rge] C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- American Peace Society
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1847
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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