Practical Piety, or The Influence of the Religion of the Heart on the Conduct of the Life by More, Hannah - 1823

New York: American Tract Society, 1850. Hardcover. Good. 12mo, 6 x 4" in publisher's dark brown cloth gilt, good with light wear to corners, spine ends and edges. Moderate toning and foxing to contents. 412 pp.

American Tract Society. Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Small book, brown cloth slightly worn overall, ornate embossed design and thin border to front and back, ornate gilt design to most of spine very good, 412 lightly browned heavy pages with slight foxing, especially to first 153 pages. Two very tiny brown spots at spine top right, very tiny tear with very slight wear to spine bottom edge. A versatile writer and friends with William Blake and his circle. Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London : Henry Washbourne, 1848. New edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth in a plastic wrap. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges bumped and rubbed as with age. Marbled prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 338 pp, 13 cm. Subjects; Piety. Christianity. Christian life. Biblical teaching of Jesus Christ's name. Biographies. Sermons. Apostles.

Burlington, NJ: D. Allinson & co., 1811. First edition. Full tree calf with red morocco label. Extremities worn, chips to head and heel of spine, a few tiny holes to rear board, nick to lettering piece, superficial crack to spine, preliminaries toned at the edges, overall a good or better copy with unmarked, clean leaves.. vii, [3], 11-292 pp. Sm. 8vo. Also published by Munroe & Francis in Boston and in London by T. Cadell and W. Davies in two volumes this same year, "Practical Piety," printed twelve years after her immensely popular "Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education" represents one of the often "unread" works of Hannah More (1745-1833), the 18-19th century writer, educator, and reformer. Shaw & Shoemaker 23429.