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The Reason of Prayer
by Henry Ward Beecher
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Good+ hardcover in original glassine dust wrapper. White cloth over boards; front cover with gilt stamped floral design and titles on left half and chromolithograph sailing picture with floral surround on right half; two color title page. Clean, square covers and spine; rear cover with light irregular age darkening; spine slightly age darkened; right rear cover has some rubbing wear along tail edge; tightly bound; lacking front free end paper (and frontispiece?); light foxing on title page and following page; clean interior. Glassine dust wrapper is complete but for some chipping along edges. 16mo, 57 pp. See, OCLC #9258214.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18834
- Title
- The Reason of Prayer
- Author
- Henry Ward Beecher
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: H.M. Caldwell Co; no date (Ca. 1896)
- Date Published
- 1896
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- PROTESTANT, EVANGELICAL, GIFT BOOKS, PUBLISHERS, NEW ENGLAND, BEECHER
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
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