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From the Stage Coach to the Pulpit: Being an Auto-Biographical Sketch, with Incidents and Anecdotes of Elder H. K. Stimson (Second Edition)
by Stimson, Elder H. K
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Datil, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
NY: O. W. Spratt, 1883. Hardcover, 402 pages. Second edition, inscribed and signed by author on frontis recto. Size 7.5"x5.25". Brown cloth w/gilt stage coach on front, and gilt title on spine. The first edition of this work (1874) was written from memory, the original manuscript having been destroyed in the Chicago fire of 1871. "This edition . . . . contains much new matter and gives sketches of Elisha Tucker, D. D., and Rev. Wm. Arthur, D. D., (father of President Chester A. Arthur), who forty years ago were men of renown." Binding copy. Condition of the binding is Poor: exterior is rubbed, scuffed, and ragged; casing has separated from about half of the text block and is only loosely attached to the remainder. Condition of the interior text is Good- (minus): occasional marginal closed tears & soiling/foxing,. Signed by Author. 1st Edition.
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- Bookseller
- Florida Mountain Book Co.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007364
- Title
- From the Stage Coach to the Pulpit: Being an Auto-Biographical Sketch, with Incidents and Anecdotes of Elder H. K. Stimson (Second Edition)
- Author
- Stimson, Elder H. K
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- O. W. Spratt
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY MEMOIRS RELIGION MINISTERS PREACHERS AMERICAN HISTORY 19TH NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICANA WESTERN
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About the Seller
Florida Mountain Book Co.
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Datil, New Mexico
About Florida Mountain Book Co.
The Florida Mountains are located in southwestern New Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border. The Parsons family, proprietors of Florida Mountain Book Company, have been in the book business since 1996. Formerly the owners & operators of Readers' Cove Bookstore in Deming, New Mexico, beginning in May of 2012, we are now exclusively based on the internet.
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