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Three Discourses: 1. Hymen's Recruiting Sergeant. 2. The Drunkard's Looking Glass. 3. God's Revenge against Adultery
by Weems, Mason Locke; Skeel, Emily E. F. (Introduction)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1929. Limited Numbered Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Mason Locke ("Parson") Weems (1759-1825) offers his opinions on the pleasures of the married state, the three stages of drunkenness & some preventive measures, some horribly tragic repercussions of engaging in adultery. Of 100 copies in this Limited Edition, this is No. 248, with number entered by hand in red pen. Hardcover octavo in marbled paper-covered boards with a one-eighth burgundy cloth-wrapped spine has 189 vellum-like pages, creamy white & uncut along top edges. Condition is VG: exceptionally clean, binding straight & strong, endpapers modestly tanned. Slightly bumped corners, rubbing to extremities, heaviest along bottom edges from shelfwear.Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016737
- Title
- Three Discourses: 1. Hymen's Recruiting Sergeant. 2. The Drunkard's Looking Glass. 3. God's Revenge against Adultery
- Author
- Weems, Mason Locke; Skeel, Emily E. F. (Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Numbered Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- ADULTERY SIN VICE CRIME DRUNK DRUNKENNESS ALCOHOL ALCOHOLISM DRINKING MARRIAGE MARRIED PREACHER PARSON RELIGIOUS RELIGION MORALITY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cultural Studies/Popular & Folk Culture/Countercultures; Addictions/Eating Disorders/Recreational Drugs;
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Shelfwear
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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