The Young Man from Home (Youth's Library Series)
by James, Rev. John Angell
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The American Tract Society. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo. 231 pages. Hardcover bound in original dark brown publisher's cloth with cover designs embossed in blind and with spine title and design in gilt. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Early owner's signature on the front flyleaf of John P. Cushman. No copyright date, but this was printed circa 1840s-1850s. The owner / signer might be John P. Cushman (1784-1848) the American lawyer and politician from New York, or it may be his son. We have several other books from the Cushman family.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040835
- Title
- The Young Man from Home (Youth's Library Series)
- Author
- James, Rev. John Angell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The American Tract Society
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- 1840s; 1850s; John P. Cushman; American Tract Society; 19th Century; Children's Books; Juvenile; Christian; Christianity; Rare; Collectible; Rev. John Angell James; Young Man from Home; Ministers.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books; Sermons; Christian Spirituality & Living;
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...