Lacks title page but apparently issued as TRACTS OF THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY: GENERAL SERIES. VOL. VIII. (Spine title: "CHRISTIAN LIBRARY. 42. RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.") [Bound collection of 34 American Tract Society publications #254 to #287.]

American Tract Society. William A. Hallock, Thomas Hartwell Horne, Andrew Fuller, John Fletcher, Richard Knill, Austin Dickinson, James Saurin, William Nevins, H.A. Boardman, Eliakim Phelps, James D. Knowles, W.C. Brownlee, et al (contributors).

Edité par [New York: American Tract Society, circa 1830-1840.]

Original full leather binding, boards scuffed and slightly bowed with wear at corners, some splitting at head of front joint, spine retains its two original title labels with gilt lettering and bars still fairly bright. Pencil doodling on pastedowns; free endpapers removed. Initial leaves toned; some light moisture staining throughout. A few b/w headpiece vignette illustrations illustrate the thirty-four publications included in the book. Poor condition but binding is firm. #254. THE MOUNTAIN MILLER by William A. Hallock. 20 pages. Pages 1-2 mostly clipped out only leaving title stub. #255. ROMANISM CONTRADICTORY TO THE PUBLIC by Thomas Hartwell Horne. 36 pages. #256. POOR SWAIZELAND. 8 pages. #257. LIFE FROM THE DEAD. 8 pages. #258. THREE QUERIES TO THE REJECTERS OF CHRISTIANITY by Andrew Fuller. 8 pages. #259. A VIEW OF THE EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY by John Fletcher. 4 pages. #260. FOR EVER!! 4 pages. #261. NARRATIVE OF MISS CATHERINE YATES. 12 pages but with pgs 5-6 removed (pgs 93-94 of overall collation). #262. TO THOSE COMMENCING A RELIGIOUS LIFE. 8 pages. #263. INDECISION IN RELIGION. 12 pages. Top corner of pages 11-12 chipped. #264. GEORGE LOVELL. AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE. 12 pages. #265. DUTIES OF CHURCH MEMBERS. 12 pages. #266. BLIND BETSEY; OR, COMFORT FOR THE AFFLICTED. AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE. 12 pages. #267. I AM AN INFIDEL. AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE. 4 pages. #268. TO THE CONFIDENT, THE DIFFIDENT, AND THE CARELESS. 8 pages. #269. SHALL I COME TO THE LORD'S SUPPER? . . . 8 pages. #270. A TRAVELER AT THE END OF HER JOURNEY by Richard Knill. 8 pages. #271. PRAYER. 24 pages. #272. THE ADVANTAGES OF SABBATH SCHOOLS. 12 pages. #273. THE LOST SOUL. Pages 1-2 present with 3-4 (pgs 223-224) lacking. #274. THE SCOTSMAN'S FIRESIDE. Lacks pages 1-2 (pgs 225-226) with 3-8 present. #275. THE AMIABLE LOUISA. 8 pages. #276. BIBLE ARGUMENT FOR TEMPERANCE by Austin Dickinson. 16 pages. #277. THE ETERNAL MISERY OF HELL by James Saurin. 8 pages. #278. MEANS OF A REVIVAL by President Edwards. 8 pages. #279. WHAT HAVE I DONE! by William Nevins. 12 pages. #280. DON'T UNCHAIN THE TIGER. 4 pages. #281. THE ALMOST CHRISTIAN by H.A. Boardman. 16 pages. #282. DAVID BALDWIN, OR THE MILLER'S SON. 12 pages. #283. ALARM TO THE CARELESS. 8 pages. #284. LYDIA STURTEVANT, OR THE FATAL RESOLUTION . . . by Eliakim Phelps. 8 pages. #285. WHAT IS A CALL TO THE MINISTRY? by James D. Knowles. 16 pages. #286. DYING TESTIMONY OF BELIEVERS AND UNBELIEVERS . . . by W.C. Brownlee. 28 pages. #287. THE GENERAL'S WIDOW by W.C. Brownlee. Lacks pages 1-2 (pgs 377-378) and 27-28 (pgs 403-404) with 3-26 present but with 25/26 badly torn. N° de réf. du vendeur PXZP-12284

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Titre : Lacks title page but apparently issued as ...
Éditeur : [New York: American Tract Society, circa 1830-1840.]
Reliure : Couverture rigide