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The Missing Link; or, Bible-Women in the Homes of The London Poor
de [TEMPERANCE] [GREAT BRITAIN] "L.N.R." (pseud Ellen Ranyard)
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London: James Nisbet, 1859. First Edition. 12mo (16cm). Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards; gilt spine in six compartments; marbled endpapers and page edges; 296pp. Copy of the prominent Boston reformer and temperance lecturer John B. Gough, with his ownership signature and a lengthy presentation to him, dated 1859, from a John Lang, Dundee [Scotland?]. Corners and spine ends rubbed and touched-up; else a tight, VG copy. Gough was by many accounts the first American public "celebrity," a reformed drunkard who capitalized on his past to become the most highly-paid and highly sought-after lecturer of his generation. The present volume - a somewhat simpering account of missionary work among the London poor - has been inscribed to Gough by one John Lang. While we cannot say with confidence that this inscription is from the Australian barrister and author of that name (generally regarded as the first Australian novelist), we can note that both Gough and Lang were engaged on a tour of Great Britain in 1859 and that it is not entirely unlikely that their paths might have crossed in Dundee, whence the inscription is datemarked.
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- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- 15175
- Título
- The Missing Link; or, Bible-Women in the Homes of The London Poor
- Autor
- [TEMPERANCE] [GREAT BRITAIN] "L.N.R." (pseud Ellen Ranyard)
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- Usado
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- 1
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- First Edition
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- James Nisbet
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- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1859
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Temperance;
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- Tight
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- VG
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- 12mo
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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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...
- 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....
