Rev lyman abbott 1835 (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Here is a rare volume of meditations on the crucifixion of Christ and the meaning of His life by One of the Greatest Ministers of Nineteenth Century America, Reverend Lyman Abbott. "The Crucifers" was Abbott's Last Work, and published by The Womans Press of the YWCA in 1923, with a Foreword by William Sloane Coffin Lyman Abbott was one of the most influential Protestant preachers in the nineteenth century. He was an accomplished public speaker and his sermons were esteemed. Abbott wrote numerous books on theology. William Sloane Coffin wrote the foreword to the book, which actually reads as a sort of eulogy for Lyman Abbot, who had recently died. TITLE : The Crucifers (Containing the following sermons, or meditations : "The Institutions of Irreligion"; "The Worldly-Minded Church Member"; "The Ambitious Ecclesiastic"; "The Cowardly Politician"; "The Callous Profiteers"; "The First Pagan Convert") AUTHOR : Lyman Abbott (1835 - 1922 ) FOREWORD : Henry Sloane Coffin (1877 - 1954) DATE : 1923 PLACE : No place stated [New York] IMPRINT : Woman's Press (under the aegis of the National Board of the YWCA EDITION : First Edition STATUS : Out of Print - OP DETAILS : Small Hardcover; Contains a Foreword; 98 pages ; approximately 4 1/4" x 6 1/2"; blue-back boards with paper title affixed as a wrap around the spine from the front board to the rear. This book is fairly scarce on the market. About 20 libraries world-wide have catalogued "The Crucifers". I thus conclude that it had a small printing. CONDITION . This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive, with the following particulars noted: EXTERIOR - Small loss through chipping at head of spine, and slight compression to foot of spine; mild surface rub and a bit of small, vague smudging -- mostly on rear board; a couple of tiny spots; corners are softly bumped; title displays brightly . else clean and presentable. Text-block edges are clean. BINDING - Solid INTERIOR - End-papers are clean; there is the slightest bit of mild surface rumple to paper at a couple of spots, else clean and presentable DUST-JACKET : None present . (issued?).…