Rev philip bennett power (7 risultati)

Condizione: Fair. Rare edition/title. Gift inscription and owner's inscription on early leaves, dated 1896. Covers well-worn, rubbed, frayed. Dampstaining, hinges cracked, first leaf loose. 220 pages. Religious fiction and life lessons for a Christian life and temperament. Brown cloth boards, dark brown and yellow decorative cover and spine.…

Hard cover. Condizione: Good. No dust jacket. Illustrated. Appears to be an inspirational tale for children. Brown embossed cloth binding bumped at corners, worn on ends of spine. There is a small hole in the fabric within the gutter. Binding is tight. There is foxing throughout.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Green, pebbled cloth with blind-stamped borders and a gilt title on front cover. Interior is clean and unmarked. No statement of date (circa 1876-1893). Frontispiece with tissue guard. 30 pages. 6 x 4 inches. [Oiled Feather Series]. A short work, an admonishment to those who have let themselves appear seedy, either through folly or evil ways (and not old age or misfortune), which spells out both the negative influence and the troubles which this kind of appearance brings on others as well as on oneself. The author describes handful of persons, notes their demeaned state, and entertainingly hands out a fair bit of ridicule--word to the wise. Also, seedy homes makes seedy husbands! Philip Bennett Power (1822-1899) was born in Ireland and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin. He entered the ministry of the Church of England in 1846. He served congregations in Leicester, Holloway (London), and Worthing until 1865. [The American Sunday-School Union held the New York office location of ''8 & 10 Bible House, Astor Place'' from the approximate years of 1876 to 1893. The copyright page states: ''Republished from the London Edition after revision by the Committee of Publication.''].…

spine worn top and bottom some foxing, pages browning v.g.

Decorative Cloth Spine, Boards. Condizione: Good +. Inspiring children's story. tracing the moral path of Annie Wright. Frontis illus is a Chromolithograph Plate of an elderly Gentlenam in a Summerhouse, looking through a Telescope. B&W In-Text illustrations throughout. Brown cloth cover with central Gilt Vignette and Lettering surrounded by blind-stamped decoration on front. Blind-stamped decoration on back andf Gilt ground to Title on spine. 112 p. pages, 7 1/2" Tall. Cloth worn at tips of fore corners and some fraying at spine ends. 2 small, very fine cracks to front hinge and text block strained in several places. Gift inscription on ffep dated 1869. with some lead penciled letters above. No other inscriptions.…

Embossed/gilt Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Red cloth gilt title slight fading, spine slight bumped. Engraved frontis by Avery sc. The Oiled Feather rear. 240 pgs. Pubilsher's ads rear. Sept, 1866 12. (2) Rare copy. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Avery (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. New York: Robert Carter, 1870. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. Illustrated. 202 pages. 6 1/4" x 4". Good.Tight binding; moderate foxing; covers worn; some splitting to cloth. Very scarce. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .…