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“The Brandy Drops; or, Charlie’s Pledge” - A Temperance Story by Aunt Julia - 1858
by Julia Colman
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Beachwood, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
This First Edition copy of "The Brandy Drops; or, Charlie's Pledge" - A Temperance Story by Aunt Julia was written by Julia Colman and published in 1858 by Nelson & Phillips of New York in conjunction with the Hitchcock & Walden Sunday-School Department of Cincinnati. The book, which measures 4 inches wide by 6 inches tall by 3/8 inches thick, contains 103 pages of text and illustrations devoted to stories of alcohol dependency leading to temperance.
The book is hard bound in brown cloth covered boards, with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine and pressed decoration on the front and rear faces. The covers are in very good condition, with some signs of wear on the corners and top and bottom ends of the spine. There are also three small white dots on the lower left face of the front cover. The pages of the book are string bound and also in very good condition, with some faint tanning along the outer edges.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the book in its covers, a 2-page spread showing the Title page and frontispiece, and three (3) typical 2-page spreads of text and illustrations.
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- Bookseller
- Pages For Sages
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1788
- Title
- “The Brandy Drops; or, Charlie’s Pledge” - A Temperance Story by Aunt Julia - 1858
- Author
- Julia Colman
- Illustrator
- Not specified
- Format/Binding
- Hard bound in brown cloth covered boards, with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine and pressed decoration on the front a
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nelson & Phillips
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1858
- Pages
- 103
- Size
- 4 x 6 x 0.375
- Weight
- 0.27 lbs
- Keywords
- Temperance, Alcohol Addiction,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical; History;
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Beachwood, Ohio
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- Edges
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