God's Furnace
by One Tried in the Fire & J.H. McIlvaine (intro)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Good HC, no DJ. Brown bead-grain cloth over boards with blind stamped rules framing each cover and decorative gilt letters and design on spine. Clean, lightly scuffed covers and spine; rubbed at fore corners, boards just exposed; worn at spine ends with 1/4 inch cloth missing at each end; tightly bound; front hinge has been reglued causing wrinkle in end paper; owner pencil name and date (1872) on front free end paper; title page torn at hinge bottom, somewhat fragile; pencil note at head of page 1; clean interior. OCLC # 55481480. Very uncommon memoir of anonymous "Christian woman of superior natural talents, with respect to the nature and efficacy of prayer." Revivalist, fundamentalist orientation. 12mo, 165 pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14481
- Title
- God's Furnace
- Author
- One Tried in the Fire & J.H. McIlvaine (intro)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- New York: Anson D.F. Randolph & Co.
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- CHRISTIANITY, FAITH, FUNDAMENTALISM, SPIRITUALISM, REVIVALS, JESUS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion, Biography;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
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