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Beman, Nathan S S . A DISCOURSE DELIVERED IN STEPHENTOWN, DEC. 25, 1828 AND IN TROY ...JAN 11, 1829 BEFORE THE TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES OF THOSE TOWNS
Troy, NY 1829 first edition. Adancourt. 30p. Later plain wraps. halftitle page present. Good (a103130)
$32.00. SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCOTTISH TEMPERANCE SOCIETY
Glasgow 1831 first edition. Hedderwick. Octavo wraps. Later plain wrapper. 100p. A few spots of soiling and foxing but not much. No owner marks. Good. binding secure. (a105583)
$35.00. JOHN TOMKINS; OR, THE DRAM-DRINKER - tract 1620
London. no date (19thc or earlier). Religoius tract Society. 8p. Later paper spine. Engraved vignette of family with mother , father and 3 children around kitchen fireplace. VG. Poem on dangers of alcohol. (a105681)
$25.00 Weeden, William B. . THE MORALITY OF PROHIBITORY LIQUOR LAWS AN ESSAY
Boston 1875 1st Roberts. Hardcover. 12mo., 223pp., original chartreuse cloth with gilt and black decoration. Good Plus, cover rubbed, hignes secure and text clean. no ownership marks. (a15936)
$45.00 (Arthur, T.S.) . THREE YEARS IN A MAN-TRAP
Philadelphia 1872. By the Author of Ten Nights in a Bar-Room. Novel about dangers of drinking. 8vo., 364pp., frontis, a few text illustrations, hardcover. Owner signed. Good, cover worn, spine ends frayed, initial pages small stain on lower corner. (a15954)
$25.00 Powell, Frederick . BACCHUS DETHRONED PRIZE ESSAY
NY 1875 National Temperance. 8vo., 268pp., hardcover. Good, water stains on end papers and on front cover. (a16068)
$30.00 Carey, Alice . THE ADOPTED DAUGHTER
NY 1852. Story in The American Temperance Magazine for December 1852, pp. 335-365, wraps. Issue also has fine steel engraved portrait of Samuel Mudway Hewlett, a temperance orator. Single issue of the magazine in original printed wraps. Cover good-moderate wear. Text VG-Fine. (a20087)
$75.00 temperance . TEMPERANCE ALMANAC FOR 1836
Albany 1836 Packard and Van Benthuysen. Numerous short articles on drinking and temperance; 5 pages of statistics on temperance and drinking showing "number of drunkards", time and money "wasted on alcohol " relation of drinking to crime, etc. 12mo., 24pp., wraps. Complete. Drake 7456. Good condition for age-moderate wear and soiling. (a20088)
$35.00Cherrington, Ernest H.. ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE YEAR BOOK 1924
Westerville 1924. Anti-Saloon League of America. 12mo., 224pp., index, wraps. VG+. (a27951)
$35.00 Hastings, Samuel D. (editor) . THE PEOPLE VERSUS THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC THE GREAT SPEECHES OF JOHN B. FINCH
Chicago 1883 seventh edition. Hardcover. Small octavo, 285pp., cloth. VG, minor soiling and wear. (a27962)
$34.00 Cobb, Sanford H. . THE THEORY OF PROHIBITION
NY 1887. In the New Princeton Review, Vol. IV No.1, July 1887 at pp. 30-43. Included in a complete issue of this journal with articles by other authors. Large octavo, original wraps. Good, some wear on wraps. (a29212b)
$35.00 Delavan, E. C. . THE ENQUIRER VOLUME 1 NO. 1 CONTAINING A SERIES OF LETTERS TO PROFESSING CHRISTIANS
Albany December 1841 Van Benthuysen and Co. With an appendix (version without plates) by Thomas Sewall M.D. entitled:The Pathology of Drunkenness, or the Medical Effects of Alcoholic Drinks (6pp.) Sm.folio, 48pp., printed green wraps. Some contemporary ink notations on cover, pencil writings in margins of pages. Old news clipping pasted on verso of front. Good, a bit worn. (a30812)
$50.00Nott, Eliphalet. TEN LECTURES ON THE USE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS
Albany 1846 Van Benthuysen and Co. August 1846 issue of The Enquirer, Volume1 No. 4. Includes discussion of the spontaneous combustion of a habitual alcoholic. Sm.folio., pp. 146-180 (complete issue), green printed wraps. Much contemporary ink notation on front cover and a bit inside. Good, small tear on rear wrap and final few leaves affecting edge of text. (a30813)
$44.00 Irvine-Rivera, Edith M. . THE DRY BLOCKADE
NY 1951 Dorrance. Temperance, feminism. Hardcover. Small octavo, 92pp., cloth. VG, no DJ. No ownership marks. (a31900)
$29.00 (moravian) . THE FRATERNAL MESSENGER VOLUMES II AND IV
Bradford (New Hampshire) 1853,1856 J. Parkinson. Bound periodical containing news, position papers, anecdotes, etc. Covers foreign missions, proselytizing, temperance. 2 volumes. Hardcovers. Small octavos, 504pp., 512pp., cloth. VG. 2 volumes. (a3916x)
$95.00Willard, Francis E.. GLIMPSES OF FIFTY YEARS THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN WOMAN
Chicago 1889 H.J. Smith. Willard was temperance leader and feminist from New York. Hardcover. Sm.4to, 698pp., photo illustrations, fancy decorated boards. Green cloth with gilt and silver and black decoration on front board and spine. Good, inner hinges cracked reinforced ; text block solidly bound. No owner marks. Text clean. (a4815)
$29.00 Shafter, Oscar R. . AN ADDRESS BEFORE THE PUTNEY (Vt.) TEMPERANCE SOCIETY DELIVERED JULY 3, 1835
Fayetteville 1835. 8vo., 24pp., later wraps with original title page. Good, light foxing. (a52954)
$45.00 Johnston, Henry Alan . WHAT RIGHTS ARE LEFT
NY 1930 1st Macmillan. Detailed and critical examination of alcohol prohibition laws. Sm.8vo., 177pp., red cloth. VG in Good DJ. (a57983)
$35.00 Atreya . TOWARDS DRY INDIA
Madras 1938 1st Dikshit Publishing House. Foreword by S. Satyamurti. 12mo., 215pp.,photo illustrations, appendix, original wraps. VG, light wear, in Good DJ. (a61037)
$45.00 (temperance) . REPORT OF COMMISSION TO REVISE LAWS RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUORS, ETC.
Hartford 1882 Press of The Case. Octavo, 44pp., original printed wraps. Good, front faded and lightly foxed. (a61836)
$36.00 Marsh, Rev. John . THE TEMPERANCE BATTLE NOT MAN'S BUT GOD'S
New York 1858 American Temperance Union. Octavo, 28pp., later wraps. Good. (a61988)
$28.00 Appleton, Jesse . AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR SUPPRESSING INTEMPERANCE
Boston 1816 John Eliot. Octavo, 28pp., removed from volume and rebound in later wraps. Good. (a66583)
$50.00 Austin, James Trecothick . ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF INTEMPERANCE...1830
Boston 1830 John H. Eastburn. Octavo, 32pp., original wraps. Signed by The Author in presentation to Governor Winthrop (of Massachusetts.) Good, wraps split at seam. (a66601)
$95.00 Damon, David . ADDRESS..OF THE SALISBURY AND AMESBURY SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING TEMPERANCE
Boston 1829 Examiner Press. Octavo, 24pp., later wraps. VG. (a68699)
$45.00Finch, Frances E. and Frank J. Sibley. JOHN B. FINCH HIS LIFE AND WORK
NY 1888 1st edition. Funk and Wagnalls. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering,. Octavo, 569pp., fine steel engraved portrait frontis, illustrated. American temperance leader. VG , corners lightly bumped. no dj. Hinges not cracked in/out. No owner marks. (a69787)
$40.00 Sargent, L. M. . ADDRESS BEFORE THE MASSACHUETTS SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF INTEMPERANCE DELIVERED MAY 27, 1833
Boston 1833 1st Temperance Press, Ford & Damrell. Octavo, 34pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. Good. (a73338)
$20.00 (temperance) . THREE ORIGINAL NATIONAL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY LEAFLETS
NY c, 1870 58 Reade Street. Each leaflet is 4-3/4 x 3-3/4 inches with 4 pages. wraps. Thin paper, originally printed without covers. Front page is nearly full page engraving. The leaflets: Little Feet and Hands, by Ella Wheeler; The End Thereof, by Mrs. J MConaughy; Signing the Pledge, by Thrace Talmon. Hortatory tales. Good plus. Scarce. Three pamphlets: (a73674)
$70.00 Dennison, Henry S. (preface) . ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROHIBITION LAWS: OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LAW OBSERVANCE AND ENFORCEMENT VOL. 2
Washington 1931 GPO. 71st Congress, 3rd Session. Senate Documents Vol. 9 Part 2. Document No. 307. Pertaining to its investigation of the facts as to the enforcemnt, the benefits, and the abuses under the prohbition laws, both before and since the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Hardcover. Octavo, 399pp., foldout charts, original printed buckram, Library H. of R. printed at heel of spine. Good, inner hinges cracked, light soiling. Volume 2 of 5. (a75256)
$45.00 (Miner, Eleanor Thomas) . IN MEMORIAM ELEANOR THOMAS MINER BORN OCTOBER 12, 1836 DIED JUNE 11, 1908
1908. Miner was Presbyterian from Illinois, very active in the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Square octavo, 22pp., portrait frontis, full leather. Near Fine. Rare. (a81185)
$75.00 A Missionary . SCENES IN THE WEST, OR THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL AND TEMPERANCE (ORIGINAL EDITION, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Philadelphia 1873 1st Lutheran Board. Hardcover. 12mo., 158pp., original maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG plus. Excellent condition. (a81757)
$75.00 Archdeacon Jeffreys . THE RELIGIOUS OBJECTION TO TETOTALISM
London and New York 1840 John Snow and Office of American Temperance Union. Octavo, 32pp., later wraps. Good. Scarce. (a82639)
$35.00 Sprague, Dr. W. B. . DR. SPRAGUE'S REPLY TO PROFESSOR STUART'S LETTER ...RELATIVE TO HIS LATE SERMON THE ON EXCLUSION OF WINE FROM THE LORD'S SUPPER
Albany 1835 1st Packard and Van Benthuysen. Octavo, 29pp., later wraps. Good plus, some light foxing. (a82640)
$45.00 Stuart, M. . SCRIPTURAL VIEW OF THE WINE QUESTION IN A LETTER TO THE REV. DR. NOTT
New York 1848 1st Leavitt Trow. Octavo, 64pp., later wraps. VG. (a82641)
$33.00Anti-Saloon League. PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CONVENTION OF THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE OF AMERICA JANUARY 14-16 1924 WASHINGTON D C
Westerville (1924) American Issue Press. Octavo, 242pp., index, wraps. Small library bookplate inside front and small paper label on spine - no other ownership marks. Good, cover somewhat worn; binding secure; text clean. (a82688)
$24.00 von Tilzer, albert (music); Lew Brown (lyrics) . I NEVER KNEW I HAD A WONDERFUL WIFE UNTIL THE TOWN WENT DRY (ILLUSTRATED SHEET MUSIC)
New york. Copyright 1919. first edition. Broadway Music Corporation. 4to. wraps. Full front panel color illustration of husband and wife done by E E . Walton. 3p. music and lyrics. Good, 3 short closed tears on edges. no loss of text or paper. No owner marks. Catchy song title! (a89221)
$35.00Palmer, H R. THE CONCORDIA - MARCH 1866 issue (vol 1 no. 3.)
Chicago. 1866 first edition. Palmer. 4to. 8p. A music journal. Lead story is a continuation of a story about the Bach Family. Also short music scores for songs on 2 pages, one being a Temperance Song "Temperance Glee" words by Mrs. E K Hooker and music by A C Gutterson. VG lightly toned; no owner marks. (a91633)
$29.00. THE AMERICAN QUARTERLY TEMPERANCE MAGAZINE NO. 1 FEBRUARY 1834
Albany 1834 first edition. Executive Committee of the New York State Temperance Society. 12mo. Original printed pictorial front cover bound in later wraps. 96p. complete. Good plus, occasional slight foxing in text. (a95054)
$65.00. THE AMERICAN QUARTERLY TEMPERANCE MAGAZINE NO. 2 MAY 1833
Albany 1833 first edition. Executive Committee of the New York State Temperance Society. 12mo. Original printed pictorial front cover bound in later wraps. 192p. Good , some light foxing in text. Includes the "Fourth Annual Report of the New York Temperance Society." (a95055)
$75.00. THE AMERICAN QUARTERLY TEMPERANCE MAGAZINE NO. IV NOVEMBER 1834
Albany 1834 first edition. Executive Committee of the New York State Temperance Society. 12mo. Original printed pictorial front cover bound in later wraps. 96p. Good , some light foxing in text. (a95056)
$75.00. FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF TEMPERANCE
Albany 1833 first edition. Packard and Van Benthuysen. 12mo. later plain wraps. 96p. slight foxing throughout. binding secure. (a95057)
$45.00. THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF TEMPERANCE
Albany 1832 first edition. Packard and Van Benthuysen. 12mo. later plain wraps. 104p. titlepage toned; some light foxing throughout. Good. (a95058)
$45.00. THE TEMPERANCE PENNY MAGAZINE - ISSUE FOR MARCH 1838
London. 1838 first edition. Thomas Ward. 12mo. p. 33-48. illustration on first page. Small ink stain on illustrations. paper spine. Good. (a95076)
$25.00Delavan, E C and Rev. Dr. Sprague. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN E C. DELAVAN AND THE REV. DR. SPRAGUE ON TEMPERANCE
NY. 1837. 8p. later paper spine. Lightly foxed. Good. (a95078)
$22.00A Raree Showman. THE WONDERFUL ADVANTAGES OF DRUNKENNESS; TO WHICH IS ADDED, PROTEST AGAINST WHISKY AND THE WHISKY BARREL CONVERTED INTO A RAREE SHOW
8p. poetry. no date, no place. paper spine. Fairly good, lightly worn and soiled. Pages slightly different sizes. A temperance tract distributed in Scotland in 1830s or so. (a95079)
$45.00. EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NEW- YORK CITY TEMPERANCE SOCIETY
New York. 1837 first edition. D. Fanshaw. Original green printed wraps. 12mo. lacks rear cover panel. 64p. Spine reinforced. Cover soiled. Good (a95080)
$29.00. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN TEMPERANCE UNION 1838
Philadelphia. 1838 first edition. L. Johnson. Original green printed wraps. 12mo. lacks rear cover panel. 100p. Spine reinforced. Good plus, occasional slight foxing. (a95081)
$29.00A Committee of Synod. ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED SECESSION CHURCH ON THE SUBJECT OF INTEMPERANCE
Edinburgh 1838 first edition. M. Paterson. 16p. Later plain wraps. VG. (a95082)
$29.00. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN TEMPERANCE UNION 1839
New york 1839 first edition. S W Benedict. Original printed blue 12m wraps (lacks rear cover panel.) 80p. Fair, light staining on second half of text. Later paper spine. (a95083)
$29.00