CRAFTS, REV. WILBUR FISK, A.M.

WHAT THE TEMPERANCE CENTURY HAS MADE CERTAIN In Regard to Intemperance and Other Social Problems of the Anglo-Saxon Nations, with a Symposium of Suggestions for the New Century

NY, Funk & Wagnalls, 1885. 1885. Hardcover . Hardback, 12mo, appx 5 x 7 1/4 inches, gilt and embossed black (or very dark olive brown) cloth, 192 pages, VG/no dj. Tight binding with hinges intact. Externally - one back cover corner bump o/w light rubbing corners and head of spine, chipped at heel of spine, a few stray cover spots that don't detract greatly. Internally - small top corner folds to last 3 pages, very light amount of foxing pretty much limited to endpapers + a handful of words underlined in pencil with what appears to be a Swedish translation pencilled in to the margin. Includes symposium comments from various contributors (National Temperance Society and Prohibition Party leaders), discussion of a platform, and a "Declaration of Independence against King Alcohol" with a space (blank) for signing. Also Republican Opposition to Prohibition, Present Parties Untrustworthy, etc. Frontis engraving of Dr. Benjamin Rush. Following Table of Contents: An Index of Persons Quoted or Named. At the rear: 2-page Alphabetical Index of Topics. Very Good.

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Book number: 04563

Keywords: Religion Sociology Social Psychology Prohibition Drinking Alcohol Alcoholism Substance Abuse American Cities Urban Studies True Crime 19th Century

Fisk, Wilbur

Travels in Europe; viz. in England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands. 5de druk. New York: Harper, 1839.

Geb. in leer, 16+688 p., ill. Band gerestaureerd. Lit: Jacobsen Jensen 300; Smith nr. F 32 (3de druk). l De Amerikaanse schrijver Wilbur Fisk (1792-1839), president van de Wesleyan University, bezocht Europa in 1836. In Nederland beschrijft hij: Nijmegen, Loevestein, Dordrecht, Rotterdam, ‘s Gravenhage en Leiden. Het boek verscheen in 1838 en werd snel enkel

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Book number: 15247

Catalogue: Travel