Author: (Anderson, Alexander). [Christmas, Joseph Stibbs (1803-1830)].
Title: On Repentance.
Description: New York: Published by the American Tract Society, and sold at their depository, no. 144 Nassau-Street, [1827-1832]. [1827-1832]. - Octodecimo (18mo), 6-6/8 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, laid into pictorial wrappers featuring a woodcut by Alexander Anderson. The corners of the covers are creased and there is a slit along the tail of the spine. The wrappers consist of 4-pages. The pamphlet itself consists of 8 numbered pages, with the woodcut repeated on the first page, and it is laid into the wrappers forming a total of 12 pages. There is a circular stain to the inner edges of the pages. Very good.

First edition. American Tract Society pamphlet number 183.

In the American tract magazine of November 1831 authorship is attributed to the Rev. Joseph S. Christmas. As to the date, the American Tract Society was located at 144 Nassau Street between 1827 and 1832.

On the fourth page of the wrapper is printed a hymn by Isaac Watts, "Imploring Mercy". Very good .

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