Author: J. Townley Crane
Title: An Essay on Dancing
Description: New York, Carlton & Porter, 1856. Hardcover. 132p. A small hardcover book bound in embossed brown cloth. Acceptable reading condition. Corners bent at the tips and head of spine worn. Owners' inscriptions and stamp on front endpapers; pencil scribble in back. Pages 51-62 are slightly loose, but still attached. All pages are foxed and some are creased, but text otherwise unmarked. Jonathan Townley Crane ( (1819-1880) was the father of author Stephen Crane. A Methodist minister and abolitionist, Jonathan Townley Crane wrote extensively on religious subjects, including temperance. This particular book is probably his best-known work, in which he argues that dancing is evil and indecent. Measures approx. 6" x 4. Fair .

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