Author: THOMPSON, Joseph P.
Title: The Right and Necessity of Inflicting the Punishment of Death for Murder
Description: New Haven, J.M. Patten, 1842. Hardcover. 8vo. Three-quarter red leather with gilt spine lettering and decorative paper over boards. 54pp. Very good. Mild bit of edgewear; last few pages age toned. First edition and apparently this minister's first appearance in print. Three discourses by the controversial pastor of the Chapel Street Congregational Church and abolitionist (1819-79), defending Biblical precedents for capital punishment. A tight, attractive copy and quite scarce. Chapel Street Congregational Church was Thompson's first gig (1840-45) before going on to greater fame as long-time pastor of New York's famed Broadway Tabernacle Church (1845-71). Not in Sabin. .
Keywords: Religion
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Title: The Right and Necessity of Inflicting the Punishment of Death for Murder
Description: New Haven, J.M. Patten, 1842. Hardcover. 8vo. Three-quarter red leather with gilt spine lettering and decorative paper over boards. 54pp. Very good. Mild bit of edgewear; last few pages age toned. First edition and apparently this minister's first appearance in print. Three discourses by the controversial pastor of the Chapel Street Congregational Church and abolitionist (1819-79), defending Biblical precedents for capital punishment. A tight, attractive copy and quite scarce. Chapel Street Congregational Church was Thompson's first gig (1840-45) before going on to greater fame as long-time pastor of New York's famed Broadway Tabernacle Church (1845-71). Not in Sabin. .
Keywords: Religion
Price: US$ 150.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 8478
- Book number: 8478
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