newton rev john (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Good hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Light stain spots on front. Spine edge wear. Binding loosening slightly but still intact. Previous owners name stamp on inside front cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Zustand: New. Hail & Fire (illustrator).

Leather. Zustand: Good. Early American Edition. 608 Pp.,Volume I Only, Complete But Lacking All Preliminary And Final Blanks And Half Title, Book Begins With Title Page And Ends With Final Page Of Text, P. 608. Original Leather Binding With Red And Morocco Spine Labels, Quite Worn But Holding Together Well. Pencil Information, Probably Ownership Inforation, On Front Endpaper; Also Ownership Name Horace W. Okey, Son Of A Fil Designer. Per Wikipedia, John Newton (1725 - 1807) Was An English Evangelical Anglican Cleric And Slavery Abolitionist. He Had Previously Been A Captain Of Slave Ships And An Investor In The Slave Trade. He Served As A Sailor In The Royal Navy (After Forced Recruitment) And Was Himself Enslaved For A Time In West Africa. He Is Noted For Being Author Of The Hymns Amazing Grace And Glorious Things Of Thee Are Spoken. Newton Went To Sea At A Young Age And Worked On Slave Ships In The Slave Trade For Several Years. In 1745, He Himself Became A Slave Of Princess Peye, A Woman Of The Sherbro People In What Is Now Sierra Leone. He Was Rescued, Returned To Sea And The Trade, Becoming Captain Of Several Slave Ships. After Retiring From Active Sea-Faring, He Continued To Invest In The Slave Trade. Some Years After Experiencing A Conversion To Christianity, Newton Later Renounced His Trade And Became A Prominent Supporter Of Abolitionism. Now An Evangelical, He Was Ordained As A Church Of England Cleric And Served As Parish Priest At Olney, Buckinghamshire, For Two Decades And Wrote Hymns. Newton Lived To See The British Empire's Abolition Of The African Slave Trade In 1807, Just Months Before His Death. "We Must Not Conform To The Spirit Of The World".

Octavo (18.5cm); full contemporary mottled sheep, with blocking and titling in gilt and red on spine; [ii],[1],2-187,[3]pp. 'Culpeper Court House' pencilled to front endpaper and frontispiece, with previous owner's name written on title page and advertisement page, and pencilled notes and drawings to rear endpaper and rear flyleaf. Modest shelf-wear, with rubbing to board edges, and interior foxing, off-setting, creases, and marginal folds; Good. A collection of letters and notes dated 1789-1807 by Reverend John Newton, an evangelical Angican cleric and slavery abolitionist (both a former slave and former captain of slave ships prior to his religious conversion). [84739].

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Undated, Advertisement dated 1780. Largely good condition hardcover, some shelfwear to boards, slight splitting to front spine hinge at top. Text block edges gilt. Pull to binding at inside hinge, webbing visible. Content clear. A nice reading copy. Please feel free to contact us for further images or information.