Noble frederick a rev (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. Octavo, 483pp., dark green cloth, gilt, front hinge cracked, faint waterspot at upper right corners; Laid in is a mourning card signed by Mrs. Frederick A. Noble. Noble's purpose in re-telling this history is to describe the leading facts only in a way readily grasped in one's memory, and to explore what the Pilgrims represented in "a great and sacred cause. In all history there are few acts of men so freighted with significance as the coming from the Old World to the New of this little band of English exiles - Preface.…

Paperback. First edition. 20pp. Very slim octavo [22 cm] Sewn tan and black printed wraps. Very good. There are areas of subtle darkening on the wraps, and there are multiple small losses from the edges of the wraps. Flake 5854. From the text- "We have many evils in this land, and we are exposed to many perils. It is impossible for good men to be too vigilant and earnest in guarding against the encroachments of harm. But yonder, amongst the fastnesses of the Rocky Mountains, casting its roots into the fertile valleys, finding nourishment and strength in the crevices of the everlasting hills, there grows an evil, peculiar, enormous, and prophetic of untold disaster, before which thoughtful men may well pause and ponder. Mormonism in the West, illiteracy in the South, rum in the East and everywhere- these are the elements of the Devil's Trinity.".…