Description
The Village Blacksmith, Or, Piety and Usefulness Exemplified; in a Memoir of the Life of Samuel Hick, Late of Micklefield, Yorkshire, By James Everett, From the Fourth London Edition, Armstrong & Berry, and John Plaskitt, Baltimore, 1836, 300 pp, full original leather, 7.5 x 4.5”, 12mo. In fair condition. Front and rear boards are tender at joints. Rear board nearly detached. Moderate wear to extremities with scuffing to corners and end bands. Spine abraded with loss at head. Early ownership stamp of J. Donavin on title page. Interior heavily foxed with dampness staining and age-stain. Page 289 torn at center without loss. Binding tender, but intact. Free of known markings. Please see photos. Samuel Hick (1758-1829) was a popular Methodist preacher in around York, England. First American edition. COLR1836ABCC-FORN-TUB0004(HK)
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