LEES, F[rederic] R[ichard]

Text-Book of Temperance

Rockland, ME: Z. Pope Vose & Co., 1869. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). In brown cloth, titled in gold on spine; yellow endpapers; 312, [2]pp; errata slip at rear. Contemporary owner's name to front pastedown. An upright, tight copy, rear board gently warped, rubbed, with minor loss at head, internally clean: Very Good. Lees (1815-1897) earned his living as a temperance advocate (ODNB). This volume contains both scientific and religious arguments against alcohol, along with proposed plans for promoting temperance. Uncommon in the trade.

Price: $80.00

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