THE CONFESSIONS OF J. LACKINGTON, LATE BOOKSELLER, AT THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSES, IN A SERIES OF LETTERS TO A FRIEN
by [Lackington, James
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New York: John Wilson and Daniel Hitt for the Methodist Conenction, 1808. 189,[2]pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine ruled in gilt. Calf moderately scuffed and worn, minor toning, else very good. Second American edition of the legendary bookseller's last autobiographical work. In his earlier memoirs, Lackington had described his "strange rise" to celebrity and fortune as the proprietor of "probably the greatest book-store in the known world," attacking Christianity and the Methodists who had helped him along the way. In the present work, the author re-examines his career and his religious life, detailing his personal experience of the conflict between Deism and Christianity and describing his ultimate reconversion to Methodism. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 15385.
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- THE CONFESSIONS OF J. LACKINGTON, LATE BOOKSELLER, AT THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSES, IN A SERIES OF LETTERS TO A FRIEN
- Author
- [Lackington, James
- Book Condition
- Used
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- John Wilson and Daniel Hitt for the Methodist Conenction
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1808
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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