JACOB WRESTLING WITH GOD, AND PREVAILING OR A TREATISE CONCERNING THE NECESSITY AND EFFICACY OF FAITH IN PRAYER. First American Edition.
by Taylor, Thomas (1618-1682)
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About This Item
Printed by Francis Wyeth, Published by James M'Greger, Harrisburg: ., 1830 pp. xii, [i.e., xi], 138. Age stain. Damp stain. 1861 newspaper clipping with article of 'Mistakes of the Rich' pasted on front paste down. Early manuscript ownership of Alex. Thompson on first fly leaf. A few leaves in rear loose. 160 mm. Original full leather binding, very worn. Front board fragile. Loss at tail of spine. Hardbound. Fair. Title continues: 'Wherein divers weighty questions and cases of conscience, about praying in Faith, are stated and resolved for the comforting and satisfying of weak and scrupulous consciences.' SCARCE. S&S/AI 3682. PAIMP 24. Hardcover.
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- Title
- JACOB WRESTLING WITH GOD, AND PREVAILING OR A TREATISE CONCERNING THE NECESSITY AND EFFICACY OF FAITH IN PRAYER. First American Edition.
- Author
- Taylor, Thomas (1618-1682)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by Francis Wyeth, Published by James M'Greger, Harrisburg: .
- Date Published
- 1830
- Keywords
- PENNSYLVANIA IMPRINTS EARLY AMERICAN RELIGION SOCIETY OF FRIENDS QUAKERS PRAYER THOMAS TAYLOR JACOB WRESTLING WITH GOD HARRISBURG IMPRINT 1830
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- RELIGION; EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS;
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Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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- Spine
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- Leaves
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- Tail
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- Fair
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