New York: The American News Company, n.y.. Hardcover. 12mo. Half black calf with gilt spine lettering, raised bands and blind-embossed decorations and marbled paper over boards. 42pp, (6pp), 48pp, 47pp, (1p), 55pp, (1p ad). Marbled endpapers. Very good. Marbled binding paper rubbed and edgeworn, though calf is strong and bright and gilt lettering sharp and lovely; text block lightly age toned. Attractive and interesting edition of one of the compilation volumes of the popular satire in epic Biblical style, with much Lincoln and Civil War commentary. The 1863 first book spawned three sequels -- "Book Second" later the same year, "Book Third" in 1864 and "Book Fourth" in 1866, the tentralogy then published together in one volume in 1866. This may be the 1877 edition noted by Monaghan in #260, though not dated such and published without the 4-page "additional preface" found there (in which White denies authorship).HOWES W368. MONAGHAN 256. SABIN 103445.

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Bookseller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 46216
Title: The New Gospel of Peace According to St. Benjamin
Author: WHITE, Richard Grant
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: The American News Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: n.y.
Bookseller catalogs: Books; Abraham Lincoln; Civil War;

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Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Calf: Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
Marbled Paper: Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...