The Sacred Mountains
by Headley, J. T
- Used
- Condition
- Some foxing scattered throughout, heaviest on the prelims. A 1" split on back joint. A little rubbing on fore-edge of front cove
- Seller
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Toledo, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: J. T. Taylor, 1850. 12mo. Blind stamped brown cloth. 204 pp. Engraved title page. Some foxing scattered throughout, heaviest on the prelims. A 1" split on back joint. A little rubbing on fore-edge of front cover. Overall a tight, clean very good copy.. With four steel engraved illustrations.. Chapter titles are Mount Ararat, Mount Moriah, Mount Sinai, Mount Hor, Mount Pisgah, Mount Horeb, Mount Carmel, Mount Lebanon, Mount Zion, Mount Tabor, Mount Olivet, Mount Calvary, The Mount of God and Mount Calvary. The design of the following sketches is to render more familiar and life-like some of the scenes of the Bible. This, I know, is a difficult task, not only from the disposition of men to look at things sacred less naturally than on the common events of life, but from the inability of the writer to find words that shall bring the scenes he would describe home to the feelings, without shocking his own and the reader's sensibilities by too familiar phrases. Yet, unless they cease to become distant visions to us, we shall never appreciate the displays which God has made of himself to man.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Frogtown Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 701
- Title
- The Sacred Mountains
- Author
- Headley, J. T
- Illustrator
- With four steel engraved illustrations.
- Format/Binding
- 12mo. Blind stamped brown cloth. 204 pp. Engraved title page
- Book Condition
- Used - Some foxing scattered throughout, heaviest on the prelims. A 1" split on back joint. A little rubbing on fore-edge of front cove
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. T. Taylor
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1850
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...