havins t r day james (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: NF. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG-. First edition thus. xiii, 145 pages, portrait 22 cm. green cloth with black lettering ; dj. Tape stains on boards. Dj in mylar, chipped at spine. Paper-clip rust stains on pp 31-45. Minor underlining to same pages. This piece is an autobiography of Rev. Peter W. Gravis. Gravis was a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church during the 1850s. After fighting sin and Indians on the Texas frontier he joined the Confederate Army in mid 1862. He served in Walker's Texas division, seeing plenty of action in Arkansas and Louisiana. After the war, he returned to his ministry until being placed on the Superannuated (over-aged) list in 1882, where he remained until his death in 1902. This volume was published in an edition of 1,000 copies, but only sold a handful. Most of the unsold copies reverted to Rev. Gravis, who eventually dumped them all into a landfill. This copy is reproduced from one formerly in the possession of Mrs. F. L. (Nannie Greene) Little of Comanche, Texas. It is an essential work on Methodism in the state of Texas, especially after the Civil War.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Limited edition. Ex-library copy with usual library features/ Limited edition of 1,000 copies.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: F. First edition thus. xiii, 145 pages, portrait 22 cm. green cloth with black lettering ; dj. Tape stains on boards. Extensively INSCRIBED by co-editor Jim Day to library director/historian Margaret Waring of Comanche, Texas, dated 3 August 1995. This piece is an autobiography of Rev. Peter W. Gravis. Gravis was a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church during the 1850s and 1860s. After fighting sin and Indians on the Texas frontier he joined the Confederate Army in mid 1862. He served in Walker's Texas division, seeing plenty of action in Arkansas and Louisiana. After the war, he returned to his ministry until being placed on the Superannuated (over-aged) list in 1882, where he remained until his death in 1902. This volume was published in an edition of 1,000 copies, but only sold a handful. Most of the unsold copies reverted to Rev. Gravis, who eventually dumped them all into a landfill. This copy is reproduced from one formerly in the possession of Mrs. F. L. (Nannie Greene) Little of Comanche, Texas. It is an essential work on Methodism in the state of Texas, especially after the Civil War. Inscribed by Author(s).

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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good -. Facsimile Edition. Signed and Inscribed by the Author, T.R. Havins, on ffep. Facsimile Edition, Limited to 1,000 copies. NF/NF. Hardcover, green cloth with black titles, 145 pp., jacket is moderately edgeworn with a couple of small chips, else a clean and tight copy. Protected in a Brodart cover. Signed and Inscribed by Author.