Spencer's Pamphlets (FIRST EDITION. RARE)

Thomas Spencer

Verlag: Various Publishers, 1840

Beschreibung

FIRST EDITION. RARE. A Collection of 14 pamphlets written by Rev. Thomas Spencer, as well as 1 letter addressed TO the Rev. Thomas Spencer by Sir Culling Eardley Smith, Bart and 1 letter written to the Marquess of Cholmondeley by Rev. John Cumming. Thomas Spencer (1796?1853), writer on social subjects, took no share in party politics, but devoted himself with much determination and self-denial to the welfare of the people. He ?was born before his time. He was a reformer in church and state, and he really anticipated some great movements? Thoroughly English, he had an independent mind and great powers of application. A conscientious attention to the appeals of duty and justice was his ruling sentiment. As a churchman he regarded the church as a growth which called for a new reformation from time to time. (WikiSource). Within this edition, pamphlets and letters are NOT numbered sequentially, but are bound in this order as the following: 1)(Un-numbered) "Nonconformity within the Church: A Letter of Expostulation addressed to the Rev. Thomas Spencer"; 2)(No. 5) "Remarks on National Education", 3)(No. 1)"The Pillars of the Church of England; Religion and Politics"; 4)(No. 3) "Religion and Politics, or Ought Religious Men to be Political?"; 5)(No. 4) "Practical Suggestions on Church Reform"; 6)(No. 10) "The Want of Fidelity in Ministers of Religion Respecting the New Poor Law"; 7)(No. 15) "The Reformed Prayer Book of 1842 in which the morning service is divided and three distinct morning services made instead thereof, the services for baptisms, marriages, and burials, and the church catechism revised and the objectionable parts of them omitted"; 8)(Un-numbered) "Mr. Morison and the United Associate Synod or Strictures on Remarks by James Morison on Doctrinal Errors Condemned by the United Associate Synod, May 1842"; 9)(No. 2) The Prayer Book Opposed to The Corn Laws; 10)(No. 6) "Clerical Conformity and Church Property; 11)(No. 7) "The Parson's Dream and the Queen's Speech or, the Corn Laws and The National Debt"; 12)(No. 16) "The Second Reformation. Proposals for the Formation of A Church Reformation Society, an Outline of the Changes it is Proposed to Make, and a Sketch of the Constitution of the Church of England, as it is Proposed to be after the Second Reformation; 13(No. 17) "The People's Rights: And How to Get Them"; 14(No.18) "Observations on the School Return for the Diocese of Bath and Wells, showing the uncharitable nature and Puseyite tendency of some of the questions contained therein"; 15((No. 19) "What David Did: A Reply to the Queen's Letter. Containing reasons for not urging upon the parishioners of Hinton Charterhouse a Collection in Behalf of the Society for the Building of Churches"; 16)(Un-numbered) "Present State of the Church of Scotland: A Letter, Addressed to the Most Noble The Marquess of Cholmondeley by the Rev. John Cumming, M.A." CONDITION: Hardcover. Bound in light brown leather with border and ornamentation embossed on the cover. Spine is banded with raised, dark label bearing gilt lettering. Pages have evenly tanned with some foxing scattered throughout. Several pages bear marginalia, although very few. Each new pamphlet has the sequential order marked in pencil in the top right corner. The front endpapers also have a hand-written table of contents in pencil. Entry number 1 and number 16 are both slightly smaller paper than the other 14 therein. There is an open, 2" x 1/2 tear removing text toward the bottom of page 15/16 within entry No. 19, "What David Did.". Some occasional chips and slight tears to the edges. All edges sprinkled in light brown ink. A waterstain marks the book's bottom foredge, but does not compromise the integrity or legibility of the text. All pamphlets are numbered individually and respectively. An intriguing copy. Full refund if not satisfied. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 065181

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Spencer's Pamphlets (FIRST EDITION. RARE)

Verlag: Various Publishers

Erscheinungsdatum: 1840

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition.