1840 Leather Christian GIFT BOOK George Washington at Valley Forge , Bible etc.

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1840 Leather Christian GIFT BOOK George Washington at Valley Forge , Bible etc.:
$179.00

The Christian Keepsake

and

Missionary Annual

Edited By Rev. John A. Clark

1840

Published By William Marshall And Co.
Philadelphia

1840

Hardcover.
Full Leather Binding.
Beautiful, Original Red Morocco Leather, Decorated with Gilt Floral Design and with an Angel in Gold.
All Page Edges Gilt.
Coated Endpapers.5\" x 7.5\"320 Pages.

*** 174 Years Old ***

An antique Gift Book or \"Keepsake\" ; with 60 selections of Prose & Poetry .Embellished with 9 Engravings .In a Beautiful, Decorated, Full Leather Binding, this was intended to be a Christmas or holiday gift for Christian people, long ago - and it would still make a Great Christmas Gift, some 174 years later!This book features the first printed appearances of:
\"The Sabbath; Sketches from a Note-Book of an Elderly Gentleman ,\" by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), author of \" Uncle Tom\'s Cabin \")
\"Ruins of Herod\'s Palace ,\" and \"A Father\'s Pity ,\" by Lydia Sigourney(1791 – 1865), a popular American poet during the early and mid 19th century.
and
\"The Northern Lights , as Seen First Month, 1837 \" by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), American Poet .
With Numerous More Readings, including \" The Old Man\'s Song ,\" \" The Celestial Gate ,\" \"The Burning Prairie ,\" \" Redemption by Jesus Christ , \" \" Voices of Flowers , \" \"The Painting of Death , \" \" A Child Reading ,\" \" The Highland Hut , \" \" The Rescue of Lot , \" \" The Pastor\'s Crown ,\" \" An Idea of the Universe , \" \" Hymn Book of a Deceased Sister , \" \" The Grave of Lazerus , \" \" A Scene on the Ohio , \" \" The Wedding Ring , \" \" The Religion of China ,\" \" The Aeronaut , \" \" Gone To God , \" \"The Princes\' Islands , \" \" A Father\'s Pity , \" \" The Coronation , \" \" Flowers in the Garden ,\" \" Hymn , \" \" A Christmas Carol \" ( by R. W. Dodson ), \" New Year\'s Eve , \" etc., etc.12 pages are devoted to Washington , An Incident of the Revolutionary War ( at Valley Forge , in the winter of 1777 - 1778 . )
This includes an engraving of George Washington praying.Other Engravings show:
Child with her pet Bird
Child reading the Bible to her grandfather
Young Woman reading
Prairie Fire in the American West
Scene on the Ohio River
A Young Woman
Portrait of Rev. Channing Moore ( Richard Channing Moore, 1762-1841, a bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia )
Engraved vignette showing the New Covenant with God through Christ superseding the Old Covenant .

Very Good Condition

Just slight wear to the binding. The binding does have some dark staining.
[ see the photos ]
The Hinges are Tight.
No markings.
No writing.
The engravings show a little foxing, and there is just a little foxing elsewhere.
The frontispiece lacks its tissue-guard.
The Pages and Illustration Plates are otherwise Clean and in Nice Condition.

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