first edition Hardcover
1817 · New York
by Chalmers, Thomas
New York: Kirk and Mercein, 1817. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). Religion; astronomy; First American edition. 218 pages of text. Measures 23.5cm (height). Hardcover; bound in the original printed gray paper covered boards which are very rubbed; spine chipped, crudedly repaired; water stains; foxed; p. 198-202 torn; p. 215-6 mostly lacking; 33p. Sermon preached in St. Andrew's church, Edinburgh, before the Society for the relief of the destitute sick, on the Lord's day, April 18, 1813; 164p. Sermon delivered on January 18, 1816, the day of national thanksgiving for the restoration of peace, p. 91-2 torn, p.105-6 corner lacking (truncated)