THE CONFESSIONS OF J. LACKINGTON
by Lackington, J. [James Lackington]
- Used
- Condition
- Very good plus.
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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Notable in Lackington's redemption drama is his reliance on books and reading to draw him back from the precipice: just as a novel-reading wife and Voltaire pushed him to deny the Gospels, only texts could bring him back: and to convert that same novel-reading wife, Lackington sent to his former book-dealing colleagues for "Seeker's Lectures on the Catechism; Wilson's Sermons, 4 vols.", and much more of the same, piling religious books upon his poor wife until at last "Mrs. L. said that she preferred that kind of reading far beyond the reading of novels." As for himself, the author "laid my freethinking books aside and began once more to study my Bible." Not merely a Methodist conversion narrative, but a history of reading: of a soul whose apprehension of truth and reality was entirely mediated through books and the written word. 5.5'' x 3.25''. Full brown calf. Spine stamped with gilt lines. [vii], [10-189], [1] pages. Contemporary owner's name and religious verse, ("A looking glass where we may see / Our natures own depravity....") in pen to front free endpaper. Boards slightly bowed, with moderate edgewear; head of spine lightly chipped. Moderate to heavy foxing and toning throughout.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40604
- Title
- THE CONFESSIONS OF J. LACKINGTON
- Author
- Lackington, J. [James Lackington]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- Ezekial Cooper & John Wilson, for the Methodist Connection in the United States. Robinson & Little, Printers
- Place of Publication
- Brooklyn
- Date Published
- 1806
- Keywords
- Religion,Biography & Memoir,19th century,English & British,Education
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