The Fatness of Thy House 1807-1924
by Van Norden, Warner M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Privately Printed. Good with no dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Cloth. 242 pp. Frontis plate, illustrated. A history of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City from 1807-1924. Includes tenures and information on pastorsJohn Brodhead Romeyn; Cyrus Mason; George Potts; Dr. James Waddel Alexander; Dr. Nathan Lewis Rice; Dr. John Hall; George Tybout Purves; J. Ross Stevenson; John Henry Jowett; John Kelman. Red cloth covers with brilliant gilt are clean, normal wear. Interior has many notes, paper clips, newspaper cuttings, etc., from some previous owner who was very interested in or involved with the church -- some are interesting, such as a margin note stating that a mason who was paid $190 in 1834 also built "Colonnade Row". Glued in at the inside back cover is a letter from the woman who sold this book in 1974 with additional architectural information on various sites in NYC, etc. Not a perfect copy of this scarce volume, but an interesting one, and still handsome.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002417
- Title
- The Fatness of Thy House 1807-1924
- Author
- Van Norden, Warner M
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- New, York, City, Presbyterian, Church;, Genealogy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Genealogy; History: U.S. & North America; Americana;
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Plate
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- Cloth
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