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Providence, RI: Miller & Hutchens. Good with no dust jacket. 1818. Third Edition. Hardcover. Condition is good minus. Spine has been repaired with blue plastic tape. Covers have corner and edge wear and are darkened. Foxed. Page vii is missing part of the outer margin, with a tear extending into the text. The tear has been tape repaired, the text not accurately lined up. Author's name written on front cover and title page. Private book plate inside front cover, written owner's name on title page. ; "...showing that retaliation, capital punishments, and war, are prohibited by the Gospel ...and contrary to the laws of Christ." .

UsedVeryGood. Minor shelf wear

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Philadelphia: Printed for Benjamin & Thomas Kite, 1818. Paperback. Fair. Published 1818. Tall octavo, self wraps, 127 pp. Fair copy, some institutional marks, apparently disbound, some soil to outer leaves, foxing and light wear, but good reading copy.

Gale, Sabin Americana, 2012-02-21. Paperback. Good.

Nabu Press, 2010-01-09. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Cincinnati: Association of Friends in America. Good; The front cover is torn loose. 1870. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. 186 pages .

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Dodge & Sayre. 1816. Hardcover. Original paper covered boards rubbed; spine poor and front cover detached; internally tight and untrimmed. PRESENTATION inscription "by the Author" at the top of the title-page. .

Philadelphia 1917 2nd Benjamin & Thomas Kite. Octavo, 127p., original paper covered board with later paper spine. Owner signed. Good, front inner hinge cracked, light soiling and foxing throughout. .

Provdence 1818 3rd Miller & Hutchens. Octavo, 126pp., original paper-covered boards with later paper spine. Small bookplate. Good, text lightly foxed and toned. .

Peace Association, Cincinnati, 1870. 4th. Hardcover. Good.

Providence: Miller & Hutchens, 1818. Hardcover. 8vo (8.5" x 5.25"), half calf, original blue sugar paper over boards. Early ownership inscription reading "Susanna Taylor's Book, Scituate, September 8 1818," on flyleaf. 126 pp. CONDITION: Good, dampstain on front cover, rubbing to spine, cracked inner hinges, wear to extremities, light foxing throughout. Stated third edition. Early pacifist writings arguing that violence and capital punishment are un-Christian and have no basis in the gospel. Samuel Whelpley (1766--1817) was an American Clergyman and writer in the New-York area.

1818. A Christian Argument Against Retaliation and Capital Punishment [Whelpley, Samuel (1766-1817)]. Letters Addressed to Caleb Strong, Esq. Late Governor of Massachusetts, Showing, that Retaliation, Capital Punishments, And War, Are Prohibited by the Gospel; Justified by No Good Principle; Not Necessary to the Safety of Individuals or Nations: But, Incompatible with their Welfare; Inconsistent with Christian Character; And Contrary to the Laws of Christ. Providence: Printed by Miller & Hutchens, 1818. vii, [9]-126, [1] pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Later library cloth, paper shelf label and residue of calf lettering piece to spine, endpapers added. Moderate shelfwear and soiling, chip to head of spine, front joint starting at ends. Light browning to text, light foxing in a few places, gradually diminishing faint dampstaining to p. 26, light soiling, edgewear and library stamp to title page, library marks to verso. $500. * Third and final edition. Whelpey was a Presbyterian preacher, first in Stockbridge,… Read More