It is nearly twenty years since the author of this volume gave to the public "Ten Nights in a Barroom" - a revelation of the evils of liquor-selling so true to nature, so vivid in pictorial effect and so strong in its delineation of character and incident, that it took the people by surprise, and it has ever since held its own among the most popular books of the day, the demand for it being still unabated. In "Three Years in a Man-Trap" he grapples again with the monster Intemperance, but in a new field, and with enemies ...
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It is nearly twenty years since the author of this volume gave to the public "Ten Nights in a Barroom" - a revelation of the evils of liquor-selling so true to nature, so vivid in pictorial effect and so strong in its delineation of character and incident, that it took the people by surprise, and it has ever since held its own among the most popular books of the day, the demand for it being still unabated. In "Three Years in a Man-Trap" he grapples again with the monster Intemperance, but in a new field, and with enemies more thoroughly disciplined and organized. From a quiet country village with its "Sickle and Sheaf," he turns to a great city with its six or seven thousand saloons and taverns, and uncovers the deadly ulcer that is eating steadily down toward the vitals of the people. Timothy Shay Arthur was a popular 19th-century American author most famous for his temperance novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There. He was also the author of dozens of stories for Godey's Lady's Book. Arthur did much to articulate and disseminate the values, beliefs, and habits that defined respectable life in America. Arthur was one of the most popular and widely read author of his time.
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1872 Full leather, gilt edges & letrg. Rubbed, spine worn, with a few chips out of top. Cocked, front hinge cracked, prv own pencil sgn. Text is still clean & nice looking. Story of liquor & big city; ill ad for oth book.
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Philadelphia 1872. By the Author of Ten Nights in a Bar-Room. Novel about dangers of drinking. 8vo., 364pp., frontis, a few text illustrations, hardcover. Owner signed. Good, cover worn, spine ends frayed, initial pages small stain on lower corner.
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Good Minus. 5-1/4 x 7-3/4 Inches. First publ'd 1872. 364pp B/w illus. Illum'd. covers are worn, but book is tight and clean. Grappling with the 'monster Intemperance' once again. (Have you read 'Ten Nights In A Bar-Room'? (loc x136/1)
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Very Good. First edition, 1872. Rust cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine and black designs to the front cover and spine, 364 pp. + ads., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, soiling or age-toning to the pages and page-edges, rubbing and some wear to the covers of the book, no dust jacket.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.