The Temperance Reform and Its Great Reformers: An Illustrated History - Rev. W. H. Daniels, A.M. 1878
Book Details
- Title: The Temperance Reform and Its Great Reformers: An Illustrated History
- Author: Rev. W. H. Daniels, A.M. (Editor)
- Signed: No
- Publisher: Nelson & Phillips (New York); Hitchcock & Walden (Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis)
- Edition: — (Published by subscription)
- Publication Year: 1878 (copyright 1877)
- Binding: Publisher’s blue cloth, gilt titles & centerpiece; yellow coated endpapers
- Dust Jacket Condition: N/A (as issued)
- Condition: Good to Very Good — boards show edge/corner wear and rubbing; small spots to front board and light tide mark at lower edge; spine gilt bright with minor fray at tips; pages evenly toned, generally clean; hinges sound
- Illustrator/Editor/Preface: Introduction by Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, D.D.; illustrated with 20+ portraits & engravings
- Rarity / Collectibility: Substantial 19th-century temperance history with biographies (Neal Dow, Lyman Beecher, John B. Gough, Frances Willard, Father Mathew, Dwight L. Moody, etc.); important precursor context for later recovery movements.
Description
The Temperance Reform and Its Great Reformers (1878) is a comprehensive, illustrated survey of the temperance movement in America and abroad. Edited by Rev. W. H. Daniels with an introduction by Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, this hefty volume covers early “Blue Laws,” temperance laws by state, the rise of the Washingtonians, fraternal temperance societies, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, the Murphy “Red Ribbon” movement, evangelistic temperance campaigns (Moody, Sawyers, etc.), a chapter on the medical and chemical aspects of alcohol use, and first-person accounts from reformed and converted drunkards.
Richly illustrated with more than twenty portraits and engravings, the work profiles leading figures including Neal Dow, Lyman Beecher, John B. Gough, Frances E. Willard, Father Mathew, and Dwight L. Moody, among others—making it a key reference for collectors of temperance and early addiction-related literature.
Condition Notes
- Blue cloth with bright gilt; decorative spine and cover device intact.
- Rubbing to extremities; corners softened; small spots to front board; faint moisture mark along lower edge.
- Yellow coated endpapers; binding tight; pages uniformly toned with occasional light foxing; no writing observed.
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