Hartford: Elisha Babcock, 1785. First edition. Leather_bound. good. First edition. Small 8vo. in full contemporary calf, spine label in red leather lettered and lined in gilt. (1) 304 (1) pp. A good example, wear about the edges and tips, front hinge crudely repaired and with chipping at the head and foot of the spine strip. Offsetting about the edges of the first and last leaves from the binding overlaps. The final blank is largely torn away. Internally clean with only occasional foxing. No front endpaper. Completed in 1774 (though not published until this book appeared in 1785), this was the first American-written epic poem, an allegorical work in which "Canaan" is actually America and that foreshadowed and depicted the struggles of the American Revolution. The book is dedicated to George Washington. Timothy Dwight (IV) taught at Yale from 1771-1777 and later became the school's sixth president. During the Revolution, he served as chaplain to the Connecticut Continental Brigade until the death of his father in 1778.

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Livreiro: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Nº do estoque do livreiro: E6776
Título: The Conquest of Canaan: A Poem in Eleven Books
Autor: Dwight, Timothy
Formato/Encadernação: Leather_bound
Estado do livro: Usado - Bom
Quantidade Disponível: 1
Edição: First edition
Encadernação: Capa dura
Editorial: Elisha Babcock
Local de publicação: Hartford
Data de publicação: 1785
Palavras-chave: history, poetry, poems, verse, american revolution,

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

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Spine Strip: The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.

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