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1 CARPENTER.WILLIAM.; . ON THE USE AND ABUSE OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS,IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. Prize Essays. Massachusetts Temperance Society.Boston.,1851  FIRST U.S.EDITION.8vo.Handwritten presentation slip mounted onto front pastedown endpaper giving this copy to to Joseph Eaton,author of "Address to the Society of Friends on the Temperance Reformation" and donor of the prize essay award,of which this easay was the winner in 1849,and leading to this publication as a result."Presented by the Massachusetts Temperance Society,established in 1813,and the first regularly organized association for the suppression of intemperance,to Joseph Eaton,Esq.of Bristol,Eng.In token of their high respect for the services he has rendered to mankind by offering a prize for the best essay "on the use and abuse of alcoholic liquors in health and disease".J.G.Warren.President.Boston,Mar10th1851".A fine copy in early fine leather binding of brown morocco,spine with raised bands.Compartments fully decorated and letered in gilt.Elaborate gilt double rule panel within double gilt ruled borders on boards.Gilt inner dentelles.All edges gilt.Alovely copy with an interesting association.:wph.  Price: 375.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart