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Sun, Nov 17, 2024 12:00PM EST - Sun, Dec 1, 2024 12:00PM EST
Lot 41

The Moral Law: A Series of Practical Sermons David MacDonald. 1858

Estimate: $100 - $250

Bid Increments

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$50 $10
$200 $25
$1,000 $50
$3,000 $100
Scarce Sacramento Published during the latter part of the gold rush era in 1858. Commentary within the book in relation to the sins of the gold rush:“It is deeply humiliating to be compelled to state that this sin has entirely over run the state and so completely has it taken possession of the people that one hardly knows whether to give the palm to gambling or to swearing wherever a person goes. It is all one, the stage or the steamer the hotel or the street, the kitchen, the parlor or dinner table the shop or the saloon every place of amusement all resound with blasphemy, and that too of the most horrid kind”Sermons preached in Coloma to raise money to pay a church debtProcessing and shipping within the Continental US $30 plus a 1.5% replacement cost insurance fee. Discounts given on combined lot shipping

Condition

Fair. A readable volume, but with light foxing throughout and hinges a bit weak.