Best, William; Editing and Introduction by Phinizy Spalding. The Merit And Reward Of A Good Intention A Sermon Preached Before The Trustees Of The Colony Of Georgia On March 18, 1742 [ Inscribed By The Printer]. Ashantilly Press, Darien, GA, 1968.

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Condition: Very Good

Description: Printed by William G. Haynes, Jr. , at the Ashantilly Press. Inscribed by Haynes on the front free endpaper. DJ is in a mylar cover.

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BEST, WILLIAM. The Merit and Reward of a Good Intention; A Sermon Preached before the Trustees of the Colony of Georgia on March 18, 1742. Ashantilly Press, Darien, Georgia, 1968.

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Condition: Near Fine

Description: Tall octavo. 6.5 x 10 in. xxv + [i], 32 + [2] pp. A facsimile reprint of the 1742 London edition, edited with an introduction by Phinizy Spalding. With several black & white illustrations, including map. Near fine in original quarter-cloth over marbled paper, with printed paper title label affixed to upper cover, and fine printed dust jacket.

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Spalding, Phinizy, ed.. MERIT AND REWARD OF A GOOD INTENTION: A Sermon Preached before the Trustees of the Colony of Goergia on March 18, 1742. by William Best, Minister of the United Parishes of St. Larence Jewry and St. Mary Magdalene, Milk Street, London.. Ashantilly Press,, Darien, Georgia:, 1968.

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Description: Former library copy with internal library markings but no external markings. Cover clean, bright; contents tight, unmarked. No DJ. ;

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SPALDING, Phinizy (editor) [Inscribed Association Copy]. The Merit and Reward of a Good Intention: A Sermon Preached before the Trustees of the Colony of Georgia on March 18, 1742 by William Best, Minister of the United Parishes of St. Lawrence Jewry and St. Mary Magdalene, Milk Street, London - WITH Related Correspondence. Ashantilly Press, Darien, Georgia, 1968.

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Condition: Very Good

Description: Narrow 8vo. Pp. xxv, 32. Illustrated with a map, engraved views and decorations. Hand set in 14 point Caslon Old Style No. 471, printed on handmade paper by William G. Haynes, Jr. Half brown textured cloth over marbled paper covered boards, titles stamped in gilt on the spine and printed in black in a decorative border on a paper label mounted to the cover. In the beige laid paper jacket with titles and decoration printed in black. Front free endpaper inscribed in ink to Felix Hargrett, February 1969. With laid in ms. correspondence between Spalding and Hargrett. Two short closed tears. Felix Hargrett was a University of Georgia alumnus, businessman, book collector and donor to U of G Libraries. Included is a carbon copy of his typewritten reply to Spalding's inscribed gift and ms. note on University of Georgia History Department letterhead. Also a 5 April 1978 Spalding ms. note to Hargrett concerning library affairs. Dust jacket now preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.

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Best, William. The Merit and Reward of a Good Intention A Sermon Preached Before the Trustees of the Colony of Georgia on March 18, 1742 edited with an Introduction by Phinizy Spalding. Ashantilly Press, Darien, GA, 1968.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Tall Octavo, bound with A Sermon Preached Before the Honourable Trustees for Establishing the Colony of georgia in America .London 1742. Both in facsimile printed at the Ashantilly Press set by hand on hand made paper A fine copy in a very good dust jacket inscribed by Phinizy Spalding to.

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