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.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

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.

Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.