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189057233NY: Harper & Brothers 1890. First Edition. Second Edition was published in 1891. Matthew Simpson 1811-1884 was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church elected in 1852 and based mostly in Chicago. During Reconstruction after the Civil War most evangelical denominations in the North especially the Methodists were initially strong supporters of radical policies that favored the Freedmen former slaves and distrusted the Southern whites. However by the late 1860s in border state conferences the MEC North moved well away from their work with the Freedmen's Bureau and often sided with the grievances of Southern white members. Bishop Simpson played a leading role in mobilizing the Northern Methodists for the cause. His biographer calls him the "High Priest of the Radical. Thick 8vo. decorative green cloth stamped in black & gilt; 512 pages. Book weights about three pounds. Illustrated. Very Good minor wear covers gilt bright; contents clean & tight with bit of foxing to few preliminary and end pages. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1858WRCAM42580St. Louis 1858. 430pp. plus two of four folding engraved plates. Original brown publisher's cloth cover stamped in blind and gilt; rebacked with brown cloth. Corners worn. Lightly foxed; text block lightly dampstained around the edges. A few small edge tears. One plate with a small tape repair. About good. A scarce illustrated history of St. Louis with wonderful folding lithographs of the Merchant Exchange steam boats and a stove works factory. Contains short sketches on all manner of local retailers including furniture warehouses hotels jewelers and a Daguerrean Gallery Mr. J.J. Outley proprietor. Also describes local railroad routes. A great compendium of information on early St. Louis businesses. The NUC lists this title but fails to note any locations. HOWES T52 "aa." hardcover books
18586517St. Louis MO: George Knapp & Co 1858. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 430pp. With 4 folding plates including the frontispiece a hand tinted in yellow lithograph of the Merchants Exchange. Some text foxing. Top outer blank corner of title torn away probably the name of a previous owner. Frontispiece lightly chipped at fore-edge not into the image. Orig. green cloth gilt somewhat soiled and spine extremities a bit chipped. George Knapp & Co hardcover books