Buy this book on-line North Family of Shakers : Mount Lebanon; Cedar Boughs; Original PoemsThe Peter Paul Book Company, Buffalo, NY, 1895
Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Red illustrations of cedar boughs on front cover and spine. 5" x 7 1/4." 316 pages, complete. Four additional pages in back. These additional pages are about the Shaker Church and list the post office addresses of Shaker communities, Shaker publications, and some of the Shaker principles. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Pages have slight age toning. Illustration on spine is faded. Covers have slight corner and edge wear. A Very Good copy. A collection of Shaker poetry. The poems have a religious bent and reflect Shaker principles. The Shaker Church was founded about 1747 in England and in the 1780s in the United States. Shakerism is a Christian sect that espouses gender equality, pacifism, ecstatic worship, and utopian communalism. The mid-nineteenth century marked the peak of the Shaker Church. As of 2019, there is only one active Shaker community.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of North Family of Shakers : Mount Lebanon; Cedar Boughs; Original Poems. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, collectables, libri rari, out-of-print books and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |