The Temperance Movement: Or, the Conflict Between Man and Alcohol
Boston and Phliadelphia: The William E. Smythe Company, 1888. First Edition. Fold-out map of New York, numerous black and white full page portraits, and 4 colored plates. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xxiv, 583 pages.
Well illustrated, including 56 full page portraits, over half of which are women. There are 4 colored plates of human organs showing alcohol's damaging effects. Most notable, however, is the rare map of New York City, from the Battery to Central Park, graphically indicating in red the locations of over 9,000 licensed liquor establishments as of April 30, 1886.
William Henry Blair presents a detailed look at the fight against alcohol consumption as the Temperance Movement gained momentum in the late 19th century. A Civil War veteran, diplomat, reformer, and congressman from New Hampshire, it was Blair who introduced the first prohibition amendment to Congress in 1876.
Near fine. Decoratively stamped olive green cloth over boards with patterned endpapers. Minor extremity rubs, shallow bumps at spine ends, fading to cloth toward edges of lower board, and short area of abraded cloth at top fore corner of upper board. Map has some very shallow chips to edges, a bit of unobtrusive silverfishing, and a few fold separations expertly reinforced with archival tissue. General mild toning to text, otherwise clean and sound overall.
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