Publisher:Cassell, Petter, and Galpin & Co, London, 1880
Edition:First Thus
Binding:Hardcover (Half Leather)
Condition:Good
Dust Jacket:No
Cassell, Petter, and Galpin & Co, 1880, Hardcover (Half Leather), Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, First Thus
Half leather over marbled boards; blue end-papers. Titles & lists of contents, illustrations & contributors to front. The Quiver (1861–1956) was a weekly magazine published by Cassell's and was "designed for the defence and promotion of biblical truth and the advance of religion in the homes of the people.". Under the publisher’s influence it was firmly focused on the teaching of morality and the promotion of faith. This aim was announced in the subtitle, which proclaimed its intention to work in ‘defence of biblical truth and the advancement of religion in the homes of the people’. It also set out, as defined in its first prospectus, to attempt to change its readers’ hearts and minds, and bring about their ‘intellectual, moral and spiritual improvement’. The Quiver also published literature in the form of sentimental poems along with some middle-brow fiction. To rear is a 64 page extra part for Christmas 1880. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Viii + 129 to760 + 64. No Dust Jacket as published. Gilt titles spine. light wear to edges. illustrated by b/w. drawings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Religion & Theology; Religious Magazines; Victorian Magazines; Poetry; 19th century; Fiction. Inventory No: 5271.
Half leather over marbled boards; blue end-papers. Titles & lists of contents, illustrations & contributors to front. The Quiver (1861–1956) was a weekly magazine published by Cassell's and was "designed for the defence and promotion of biblical truth and the advance of religion in the homes of the people.". Under the publisher’s influence it was firmly focused on the teaching of morality and the promotion of faith. This aim was announced in the subtitle, which proclaimed its intention to work in ‘defence of biblical truth and the advancement of religion in the homes of the people’. It also set out, as defined in its first prospectus, to attempt to change its readers’ hearts and minds, and bring about their ‘intellectual, moral and spiritual improvement’. The Quiver also published literature in the form of sentimental poems along with some middle-brow fiction. To rear is a 64 page extra part for Christmas 1880. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Viii + 129 to760 + 64. No Dust Jacket as published. Gilt titles spine. light wear to edges. illustrated by b/w. drawings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Religion & Theology; Religious Magazines; Victorian Magazines; Poetry; 19th century; Fiction. Inventory No: 5271.