Abbot, John Emery. Sermons of the late Rev. John Emery Abbot, of Salem, Mass. With a Memoir of His Life, by Henry Ware, Jr.

Abbot, John Emery; Ware, Henry Jr. Sermons of the late Rev. John Emery Abbot, of Salem, Mass. With a Memoir of His Life, by Henry Ware, Jr. Boston: Wait, Greene and Co., 1829. First Edition. [5969] Quarter black calf black cloth boards, edges worn and scuffed, corner tips rounded, front outer hinge partially cracked at bottom.  8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches.  liv., 362 generally clean pp., foxing on the first and last leaves.  1844 gift inscription from Leverett Saltonstall to daughter Lucy on ffep; 3 pp. Jan. 1, 1844 letter tipped in describing Mr. Salterstall's friendship with and admiration of the Rev. John Emery Abbot, from Leverett Saltonstall to Miss Lucy Saltonstall. Good. Hardcover. The advertisement to the reader begins, "This present publication has been undertaken by two of the friends of the lamented author...", one of the friends being the writer of the letter tipped in, Leverett Saltonstall. The letter reads, in part, "Accept from your Father, with the best wishes of the season, t