[Baker, William Jay]

The Village Boys or Sin of Profaneness

Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1847. First Edition, First Printing.

Brown cloth over the spine to marbled paper covered boards. Boards heavily worn with the cloth open on the rear joint and loss of marbled paper on the rear. The text is clean with toning; textblock is firm. 143 pages. 4 by 5.75 inches.

The Village Boys; or, The Sin of Profaneness" is a religious instructional book published by the American Sunday-School Union in 1847. The work addresses the moral implications of using profane language, aiming to guide young readers toward virtuous behavior.

The American Sunday-School Union, based in Philadelphia, was a prominent 19th-century publisher of religious and educational materials for children. Their publications often featured moral stories intended to instill Christian values in young readers.

Ref: OCLC; LOC

Item #19781

Price: $24.00