Doctor Johnson's Prayers SIGNED Hardcover 1947 Elton Trueblood - Samuel Johnson - Quaker - Christian

Title: Doctor Johnson's Prayers

Author: Elton Trueblood (editor)

Description: Inscribed by Elton Trueblood on the ffep. Stated First Edition. Black cloth boards with paste-on title block on spine. Boards shows rubbing and minor soiling. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Some pencil notation on a few pages. xxxv, 66 pp. 6.25 x 5 inches. I

ncludes a thirty-five page introduction by Elton Trueblood. Presented are Dr. Samuel Johnson's prayers, organised as those for Amendment of Life, Work and Study, Health of Body and Mind, and those for Family and Friends, as well as fifteen birthdays' prayers, eighteen New Years prayers, nineteen Easter prayers, and nine prayers following the death of his wife (previous owner notes his reading of these prayers following the death of his own wife in 1978).

David Elton Trueblood (1900-1994) was an American Quaker author and theologian and served as chaplain to both Harvard and Stanford University. Inscribed by Trueblood, "To my dear Friend / Ed Slocum / in memory of / good years gone / by." and signed 8-27-1947.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None

Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Place: New York and London
Year: 1947

Language: English

ISBN: n/a

Keywords: Samuel Johnson, Quaker,