1875 HESBA STRETTON. The Lost Grip. With Fine 3pp Autograph letter by Stretton. EvangelicalA very attractive Victorian imprint of a charming work by novelist, Hesba Stretton. Included is a 3pp original ALS by the authoress. A fine letter by author of one of the best selling devotional narratives of the 19th century, Jessica's First Prayer, a work almost constantly in print since it's first appearance. Stretton, Hesba [i. e. Sarah Smith, 1832 1911]. The Lost Grip. New York. Dodd, Mead, & Company Publishers. Nd. c. 1870's. 245pp. Very
and remembering the course I had come and knowing the point of my destination to be about east
Most carried only a New Testament and Psalms
[in German vernacular]
to believe God's gracious providence
[bound with] Sermons
which included the nearly unobtainable Whisper of God published in 1903
O my Savior
as the new Secretary of War
292 + 287 + 321 + 296 + 263 + 294pp
replaced with a quality facsimile
The Methodist Publishing House
The King Has Come