Alger, William Rounseville

A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life; With a Complete Bibliography of the Subject

Philadelphia: George W. Childs, 1864. Hardcover. 913 pp. Octavo [22.5 cm]. Green cloth with embossed decoration over boards. Gilt title on spine. Light fading to spine. Cover corners and spine ends have moderate bumping and rubbing leaving some board exposed. Soiling to edges of text block. Previous owner's sticker on front pastedown. Two other ownership marks; one on front free endpaper in pencil, the other on the title page in ink. Very minimal rubbing to front and back covers. Good +. Item #71734

19th century text examining the philosophy and history of the belief of an afterlife across cultures.

Price: $50.00