Search Results: dave ranney or thirty years on by dave ranney

American Tract Society, 1910. Book. Illus. by illustrated. Good. Pictorial Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Unmarked, solid copy. Front cover shows picture of three persons: and old woman sitting on a chair, man sitting on the floor and man in a good suit (presumably Dave Ranney) standing between them. Covers scuffed, binding with crack in the middle but binding sound. A good reading copy..

New York: American Tract Society, 1910. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, red cloth boards with large color pictorial label on front. Exterior shows minor spotting and minor wear to the pictorial label. Internal binding is good and text pages are tight except for an area at page 79 where there is a very thin crack starting. Paper is toned due to age and some minor spotting/foxing is present. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings. Front end page does have a dark spot in the upper right corner where a price label once likely sat.

New York: American Tract Society, 1910. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Introduction by Rev. A. F. Schauffler. Good in pictorial boards with both hinges starting, spine faded, general wear along the edges, bookplate on the front pastedown.

New York: American Tract Society, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 205pp, illustrations from photographs. Introduction by Rev. A.F. Schauffler. Cloth with photographic onlay. Spine lettering dull, modest general wear, a near very good copy. Autobiography of a down-an-outer turned missionary.

NY: American Tract Society. Very Good with no dust jacket; Light rubbing to boards, spine cocked, . spine cracked, one dog-eared page.. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Introduction by Rev. A. F. Schauffler. Red cloth with chromolithograph illustration onlaid to front boards from photograph of the smartly dressed author with a scruffier man and woman seated in front of him. Many interior black and white photographs. The author relates his early years growing up on "Dutch Row" in Hudson, New Jersey, where his sampling during his thrice-daily errand to fetch his grandfather pints of mixed ale led to his self-professed "drunkard's habit" at the tender age of ten. He led a life of burglary, vagrancy, homelessness, and served a two-year prison term, ending up "down and out" on New York City's Bowery row, living in various flophouses. His life turned around when he received help from a missionary outreach worker, and Ranney became sober in 1892. He ended up reuniting with his estranged wife and… Read More

New York: American Tract Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Hard Cover. 205pp; illustrations, red boards, title in gilt with illustration onlaid onto upper board, introduction by Rev. A. F. Schauffler.; 190 x 125mm .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.