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information on an 1800s edition book

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1tnhomeschoolingmom
Oct 11, 2009, 6:45 pm


Good evening fellow booklovers :-)
A friend recently gave us a book to research for her and we are having absolutely no luck in our search.
The half title page says :The Christian Warrior & " with a funny symbol after the ampersand.
The interior title page reads: "The christian warrior; or, Duty of a Christian in faith and practice, upon gospel principles, To which is added, a sermon on the prophecies. "
There is no author listed anywhere. The publisher is listed as J. N utteral , Denison Street, Liverpool.
It has a print date of 1800 listed.
If anyone has any information on this book or its' publisher we would be grateful as would our friend.
Thanks so much for everyone's help.

Denise

2jbd1
Oct 11, 2009, 7:44 pm

J. Nuttall shows up as a printer in the English Short-Title Catalogue first around 1799. I don't find a record for "The Christian Warrior" in either ESTC or WorldCat, but there is a mention of the book in the 1927 Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, which appears to list books printed in Lancashire, as well as in several other bibliographies of early books printed in that region.

3lilithcat
Oct 11, 2009, 8:33 pm

There's a listing in the catalogue of the Liverpool Free Public Library, found on Google Books.

Oh, cool! Here's some info about Jonah Nuttall, publisher, of Denison St., Liverpool

Hmm, I wonder if your author could be Adam Clarke, a minister who seems to have had a close connection to the Nuttall firm.

Or maybe not.

I found a book entitled "The Christian Warrior", by one Isaac Ambrose, over on Google Books here. He was a seventeenth-century theologian, but that doesn't mean Nuttall might not have reprinted the book.

Well, this has certainly been fun!

4Steven_VI
Oct 12, 2009, 4:18 am

The funny character on the half title is probably a stylized letter c, making the final word '&c.' or 'etc.' (& = et, of course!).

It's pretty rare if it doesn't show up in the BL!

5tnhomeschoolingmom
Oct 12, 2009, 3:23 pm

Thanks to everyone who has graciously helped us with this search. I an going to visit all the sites that have been provided for us to visit.

Denise

6tnhomeschoolingmom
Août 7, 2011, 12:51 pm

We are still researching this book. Hoping to find out more information by contacting the Liverpool Public Library.