Antique Textbook 1800s Newman's Rhetoric Style, Skill & Taste in Good Writing

HISTORY: A scarce edition published in the 1800s. The title page is missing; however, the full title is, "A Practical System of Rhetoric or the Principles and Rules of Style Inferred from Examples of Writing." Newman was a professor of writing at Bowdoin College.

DETAILS/CONDITION: Paper on cover boards is wrinkled and peeling; rubbing to extremities. Binding is sound. Missing FFEP, fly leaf, and title page. Contents page is in back of volume. Text is not affected by missing pages. Wave to pages. Toning and foxing present.