Author: Donaldson, Paschal, editor.
Title: The Odd-Fellow's Offering, for 1847.
Description: New York: Published by John G. Treadwell, 1847. 0. Hardcover. Contemporary light brown, with triple fillet border in blind, the middle one thicker. Another border, comprised of a decorative pattern within a row of dots in blind. In the corners, leafy pattern continued with a bird within the design. On the top, the bird has a twig in his mouth; on the bottom, the bird has its wings outstretched. A roll stamp in gilt in the center; within a stylized design, an oval with the words, "Friendship, then a haloed dove, Love and Truth." A bird perched on arrows pointing in both horizontal positions on top of the oval. An open book, entitled "Holy Bible" below the oval. The book encircled by a banner, reading, "But the First of these is Charity." Binding executed by Colton & Jenkins, Binders N.Y. Their name stamped on the upper cover within the rule. Good.

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