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The Church, Jamaica, Long Island, Published date: 1943. Hardcover; xxi, 248 pp; 22 cm. First edition, limited to 600 copies. Inscribed (personalized) and signed by the author on the front free endpaper, dated March 23, 1943. Illustrated with a frontispiece, black and white photographic plates, and one leaf containing 9 portrait photographs of ministers.
In good condition / no dust jacket. Original blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine; light surface wear and soiling; slight toning to spine; binding sound. Interior pages lightly toned with scattered foxing, primarily to preliminary leaves; text clean and fully legible. Narrative history of the First Presbyterian Church of Jamaica, New York, founded in 1662, documenting two hundred and eighty years of continuous religious, social, and civic life. Contents include: Preface; Why Presbyterians Left England and What They Found in Jamaica; Church Founded and First Minister; Dutch Intolerance; New Netherland Taken by the English; The Ministry Act; Beginning of the Period of Turmoil; The Church Property Recovered; Presbyterians Rebel Against Supporting the Episcopal Ministry; Presbyterianism Organized; The Jamaica Church Experiences a Period of More Peaceful Activity; Revolutionary Period; Getting a Fresh Start; The Great Revival; The Church School; Missions; Breakdown and Recovery; Music; An Era of Good Feeling; Civil War Period; A Period of Transition; The Church To-day; Ministerial Recruits From the Jamaica Church - biographies; List of Principal Sources Consulted; Index.