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18472345Boston: Printed by S.N. Dickinson & Co. 1847. 12mo 7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches; 183 x 119 mm 12 pages in original printed wrappers softcover.<br /><br />A full-throated cry against slavery. The Quakers who had long opposed slavery wonder how a supposedly Christian nation could allow such evil to exist. "From the border slave states to the far south and southwest the vessels of the slave-trader regularly ply laden with youthful victims reared like cattle for the market" page 4. <br /><br />OCLC shows 21 physical holdings of this pamphlet by institutions with far more in digital formats. None in commerce. <b>SCARCE.</b> <br /><br />CONDITION: Slight soiling and creasing to wrappers horizontal fold probably for mailing. Very Good or better. Printed by S.N. Dickinson & Co. paperback books
178316713London: Printed Philadelphia: Reprinted and sold by Joseph Crukshank 1783. First American edition. 209 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep. Quite rubbed surface worming on covers front free endpapers and blanks removed pencilled duplicate notation on endpaper text browned some soiling. First American edition. 209 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First published in in London in 1773. This tract as were most of Phipps works written in defence of the Quakers and in response to Samuel Newton of Norwich. Shipton and Mooney 18139 Reprinted and sold by Joseph Crukshank unknown books
1861480881861. QUAKERS: SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. THE AMERICAN ANNUAL MONITOR FOR 1861; OR OBITUARY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN AMERICA FOR THE YEAR 1860. NY: Tract Association of Friends/ Samuel S. & William Wood 1861. 16mo. embossed brown cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. Very Good minor wear very shallow chip title page. $35.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
pp. viii, 439. 8vo. 20 cm. Age stained. Disbound. Extremely useful still as a biographical reference to early American Quakers. Evans 20377; Sabin 14377; ESTC W37427. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
pp. (12), 372. 8vo. Age stain. Top edge of some leaves slightly worn away. Lacks fly leaves. Contemporary full leather binding. Front board detached. Early ownerships of Samuel and David Stockton on title page. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 59.
427 p. Slightly age stained. 12mo. Black publisher's cloth binding. Head repaired. Bookplate (1899) of William Pennell Jones (1837-1903), who was a Delaware County Quaker Hicksite. Very useful biographical record of Pennsylvania Quakers. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 59
184 p. Text damp stained and aged. Sm. 8vo. Disbound. Early manuscript ownership of John Lester. PA 60 Rt Stk
15 p. Sm. 8vo. Cloth. Very XLib. PA 61 L Stk
18211015808vo leather spine label gilt lines on spine 184 pp. Top hinge cracked some minor wear to extremities volume slightly bent small hole through pages 7 and 8 some slight foxing but internally generally bright and clean. This is a collection of short biographies of notable Quakers who passed away between 1783 and 1820.While much of the text appears to talk about the personal challenges these people faced some comments are directed at their works with others including native Americans. Solomon W. Conrad, books
136 p. Rear leaves slightly chewed at fore edge. Manuscript ownership of Charles R. Parkhurst, Jr. Princeton, NJ, October, 1947 on paste down. Sm. 8vo. Worn and soiled publisher's cloth binding decorated in gold and blind. PA 60 L Stk
1829BL4542Philadelphia:: Society of Friends 1829. 1829. Volume III only. 8vo. iii-iv 3-298 2 pp. Missing title page and pp. 1-2. Original full mottled calf red gilt-stamped spine label "Quaker"; spine damaged rubbed. Ownership signature of Fannie Comstock. As is. This serial publication survived for just four years ca.1827-1831. Contains sermons or letters written by James Cockburn Dr. John Moore Jesse Kersey Stephen Crisp Elias Hicks Edward Stabler Thomas Wetherald Amos Peaslee etc. Society of Friends, 1829]. unknown books
39 p. 8vo. Plan paper wraps. AI 1508. PA 61 L Stk x2
172519572London: Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle 1725. Second edition in English. Boards somewhat scratched; some light toning; a very good copy collated and complete. Folio contemporary calf neatly rebacked with the original spine laid down and a new red cloth label lettered in gilt corners neatly restored and endpapers renewed 12 699 1 16 4 pages. First published in Dutch in Amsterdam in 1717 and per the OUDNB translated by the Quaker historian and lexicographer Sewel himself into English but published posthumously in London in 1722. Smith vol. 2 page 561; Sabin 79603. Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle, unknown books
1876WRCAM47653Philadelphia 1876. 15pp. Original printed wrappers. Light soiling and wear contemporary pencil inscription on front cover. Minor internal soiling. Very good. Seventh annual report of the committee formed by the Society of Friends in conjunction with the U.S. Government "for the furtherance of such plans as Friends might devise for the civilization and Christianization of the Indian natives." The report notes that there are now nearly 20000 Indians on agencies overseen by the Quakers. Reports on each of the individual agencies follow giving details on tribe numbers efforts in the schools habits of the Indians etc. Only microfilm copies located in OCLC. unknown books
1783003530Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank 1783. Hardcover. Very Good. 164 xxiv 184 p.; 17 cm. Signatures: pi1 A-2H6 12mo. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Memoirs of the Life Religious Experiences and Labours in the Gospel of James Gough Dublin: printed in 1782; Philadelphia: re-printed by Joseph Crukshank 1783 has separate title page and pagination but continuous signatures. James Gough's "Memoirs" were edited by his brother John Gough. Early Am. Imprints ser. 1 Evans 18146 17961; Smith Friends' Books 2:476; Hildeburn Pennsylvania 4699. Former owner's name on front free endpaper with note: Edward Bettle Jr. "bot of Porter & Coates." In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed; lacking leather at head of spine; front joint cracked; pages are browning; otherwise clean and tight. Joseph Crukshank hardcover
Two volumes in one. pp. 164; xxiv, 184. 12mo. Old page repairs. First fly leaves loose. 12mo. 175mm. Very worn full leather. Front board detached. Mildly XLib. Evans 18146. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 61 L stk
B9780975157909Hardback. New. hardcover
A9780975157909Hardback. New. hardcover
pp. vi, 236. Loss of text on K1. Some copies have a leaf of bookseller's ad at end. 8vo. 21 cm. Worn and damped. Essentially disbound. Early manuscript ownerships. Richardson was an early Quaker minister. He made tours of England, and later, leaving his two surviving children with foster parents, he set out for America as an evangelist. Arriving in Maryland in 1701 after a 16-week crossing. He spent more than two years there, ceaselessly touring and disputing with Quakers and non-Quakers, on one occasion accompanying William Penn to treat with some American Indians, who made a favourable impression on him. He also visited Bermuda and Barbados. Evans 18158. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 60 Mid Stk
pp. vi, 236, (2) [Publisher's catalogue]. Browned but not brittle. First fly leaf chipped. Pencil manuscript ownership of Jacob Paxson on first fly leaf and title page. 12mo. 195 mm. Nice original full leather binding, slightly scuffed. Raised bands. John Richardson (1667-1753) was an English Quaker minister who preached extensively in England, and then set out for America as an evangelist, arriving in Maryland in 1701 after a 16-week crossing. He spent more than two years there, ceaselessly touring and disputing with Quakers and non-Quakers, on one occasion accompanying William Penn to treat with some American Indians, who made a favourable impression on him. He also visited Bermuda and Barbados. First American Edition. Evans 18158; Sabin 71023. Hardbound. Good. EVANS1
86 p. Manuscript corrections. 16mo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Very good copy. PA 61 L Stk
17684A-8PARIS, GANEAU (DE L'IMPRIMERIE D' HOURY), 1768. IN-8° (185x115mm), XX - 372 - 2ff., 1 CARTE DÉPLIANTE, FAUX TITRE ET TITRE TACHÉS, PIQÛRES, TRÈS CLAIRE MOUILL. MARG. AU MILIEU DE L'EXEMPLAIRE. BROCHÉ, DOS SALI. UNIQUE ÉDITION DE CET OUVRAGE BASÉ SUR CELUI DU BOTANISTE PEHR KALM POUR L'HISTOIRE NATURELLE ET SUR LE VOYAGE DE GOTTLIEB MITTELBERGER POUR LA PARTIE CONSACRÉES AU QUAKERS. ILLUSTRÉ D'UNE CARTE DÉPLIANTE. UNIQUE FRENCH EDITION OF THIS DESCRIPTION OF PENNSYLVANIA BASED ON THE WORKS OF KALM AND MITTELBERGER. ILLUSTRATED WITH 1 FOLDING MAD. SEWED (FIRST LVS STAINED, FOXING).
pp. iv, 120. Inner hinges cracked. Sm. 8vo. Original worn blue cloth binding. XLib (Swarthmore College). Gift from the author to Henry Foster. Binder's ticket on rear paste down. PA 60 Mid Stk.
286 p. Sm. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Spine taped. Manuscript ownership of D.S.B. Chew. Early printed bookseller's label of H. Longstreth, Philadelphia. PA 61 L Stk.
1797004161New York: Isaac Collins 1797. Hardcover. Very Good -. xii 2 360 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Journal of Job Scott." Early American Imprints ser. 1 Evans 32810. Howes S-228. Old inscription running vertically on front board. Inscriptions on endpapers and blank adjacent leaves containing family records for former owner Samuel Davis 1766-1809 his wife Sarah Leedom Davis 1764-1806 Ruth Anna Davis 1801-1846 presumably their daughter her husband William Chandler 1787-1878 and their 10 children. Burials are noted as being "at the Valley" at Kennett Square and at Union Hill. Written in upper part of title page: "Friends' Boarding Haus Kennet Square Pa." Job Scott 1751-1793 was an American Quaker travelling minister. In Very Good- Condition: leather is rubbed; minor loss at spine ends; light soiling throughout; some page corners creased; a solid copy. Isaac Collins hardcover
