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1848005102Philadelphia: Joseph Rakestraw 1848. Pamphlet. Very Good. 16 p.; 22 cm. Lacking wrapper. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "20" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. Enoch Lewis 1776-1856 was a Pennsylvania Quaker and a mathematician who edited several mathematical works and published several textbooks including one on spherical projections. He was an abolitionist establishing the monthly journal African Observer and taking an active role in the Underground Railroad in Chester County Pa. In this pamphlet he examines another issue of concern to the Society of Friends that of legal and judicial oaths which Friends refused to take. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition; lacking wrapper; disbound; very light foxing on title page and p. 16; otherwise clean and bright. Joseph Rakestraw unknown
1806001197Philadelphia Pa: Benjamin Johnson 1806. Hardcover. Very Good -. The fourth edition. Imprint: "Philadelphia: Printed for Benjamin Johnson and Samuel Wood New-York." 423 3 p.; 18 cm. Full calf; six spine compartments with gilt-tooled borders and red morocco spine label in second compartment reading "Woolman's Works." Inscriptions on back endpapers and preceding blank leaf indicating that this book was given to Mary Smith in 1888 by her mother E.D. Smith. Variant of Early American Imprints 2nd series Shaw and Shoemaker 11899 in which the imprint is: "Philadelphia: Printed by Benjamin Johnson no. 31 Market Street. 1806." Although the text is otherwise identical the final two pages of publisher's advertisements are for Samuel Wood New York not Bennett & Walton as found in the Early Am. Imprints copy. Contents: A journal of the life and travels of John Woolman -- Some considerations on the keeping of Negroes -- Considerations on pure wisdom and human policy; on labor; on schools; and on the right use of the Lord's outward gifts -- Considerations on the true harmony of mankind -- Remarks on sundry subjects -- An epistle to the quarterly and monthly meeting of Friends -- A word of remembrance and caution to the rich. In Very Good- Condition: rubbed and scraped; small worm hole near head of spine; lacking front free endpaper; scattered soiling. Benjamin Johnson hardcover
185728319New York: B. F. Corlies Stationer and Printer 1857. 31 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Spine and fore-edge damaged some gatherings loose marginal tear on p. 15 affecting only a letter or so some soiling and staining of wrappers and text generally light else very good. 31 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. From the collection of the Seaman family of Glen Cove and Westbury Long Island and Woodbury Falls New York who were longtime members of the Society of Friends. <br/><br/> B. F. Corlies, Stationer and Printer unknown
183711209London: LINDFIELD 1837. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Hardcover. 6'' X 4''. 359pp. plus index. Previous owners blindstamp and signature on Title-page. Four line inscription on paste-down. General LIGHT wear to cloth covers. <br/><br/> LINDFIELD hardcover
183402723Philadelphia: Elijah Weaver 1834. First edition. Octavo. Contemporary 3/4 paper over cloth boards; viii 279 pp. Lacking paper spine label; paper to board edges chipped; heavy foxing throughout which is typical for this title. A Good but complete and tight copy. Famous legal case of internecine Quaker squabbling. Elijah Weaver hardcover
180976436New Bedford:: Abraham Shearman Jun. 1809. First edition. old full sheep. . Light discoloration to the text throughout the paper is not at all brittle; light rubbing to the leather; tight and sound. . 8vo. Printed by Direction of the Meeting. Annotated in an old hand at the top of the title page: "This Book belongs to Rhode Island Monthly Meeting of Friends." A note at the close of the Introduction refers to additions on three pages approx. 200 words; regarding those "out of unity with friends" inspecting testimonies and the receipt of military pensions of persons who subsequently became members. These manuscript additions are dated 1822 1811 and 1818.l Abraham Shearman, Jun., hardcover
187012108Paris, Armand-Aubrée, sans date (circa 1870) ; in-8, demi-veau glacé havane, dos lisse, faux nerfs dorés, fleurons décoratifs, titre doré ; (2), 451, (1) pp., 1 gravure aquarellée en frontispice.
18961723<p>8vo Good Gilt Titles on Front Page Blue Boards HB No DJ. Edges turned in Pages Foxed Marks to Back Cover Watermark to endpapers with previous owner sig and inscription. Tissue transparency on title page. 296pp</p> Headley Brothers hardcover
183228313New York: Published by Isaac T. Hopper 1832. 45 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stiff tan wrappers. Some soiling and staining of wrappers light spotting and marginal staining of text else very good. 45 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. From the collection of the Seaman family of Glen Cove and Westbury Long Island and Woodbury Falls New York who were longtime members of the Society of Friends. <br/><br/> Published by Isaac T. Hopper unknown
1823281351823. A three-page manuscript letter from Ephraim Smooth to Bloomfield McIlvaine exhorting him to follow the tenants of meditation and balance inherent in the Quaker tradition. <br /> <br /> A dance was held at the home of Obediah Sears and Ephraim Smooth writes at length about Quaker tradition of contemplation rejecting "ill-judged indulgence of riot & gaiety" refering to Bloomfield's education he graduated from the College of New Jersey later Princeton in 1812 and his power to influence the youths and finally offers a curative silent meditation with Simon Pure Obediah Broadbrim and himself to "cheerfully join in the dance of the spirit". Dated 5th day 7 month 1823 5 July 1823. Reference is made to the flute and fiddle made in Edenton North Carolina we assume; and addressed to "Bottany Bay" which we assume is the one on Edisto Island South Carolina. <br /> <br /> Bloomfield McIlvaine 22 Feb 1797- 18 Aug 1826 died at 30 in New Jersey. He married Henrietta Maria Banker in June 1824. His father was Joseph McIlvaine who died a couple hours after his son aged 58. Joseph was a US senator for New Jersey. Bloomfield was a lawyer - his extensive library takes four pages in his will just the books valued at $939.35. He is buried in Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard in Burlington New Jersey. unknown
1834958101834. Third edition. Darton and Harvey London. 1834. Quarto hardback. Bound in full tan morocco gilt to contrasting maroon label piece and gilt border rules to boards. End-papers and all page edges marbled. 335 pages. Index. Presentation copy to Sir Herbert Taylor First Private Secretary to George III IV and William IV from the Quaker philanthropist Peter Bedford - inscription to front free end-paper. Extremities sl. rubbed and prelims foxed. A nice copy. hardcover
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
1859000010694Philadelphia: Association of Friends for the Diffusion of Religious and Useful Knowledge 1859. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 2 iii-vii 1 9-103 3 pp. Brown publisher's cloth with gold lettering on the front board. Coated yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Excerpts taken from Tracts Illustrating the History Doctrine and Discipline of the Society of Friends published in London in 1851. A few nicks to the cloth; leaves show minor foxing with a contemporary gift inscription on the front flyleaf. Association of Friends for the Diffusion of Religious and Useful Knowledge hardcover
1856512651John W. Parker and Son 1856. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. An early printing of Trench's massively popular and influential study of the miracle accounts in the Gospels which was first published 10 years earlier in 1846. Ex-libris 'Friends' Library & Lecture Association Bristol'. 476pp. 8vo half navy polished calf over purple cloth burgundy morocco spin elabel stamped in gilt marbled edges. Extremities rubbed some typical light foxing heavier in the early pages; text clean and unmarked with sound binding. The Bristol Friends are an historic Quaker meeting first organized in 1654. This copy has their library rules bookplate to FPEP and lending label to RPEP noting 6 dates of issue from 1885-1900. John W. Parker and Son hardcover
1812006145Philadelphia: David Hogan; Solomon Wiatt 1812. Hardcover. Very Good -. T.T. Stiles printer. 288 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary tree calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: "Mosheim's E. History." Includes "Appendix: Vindication of the Quakers; To the Editors of the American Edition of Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History" signed by John Drinker on behalf of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1799. Contains Errata on p. 286. Publisher's catalog on final two pages. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: corners are bumped and rubbed; joints just starting but still solid; 6-cm. tear at upper corner of p. 31 with archival repair; foxing; otherwise clean and tight. David Hogan; Solomon Wiatt hardcover
18242222184<p>First edition thus. Folio 4 pages. Old folds. With printed signature of Josiah Forster Clerk to the Meeting. Very good light age stains.</p><p>Printed by Solomon W. Conrad No. 32 Church Alley Philada. The first American printing.</p> Quakers unknown
18242222184<p>First edition thus. Folio 4 pages. Old folds. With printed signature of Josiah Forster Clerk to the Meeting. Very good light age stains.</p><p>Printed by Solomon W. Conrad No. 32 Church Alley Philada. The first American printing.</p> Quakers unknown books
181863305Catskill & Newburgh NY: J.S. Lewis and Co. U.C. Lewis Printer 1818.` 12mo. xii 13-144 pp. Contemporary mottled calf gilt ruling on spine wear scuffing to spine fore-edges some at joints light uniform interior toning w/o flyleaves front & back still VG- copy w/ ownership of Elias W. Price Elizabethtown NY w/ note on rear pastedown to “bring this home when you get done the piece you are writing.†Second American edition with 20 additional pages of material of this combination teacher’s edition and instructional volume following up his very popular “English Reader†and “English Grammar†originally written in the 1790’s for a local Friends’ School for Girls in York England. Before the Revolutionary War Murray 1745-1826 maintained a successful legal practice and although having grown up amongst Quaker communities in Pennsylvania North Carolina and New York his grammars and readers proved wildly popular in both Great Britain and the United States although this Catskill NY imprint is quite uncommon. Worldcat locates only microfilm and computer file online copies of this American edition. J.S. Lewis, and Co., U.C. Lewis, Printer, unknown
180532962Philadelphia: Printed by Kimber Conrad & Co 1805. Very Good. Philadelphia: Printed by Kimber Conrad & Co. 1805. First Edition. Octavo; original grey wrappers; 451pp. Light wear to edges; general smudging; spine perished. Mild soiling and faint spotting else unmarked; terminal leaves unopened; about Very Good. <br /> <br /> Detailed report on the Friends' interactions with the Oneida Onandago and Cayuga nations focusing on attempts at farming and education. Includes many speeches to the Friends from Native American leaders including Chief Cornplanter with particular attention paid to farming techniques as well as trades such as blacksmithing and carpentry and a couple digressions on the effects of alcohol. Uncommon in retail. <br /> <br /> Sabin 34617. Printed by Kimber, Conrad, & Co unknown
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
189728309Locust Valley 1897. 1 vols. 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches photo image. Original photograph on a larger board. Section of board broken off but present affecting upper corner of photograph some spotting and light soiling of board else very good with pencilled and pen identificatory notations. 1 vols. 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches photo image. The Friends' Adademy was founded by Gideon Frost and located near Locust Valley L. I. This was it's twentieth year. <br /> From the collection of the Seaman family of Glen Cove Long Island who were longtime members of the Society of Friends and several of the Seaman children are students at the time of this catalogue Edith Jacob T. Mary W. Mary E. Frederick W Samuel J. and R. Frank T. Samuel J. Seaman became a trustee several years later. Jacob and Marianne Seaman are marked on the photographs with small ink mark. unknown
180619256New York: Published by Samuel Stansbury Southwick and Hardcastle Printers 1806. First American edition. Frontispiece Oval portrait by P. Maverick. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary American mottled sheep red morocco labels. Some scuffing and rubbing of binding head of spines slightly chipped some browning spotting and offsetting of text but not offensive. A very nice copy of this interesting text. First American edition. Frontispiece Oval portrait by P. Maverick. 1 vols. 8vo. Sabin 13492 Published by Samuel Stansbury, Southwick and Hardcastle Printers unknown
180619256New York: Published by Samuel Stansbury Southwick and Hardcastle Printers 1806. First American edition. Frontispiece Oval portrait by P. Maverick. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary American mottled sheep red morocco labels. Some scuffing and rubbing of binding head of spines slightly chipped some browning spotting and offsetting of text but not offensive. A very nice copy of this interesting text. First American edition. Frontispiece Oval portrait by P. Maverick. 1 vols. 8vo. Sabin 13492 Published by Samuel Stansbury, Southwick and Hardcastle Printers unknown books
18472345<p>Boston: Printed by S.N. Dickinson & Co. 1847.</p><p>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 />This pamphlet is scarce to the market.</p><p>PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo 7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches; 183 x 119 mm 12 pages in original printed wrappers softcover.</p><p><br />CONDITION: Slight soiling and creasing to wrappers horizontal fold probably for mailing. Very Good or better.</p> Printed by S.N. Dickinson & Co. paperback
1828415545Richmond Indiana: no publisher 1828. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 26pp. Stitched self-wrappers. Age-toned light dampstain and creases at the edges of some of the leaves near very good. Quaker's report including sections of the care of Native Americans and freed Africans. no publisher] unknown
