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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
1760089QLuke Hinde London: 1760. 1760 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. Language: eng. Hardcover. Good. Luke Hinde, London: 1760. hardcover
5 p. l., 147, [3], 64 p. Hardcover Good condition, lacking backstrip, front cover detached Evans
4 pages. Nice cover art. Above-average wear. 2" x 2" chunk missing from top of first page - music unaffected. Assorted peripheral openings. A worthy working copy. Sheet music
1951002847Hereford Eng: Lincoln Record Society 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volumes 149 222 217 p.: 1 map; 27 cm. Light yellow-green cloth vols. 1 and 2 and light yellow cloth vol. 3; black-stamped spine and cover titles with the emblem of the Lincoln Record Society on the front cover of each. Pages are unopened. The Publications of the Lincoln Record Society vols. 38 40 44. Published in 1949 1949 and 1951 respectively. Contents: v. 1. 1669-1689. -- v. 2. 1689-1709. -- v. 3. 1709-1719. Vol. 3 contains an index and several appendices with biographical information about Lincolnshire Quakers who are mentioned in the minutes as well as information about contemporary matters referred to in the minutes. The volumes cover a critical period in the history of Quakerism. In Very Good Condition: light soiling at head of spines; spine of vol. 2 is sunned; cover of vol. 2 is lightly soiled; otherwise all 3 volumes are clean and bright. Lincoln Record Society hardcover
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
12mo., with an engraved frontispiece, a large folding engraved street plan of Philadelphia (coloured in outline) and a folding engraved map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey; original blind-blocked cloth, gilt back, an unusually crisp, clean copy with only the very lightest browning to text. With 2pp publisher's adress and 2pp publisher's advertisement bound in at end
340 p. Foxed. 8vo. 225mm. Disbound. "State of Ohio vs. David Hilles and Isaac James. This was a prosecution against the defendants for disturbing the Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends, under a statute for the punishment of disturbers of religious societies." Important artifact of the later Hicksite controversies. Marcus Tullius Cicero Gould (1793-1860) was a famous short-hand reporter. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 60 L Stk
pp. vii, 256. 8vo. Text worn and aged. Missing first fly leaf. Old page repair. Final leaf has loss of text. 200mm. Original leather binding very worn. Evans 16223. Modest copy of an important Quaker classic. PA 59 Rt Stk **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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
Two Volumes. pp. 578; 603, (30) [Index]. Lightly age stained. Top edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Early manuscript ownership of John Moore in both volumes. 8vo. 210 mm. Half leather over purple cloth boards. Leather worn with loss, especially on spines. Boards fragile. Title continues: "Intermixed With Several Remarkable Occurrences. Written Originally In Low Dutch, And Also Translated Into English." AI/SS #23920. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA SHELF 56
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.
16828, Philadelphia, Kimber, Conrad & Co, 1805, Bound, contemporary leather with goldimpression on back, decorated inner platters, a little personal note is glued in with a stamp, 135 x 215mm., 588(XVI)pp.
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
178735617Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Crukshank 1787. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. 439 pages. Brown calf leather binding with leather title label on the spine. Front board is detached. Leather is rubbed and pitted on the covers. Leather chipped head of the spine with a small remnant of black tape at the top. A small piece of black linen tape at the bottom of the spine. All preliminary and end sheets are removed. Title page is torn on the edge with a small amount of missing print. Text starts on the title page and ends on page 439. The last leave is partially glued to the rear paste down. Several pencil names written in the margins throughout the text including American Presidents on the early pages. Name of Richard Hopkins written in old ink on the title page. Other Hopkins family members names on the rear paste down. Small paper bookplate of Richard K. Betts on the front paste down. Persistent toning to the contents. A fair copy only. <br /> <br /> Evans 20377; Sabin 14377. Printed by Joseph Crukshank unknown
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
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
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
20041648<p>VG/FINE Softback Volume a new edition of the 1973 volume collecting a multitude of Quaker sources together to illustrate the relationship of early Friends with God. 622pp with index ~ 71.50 ~ George Fox Quakers Society Of Friends Pendle Hill Swarthmoor Margaret Fell ~ Religion</p> Pendle Hill Publications paperback
193736016New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. xxx 1 Burgundy cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Frontispiece photograph of the two sisters. Illustrated. Map illustrated front end papers. Genealogical chart for "Arnoll Buffum m. Rebecca Gould." on the rear papers. Light shelf and edge wear to the hardcover. Interior contents clean. <br /> <br /> Inscribed by the author on the half title page: "To Winthrop W. Aldrich With my very sincere regards Malcom Read Lovell 1937. Contents include anti slavery reminiscences by Elizabeth Buffum Chace pages 110-183. Liveright Publishing Corporation hardcover
10390Philadelphia,LIPPINCOT 1882. second Edition. Pp [i]-xxvii,(1),[1]-404,(1), + frontis.portrait [by Hubert Herkomer]. Large 8vo,pleine percaline tabac,dos lisse titré,un peu passé,correct
12mo (160 x 95 mm), iv, 108pp., disbound. Smith, J. Friends' Books, II 164.