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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
1806241081New York: Published by Samuel Stansbury Southwick and Hardcastle Printers 1806. First American edition same year as the London edition. Frontispiece Oval portrait by P. Maverick. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary American tree calf red morocco labels light scuffing to joints and extremities some browning spotting and offsetting of text but not offensive contemporary American bookplate of Cornell Munro; a handsome copy. First American edition same year as the London edition. Frontispiece Oval portrait by P. Maverick. 1 vols. 8vo. Sabin 13492 Published by Samuel Stansbury, Southwick and Hardcastle Printers unknown books
iv, [5]-186, [2]pp. 3 Works bound in one, 12mo (170 x 100 mm), cont. calf, gilt, a nice copy.
pp. lix, 679, (xxviii). Folio. Engraved bookplate of: John Glaisyer, Chymist & Druggist, Brighton" Engraved armorial bookplate of Francis Frederick Fox. Contemporary full leather binding, joints cracked. A nice copy of an important and scarce Quaker work. George Fox (1624-1691), was the founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers). By nature serious and contemplative, at the age of 19 he entered upon a wandering quest for spiritual enlightenment. In 1646 he underwent a mystical experience that convinced him that Christianity was not an outward profession but an inner light by which Christ directly illumines the believing soul. Revelation was for Fox not confined to the Scriptures. In 1647 he began to preach. Although often the victim of mob brutality and eight times imprisoned between 1649 and 1675, Fox won many followers, especially among groups of separatists. In 1668 he prepared the first pattern of organization, which was for some years to serve as the discipline of the Society of Friends. The London Yearly Meeting was started in 1671. To confirm his followers in their beliefs and to spread the truths, Fox went in 1671 to the West Indies and to America, where he made arduous journeys to various colonies scattered between New England and North Carolina. Later he twice visited Holland. His sincerity, serenity, fearlessness, and powerful preaching are attested to by a number of his contemporaries. This Journal, with a preface by William Penn, was first published in 1694. An early owner of this book was Francis Frederick Fox (1832-1915) the 2nd son of Francis Ker Fox of Brislington House. He was an oil and colour merchant, President of the Grateful Society in 1869. Sadly, his wife Alice died in childbirth in 1870 and he was left a widower with six children. He was Master of the Society of Merchant Venturers in 1878 & 79 and Sheriff in 1894. He was a J.P. for Bristol and for Gloucestershire and an Alderman for the city from 1865. He wrote extensively on local history. Perhaps he was a descendant of the great Quaker George Fox. Smith p. 690; Sabin 25352. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA62
178715881Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Cruikshank 1787 First edition. Contemporary calf burgundy morocco spine label. Octavo. With alphabetical index. Bottom corners rubbed small chip at foot of spine some light browning. Contemporary ink inscription on front free endpaper. A very good copy. An interesting collection of short biographies of early American Quaker ministers. Over fifty of the people discussed are women. Printed by Joseph Cruikshank unknown
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
Two volumes in one. pp. 264; 294. Discrete XLib stamp. 21mm. Contemporary binding broken. Deserves restoration. Marsillac was a physician from Montpellier. This is the First Edition of his remarkable study of Penn as the originator of humane and Constitutional law in America. Rare and important. Howes M323; Sabin 44820; Smith, Friend's Books, II, p.14; Fay, Bibliographie Francais Relatifs aux Etats-Unis, pp.28-9. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 59 Rt Stk
pp. xii, 812 p. Folio. 32 cm. Age stained. Worn contemporary full leather binding. Front board detached. Evans 13607. This is the principal work of the Dutch Quaker historian, William Sewel. Written to correct the misrepresentations of Gerard Croese's 'Historia Quakeriana' Sewel spent 25 years in its preparation. It was first published in Dutch in 1717 and in 1722 the first edition in English appeared. "Its accuracy has never been impugned, and it remains a classical authority." DNB SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA62
[2] 66, [2], iv,98, [2] p. Signatures: [A]4 B-H4 I ; [A]4, B-N4. Evans 18081 Hardcover Good condition, original 3/4 leather bds worn, previous owner's name and some browning Added t.p.: Primitive Christianity Revived, in the faith and practice of the people called Quakers : written in testimony to the present dispensation of God through them, to the world; that prejudices may be removed, the simple informed, the well-inclined encouraged, and the truth, anits innocent friends rightly represented
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
174277443London:: T. Sowle Raylton 1742. Second edition. later old half morocco and marbled sides. Neat marginal repairs to the fore-edge of the last four leaves; extremities of the binding rubbed with the start 2" of a split at the top of one joint. . 12mo. T. Sowle Raylton, 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
174735941Newcastle Upon Tyne: Printed by Isaac Thompson and Company at the New Printing-office on the Side 1747. First Edition. Leather bound. Fair. Folio. 3 iv 768 pages 8 page index 1. Full brown calf leather binding. Spine has 6 raised bands and gilt lettered title on red leather label. Light decorative blind stamped borders on boards. Leather is cracked upper and lower front joints. and chipped bottom of the spine. Edge wear to the boards. Right front flyleaf partly loose. Light toning and scattered foxing and brown spots to the contents. Faint name on the right front flyleaf. <br /> <br /> Old ink name of Robert G. Livingston top of title page. Possibly the same as Robert Gilbert Livingston a British Loyalist officer during the American Revolution Another old ink name on rear blank end sheet dated 1819. The author Thomas Story was a Pennsylvanian Quaker who traveled through various parts of the country and recorded his observations. <br /> <br /> Howes S 1048; Sabin 92324. Printed by Isaac Thompson and Company, at the New Printing-office on the Side 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
1753003525London: Printed and sold by Luke Hinde 1753. Hardcover. Very Good. vii 1 194 6 p.; 20 cm. Signatures: A-N8 8vo. Contemporary full calf with blind-ruled border on both boards. Old calf spine repair. Remains of old library label on front fixed endpaper scraped through the endpaper. A Serious Call in Christian Love to all People to turn to the Spirit of Christ has special dated title page but continous pagination. Printer's advertisements on 6 pages following text. Pencil inscription at foot of p. 133: "David Reece Esq. & A. Williams deep in love." First edition. Benjamin Holme 1683-1749 was a Quaker who travelled extensively in the ministry. Various writings related to his visits to Friends in England Wales Scotland Ireland Holland the West Indies and the American colonies were brought together and published in this volume soon after his death. Much scarcer than the scarce 1754 printing. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed at head of spine front joint and corners; lacking both free endpapers; foxing and browning throughout; otherwise clean and tight. Printed and sold by Luke Hinde hardcover
1791005068London: James Phillips 1791. Hardcover. Good. The Fifth Edition. vii 1 601 3 p.; 21 cm. Signatures: a4 A-2P8 -2P7 2P8 8vo. Original plain calf boards with later plain calf spine. Modern box with gilt-tooled spine title: Chalkley's Works. The Works of Thomas Chalkley has a separate title page but continous pagination and signing. Publisher's catalog on final 2 unpaginated pages. ESTC T061338. Lengthy inscription on front free endpaper by Joseph Brinton 1754-1809 of Lancaster County Pa. who purchased the book in 1791. He was the son of Moses and Eleanor Brinton and married Susanna Rigbee in 1784. With: two small pieces of pressed seaweed left in the book. Inscriptions on back fixed endpaper indicate that over the following century the book descended through the Brinton and Cooper families. Lacking one leaf containing pages 369-70 which has been unobtrusively supplied. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed with some loss; pp. 369-70 supplied as described; pp. 495-96 has been rehinged; old dampstain along fore-edge of title page and several following leaves; occasional soiling heavy on a few pages. James Phillips hardcover
176024872London: Printed and Sold by Luke Hinde in George-Yard Lombard-Street 1760. First edition. 12 372 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary blind pannelled calf missing front free-endpaper. First edition. 12 372 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed and Sold by Luke Hinde, in George-Yard, Lombard-Street unknown
143728<p>Philadelphia and from Various Places. 1837–1845. Approximately 145 manuscript items viz. 38 handwritten letters and 109 manuscript receipts. All in very good condition. Housed in an archival box.</p> <p>William P. Cresson Co. of Philadelphia was actively engaged in the hardware commission business in the 1830’s and 1840’s. </p> <p>The company offered a variety of products with a strong focus on metal ware household building materials and household furnishings. </p> <p>In the late 1840’s the firm began selling cooking stoves and became stove manufacturers and likely hollow ware manufacturers as well. During the late 1840’s and 1850’s a number of stove patents were applied for in the firm’s name.</p> <p>William P. Cresson manufacturer and philanthropist 1814–1892 was the son of Caleb Cresson 1775–1821. Caleb Cresson was himself a prominent and wealthy Philadelphia Quaker merchant and the husband of Sarah Emlen 1787–1870. </p> <p>W.P. Cresson’s family clearly enjoyed a prosperous and affluent style of living that would have been consistent with the successful endeavors of William’s father.</p> <p>This archive can be described as follows:</p> <p>I. William P. Cresson Co. Incoming Business Correspondence. <br /> 20 letters all written in 1842; 18 letters all written in 1845. </p> <p>Cresson had a sizeable business and this incoming correspondence records a variety of New England firms that were involved with this mid-Atlantic firm. An example of the correspondence in part:</p> <p>John D. Johnson writes an interesting letter to Cresson regarding brass makers and brass agents concerning manufacturing prices and the intricacies of dealing with the brass makers May 4 1842. Johnson later writes of other concerns selling brass at cheaper prices of the instability in the brass market and of a future hope:</p> <p>"On the whole I think that the manufacturers are beginning to have some confidence in each other and I believe the time is not very far distant when we shall all be willing to come under prescribed rules and regulations but until this can be achieved we must be somewhat irregular.†Johnson then writes briefly of “making an article for paper makers…"</p> <p>A one page ALS from Joel Bartlett of Harmony Maine concerns a discussion of the Cresson firm selling shank handles made by Bartlett on commission. Bartlett informs that the shank handles he is manufacturing are of high quality and is willing to send along samples. May 10 1842 On Bartlett ref. Folsom Fifty Years in the Northwest 1888 pp185–186.</p> <p>J. Danforth & Co. asks Cresson to sell bottles and Brittania ware and coffee pots May 12 1842. Later Danforth sent by steam boat from Middleton Connecticut “tea setts†tea pots sugars and creamers and soup bowls. In exchange Danforth asks Cresson to send along some blind fastenings saw “stretchers†and windows springs. </p> <p>Josiah Hayden of Haydensville wants to send Cresson cheap pens. A number of merchants ask plead for payments for goods sold or goods hoped to have been sold. Others ask for advice concerning the reduction of their manufacturing output and future trade prospects in wire and gauge metals. From Pine Plains Dutchess County New York Cresson purchased cradles scythes from Silas Harris May 29 1842.</p> <p>From Dotterer & Taylor of Reading Pennsylvania comes a letter of exact specifications for a proposed “15 horse engine†with three boilers June 5 1842. This is followed by an excellent letter from another steam engine manufacturer a John H. Gage in Nashua N.H. who writes to Cresson of a steam engine order and what he can offer the company at the present time June 10 1845. </p> <p>Another firm writes requesting Cresson to send by rail a large quantity of “cram paper†that will be suitable for packing sad irons January 24 1842. A New York entity asks Cresson to provide prices and quantity available for a large order for tea kettles coffee mills hatchets shoe blacking mill saws cow hides Eagle and New England wood screws and shank augers June 30 1845. </p> <p>Various other letters are devoted to outstanding debts and bills paid or not paid or agents traveling to and from delayed by various inconveniences of pre-1850 American transportation.</p> <p>II. William P. Cresson Family and Business Receipts 1837–1845. <br /> 109 manuscript receipts a blend of business and private household expenses. </p> <p>These receipts range from 1837-1845 the majority are from the late 1830’s. Among the more interesting receipts in part:</p> <p>Two receipts one for gold fillings “replacing part of a plug†etc. are from noted dentist Samuel Sheldon Fitch 1801–1876. S.S. Fitch was a Jefferson graduate and a pioneer in dentistry. Fitch’s A System of Dental Surgery 1829 was a standard work in its day and from its successful proceeds Fitch devoted his efforts as a publisher and patent medicine manufacturer. See Atwater I: 321–325 </p> <p> Receipts to benevolent societies: The Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor “for one large comfortable†and the Magdalen Society of Philadelphia. </p> <p>A receipt to Dennis Rearson for marble post stones for Laurel Hill cemetery to be cut and engraved.</p> <p>Jappaning 175 feet of iron chain; repairing stoves and ovens; one black Russian hat a receipt for a passage from Pittsburgh to Louisville; shovel and tong stands; “altering pew cushions†a receipt for blankets a valice trunk “to hanging 4 Looking Glasses†expenses for resetting curb stone; “2 sett dishes Brittania Wareâ€; etc.</p> <p>A receipt for US almanacs bought of Watson & Reynolds by Cresson for what appears to be H. Peale. This is possibly Henrietta Peale 1806–1892 daughter of artist Rembrandt Peale 1778–1860. </p> <p>Twenty-five receipts specific to purchases by Mrs. William P. Cresson record a wide variety of Philadelphia merchants and providers of household and domestic services in part:</p> <p>Foodstuffs purchased: Peaches raisins prunes almonds wines hams soda & water crackers sherry mustard rice etc.</p> <p>Household wares: gold plates moulded dishes linens gold pencils sweeping brush cut lamps cone pitcher cone boats etc.</p> <p>Services rendered: glazing English glass paying Sarah Binns dressmaker capes and corsets made merino shirts made etc. A receipt is also seen for altering front chamber nursery dining room parlors stair and entry carpet; fixing stair rods and fitting oil “cloathsâ€; putting up parlor bed and window curtains payable to a Rachael Fletcher etc.</p> <p>Of mention a portrait of W.P. Cresson is located at the Smithsonian and this description includes a facsimile of a daguerreotype portrait of W.P. Cresson from an online source.</p> unknown
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
176024872London: Printed and Sold by Luke Hinde in George-Yard Lombard-Street 1760. First edition. 12 372 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary blind pannelled calf missing front free-endpaper. First edition. 12 372 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed and Sold by Luke Hinde, in George-Yard, Lombard-Street unknown books
170650817London, T. Sowle, 1706. Small 4to. No wrappers. (2),11,(1) pp. Title-page soiled. The first page with a large brownspot. Outer margins shaved with some loss of lettering.
170650817London T. Sowle 1706. Small 4to. No wrappers. 2111 pp. Title-page soiled. The first page with a large brownspot. Outer margins shaved with some loss of lettering. <br/><br/><em>The original printing. </em> unknown
1736000473London Eng: Assigns of J. Sowle 1736. First Edition. Very Good -. Title continued: "for Demands Recoverable by the Acts made in the 7th and 8th Years of the Reign of King William the Third for the more Easie Recovery of Tithes Church-Rates &c. Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle at the Bible in George-Yard Lombard-Street." xii 2 189 1 p.: 1 table; 20 cm. 8vo. Half calf with six gilt-ruled spine compartments and a gilt-tooled leather label in the second compartment reading: Prosecution of Quakers. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges marbled. Inscription largely erased from front fixed endpaper. Published anonymously by Quaker Joseph Besse who produced a number of important volumes recording the legal woes of early English and Welsh Quakers. This volume describes the prosecutions of Quakers from 1696 to 1736 in England and Wales arranged alphabetically by county. Quakers were prosecuted for refusing to pay the annual tithe one tenth of their income and other support for the Church of England. In Very Good- Condition: cover is rubbed; spine is sunned; leather is starting to separated at the head of the spine and lacking small section of leather at head of spine; first and last leaves have soiling of corners and light foxing; pages are otherwise clean and tight. Assigns of J. Sowle unknown
