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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
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
1861011467New York: Tract Association of Friends / Samuel S. & William Wood 1861. 4" wide by 6" tall. Lower corners worn through else Very Good condition. Clean square tight unmarked copy. Inner hinges are sound. Biographical profiles of American Quakers who died in 1860 arranged alphabetically. Many listings are brief but others are quite substantial. For example the entry for Richard H. Thomas of Baltimore fills more than 13 pages. Original brown cloth with spine lettered in gold and covers blind-stamped. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 204pp. Tract Association of Friends / Samuel S. & William Wood 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1871086QTract Association of Friends Philadelphia: 1871. 1871 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 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good. Tract Association of Friends, Philadelphia: 1871. hardcover
1808WRCAM49717Philadelphia 1808. 31pp. Folio on a folded sheet. Old fold lines minor soiling and wear. Very good. Extracts from the yearly meeting of the Religious Society of Friends commonly known as the Quakers containing highlights of the meeting. These include reports on the education of Quaker youth and a mention of the Committee in charge of the conversion of Native Americans. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 15076. unknown books
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
1821090QSolomon W. Conrad Philadelphia: 1821. 1821 184 p. Text damp stained and aged. Sm. 8vo. Disbound. Early manuscript ownership of John Lester. PA 60 Rt Stk Language: eng. No Binding. Good. Solomon W. Conrad, Philadelphia: 1821. unknown
183415580<p><b>1834 QUAKER anti Slave Trade Slavery Book of Discipline War Sexuality RARE</b></p><p>'<i>Book of Discipline'</i> is one of the many books published by the Quakers in the 19th-century. Throughout this era the Quakers or Society of Friends held a yearly meeting to decide on books that would help define what it means to be a Quaker. Books include rules faith and practice principles disciplines and much more. </p><p>This particular issue includes an important section on the <b><u>Quaker views of slavery and slave trade.</u></b></p><p>Item number: #15580</p><p>Price: $499</p><p>Quakers</p><p><b><i>Rules of discipline with advices being extracts from the minutes and epistles of their yearly meeting held in London from its first institution.</i></b></p><p>London: Darton and Harvey 1834.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o 2 xxviii 335 1</p><p>· Language: English</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~11.25in X 8.75in 28.5cm x 22.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>15580</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Darton and Harvey 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
1822415530Richmond Ind: Elijah Lacey Printer 1822. Unbound. Very Good. First Indiana edition. Bifolia folded to make four pages. Old folds age-toning and small tears about very good. OCLC locates no physical copies. Elijah Lacey, Printer 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
1805095QKimber Conrad & Co. Printers Philadelphia: 1805. 1805 4 p. 8vo. Plain wraps. "Signed by appointment on behalf of the said meetings respectively held the 26th 27th and 29th of the Third month 1805. David Bacon John Parrish Jacob Tomkins John Elliott Nicholas Waln Daniel Drinker." AI 8487. Very Scarce. Language: eng. Signed by Authors. Soft cover. Very Good. (Kimber, Conrad & Co. Printers) [Philadelphia]: 1805. paperback
1877013271Philadelphia: Society of Friends 1877. Hardcover. Near Fine. Later reprint undated circa 1877. 8vo. brown cloth triple blind ruled coves gilt rules and titles to spine beveled edges 480. Neat older ownership name Philadelphia address handwritten on ffe. Newer ownership address label on pastedown. Solid clean copy. (Society of Friends) hardcover
1880013272Cambridge MA: Printed at Riverside Press 1880. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG. 8vo greenish-blue cloth stamped and ruled in black on cvoers gilt titles to spine xiv 236. Bookplate fron pastedown Covers miderately worn. Internals quite nice. Printed at Riverside Press 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
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
1882006205Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co 1882. Hardcover. Very Good . xxviii 378 p.; 20 cm. Publisher's dark red-brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; boards have bevelled edges. Black endpapers. Includes index. First American edition. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper: "S. S. Stafford Feb. 1882." Former owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Jack Fox with illustration of a fox with a book. Caroline Fox 1819-1871 a member of an English Quaker family recorded her observations of prominent scientists and intellectuals of her time including John Stuart Mill and Thomas Carlyle. Her father Robert Were Fox 1789-1877 was a geologist and inventor. In Very Good Condition: edges lightly rubbed; slightly cocked; minor loss at head of spine; clean and tight. J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover
1871000472London Eng: F. Bowyer Kitto 1871. First Edition. Very Good -. London: F. Bowyer Kitto; Carlisle: Chas. Thurnam and Sons. vii 3 208 p.; 20 cm. Reddish-brown pebble-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and black-stamped decoration of both boards. Pale yellow endpapers. Binder's label on back fixed endpaper for Westleys & Co. London. Front free endpaper bears the names of two former owners: Thomas Drewry 1871 and Jesse Darbyshire 1901. A third name was erased at the head of that endpaper. The author states that about one third of these biographical sketches of early English Quakers first appeared in the Carlisle Journal. This is the first edition in book form. The appendix contains relevant excerpts from Besse's Sufferings. In Very Good- Condition: spine sunned; somewhat cocked; cover is slightly soiled; edges lightly rubbed; pp. 1-16 partially detached; pp. 154-55 have a shadow in the gutter from former newspaper bookmark; a few pencilled marginialia and occasional soiling in the margins. F. Bowyer Kitto unknown
