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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
184310911Philadelphia: Joseph and William Kite 1843. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo. 359pp. plus index. This copy has gift inscription to Sarah B. Cope Nordhoff Mother of author Charles Nordhoff with the Walter and Sarah C.W. Nordhoff blindstamp on title page. Plain brown pebble leather binding spine stamped in gold. Endpapers and first and last few blanks browned page edges also. Nice tight copy from 1843. <br/><br/> Joseph and William Kite hardcover
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
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
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,
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
185228314New York: R. Craighead Printer 1852. 26 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green printed wrappers. Some soiling and staining of wrappers light spotting and marginal staining of text some gnawing of edges else very good. 26 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/> R. Craighead Printer unknown
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
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
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
189936486Kansas City: Hudson-Kimberly 1899. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 191 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Gray cloth hardcover with title and illustrated wreath on the front cover. Title on the spine. Some shelf wear and light soil to the binding. Both hinges were broken and glued. Text block is secure untrimmed and not shaken. Interior contents are clean. Fair only. <br /> <br /> Inscribed by the editor on the right front flyleaf "For Mr. and Mrs. Larsney With Kind regards. Laura Coates Reed. John Lindley Coates. Arthur Chandler Coates. May 1899 all names written in same hand." Underneath the inscription is a pencil bame of Mitchell Behen. Located ihe upper left corner of the front paste down is a small label "Library of Mitchell Behen." Folling the title page is a tipped card "Compls. of Mr. Homer Reed."<br /> <br /> Contents include moving from Pennsylvania the Civil War a trip out west and more. From find a grave:<br /> <br /> Social Reformer. Headed a local Woman’s Suffrage Club for several years and was a personal friend of Susan B. Anthony. She served on many boards and helped found a group that became the Missouri Federation of Women’s Clubs. She was born in Pennsylvania. Her husband Kersey Coates was also born in Pennsylvania and practiced law there. He moved to the area that became Kansas City Missouri about 1854 where he was a director of a railroad partner in a bank and a real estate investor. He developed the bluffs on the west side the area that became known as "Quality Hill". During the civil war he was with a Pennsylvania unit of the Union Army. Union troops in Kansas City stabled their horses in what was the foundation of the coming Coates House Hotel that had been boarded over. His hotel opened about 1868. In January 1978 there was a large fire in the building killing 16 people. It was very cold at the time and the water being used accumulated on a hook and ladder truck causing the frame to break from the weight. The building was restored and still stands today at the corner of 10th & Broadway in downtown Kansas City Missouri. Hudson-Kimberly hardcover
186135341Philadelphia: William W. Moore 1861. Hardcover. Fair. Quarto. 1 viii 832 pages. Marbled paper covered boards with leather corners. Leather spine with title. The boards are very worn. Most of the paper on the back cover is missing. Leather spine is rotted dried and cracked. Light toning and scattered foxing to the contents. Last few pages are damp stained and soiled. Fair only. <br /> <br /> Contents include 52 issues covering parts of 1860 and 1861. Article headings include Africans in Key West recaptured from the Slavers; Cotton Spinning; The Slave Trade; A Journal of the Life of John Gratton; Thoughts on Emigration; Origin and Introduction of Railroads Into America; Slave Statistics; and much more. William W. Moore hardcover
189528317Philadelphia: Published for the Yearly Meeting 1895. 127 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers stapled postmark on upper cover. Some light soiling and wear to wrappers and edges else very good. 127 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 for the Yearly Meeting unknown
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
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
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
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
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
18308959New York: Isaac T. Hopper 1830. Unbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 8 pp. Folded sheet never bound; untrimmed. Separation at the folds of the outer two leaves; toning and soiling; pencil notations. A laudatory biography of Elias Hicks who had led a umber of Quakers into schism. Sabin 31718; American Imprints 1510. Isaac T. Hopper 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
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
