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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
384 p. Mildly age stained. 12mo. 18 cm. Worn contemporary full leather binding. Front board loose. Early manuscript ownership of Benjamin Hornor on title page. In the era 1762-1783 Benjamin Horner was a Philadelphia merchant. Evans 34371. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 60 Mid Stk x2
Two Volumes. Engraved portrait frontis by John Sartain, volume one. Sartain engraving of Grellet's home in New Jersey in volume two. Early manuscript presentations, James M. Hopkins from RBC, Oct 29/1860. Both volumes age stained. Slight damp staining in volume one. 8vo. 220 mm. Original publisher's cloth bindings. Spines very worn with loss. Boards fragile. Stephen Grellet (1773-1855) was a prominent French born Quaker missionary. In 1804 he married Rebecca, the daughter of the New Jersey publisher Isaac Collins, and became very involved in American Quakerism. To him is attributed the quote": "I shall pass through this life but once. Any good therefore that I can do, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it. For I shall never pass this way again." PA SHELF 56
Two volumes in one. pp. 554, 608 + Actual photo frontis of a painting of Gurney + Engraved title. XLib blind stamp on title page. Thick 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Library call marks on spine. Fourth edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 58
First and only edition, iv, [5]-168pp., orig. printed boards, spine chipped, uncut.
102 pages. Features: Nice ad for Kraft ice cream toppings; Two-page 1960 Chrysler ad; Vintage one-page ad for Zenith pocket (transistor) radios; Oasis cigarette ad; Color Pontiac ad features a seaside blue 1960 Bonneville convertible; Our New Hospital Crisis - many unqualified foreigners are serving in US hospitals as interns and resident physicians; The Training of a Good Doctor - Susan Cook studies at the University of Chicago - major photo coverage; The Age of Payola - have our moral standards been destroyed by the pursuit of the dollar?; Vintage two-page color ad for the new 1960 Ford Falcon Wagons (both white); Pepsi ad features scene in horse barn with dalmation; Walter Lippmann explains Why We Accept Cheating; Nice photos of Connie Stevens with hunk Bill Troy, Mike McKee, and Jerry Eagle; Farley Granger in "The Third Season" - color photos; Sanka coffee ad features illustration of lady holding humongous coffee cup; article on pancakes; Modern fake flowers are very realistic; Marlboro ad features skin diver slouching in director-style chair - no wonder they adopted the Marlboro man a few years later; The Short-sleeved suit - tasteful fashion photos; Great two-page color ad for the (cream-colored) 1960 Buick Invicta Three-Seat Estate Wagon features Navajo people and a Monument Valley driving scene; The Quakers - religions in America; Basketball All America - with photos of Walt Bellamy, Terry Dischinger, Roger Kaiser, Darrall Imhoff, Jerry Lucas, Oscar Robertson, Tom Stith, Lee Shaffer, Jerry West and Len Wilkins; Hitler's Bloody Drive to Power - the inside story, with great photos; Photo Quiz; Color ad for "Man-Tan" product which tans white skin without sun (creepy); Two Young Friends Named Ellen - Ellen Erwitt and cripple Ellen Kalman of New Rochelle, N.Y. - touching photos; Back cover color-photo Lucky Strike ad shows smiling blonde injecting tar into her lungs; and more. Average wear. Nibble and short opening at bottom of coverfold. Small piece from bottom corner of back cover. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
pp. x, 474 + Frontis. Mildly XLib. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth binding. Extremities slightly rubbed and worn. PA 58.
12mo (160 x 95 mm), iv, 125, [1]pp., disbound. Smith, J. Friends' Books, II 741.
Nouveau Monde - Dervy Livres 1985, In-8 broché, 401 pages. Trés bon état.
Les Quakers a leur frère V…. Lettres plus philosophiques… Un volume di 108 pagine. Legatura moderna in tela. L'opera è indirizzata a Voltaire, ed utilizza la visione dei Quakers degli Stati Uniti per combattere le idee illuministe e razionaliste di Voltaire. Che rispose a sua volta all'auore con una lettera. Non comune.
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
286 p. Sm. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Spine taped. Manuscript ownership of D.S.B. Chew. Early printed bookseller's label of H. Longstreth, Philadelphia. PA 61 L Stk.
pp. xii, [i.e., xi], 138. Age stain. Damp stain. 1861 newspaper clipping with article of 'Mistakes of the Rich' pasted on front paste down. Early manuscript ownership of Alex. Thompson on first fly leaf. A few leaves in rear loose. 160 mm. Original full leather binding, very worn. Front board fragile. Loss at tail of spine. Hardbound. Fair. Title continues: 'Wherein divers weighty questions and cases of conscience, about praying in Faith, are stated and resolved for the comforting and satisfying of weak and scrupulous consciences.' SCARCE. S&S/AI 3682. PAIMP 24
v + 260pp., 23cm., softcover (vague trace of removed label at lower end of spine), text in English, Doctoral Dissertation (A Dissertation in History presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, R109917
Two volumes. 566p. + numerous Illustrations. Uncut. Top Edges Gilt. Original publisher's gold decorated yellow cloth bindings. Spines and board edges darkened. This set is the 'Continental Edition' with excellent extra plates. PA 60 x2.
Volume I only. With nine illustrations. ix, 306 pages. Top page edges gilt. Cutting with photo and obituary of the author glued to verso of Publishers Note to the Continental Edition. Wear to cover corners and top/base of spine. Small indentation on front cover. Two inscriptions on front free endpaper.
pp. xv, 5, 266 (of 270?). 12mo. Preliminary leaf (a2) with loss. May lack two leaves at end. Lacks fly leaves. Disbound, though some of the original full leather binding remains. Early manuscript ownerships of Samuel Chamberlain. Evans 47349. PA L Stk
83pp., 22cm., text in German, Doctoral Dissertation (Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Philosophischen Fakultät der Martin Luther-Universität zu Halle an der Saale), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, G113224
pp. vi, 160, (1). 12mo. 17 cm. Foxed. Early full leather binding. Manuscript ownership of: Mary Wiley, 1802. Manuscript presentation (1822) from John S. Pearson to Sarah Ann Wright. Includes some little contemporary printed slips, with valentine sentiments (that were perhaps used as book marks). Evans 19001. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 60 Rt Stk
Detailed description of the Lake District. In three parts: Westmoreland, Cumberland, Lancashire. With sixteen plates and a map, 245 pages. Index. Red cloth covers. Book has some light foxing to page edges.
pp. (6), (1)-112. Foxed. Some signatures browned but not brittle. Early manuscript ownership of the Thirdhaven Preparative Meeting (Easton, MD). 24mo. 140 mm. Disbound. Fair. S&S/AI 15075. SCARCE. PAIMP 25
207p. Original publisher's cloth binding. DJ. Novel about Indiana Quakers for young people.
30 pages. Features: The Burlington Glass Site; Pennsylvanian German Folk Art; Canadian Furniture; Starting a Book Collection, by L.S. Loomer; The Children of Peace - a sect of the Quakers founded by David Willson and went on to build their first church in the village of Sharon, Ontario in 1819 - with illustrations; Horse Brasses - article with black and white photos; Guide to Canadian Woods - Part 2 - Softwoods and Imported Decorative Woods, by Michael Harmes; The Built-in English Rooms at the Royal Ontario Museum; Glossary of Pottery and Porcelain Terms. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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
vi, 474, 32pp., orig. cloth.