Let This Life Speak; The Legacy of Henry Joel Cadbury.
illus. 8vo, cloth. Univ. of PA Pr., 1987. vg. More
QUAKER
Observations on the Inslaving, importing and purchasing of Negroes; With some Advice thereon,; extracted from the Epistle of the Yearly-Meeting of the People called Quakers, held at London in the Year 1748.
Germantown: Christopher Sower, 1760. 16 pages. Slim 8vo, rebound in later 1/2 black leather, spine and edges of boards worn, small light dampstain to margins, small amount of light foxing, inner hinge weak. Germantown: Christopher Sower, 1760. Second edition. A very good(-) copy. Benezet was a leading Quaker abolitionist from Philadelphia. He was a friend of John Woolman. For many years Benezet was a teacher. He founded schools for the education of Blacks and young women. --Evans 8542; Sabin 4676..... More
Les Quakers en Amerique; Au dix-septieme siecle et au debut du dix-huitieme
Saint-Amand: A. Bedu, 1935. 4to, pr. wrs., top margins unopened, spine heavily worn, front wrapper detached, wrappers lightly soiled. Saint-Armand: A. Bedu, 1935 Presentation copy from the author to historian Gilbert Chinard. From the library of Gilbert Chinard. More
William Penn; as the Founder of Two Commonwealths.
illus. 8vo, cloth; (inner hinge weak, flyleaf lacking, spine ends worn). N.Y.: Appleton, 1904. More
William Penn: Apostle of Dissent
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1974. 298 pages. 8vo, blue cloth-backed cream boards, d.w. (edgeworn and toned). New York: William Morrow & Company, 1974. Boards lightly toned at edges. Small inked numbers on front pastedown endpaper. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America
Cambridge: Riverside, 1903. Hundreds of illustrations: portraits, maps, views, documents, etc. 2 volumes. xxvii + 256 pages and xxvi + 374 pages. Thick 8vos, white cloth-backed boards with paper spine labels; some pages unopened, edges untrimmed, a few pages with very minor foxing. Cambridge: Printed at The Riverside Press, 1903. Large paper edition. Spines are sun-darkened, still a very good(+) copy. Number 194 of 250 copies printed. More
Moses Sheppard; Quaker Philanthropist of Baltimore.
Frontis. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1968). Presentation copy. vg. More
Chain of Friendship: Selected Letters of Dr. John Fothergill of London, 1735-1780. Notes by Betsy C. Corner and Christopher C. Booth.
Illustrated. 538pp. Thick 8vo, cloth, d.w. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1971. A touch of foxing on page edges, still a near fine copy in very good dust wrapper. More
Life, told chiefly through her Correspondence
ed. by her daughter, Sarah H. Emerson. Frontispieces. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth, g.t., boxed. New York, 1897. Account of an outstanding Abolitionist Quaker, active also in prison reform, etc. She assisted in founding and led several nationally known societies for social reform during and following the Civil War. More
The Undiscovered Country
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1880. 8vo, terra cotta cloth decorated with oleaf pattern in black & lettering in gilt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1880. First Edition. More
A Brief Examination of Asa Rand's Book, Called A "Word in Season;" With a Refutation of some of His Erroneous Statements and Charges Against the People Called Quakers
Salem: Thomas C. Cushing, 1821. 237 pages. 12mo, contemporary leather-backed boards; text toned, boards and spine rubbed & worn with some loss at head and tail, bookplate inside front cover dated 1863, library 'withdrawn' stamps inside front cover and title page. Salem: Thomas C. Cushing, 1821. A worn but still sound and very good(-) copy. More
Quaker Meeting Houses, and a Little Humor
Jenkintown: Old York Road Publishing, 1952. Photo Illus. Thin 8vo, brown boards, spine ends and edges of corners rubbed. Jenkintown: Old York Road Publishing, 1952. Very good. More
William Penn, Thomas Gray, and an Account of the Historical Associations of Stoke Pages.
London: Privately Printed, 1930. 27 plates. 43 pages. Slim 4to, 1/4 calf with light blue cloth boards (spine well-rubbed and worn at ends; cloth a bit foxed and dust-soiled). London: Privately printed, 1930. Signed by the President & Secretary of the Penn-Gray Society. More
The Papers of William Penn, 1644-1718
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981. Edited by Mary Maples Dunn and Richard S. Dunn. Frontis., maps, facsimiles. 5 vols. Thick 4to, original green cloth, ex-lib. (Philadelphia): University of Pennsylvania, 1981. Near Fine Ex libris from the Society of Colonial Wars of the State of New York with their pencil numbers on the copyright page of each volume. Each volume signed by both editors. Volume V is by Edwin B. Bronner and David Fraser and is titled: William Penn's Published..... More
A Reply to a Pretended Answer, by a Nameless Author, to W.P.'s Key, in which the Principles of the people of God called Quakers are further Explain'd and Confirm'd.
156, [2]pp. 18mo, handsomely rebound in new calf with red leather label (browning to margin of t.p. , light browning to some margins, otherwise a fine copy). London: Thomas Northcott, 1695. First edition. A bright copy. "As a loyal friend of (King) james he (Penn) was greatly compromised by the Revolution of 1688 and the accession of William and Mary. More than once he (Penn) had to answer to accusations of disloyalty before the Privy Council and for a time..... More
The Good Quaker in French Legend.
Frontis. 8vo, cloth; (heavy pencilling). Univ. of PA Pr., 1932. More
The Penns of Pennsylvania and England
New York: Macmillan, 1932. Illus., folding genealogical table that has been repaired with tape on the blank side with no loss of text. Tall 8vo, original blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled, ex-lib, head of spine and edges of corners rubbed, corners bumped. New York: Macmillan, 1932. More
Quakers in Science and Industry
New York: Philosophical Library, 1950. With several b/w illustrations and tables. 361 pages. 8vo, tan boards, d.w. (New York): Philosophical Library, (1950). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) wrapper, spotted and lightly edgeworn with some sunning to spine. More
The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People called Quakers, Intermixed with several Remarkable Occurences.
xii, 812, [16]pp. 4to, contemporary calf; (tear in t.p. not affecting text, binding somewhat worn, inner hinges strengthened, otherwise internally very good). Burlington: Isaac Collins, 1774. Manuscript listing of births and a death of James Shinn family on front flyleaf. The principal work of the Dutch Quaker historian. Sewel spent 25 years in the preparation of this work first published in Dutch in 1717. The work was written to correct the misrepresentations of Gerard Croese's Historia Quakeriana. "Its accuracy has..... More
A Summary of the History, Doctrine, and Discipline, of Friends: written at the Desire of the Meeting for Sufferings in London.
28pp. 12mo, disbound; (foxing). N.Y.: Collins, Perkins, 1805. First American Edition. S&S 8484. More
Life of William Savery of Philadelphia, 1750-1804.
Frontis. 474pp. 8vo, cloth; (tear in flyleaf). N.Y., 1925. More
Meeting House and Counting House; The Quaker Merchants of Colonial Philadelphia, 1682-1763.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1948. Illus. 8vo, green cloth, a few pencil marks in margins, otherwise very good. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, (1948). Signed by the author. More
The Principles of Religion as Professed by the Society of Christians, usually Called Quakers, Written for the Instruction of their Youth, and for the Information of Strangers.
York: Alexander, 1814. 12mo, original boards; (spine chipped, hinge loose). York: Alexander, 1814. Sixth Edition. Good. More
The Principles of Religion as Professed by the Society of Christians, usually Called Quakers, Written for the Instruction of their Youth, and for the Information of Strangers.
New York: Collins, Perkins, 1805. 142pp. + 2pp. of publisher's ads. 12mo, contemporary calf, bottom of spine lightly worn, edges of corners worn and bumped, top of front flyleaf lightly dampstained, last blank page lacks top portion, pages slightly wavy throughout, a few pages with a small amount of foxing, mostly to margins, outside front and back hinges expertly repaired. New York: Collins, Perkins, 1805. From the London copy with corrections and additions by the author. More
William Penn.
Color frontispiece. 303pp. 8vo, black cloth. N.Y.: Scribners, 1934. Very good. More