Let This Life Speak; The Legacy of Henry Joel Cadbury.
illus. 8vo, cloth. Univ. of PA Pr., 1987. vg. More
illus. 8vo, cloth. Univ. of PA Pr., 1987. vg. More
Germantown: Christopher Sower, 1760. extracted from the Epistle of the Yearly-Meeting of the People called Quakers, held at London in the Year 1748. 16pp. 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. Benezet was a leading Quaker abolitionist from Philadelphia. He was a friend of John Woolman. For many years Benezet was a teacher. He founded..... More
Flushing: Bowne House Historical Society, 1953. Illus. 45pp. 4to, original stiff wrs., ex-lib. Flushing: Bowne House Historical Society, (1953). More
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
illus. 8vo, cloth; (inner hinge weak, flyleaf lacking, spine ends worn). N.Y.: Appleton, 1904. More
Island Press Cooperative, 1953. Illus. 92pp. 8vo, green cloth, some edges rubbed. N.p.: Island Press Cooperative, 1953, First Collected Edition Most of the stories are set in Colonial America. More
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
Frontis. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1968). Presentation copy. vg. More
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
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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1880. 8vo, terra cotta cloth decorated with oleaf pattern in black & lettering in gilt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1880. First Edition. More
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
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
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
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
Frontis. 8vo, cloth; (heavy pencilling). Univ. of PA Pr., 1932. More
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
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
New York: Ricketson, J., 1821. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 10" x 13". Page measures 13" x 16.25". This elegant and unusual map describes the meeting places of New York Quaker groups. Quaker tradition holds that members of the faith meet monthly, quarterly, and yearly to share knowledge and ideas. In addition, groups held preparatory and worship meetings throughout the year. This map conveys the extent Quaker network in New York and the surrounding areas of New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts..... More
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
28pp. 12mo, disbound; (foxing). N.Y.: Collins, Perkins, 1805. First American Edition. S&S 8484. More
London: Friends' Historical Society, 1954. 37pp. 8vo, pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled. London: Friends' Historical Society, 1954. More
Frontis. 474pp. 8vo, cloth; (tear in flyleaf). N.Y., 1925. More
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
York: Alexander, 1814. 12mo, original boards; (spine chipped, hinge loose). York: Alexander, 1814. Sixth Edition. Good. More
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