Boston: Printed by Wayne Davis, 1957-1961. These four booklets were issued for students attending the all-girl, Quaker school, Lincoln School, located in Providence, RI. The school years include 1957-1958, 1058-1959, 1959-1960, and 1960-1961. Included are lists of the staff and administration, students, courses, photographs of the school grounds, etc. Stapled..... More
Philadelphia: For Sale at Friends' Book Store, 1882. Octavo. Green cloth ruled in black; gilt spine. A Very Good+, strivingly Near Fine copy with some negligible dust-soiling and paper over front hinge starting. This copy with a gift inscription to Samuel Biddle, of Bailey, Banks and Biddle Jewelry Store, from..... More
Philadelphia: At Friends' Book Store, 1886. First edition. Twelvemo. Brown, ruled cloth stamped in gilt to front board; pale blue endpapers; viii, [1], 10-258 pp. Christopher Healy (1773-1851) was a Quaker minister from Rhode Island who traveled extensively around the U.S. visiting Quaker meetinghouses and fellow Friends. A Very Good+..... More
Philadelphia: 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. More
London: F. Bowyer Kitto, 1867. Second edition. Twelvemo (17 cm). Brown cloth with gilt spine; xvi, 382, [2]; engraved frontispiece of Marsh Grange, home of the Askew family. An important association copy from the noted Quaker minister and suffragist, Deborah Fisher Wharton (1795-1888), to Stephen R. Hicks (1823-1892), of the..... More
Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1774. First edition. The first edition of the collected works of early Quaker abolitionist John Woolman, which includes his landmark two-part essay, “Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes.” The first part of the book includes Woolman’s influential spiritual autobiography, A Journal of the Life and Travels..... More