London: Quaker Peace and Service, 1980. First edition. Saddle-stitched wrappers; 32 pp. Written in 1975, the author, who was a founder of Amnesty International, contends that torture has become systematic and elicits little reaction due to four contemporary attitudes: historical remoteness, geographical remoteness, moral revulsion and reluctant acquiescence. Northern Ireland... More about Public Policy and the Use of Torture
New York: Isaac T. Hopper, 1833. Octavo (19 cm); iv, 186 pp. Paper over green cloth boards; paper spine label absent. Paper rubbed and spotted with some evidence of dampstaining internally; faint foxing to some pages; owner's name in pencil to front endpaper. Still, a tightly bound, complete copy. Excerpts... More about Select Anecdotes and Instructive Incidents Taken from Publications of Several Members of the...
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1939. First edition. Octavo (22.5 cm); xxiv, 368 pp.; tissue-protected woodcut frontispiece by Clare Leighton and other illustrations. Blue cloth with gilt to spine; stamp of Wm. Caless to front pastedown, else clean throughout. Seven plates. More about The Making of William Penn
Philadelphia: Wm. H. Pile's Sons, 1892. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's brown cloth with blind ruling and embossing to front board and gilt to spine; viii, [1], 10-408 pp. Ann Branson was the leading women's minister of Quakerism in Ohio from the 1860s to the 1880s. Some very minor rubbing &... More about Journal of Ann Branson, A Minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends
Philadelphia: Friends' Book Store. 18.5 cm; 32 pp. Gilt-blocked burgundy cloth over thin paper boards; cloth slightly dust-soiled and leaves age-toned, but a very nice copy of this classic work. More about Reasons for the Necessity of Silent Waiting, In Order to the Solemn Worship of God; To Which Are...
Philadelphia: Friends' Book Store, 1882. Later edition. Octavo. Black-ruled and decorated brown cloth over beveled boards with gilt spine; vi, 467 pp. Paper over hinges cracked, but a still tightly bound copy. Very Good. An 1882 inscription from a mother Biddle to daughter, else clean throughout. Originally published in 1847... More about A Memoir of Mary Capper, Late of Birmingham, England, A Minister of the Society of Friends
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 about A Memoir of Mary Capper, Late of Birmingham, England, A Minister of the Society of Friends
Philadelphia: Benjamin and Thomas Kite, 1822. Octavo (22 cm); viii, 412 pp. Marbled calf boards with gilt-stamped, red leather title label to spine. Leather is scuffed and worn, with some cracking along spine; owner's name(s) to endpaper and flyleaf and to top of Preface; foxing throughout; lacking rear endpaper. A Good+ copy. More about The Christian Experiences, Gospel Labours and Writings, of that Ancient Servant of Christ,...
Philadelphia: Printed for private distribution, 1913. First edition. 8vo.; olive green cloth, gilt-stamped to front board & spine, xiv, 512 pp. Cloth is a trifle rubbed and toned; some shallow grazing to page edges, VG+. The posthumous account of Philadelphia Quaker, Joseph S. Elkinton (1830-1905), told primarily through selections from... More about Selections from the Diary and Correspondence of Joseph S. Elkinton, 1830-1905
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Philadelphia: Henry Longstreth, 1860. First American edition. First American edition. Two octavo volumes (23 cm); viii, 478 pp.; viii, 492 pp.; tissue-protected engraved frontispiece of Grellet by John Sartain in vol. 1; vol. 2 has an engraved frontis of the Grellet home in Burlington, NJ. Publisher's brown, pebbled cloth with... More about Memoirs of the Life and Gospel Labours of Stephen Grellet [Two Vols
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 about Memoir of Christopher Healy, Principally Taken from His Own Memoranda
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1880. First edition. Twelvemo (17.5 cm); vi, 287 pp.; tissue-protected engraved frontispiece of Rachel Hicks by artist and engraver, Alexander Hay Ritchie. Publisher's green cloth stamped in black to front board and in gilt to spine; chocolate brown endpapers. A very good copy with... More about Memoir of Rachel Hicks (Written By Herself), Late of Westbury, Long Island; A Minister in the...
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 about Argument of Samuel L. Southard, In the Case of Stacy Decow and Joseph Hendrickson, Versus Thomas...
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1916. First edition. Small octavo (19 cm); xxvii, 249 pp.; frontis; ill. Cream cloth boards stamped in black and red. Light rubbing to cloth; corners gently bumped; crude tape mend to title page, else clean throughout. "An authentic narrative, freely arranged from the supposed... More about A Dreamer of Dreams, Being a New and Intimate Telling of the Love-Story and Life-Work of...
Philadelphia: John C. Winston & Co., 1893. First edition. Octavo (20.5 cm); gilt-stamped cloth with gilt spine, 269, [1] pp.; frontis + over 40 illus. Caleb Cresson Wistar's copy with his signature to top of title page and some penciled marginalia throughout. Wistar was a member of the prominent Philadelphia... More about Quaker Poems: A Collection of Verse Relating to the Society of Friends
Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Rakestraw, No. 256, N. Third Street, 1819. First edition. 18 x 11.5 cm; iv, 62 pp. Presumed original binding with paper boards and leather spine. General rubbing with minor spotting to paper; chipping to spine ends, esp. tail. 'Property of Makefield (?) Preparative Meeting' to recto... More about Brief Extracts from the Works of Isaac Penington
Philadelphia: Henry Longstreth, 1856. First edition. 8vo (24 x 16 cm); wrappers, 68 pp. Grellet (Étienne de Grellet du Mabillier, 1773-1855) was a French born Quaker missionary who relocated to Burlington, NJ, and died there in 1855. Cortlandt van Rensselaer was a Presbyterian minister in Burlington. Some light toning and... More about The Fight, Faith, and Crown: A Discourse on the Death of Stephen Grellet, with a Sketch of His...
Philadelphia: Henry Longstreth, 1891. First American edition. Octavo (19.5 cm); 211 pp. Dark purple cloth with faded gilt to spine; decorated endpapers. Cloth is mottled with some light wear to spine ends; hinges cracked, although the binding is still solid. Owner's penciled name to half title page, otherwise clean throughout... More about Quaker Strongholds
Philadelphia: At Friends' Book Store, 1893. First edition. Octavo. Brown, blind-ruled and embossed cloth with gilt spine; xiv, [1], 10-433 pp. A Very Good copy with some light rubbing to cloth, which is a little more worn at corners and one place on board edge; owner's name to front flyleaf... More about Memoirs of John S. Stokes, A Minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends
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 about The Fells of Swarthmoor Hall and Their Friends; with an Account of Their Ancestor, Anne Askew,...
Philadelphia: Henry Longstreth, 1877. Later edition. Later edition (first American edition was 1868, a year after it was first published in London). Octavo (19.5 cm); 446 pp. Publisher's brown, pebbled cloth with gilt to spine. General rubbing with fraying, chipping to head extending half an inch down joints; donation sticker... More about The Penns & Peningtons of the Seventeenth Century, in their Domestic and Religious Life:...
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill, Inc., 1950. First edition. Octavo (21 cm); 280 pp. Burgundy, gilt-stamped cloth. A Near Fine copy with a hint of foxing and dust-soiling to page edges. In a Very Good, rubbed dust jacket with the $2.50 price remaining on the flap. The author traces the development of... More about Quakers Find a Way: Their Discoveries in Practical Living