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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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