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
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
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
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
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
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: 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: 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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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: 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
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: 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
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
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: 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
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