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: 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: 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...... More

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

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

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: 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, 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

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

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