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: 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
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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
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1919. First edition. Rufus Jones, one of the twentieth century's most influential Quakers, wrote this biography on Quaker founder, George Fox, as part of Macmillan's 'Great Leaders Series'. Small 8vo., cloth boards, xii, 169 pp.; frontispiece of George Fox. A VG copy lacking the dust jacket..... 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