Search Results: Quakerism from Classic Books and Ephemera

London: Assigns of J. Sowle, 1738. Hardcover. Very Good +. "For the Testimony of a Good Conscience, From the Time of Their being first distinguished by that Name, Taken from Original Records, and other Authentick Accounts; Volume III From the year 1660 to the year 1666." [2], 546, xxviii, [10] p.: 1 leaf, folded; 20 cm. Signatures: B8(+x1) C-2H8 2I-2U4 [x]4 (8vo). Modern calf with original original gilt-tooled spine label. The folded leaf contains the table A Summary Account of the Sufferings in the Second and Third Volumes. Contains: An Alphabetical Index of the Names of the Sufferers in the Third Volume (pp. 479-546), and An Index Containing Some of the Principal Contest of this Third Volume (pp. 1-xxviii). Includes Errata on first page following p. xxviii, and publisher's advertisements on final 8 unpaginated pages. In Very Good+ Condition: very occasional soiling; folded leaf is intact and solid. A clean and tight copy of an important work in Quaker history.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good +. 78 p.; 19 cm. Green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. No dust jacket. The Swarthmore Lecture for 1949. First Edition. The author draws on his experience as General Secretary and Travelling Commissioner of the Friends Relief Service during the Second World War in explaining the motivations and methods of Quaker relief work. In Very Good+ Condition: spine sunned; slightly cocked; pages are clean and tight.

London, Eng: Assigns of J. Sowle, 1736. First Edition. Very Good -. Title continued: "for Demands Recoverable by the Acts made in the 7th and 8th Years of the Reign of King William the Third, for the more Easie Recovery of Tithes, Church-Rates, &c. Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle, at the Bible in George-Yard, Lombard-Street." xii, [2], 189, [1] p.: 1 table; 20 cm. 8vo. Half calf with six gilt-ruled spine compartments and a gilt-tooled leather label in the second compartment reading: Prosecution of Quakers. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges marbled. Inscription largely erased from front fixed endpaper. Published anonymously by Quaker Joseph Besse, who produced a number of important volumes recording the legal woes of early English and Welsh Quakers. This volume describes the prosecutions of Quakers from 1696 to 1736 in England and Wales, arranged alphabetically by county. Quakers were prosecuted for refusing to pay the annual tithe (one tenth of their… Read More

Philadelphia: Tract Association of Friends, 1850. Pamphlet. Near Fine. 16 p.; 19 cm. Sewn pamphlet. "No. 17." No date of publication. The address in the imprint is 84 Mulberry St. The Tract Association of Friends was located at that address from 1843 to 1857. This tract is sometimes attributed to James Mott (1788-1868), Quaker teacher and anti-slavery activist, as well as husband of Lucretia Coffin Mott (1793-1880). In Near Fine Condition: very small stain at lower page edges; otherwise, clean and bright. Scarce.

London: James Phillips, 1791. Hardcover. Good. The Fifth Edition. vii, [1], 601, [3] p.; 21 cm. Signatures: a4 A-2P8 (-2P7, 2P8) 8vo. Original? plain calf boards with later plain calf spine. Modern box with gilt-tooled spine title: Chalkley's Works. The Works of Thomas Chalkley has a separate title page but continous pagination and signing. Publisher's catalog on final 2 unpaginated pages. ESTC, T061338. Lengthy inscription on front free endpaper by Joseph Brinton (1754-1809), of Lancaster County, Pa., who purchased the book in 1791. He was the son of Moses and Eleanor Brinton and married Susanna Rigbee in 1784. With: two small pieces of pressed seaweed left in the book. Inscriptions on back fixed endpaper indicate that over the following century the book descended through the Brinton and Cooper families. Lacking one leaf, containing pages 369-70, which has been unobtrusively supplied. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed, with some loss; pp. 369-70 supplied, as described; pp.… Read More

London: Printed and sold by Luke Hinde, 1753. Hardcover. Very Good. vii, [1], 194, [6] p.; 20 cm. Signatures: A-N8 (8vo). Contemporary full calf with blind-ruled border on both boards. Old calf spine repair. Remains of old library label on front fixed endpaper, scraped through the endpaper. A Serious Call in Christian Love to all People, to turn to the Spirit of Christ has special dated title page, but continous pagination. Printer's advertisements on 6 pages following text. Pencil inscription at foot of p. 133: "David Reece Esq. & A. Williams deep in love." First edition. Benjamin Holme (1683-1749) was a Quaker who travelled extensively in the ministry. Various writings related to his visits to Friends in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, the West Indies, and the American colonies were brought together and published in this volume soon after his death. Much scarcer than the scarce 1754 printing. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed at head of spine, front joint, and… Read More

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine. [6], 53, [3] p.; 19 cm. Green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. No dust jacket. Includes publisher's advertisements for Swarthmore Lectures through 1957. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "With kind regards, Margaret B. Hobling. 26.5.'58." In Near Fine Condition: small red dot on front cover; a clean and bright copy.

London, Eng: F. Bowyer Kitto, 1871. First Edition. Very Good -. London: F. Bowyer Kitto; Carlisle: Chas. Thurnam and Sons. vii, [3], 208 p.; 20 cm. Reddish-brown pebble-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and black-stamped decoration of both boards. Pale yellow endpapers. Binder's label on back fixed endpaper for Westleys & Co., London. Front free endpaper bears the names of two former owners: Thomas Drewry, 1871, and Jesse Darbyshire, 1901. A third name was erased at the head of that endpaper. The author states that about one third of these biographical sketches of early English Quakers first appeared in the Carlisle Journal. This is the first edition in book form. The appendix contains relevant excerpts from Besse's Sufferings. In Very Good- Condition: spine sunned; somewhat cocked; cover is slightly soiled; edges lightly rubbed; pp. 1-16 partially detached; pp. 154-55 have a shadow in the gutter from former newspaper bookmark; a few pencilled marginialia and occasional… Read More

London, Eng: Macmillan, 1980. First Edition. Fine/very good. [14], 218 p.: frontispiece, 4 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 22 cm. Black textured paper over boards with gilt-stamped spine title. Color illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Includes sources, bibliography, and index. First Edition. ISBN 0-333-23806-0. Former owner's name on half-title page: Craig Horle, a noted historian of early Quakerism and early Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister and mother of eleven children, "drew the world's attention to the plight of women in prison, instituted an order of nursing sisters and became the figurehead of much of the philanthropic endeavour in the first half of the nineteenth century . . . . Yet even during her lifetime this remarkable woman aroused hostility as well as admiration. Quakers found her 'worldliness' disquieting, not all of her fellow penal reformers approved of her unorthodox ways and the 'irregular authority' conferred upon her and… Read More

Philadelphia: David Hogan; Solomon Wiatt, 1812. Hardcover. Very Good -. T.T. Stiles, printer. 288 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary tree calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: "Mosheim's E. History." Includes "Appendix: Vindication of the Quakers; To the Editors of the American Edition of Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History" signed by John Drinker on behalf of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1799. Contains Errata on p. [286]. Publisher's catalog on final two pages. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: corners are bumped and rubbed; joints just starting, but still solid; 6-cm. tear at upper corner of p. 31 with archival repair; foxing; otherwise, clean and tight.

Hereford, Eng: Lincoln Record Society, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volumes (149, 222, 217 p.): 1 map; 27 cm. Light yellow-green cloth (vols. 1 and 2) and light yellow cloth (vol. 3); black-stamped spine and cover titles with the emblem of the Lincoln Record Society on the front cover of each. Pages are unopened. The Publications of the Lincoln Record Society, vols. 38, 40, 44. Published in 1949, 1949, and 1951, respectively. Contents: v. 1. 1669-1689. -- v. 2. 1689-1709. -- v. 3. 1709-1719. Vol. 3 contains an index and several appendices with biographical information about Lincolnshire Quakers who are mentioned in the minutes, as well as information about contemporary matters referred to in the minutes. The volumes cover a critical period in the history of Quakerism. In Very Good Condition: light soiling at head of spines; spine of vol. 2 is sunned; cover of vol. 2 is lightly soiled; otherwise all 3 volumes are clean and bright.

New York: Isaac Collins, 1797. Hardcover. Very Good -. xii, [2], 360 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Journal of Job Scott." Early American Imprints, ser. 1 (Evans), 32810. Howes, S-228. Old inscription running vertically on front board. Inscriptions on endpapers and blank adjacent leaves containing family records for former owner Samuel Davis (1766-1809), his wife Sarah Leedom Davis (1764-1806), Ruth Anna Davis (1801-1846) (presumably their daughter), her husband William Chandler (1787-1878), and their 10 children. Burials are noted as being "at the Valley," at Kennett Square, and at Union Hill. Written in upper part of title page: "Friends' Boarding Haus Kennet Square, Pa." Job Scott (1751-1793) was an American Quaker travelling minister. In Very Good- Condition: leather is rubbed; minor loss at spine ends; light soiling throughout; some page corners creased; a solid copy.

Dublin: Robert Jackson, 1781. Hardcover. Very Good. xxiv, 186 p.; 17 cm. Signatures: A-H12 I6 K4 (-K4) (12mo). Contemporary full speckled calf; six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled leather label in second compartment with title "Gough's Life." Small paper label in first compartment with number "17." Blind-tooled decoration on board edges. Printed label on front fixed endpaper for Aimwell School Library. In 1796 the Society for the Free Instruction of Female Children was established in Philadelphia by three Quaker women. The name Aimwell School was adopted in 1807. The first edition of the memoirs of the English Quaker schoolmaster and author James Gough (1712-1780). Includes the author's An Epistle to Friends, in All Parts of Ireland (p. [159]-184). In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; minor loss at head of spine; old dampstaining to fore-edges; light foxing throughout; otherwise clean and tight.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1882. Hardcover. Very Good +. xxviii, 378 p.; 20 cm. Publisher's dark red-brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; boards have bevelled edges. Black endpapers. Includes index. First American edition. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper: "S. S. Stafford Feb. 1882." Former owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Jack Fox with illustration of a fox with a book. Caroline Fox (1819-1871), a member of an English Quaker family, recorded her observations of prominent scientists and intellectuals of her time, including John Stuart Mill and Thomas Carlyle. Her father, Robert Were Fox (1789-1877), was a geologist and inventor. In Very Good+ Condition: edges lightly rubbed; slightly cocked; minor loss at head of spine; clean and tight.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1929. Very Good -. Lucas, Samuel. First published in The History of Hitchin, vol. 2, 1929; this separate edition published later the same year. 150, [2] p.: 9 in-text drawings, 13 leaves of illustrations (many by Samuel Lucas); 25 cm. Green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; gilt-stamped center medallion on both boards. Title page in red and black, with decorative border. Publisher's device on page following index. Top page edges gilt. Includes bibliography and index. Faint white library call numbers on spine. Front fixed endpaper bears inscription: Friends House Preparative Meeting Library. The same, with Friends House, Euston Road, London, stamped on the front free endpaper. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper: "Helen F. Carpenter, Withleigh, West Heath Rd [Hampstead, London] NW3." A history of the Society of Friends in Hitchen, Herfordshire, England. In Very Good- Condition: spine is sunned (slightly… Read More

Philadelphia: Joseph Rakestraw, 1848. Paperback. Very Good. 16 p.; 22 cm. Lacking wrapper. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "20" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. Enoch Lewis (1776-1856) was a Pennsylvania Quaker and a mathematician who edited several mathematical works and published several textbooks, including one on spherical projections. He was an abolitionist, establishing the monthly journal African Observer and taking an active role in the Underground Railroad in Chester County, Pa. In this pamphlet he examines another issue of concern to the Society of Friends, that of legal and judicial oaths, which Friends refused to take. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition; lacking wrapper; disbound; very light foxing on title page and p. 16; otherwise, clean and bright.

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good -. ix, [1], 301 p.: tables; 22 cm. Grey cloth with black spine title. Dust jacket. "For good or ill, the Philadelphia Quakers found themselves caught up in the burning political and moral issues of the industrial age." -- dust jacket. Book is in Very Good+ Condition: top page edges lightly soiled; closed 1-cm. tear from upper edge of front free endpaper; 2 page corners creased; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; several closed tears of 1 cm. or less from edges; lightly soiled.

Philadelphia: James P. Parke, 1808. Hardcover. Very Good. The Second American, from the Second London edition. Vol. 1 only, of 3 volumes. xxxii, 289 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Two inscriptions on front free endpaper: "Thomas Jackson's Book"; "Presented to Eliza Hayhurst by her friend Anna Lewis June 18th 1836." The author, Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846), was an English abolitionist who had gotten to know many Quakers while working to abolish slavery in Britain. The Slave Trade Act, abolishing the British slave trade, was enacted the year before this edition of A Portraiture of Quakerism was published. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed; small scrapes on spine with loss from leather label; loss of quarter-sized circle of leather on back board; light foxing throughout; otherwise clean and tight.

Philadelphia: Tract Association of Friends, 1890. Pamphlet. Very Good. 8 p.; 18 cm. Pamphlet without wrapper. Caption title. No publication information, but "TAF" above title. This is the emblem used by the Tract Association of Friends, established in Philadelphia in 1816. Although this tract was also issued by other tract societies, "No. 102" at the lower edge of the first page identifies it as part of the Tract Association of Friends' series. Presents the life of Ralph Dixon (d. 1854), who was apprenticed to a shoemaker in England and later enlisted in the 31st regiment of foot and was sent to Ireland where he was injured at the Battle of Talavera. After returning home, he joined the Society of Friends, after which he could no longer take the oath required to receive his army pension. In spite of the hardships he experienced, he became "remarkably calm and peaceful." In Very Good Condition: lower corners lightly creased; light stain along part of spine;… Read More

Philadelphia, 1861. Hardcover. Good +. 16 x 10 cm. Mid-19th-century calf; black spine label with gilt-tooled title "Receipts. Blind-rolled decorative border on each board. All page edges black. Pages are ruled portrait-length. The first 2 pages contain records of payments from Samuel Bettle Jr. (1774-1861) to family members and the following 4 contain payments related to the settlement of Samuel Bettle's estate after his death in April 1861. Samuel Bettle was a member of a Quaker family in Philadelphia. Several pages following that contain pencilled records of the standings for the 8 National League teams as of Aug. 5, 1904, as well as a drawing of a baseball field and the scores of several Phillies games against Boston and Cincinnati. The remainder of the notebook is blank. In Good+ Condition: leather torn at tail of spine; gilt lacking from spine label; pages removed at back of notebook, leaving back hinge weak; otherwise, clean and solid.