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[Ashbridge, Elizabeth]:

SOME ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY PART OF THE LIFE OF ELIZABETH ASHBRIDGE, WHO DIED, IN THE TRUTH'S SERVICE, AT THE HOUSE OF ROBERT LECKY, IN THE COUNTY OF CARLOW, IRELAND, THE 16TH OF 5TH MONTH, 1755.

Philadelphia: Printed for Benjamin and Thomas Kite, 1807. [2 blank], 60pp. Original plain marbled front wrapper [light wear, rear wrap missing], stitched. Text tanned, scattered light spotting. Ownership signature of Mary Ann Osmond on front free endpaper. Good+ or so. "A portrait of a remarkable woman whose spiritual questing...

Price: $350.00

Benezet, Anthony:

THE PLAINNESS AND INNOCENT SIMPLICITY OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. WITH ITS SALUTARY EFFECTS, COMPARED TO THE CORRUPTING NATURE AND DREADFUL EFFECTS OF WAR. WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE BLESSING WHICH ATTENDS ON A SPIRIT INFLUENCED BY DIVINE LOVE, PRODUCING PEACE AND GOOD-WILL TO MEN. COLLECTED BY ANTHONY BENEZET.

Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1782. 12mo, 48pp. Disbound and lightly toned. Very Good. The great Quaker educator and anti-slavery reformer proclaims the "power of God to salvation, operating, through obedience, in the minds of the sincere hearted...Indians, Negroes, and others, even those esteemed of the lowest order, by no means excepted."...

Price: $450.00

[Children's Book]:

LONDON; A DESCRIPTIVE POEM.

New York: Published by Samuel Wood and Sons, No. 261, Pearl-Street; and Samuel S. Wood & Co. No. 212, Market-St. Baltimore, [1820]. 4-1/4" x 5". 16mo. 32pp. Original stiff printed wrappers. The rear wrapper advertises "Juvenile Books, Published by Samuel Wood & Sons, New York; And Samuel S. Wood &...

Price: $600.00

Crisp, Stephen:

SERMONS OR DECLARATIONS, MADE BY STEPHEN CRISP, ONE OF THE ANTIENT PREACHERS AMONGST THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS. TAKEN IN SHORT HAND, AS THEY WERE DELIVERED BY HIM.

Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Crukshank, 1773. 60pp. Disbound and lightly toned, a bit of browning to last few leaves [mostly in margins, no text obscured]. Some scattered light foxing. Overall, Very Good. The three Sermons were delivered in 1690, 1691, and 1687. Evans 12740. Hildeburn 2867.

Price: $250.00

Evans, John:

A NARRATIVE OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS, IN PHILADELPHIA, AGAINST JOHN EVANS. TO WHICH IS ADDED: A REPORT OF THE EVIDENCE DELIVERED ON THE TRIAL OF THE CASE OF JOHN EVANS, VERSUS ELLIS YARNALL AND OTHERS: WITH AN APPENDIX, COMPILED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JOHN EVANS.

[Philadelphia: John Adams & Co. Printers]. Sold by Thomas Dobson, 1811. vii, 238pp. Original calf [rubbed, rebacked in calf with gilt-lettered morocco spine label]. Presentation by author on front flyleaf, "John Evans respectfully presents to the Library Company of Philadelphia, Philada. 1814." Bookplate on front pastedown of the Library Company...

Price: $500.00

Fairbairn, Henry:

A DEFENCE OF WILLLIAM PENN, FROM THE CHARGES CONTAINED IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND BY THE RT. HON. THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY.

Philadelphia: 1849. Original printed wrappers [lightly worn], stitched, 38pp. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 23659.

Price: $50.00

[Fisher, William Logan]:

AN EXAMINATION OF THE NEW SYSTEM OF SOCIETY, BY ROBERT OWEN, SHOWING ITS INSUFFICIENCY TO REFORM MANKIND. WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF VIRTUE IN THE MIND OF MAN.

Philadelphia: Published by John Mortimer... Jesper Harding, Printer, 1826. x, [11]-86 pp. Several light institutional rubberstamps, lightly worn. Bound in attractive, modern marbled boards and quarter calf, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Good+. Fisher [1781-1862] was a Philadelphia Quaker, philosopher, and entrepreneur: he owned one of the area's first woolen...

Price: $1,750.00

Friends:

THE EPISTLE FROM THE YEARLY-MEETING IN LONDON, HELD BY ADJOURNMENTS, FROM THE 15TH OF THE FIFTH MONTH 1780, TO THE 20TH OF THE SAME, INCLUSIVE. TO THE QUARTERLY AND MONTHLY MEETINGS OF FRIENDS AND BRETHREN IN GREAT-BRITAIN, IRELAND, AND ELSEWHERE. DEAR FRIENDS AND BRETHREN,...

[Philadelphia: 1780]. 4pp, 4to. Caption title [as issued]. Light to moderate foxing, folded, short closed tear at a fold [no loss]. Good+. This rare imprint reports that, among Friends in America, "the slavery of the poor negroes is nearly put an end to." Moreover, it "has greatly decreased amongst...

Price: $450.00

Friends:

THE EPISTLE FROM THE YEARLY-MEETING, HELD IN LONDON, BY ADJOURNMENTS, FROM THE 19TH OF THE FIFTH MONTH, TO THE 27TH OF THE SAME, INCLUSIVE, 1824. TO THE QUARTERLY AND MONTHLY MEETINGS OF FRIENDS, IN GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND, AND ELSEWHERE. DEAR FRIENDS,...

Philadelphia: Solomon W. Conrad, [1824]. 4to. 3, [1] pp. Caption title [as issued]. Untrimmed, light wear and fox, folded. Very Good. "Speculations of any kind which may seem to hold out the prospect of a rapid accumulation of wealth, greatly endanger that tranquillity of mind." American Imprints does not record this printing.

Price: $30.00

Hume, Sophia:

AN EPISTLE TO THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA; CONTAINING SUNDRY OBSERVATIONS PROPER TO BE CONSIDER'D BY EVERY PROFESSOR OF CHRISTIANITY IN GENERAL.

London: Printed and Sold by Luke Hinde, 1754. 114, [2-advts] pp. Bound in later dark blindstamped calf with gilt lettered spine [minor rubbing]. Lightly age toned, trimmed a bit closely with minimal loss of edges of letters of side margin Biblical notes. Partial inscription at head of title page. Very...

Price: $375.00

Hume, Sophia:

AN EXHORTATION TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, TO BRING THEIR DEEDS TO THE LIGHT OF CHRIST, IN THEIR OWN CONSCIENCES. IN WHICH IS INSERTED, SOME ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCE IN THE IMPORTANT BUSINESS OF RELIGION.

London: Printed and Sold by Luke Hinde, 1752. 152pp. Bound in full calf [some rubbing to covers, rebacked in period style, with raised and gilt-decorated spine bands, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label]. Bookplate on front pastedown of John Earl of Loudoun, i.e., John Campbell, the Fourth Earl of Loudoun, who...

Price: $750.00

Hume, Sophia:

AN EXHORTATION TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA, TO BRING THEIR DEEDS TO THE LIGHT OF CHRIST, IN THEIR OWN CONSCIENCES. BY S.H. IN WHICH IS INSERTED, SOME ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCE IN THE IMPORTANT BUSINESS OF RELIGION.

Bristol: Samuel Farley, 1750. 80pp. Bound in modern green cloth with black morocco spine label. Early owner's inscription in the blank margin of first text page. Very Good. Sophia Hume [1701-1774], a native of South Carolina, was the granddaughter of Mary Fisher, one of the two Quakers first to come...

Price: $450.00

[Jenkins, Thomas and Company]:

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: AT THE SECOND SESSION, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF NEW-YORK, ON MONDAY THE FOURTH OF JANUARY, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY. AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF THOMAS JENKINS AND COMPANY.

[New York]: Printed by Francis Child and John Swaine, [1790]. Folio broadside, untrimmed. Untrimmed edges browned, else Very Good. A rare Act of the First Congress, remitting duties on property of Thomas Jenkins and Company, "merchants of the city of Hudson, in the state of New-York, which was lost...

Price: $650.00

Mason, Benjamin:

LIGHT RISING OUT OF OBSCURITY. OR, A REPLY TO FRANCIS HERR'S PAMPHLET, INTITLED, A SHORT EXPLICATION OF THE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD; LIKEWISE, OF THE CHRISTIAN BAPTISM, AND THE PEACEABLE KINGDOM OF CHRIST, AGAINST THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS.

Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1790. 46, [2 blank] pp. Disbound. Very Good. Herr was associated with Pennsylvania's Mennonites, but evidently left that sect after doctrinal disputes. Mason's argument with Herr centered around "several plain contradictions" in Herr's thinking, according to Mason, but particularly water Baptism, which Herr calls "an ordinance of...

Price: $250.00

Penn, Thomas:

LAND GRANT, SIGNED AT PHILADELPHIA ON 22 OCTOBER 1733, FROM THOMAS PENN TO BENJAMIN BURGES FOR "FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND ADJOINING TO AND LYING EASTWARD OF JAMES SILVER'S LAND; I FAVOURING THE SAID REQUEST DO AGREE THAT THE SAID BENJAMIN BURGES SHALL SETTLE ON THE ABOVEMENTIONED LAND AND WILL ORDER A PATENT TO BE DRAWN FOR THE SAME AS SOON AS THE INDIAN CLAIM SHALL BE SATISFIED ON THE LIKE TERMS THAT OTHER LANDS IN THOSE PARTS SHALL BE GRANTED."

[4]pp. Written in neat ink manuscript on the recto, inner pages blank, docketed on verso of page [4]. Document laid down, repaired at folds, slight effect on two lines of letters. Good or so. Thomas Penn [1702-1775] was the son of William Penn. Thomas, along with his brothers, became...

Price: $750.00

Penn, William:

FRUITS OF A FATHER'S LOVE: BEING THE ADVICE OF WILLIAM PENN TO HIS CHILDREN, RELATING TO THEIR CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS CONDUCT. THE FIFTH EDITION.

London: Printed and Sold by Mary Hinde, 1771. 60pp. Disbound with mild wear, else Very Good. An early edition of this pamphlet, first published in 1726. His advice to his children includes the admonition to "be careful to keep the Unity of the Faith in the Bond of Peace. Have...

Price: $250.00

Penn, William:

FRUITS OF SOLITUDE, IN REFLECTIONS AND MAXIMS RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF HUMAN LIFE. THE TENTH EDITION.

Philadelphia: Printed by Benjamin Johnson, 1792. 12mo. xi, [9], 166, [2], 86, [2] pp. But pages 85-166 are bound out of order at the end of the book. Separate title page for second title, 'Fruits of a Father's Love...The Eighth Edition.' Light foxing. Bound in 19th century half morocco and...

Price: $275.00

[Penn, William; Barclay, Robert; and Pike, Joseph]:

THREE TREATISES, IN WHICH THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE, DOCTRINES, WORSHIP, MINISTRY AND DISCIPLINE OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS, ARE PLAINLY DECLARED. THE FIRST, BY WILLIAM PENN, IN ENGLAND; THE SECOND, BY ROBERT BARCLAY, IN SCOTLAND; THE THIRD, BY JOSEPH PIKE, IN IRELAND.

Philadelphia: Re-printed by Joseph Crukshank, 1770. [8], 88, vii, [1], 111, [1], 24 pp. Bound in original sheep [rubbed, hinges strong]. Light and occasionally moderate foxing, lacks the rear free endpaper. Good+. "A brief account of the rise and progress of the people called Quakers...-- The anarchy of the...

Price: $250.00

[Quakers]:

TESTIMONY OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, AGAINST SLAVERY; REVIVED BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW ENGLAND YEARLY MEETING.

Boston: S.N. Dickinson & Co., 1847. 12pp, Stitched in original printed wrappers, Near Fine. Chronicling the Friends' opposition to "the iniquitous system of slavery...Instead of endeavoring to raise the colored man up from his degradation and woe, the foot is ruthlessly placed upon his neck." LCP 3862.

Price: $75.00

Seneca Indians:

THE CASE OF THE SENECA INDIANS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, ILLUSTRATED BY FACTS. PRINTED FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS...

Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thompson, Printers. 1840. 256pp, bound in original cloth [some wear] with chipped paper spine label. Generously margined. Lightly to moderately foxed, hole in blank bottom margin of last several leaves. Good+. [offered with] Strong, Nathaniel T., A Chief of the Seneca Tribe: APPEAL TO THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY...

Price: $500.00

Society of Friends:

A CATECHISM AND CONFESSION OF FAITH, WHICH CONTAINETH A TRUE AND FAITHFUL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPLES AND DOCTRINES OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS. TO WHICH IS ADDED, THE ANCIENT TESTIMONY OF THE SAID PEOPLE REVIV'D, WITH SOME OF THE RULES OF THE DISCIPLINE ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM. EXTRACTED FROM THE MINUTES OF THEIR YEARLY MEETINGS.

Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1773. [10], 147, [3], 64, [3- printer's advertisements], [1 blank] pp. First several and last several leaves moderately worn. Disbound. Good With separate title pages for 'A Catechism and Confession of Faith,' and 'The Ancient Testimony...' Evans 12661. Hildeburn 2853, 2851.

Price: $125.00

Society of Friends:

A COLLECTION OF SOME WRITINGS OF THE MOST NOTED OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS, IN THEIR TIMES. COLLECTED TOGETHER, IN ORDER THAT SUCH WHO PROFESS THAT WAY NOW MAY COMPARE THEIR SENTIMENTS WITH THOSE OF THEIR FOREFATHERS, AS THEY TERM THEM, OR SUCH AS WERE DEEMED WORTHY ANCIENTS, WHOSE WRITINGS HAVE BEEN APPROVED OF BY THE SOCIETY IN GENERAL.

Philadelphia: Printed [by W. and T. Bradford] for the Compiler, 1767. iv, 5-34pp. Stitched, untrimmed, generously margined, uncut. Lightly toned, mildly foxed, a couple of contemporary margin corrections. Very Good in its unsophisticated state. The writings concern the question of Quakers' obligation to pay a tax to the Pennsylvania...

Price: $450.00

Society of Friends:

RATES & FEES FOR USE OF THE HEARSE BELONGING TO THE QUAKER SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.

[np: @1900]. Broadside, large red and black type faces. Margin-toned, else Very Good. "Indians shall have their bodies carried for Christian Burial only. The Society's Hearse shall not be let for any Heathen ceremonies." Other, less-interesting rules for use of the Hearse are also listed. The Society of Friends for...

Price: $500.00

Society of Friends:

TO THE QUARTERLY AND MONTHLY MEETINGS OF FRIENDS IN GREAT-BRITAIN, IRELAND, AND AMERICA. DEAR FRIENDS..

[Philadelphia? Franklin and Hall? 1751]. 4pp, caption title [as issued]. Folio. Old folds, with fold repairs [no loss]. Untrimmed. Good. The Epistle is signed at the end, "From the Meeting for Sufferings in London, the sixth Day of the Seventh Month, 1751." Evans ascribed this work to the Philadelphia...

Price: $250.00

[Society of Friends]:

THE TESTIMONY OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS, GIVEN FORTH BY A MEETING OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF SAID PEOPLE, IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW-JERSEY, HELD AT PHILADELPHIA THE TWENTY-FOURTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH, 1775.

[Philadelphia: 1775]. Folio broadside, 8" x 13-1/4". Old folds, several blank margin chips and light wear, else Very Good. Quakers were subject to much public obloquy in Pennsylvania for refusing to support the American Revolution. Signed in type by James Pemberton, Clerk of the Meeting, this broadside explains why Quakers...

Price: $2,000.00

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