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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... More

Price: $350.00

Benezet, Anthony:

A CAUTION TO GREAT BRITAIN AND HER COLONIES, IN A SHORT REPRESENTATION OF THE CALAMITOUS STATE OF THE ENSLAVED NEGROES IN THE BRITISH DOMINIONS. BY ANT. BENEZET.

London: 1767. 46pp. Disbound, else Very Good. Written "to make known the aggravated iniquity attending the practice of the Slave-Trade," this pamphlet contrasts the brutal hardships of the Middle Passage and West Indian slavery with the pleasant, civilized life in West Africa from which the slaves were torn. This... More

Price: $850.00

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."... More

Price: $450.00

LONDON; A DESCRIPTIVE POEM. Children's Book.

[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 &... More

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. More

Price: $250.00

THE DOCTRINE OF BAPTISMS, REDUCED FROM ITS ANCIENT AND MODERN CORRUPTIONS; AND RESTORED TO ITS PRIMITIVE SOUNDNESS AND INTEGRITY: ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF TRUTH; THE SUBSTANCE OF FAITH, AND THE NATURE OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM. William Dell.

Dell, William:

THE DOCTRINE OF BAPTISMS, REDUCED FROM ITS ANCIENT AND MODERN CORRUPTIONS; AND RESTORED TO ITS PRIMITIVE SOUNDNESS AND INTEGRITY: ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF TRUTH; THE SUBSTANCE OF FAITH, AND THE NATURE OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM.

Philadelphia: B. Franklin, and D. Hall, 1759. iv, 5-43, [1 blank] pp. Small gum label affixed to blank upper left corner of title page, light toning and mild foxing, a barely noticeable repair to a short closed tear. Very Good, in attractive modern, marbled paper-covered boards. "The Society of Friends... More

Price: $1,250.00

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... More

Price: $875.00

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. More

Price: $50.00

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. William Logan Fisher.

[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... More

Price: $1,750.00

Friends:

AN ACCOUNT OF THE SUFFERINGS OF FRIENDS OF NORTH CAROLINA YEARLY MEETING, IN SUPPORT OF THEIR TESTIMONY AGAINST WAR, FROM 1861 TO 1865. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF NORTH CAROLINA YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS.

Baltimore: William K. Boyle, 1868. 28pp, stitched in original printed wrappers [light wear to wrappers]. Very Good plus. The pamphlet presents detailed evidence and testimony concerning the persecution, forcible conscription, violence against, and-- in several instances-- murder of North Carolina Quakers who resisted the Confederacy's authority during the Civil... More

Price: $250.00

Friends:

AN EPISTLE FROM OUR YEARLY MEETING, HELD IN PHILADELPHIA, BY ADJOURNMENTS, FROM THE 20TH OF THE 4TH MO. TO THE 25TH OF THE SAME INCLUSIVE, 1812, EXPRESSIVE OF AN EXERCISE WHICH AROSE AND SPREAD IN THIS MEETING, WHICH IS AFFECTIONATELY RECOMMENDED TO THE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF ALL OUR mEMBERS.

[Philadelphia: 1812]. 4to. 2, [2 blanks] pp. Caption title [as issued]. Untrimmed, a bit of margin foxing, folded. Very Good. AI 25475 [1]. More

Price: $30.00

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, Friends:.

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... More

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. More

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... More

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... More

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... More

Price: $450.00

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. Thomas and Company Jenkins.

[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... More

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... More

Price: $250.00

[New Jersey]:

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE NEW-JERSEY SOCIETY, FOR PROMOTING THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY: TO WHICH IS ANNEXED, EXTRACTS FROM A LAW OF NEW-JERSEY PASSED THE 2D MARCH, 1786, AND SUPPLEMENT TO THE SAME, PASSED THE 26TH NOVEMBER, 1788.

Burlington [NJ]: Printed for the Society, by Isaac Neale, 1793. 16pp, stitched. Contemporary plain wrappers present but detached. Untrimmed, lightly toned. Very Good. This is the printing of the Constitution which had been "enlarged at Burlington the 2d of the 5th Month (May), 1793." The original Constitution, adopted three months... More

Price: $2,500.00

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." Thomas Penn.

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... More

Price: $750.00

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. William Penn.

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... More

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... More

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... More

Price: $250.00

A STATISTICAL INQUIRY INTO THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE OF COLOUR, OF THE CITY AND DISTRICTS OF PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia Negroes.

[Philadelphia Negroes]:

A STATISTICAL INQUIRY INTO THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE OF COLOUR, OF THE CITY AND DISTRICTS OF PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia: Printed by Kite & Walton, 1849. 44pp, stitched in modern marbled wrappers. Very Good. The 'Inquiry', commissioned by the Society of Friends, is a landmark census analysis, designed "to obtain an up-to-date picture of the black community" in Philadelphia. "Among other data gathered were statistics on crime, a.... More

Price: $1,750.00

Quakers:

THE TESTIMONY OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS ON THE CONTINENT OF AMERICA.

Philadelphia: 1830. 39pp, dbd, light wear. Very Good. The Testimony reflects anguish over the "deeply affecting schism" in the Society of Friends, decrying "the introduction of speculative opinions, under specious colorings," and warning that "the writings of our early Friends [are] perverted to support those views." In addition to... More

Price: $100.00

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