A Brief Account of the Rise of the Society of Friends
Philadelphia: Friends' Book Store, 1889. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; Gilt lettering on front cover; 57 pp.; No illustrations. More
Philadelphia: Friends' Book Store, 1889. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; Gilt lettering on front cover; 57 pp.; No illustrations. More
Philadelphia: Benjamin & Thomas Kite, 1824. Hardcover. Boards; 51 pp.; No illustrations. More
Philadelphia: Benjamin & Thomas Kite, 1824. Hardcover. Grey boards with leather spine; 51 pp. with no illustrations. More
Nancy, France: Gustave Crepin-Leblond, 1875. Softcover. Light green paper wraps, mylar cover as dust jacket, 478 pp. The second volume only, of a two-volume inaugural conference set of this international organization. Text is in French, unless quoting primary documents in other languages (like English). This volume includes essays or presentations..... More
Trenton: Printed and Sold by Isaac Collins, 1791. Hardcover. Full brown leather with diced boards, red leather gilt lettered title applied to leather spine. The first Bible printed in New Jersey, the second quarto King James Bible printed in America, and the best known product of the eighteenth-century New Jersey..... More
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Historical Survey, 1941. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards; Gilt lettering on spine and front covering; 397 pp.; 2 bw figures. More
Philadelphia: 1907. Hardcover. Brown embossed cloth over boards; Gilt titling at spine; 207 pp.; No illustrations. This is not a print-on-demand or digital edition! Scarce copy of this book, printed expressly for the 1907 yearly meeting of Friends in Philadelphia. Includes 8-page "Revisions of Discipline, from 1910 to fourth month..... More
Philadelphia: T. Ellwood Chapman, 1856. Hardcover. Brown embossed cloth over boards; Gilt titling at spine; 138 pp.; No illustrations. This is not a print-on-demand or digital edition! Scarce copy of this book, printed expressly for the 1856 yearly meeting of Friends in Philadelphia. More
Philadelphia: 1868. Hardcover. Brown embossed cloth over boards; Gilt titling at spine; 138 pp.; No illustrations. This is not a print-on-demand or digital edition! Scarce copy of this book, printed expressly for the 1868 yearly meeting of Friends in Philadelphia. More
Philadelphia: 1877. Hardcover. Brown embossed cloth over boards; Gilt titling at spine; 136 pp.; No illustrations. This is not a print-on-demand or digital edition! Scarce copy of this book, printed expressly for the 1877 yearly meeting of Friends in Philadelphia. More
Philadelphia: Association of Friends For The Diffusion of Religious and Useful Knowledge, 1858. Softcover. Brown cloth with gilt lettering at spine and imprinted decoration to covers; 127 pp.; No illustrations. Accounts of the lives and religious dedication of young people after their deaths. More
Mountpleasant, Ohio: printed and published by the author, 1825. First. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards, library binding; 320 pp.; No illustrations. More
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1976. Hardbound. Heather cloth boards with blue-gray DJ, [ix] 301pp, no illustrations. More
Wilmington, Ohio: Clinton County Historical Society, 1966. Hardcover. Terracotta cloth/boards with bw image and black lettering. 100 pp. with occasional bw images. The life story of Ohio Quaker artist, Eli Harvey, known for his stunning sculptures of both wild and domestic animals. Includes a foreword by Norman Rockwell, a list..... More
Easton, Maryland: The Queen Anne Press, 1984. Softbound. Green pictorial wraps, 93pp, numerous BW illustrations. A brief history of Quakerism as it pertains to the Third Haven Meeting of Friends in Maryland. More
Philadelphia: Kimber & Sharpless, 1830. Paperback. Sewn sheets, no wrappers apparent. 18 sheets, 36 pp. including last sheet with 2 pp ads for boks sold by the publisher. Small engraving on first page / title-page, as well as 1 woodcut "Anaotomy of Man's Body, as said to be governed by..... More
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Valley Forge Historical Society, 1988. Softcover. White wraps with bw illus. and black lettering. ii + 89 + 7 with no content illus. June 1988 edition of the journal published semiannually. Articles include Martin Hunter's Journal: America 1774-1778; Nathanael Greene: The Fighting Quaker 1770-1781; The Laborious Press;..... More
Paris: Galerie Canesso, 2016. Hardcover. Beautiful blue cloth/boards. Silver lettering. Red end papers. 55 pp. with color and bw images throughout. Text in French. Catalogue from February 2016 of Galerie Canesso's offerings. Pictured and annotated are 10 main works, each with addition supporting images in color/bw. The works are: Jacopo..... More
Wilmington, Del. Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1968. CAVE. Hardbound. Brown cloth with gilt lettering, 229 pp. Numerous bw illustrations. Contains 14 articles on American Arts, Architecture, and related topics to the research and programs at Winterthur. Articles include Furniture of The Lower Connecticut River Valley: The Hartford Area..... More
Philadelphia: John Simmons, 1825. Hardcover. Boards; Leather at spine; 99 pp. No illustrations. Reading copy; Printed by Joseph Rakestraw. More
Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899. Hardcover. Maroon cloth. xxxii, 694 pp. No illus. A great find for the American history buff! More
New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. Hardcover. Green-gray cloth, white & color illus. dust jacket. 276 pp. Numerous bw, color repros. A monumental investigation into and presentation of this Quaker folk artist's work. Extensive notes and sources. This is without doubt the most comprehensive look at Hicks' work to date. More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1952. Hardcover. White cloth. xvi, 161 pp. 5 color, 37 bw repros. The first full-length examination of the life of this Quaker artist. More
Philadelphia: Friends' Intelligencer Association, Ltd, 1898. Hardcover. Burgundy library buckram. xiv + 372 pp. More
Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine River Museum of the Brandywine Conservancy, 1978. Softcover. Brown & illustrated wraps. 75 pp. 4 color, 53 bw repros. Issued in conjunction with several 1978 exhibitions of artwork by American painter George Cope, based in West Chester, Pennsylvania. A skilled still-life painter with a Quaker background..... More