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1993Best.-Nr. 11776Sergio bonelli editore 1993 114 pages collection tex #146. in8. 1993. broché. 114 pages. Une communauté de Quakers souhaite émigrer de l'Utah vers la Californie sans rejoindre d'autres convois mais une bande de malfaiteurs dirigée par l'homme d'affaires Goldfield s'est arrogé le droit d'organiser toutes les caravanes partant de Cedar City dans le but de les dépouiller
1847Best.-Nr. 2345Boston: Printed by S.N. Dickinson & Co. 1847. A full-throated cry against slavery. The Quakers who had long opposed slavery wonder how a supposedly Christian nation could allow such evil to exist. "From the border slave states to the far south and southwest the vessels of the slave-trader regularly ply laden with youthful victims reared like cattle for the market" page 4. This pamphlet is scarce to the market. PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo 7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches; 183 x 119 mm 12 pages in original printed wrappers softcover. CONDITION: Slight soiling and creasing to wrappers horizontal fold probably for mailing. Very Good or better. Printed by S.N. Dickinson & Co. paperback
1954Best.-Nr. 4307Philadelphia 1954. About very good. Thirty-five printed and typescript items approximately 150pp. total. Some staples old folds. Scattered contemporary ink stamps. Light toning and minor wear heavier in places. Scattered chipping and occasional short edge tears. A fascinating and scarce group of newsletters pamphlets and ephemera published by the American Friends Service Committee during and after World War II comprising thirty-five printed and typescript items. The Committee administered roughly one third of the camps in the Civilian Public Service system which was established to provide a means of non-military service to religious conscientious objectors during the war and also played a significant role in the anti-draft anti-conscription movement. The first group of material present here includes seven issues of the Civilian Public Service Friends Newsletter. These provide a detailed contemporary account of the overall state of the camps including camp populations incoming "campers" camp openings and closures and the financial situation. The newsletters also include news relating to the administration of the camps and developments regarding their operation and the activities of the interned objectors. Included as well are a promotional report issued on the two-year anniversary of the Service's inception and an elaborate four-page solicitation for donations to the CPS both also issued by the American Friends Service Committee. The issues of the newsletters present are: No. 5 October 30th 1942; No. 6 December 21 1942; No. 8 February 25 1943; No. 9 March 15 1943; No. 10 April 21 1943; No. 12 July 12 1943; No. 13 August 23 1943. A substantial run of a scarce and short-lived newsletter. We locate individually catalogued groups of these reports only at Bethel College and the University of Oregon and not in the Swarthmore Peace Collection. A second group of newsletters contains three issues of a weekly periodical Information and eleven issues of its monthly offshoot Information Digest dating December 1943 to July 1945 with two issues from later in 1946. These issues document the administration process of the CPS camps and contain reports on various facets of their operation including finances fundraising working and social conditions religious life and legal issues. Amongst these are reports on internal efforts and negotiations to fund the camps both within the Society of Friends and in partnership with other pacifist religious sects such as the Mennonites who were involved in camp operations. The December 2 1943 issue of Information for example contains a detailed narrative of the negotiation to fund the camps in 1944. The newsletters also contain a wealth of information on developments initiatives and daily life at the camps which include some particularly interesting reports on mental health among internees and on civil rights as the issue related to conscientious objectors but also to racial equality in the United States during the war era. OCLC locates holdings of this periodical at just a small handful of institutions. The third group of material comprises four scarce typed reports prepared and distributed by the AFSC during the war regarding the rights of conscientious objectors and their status. Three of the reports address the Selective Service Act and continued amendments thereto concentrating on the portions of the law that applied to religious objectors to military service and changes that affected objectors during the early years of the war. The first these issued in March 1942 first outlines the changes made to the draft law during December 1941 in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the declaration of war on the Axis powers and then provides an extensive step-by-step procedure for the application process to become a conscientious objector. Two further lengthy "memoranda" explain the rights of conscientious objectors as of December 1942 and March 1943 when each report was produced and gives advice for completing the objector application as well as for preparing supplementary documents and written statements. The other report in this group dated September 1941 gives an outline of the finances and disposition of the Civilian Public Service the system of labor camps for conscientious objectors on the eve of the war including lists of camps already in operation their capacities and statistical charts of objectors already registered and camp populations and assignments. These reports are quite striking as first-hand evidence of the role played by the Society of Friends administration in counseling their members to become conscientious objectors. Finally there is an interesting group of Quaker anti-conscription ephemera from World War II consisting of nine pamphlets that outline the pacifist views of the Society of Friends and the reasons behind them. The works go on to detail how these beliefs necessitate the Quakers' refusal to be conscripted into the American armed forces and defend this stance. Two pamphlets deal specifically with the opposition to peacetime conscription which became a political issue towards the end of the war. The individual titles are as follows: 1 "Why They Cannot Go to War." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1940. 2 "Why We Oppose Conscription." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1941. 3 "United States of America vs. Arle Brooks." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1941. Two copies. 4 Royden A. Maude. "An Unarmed State." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee N.d. 5 Muste A.J. "Conscription and Conscience." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1944. Two copies. 6 "Peace Time Conscription.A Problem for Americans." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1944. 7 "Permanent Conscription." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1945. 8 "No! To Peacetime Conscription." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1945. 9 "Advices on Conscription and War." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1954. unknown books
1954Best.-Nr. 4307Philadelphia 1954. About very good. Thirty-five printed and typescript items approximately 150pp. total. Some staples old folds. Scattered contemporary ink stamps. Light toning and minor wear heavier in places. Scattered chipping and occasional short edge tears. A fascinating and scarce group of newsletters pamphlets and ephemera published by the American Friends Service Committee during and after World War II comprising thirty-five printed and typescript items. The Committee administered roughly one third of the camps in the Civilian Public Service system which was established to provide a means of non-military service to religious conscientious objectors during the war and also played a significant role in the anti-draft anti-conscription movement. The first group of material present here includes seven issues of the Civilian Public Service Friends Newsletter. These provide a detailed contemporary account of the overall state of the camps including camp populations incoming "campers" camp openings and closures and the financial situation. The newsletters also include news relating to the administration of the camps and developments regarding their operation and the activities of the interned objectors. Included as well are a promotional report issued on the two-year anniversary of the Service's inception and an elaborate four-page solicitation for donations to the CPS both also issued by the American Friends Service Committee. The issues of the newsletters present are: No. 5 October 30th 1942; No. 6 December 21 1942; No. 8 February 25 1943; No. 9 March 15 1943; No. 10 April 21 1943; No. 12 July 12 1943; No. 13 August 23 1943. A substantial run of a scarce and short-lived newsletter. We locate individually catalogued groups of these reports only at Bethel College and the University of Oregon and not in the Swarthmore Peace Collection. A second group of newsletters contains three issues of a weekly periodical Information and eleven issues of its monthly offshoot Information Digest dating December 1943 to July 1945 with two issues from later in 1946. These issues document the administration process of the CPS camps and contain reports on various facets of their operation including finances fundraising working and social conditions religious life and legal issues. Amongst these are reports on internal efforts and negotiations to fund the camps both within the Society of Friends and in partnership with other pacifist religious sects such as the Mennonites who were involved in camp operations. The December 2 1943 issue of Information for example contains a detailed narrative of the negotiation to fund the camps in 1944. The newsletters also contain a wealth of information on developments initiatives and daily life at the camps which include some particularly interesting reports on mental health among internees and on civil rights as the issue related to conscientious objectors but also to racial equality in the United States during the war era. OCLC locates holdings of this periodical at just a small handful of institutions. The third group of material comprises four scarce typed reports prepared and distributed by the AFSC during the war regarding the rights of conscientious objectors and their status. Three of the reports address the Selective Service Act and continued amendments thereto concentrating on the portions of the law that applied to religious objectors to military service and changes that affected objectors during the early years of the war. The first these issued in March 1942 first outlines the changes made to the draft law during December 1941 in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the declaration of war on the Axis powers and then provides an extensive step-by-step procedure for the application process to become a conscientious objector. Two further lengthy "memoranda" explain the rights of conscientious objectors as of December 1942 and March 1943 when each report was produced and gives advice for completing the objector application as well as for preparing supplementary documents and written statements. The other report in this group dated September 1941 gives an outline of the finances and disposition of the Civilian Public Service the system of labor camps for conscientious objectors on the eve of the war including lists of camps already in operation their capacities and statistical charts of objectors already registered and camp populations and assignments. These reports are quite striking as first-hand evidence of the role played by the Society of Friends administration in counseling their members to become conscientious objectors. Finally there is an interesting group of Quaker anti-conscription ephemera from World War II consisting of nine pamphlets that outline the pacifist views of the Society of Friends and the reasons behind them. The works go on to detail how these beliefs necessitate the Quakers' refusal to be conscripted into the American armed forces and defend this stance. Two pamphlets deal specifically with the opposition to peacetime conscription which became a political issue towards the end of the war. The individual titles are as follows: 1 "Why They Cannot Go to War." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1940. 2 "Why We Oppose Conscription." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1941. 3 "United States of America vs. Arle Brooks." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1941. Two copies. 4 Royden A. Maude. "An Unarmed State." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee N.d. 5 Muste A.J. "Conscription and Conscience." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1944. Two copies. 6 "Peace Time Conscription.A Problem for Americans." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1944. 7 "Permanent Conscription." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1945. 8 "No! To Peacetime Conscription." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1945. 9 "Advices on Conscription and War." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1954. unknown
1901Best.-Nr. 20890291901. London: Headley Brothers. 1901. 8vo. Original decoratively gilt-stamped white cloth the upper board somewhat marked top edge gilt; pp. 90 2 portrait photo frontis and 8 other b/w photo plates; inscribed in pencil to the recto of the ffep 'Barrow Cadbury Birmingham'; endpapers lightly embrowned else a bright copy.First edition. One of a limited edition of 250 numbered copies. This copy numbered in pencil 175. A collection of addresses made to the Sovereign between 1654 up to the address made to King Edward VII in 1902 by the Deputation of the Society of Friends The Quakers.Barrow Cadbury 1862-1958 was the head of the chocolate factory and founder of the Barrow Cadbury Trust. The Cadburys were a leading Quaker family and George Cadbury Barrow's uncle was one of the Friends that formed the deputation to Edward VII. hardcover
1715Best.-Nr. 21205London 1715. 4pp. Printed in two columns. Disbound. Small folio. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Some foxing. One of Two Known Copies A rare and expansive appeal to Parliament against the 1715 bill to renew the Quakers' right to the "solemn affirmation" in place of the legal oath. In 1696 after experiencing decades of exclusion and imprisonment for conscientiously refusing to take loyalty and court oaths Quakers were granted the right by an act of Parliament to take a "solemn affirmation" in legal situations in place of an actual oath. In 1715 a bill was under consideration in Parliament to renew that act indefinitely. Significantly longer than most lobbying documents from this time this petition asks that Parliament only extend the act if the affirmation be made "of no Force where they are concern'd in Interest but where they only Affirm as Witnesses between others there being no Temptation for them to Lye when it brings no Profit to them." Many Quakers by this time had achieved significant prosperity in manufacturing and commerce adding fuel to their enemies' resentment. The author of this pamphlet charges various Friends with hypocrisy greed and swindling and reprints an earlier petition describing six widows of commanders of two "Guinea ships" allegedly defrauded by Quakers including one Quaker from Maryland. Not listed in Joseph Smith's Biblioteca Anti-Quakeriana or A Descriptive Catalogue of Friends' Books. ESTC records only one copy at Oxford. unknown books
1715Best.-Nr. 21205London 1715. 4pp. Printed in two columns. Disbound. Small folio. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Some foxing. One of Two Known Copies A rare and expansive appeal to Parliament against the 1715 bill to renew the Quakers' right to the "solemn affirmation" in place of the legal oath. In 1696 after experiencing decades of exclusion and imprisonment for conscientiously refusing to take loyalty and court oaths Quakers were granted the right by an act of Parliament to take a "solemn affirmation" in legal situations in place of an actual oath. In 1715 a bill was under consideration in Parliament to renew that act indefinitely. Significantly longer than most lobbying documents from this time this petition asks that Parliament only extend the act if the affirmation be made "of no Force where they are concern'd in Interest but where they only Affirm as Witnesses between others there being no Temptation for them to Lye when it brings no Profit to them." Many Quakers by this time had achieved significant prosperity in manufacturing and commerce adding fuel to their enemies' resentment. The author of this pamphlet charges various Friends with hypocrisy greed and swindling and reprints an earlier petition describing six widows of commanders of two "Guinea ships" allegedly defrauded by Quakers including one Quaker from Maryland. Not listed in Joseph Smith's Biblioteca Anti-Quakeriana or A Descriptive Catalogue of Friends' Books. ESTC records only one copy at Oxford. unknown
188086 p. Manuscript corrections. 16mo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Very good copy. PA 61 L Stk
iv, [5]-186, [2]pp. 3 Works bound in one, 12mo (170 x 100 mm), cont. calf, gilt, a nice copy.
1794pp. vi, 438. Some light foxing. 12mo. 205mm. Contemporary full leather binding, cracked at joints. Front board fragile. A nice example. Sarah Tuke Grubb (1756-1790) was born at York, England and traveled throughout England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany and France as a minister of the Society of Friends. This account of her life and travel with extracts from her writings is extremely informative. Especially worthy of attention is her interest in Ackworth School (a Friends boarding school for girls) and her interest in Christian education generally. These particular accounts were addressed to a friend in America who was interested in founding similar institutions there. First published in Dublin in 1792. This Second Edition, served as a model for the first American edition (Trenton: 1795). **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 60 L Stk
1806v, [3], 97, [1] p. ; 17 cm. (12mo in 6s) Extracts from the author’s journals and manuscripts. Hardcover Good condition, in full calf, 2 leaves creased & repaired with mending tissue
1796v, [6]-118, [2] p. (p. [1-2] at end blank) ; 18 cm. (12mo) Hardcover Good condition, covers detached Evans 30834
1783Two volumes in one. pp. 164; xxiv, 184. 12mo. Old page repairs. First fly leaves loose. 12mo. 175mm. Very worn full leather. Front board detached. Mildly XLib. Evans 18146. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 61 L stk
1808Best.-Nr. 30732Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Crukshank 1808. First published in London in 1795 it was first printed in America in 1799. 70pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later grey plain wrappers. Some light discoloration and light wear else very good. First published in London in 1795 it was first printed in America in 1799. 70pp. 1 vols. 8vo. S & S 16230. S & S 16230 Printed by Joseph Crukshank unknown
1844Best.-Nr. 20220422London: Edward Marsh 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo; 4 247 pages publisher's embossed black cloth newly rebacked in leather An excellent precis of the history of the treatment of the Indian tribes east of the Mississippi River. The 2 fine maps are the frontispiece 16x11 cm. of the territories several Indian nations occupied previously to the settlement of the English colonies in America. The large folding map 46x43 cm also in color shows the territory NOW occupied by the natives In addition to the areas east of the Mississippi River this volume republished the report of two Quakers John Lang & Samuel Taylor who traveled in 1842 west of the Mississippi visiting the Winnebago Shawnees Kickapoos Delawares Kansas Osages Cherokees and Choctaws. Sabin 86572; Phillips Maps of America p.604; see also Howes L72; not in Field; Graff 2386 2387; Hubach p. 95; Jones 1073; Rader 2199; Wagner-Camp-Becker 96; Streeter 1807; Eberstadt 137:332; Not in Siebert Catalogues . The map of North America depicts an independent Texas extending north nearly to the Oregon border and northwest to Russian America. Edward Marsh hardcover
1783Best.-Nr. 003530Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank 1783. Hardcover. Very Good. 164 xxiv 184 p.; 17 cm. Signatures: pi1 A-2H6 12mo. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Memoirs of the Life Religious Experiences and Labours in the Gospel of James Gough Dublin: printed in 1782; Philadelphia: re-printed by Joseph Crukshank 1783 has separate title page and pagination but continuous signatures. James Gough's "Memoirs" were edited by his brother John Gough. Early Am. Imprints ser. 1 Evans 18146 17961; Smith Friends' Books 2:476; Hildeburn Pennsylvania 4699. Former owner's name on front free endpaper with note: Edward Bettle Jr. "bot of Porter & Coates." In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed; lacking leather at head of spine; front joint cracked; pages are browning; otherwise clean and tight. Joseph Crukshank hardcover
1859Best.-Nr. 000010694Philadelphia: Association of Friends for the Diffusion of Religious and Useful Knowledge 1859. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 2 iii-vii 1 9-103 3 pp. Brown publisher's cloth with gold lettering on the front board. Coated yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Excerpts taken from Tracts Illustrating the History Doctrine and Discipline of the Society of Friends published in London in 1851. A few nicks to the cloth; leaves show minor foxing with a contemporary gift inscription on the front flyleaf. Association of Friends for the Diffusion of Religious and Useful Knowledge hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. 54597Hamilton NY: The Republican Press 1939. Tall 8vo. 171 1 pp. Illust. title illustrations throughout. Brown cloth gilt lettering w/ d.j. cover art by Coye slight dustsoiling shelfwear NF/NF copy inscribed & signed by both authors on dedication page & numbered from the library of Martin K. Howes 1904-1972 noted collector of Robert Frost professor and librarian at Allegheny College PA. First edition signed & numbered No. 276 of 550 copies of this second title in the Meadville Trilogy largely written by these noted pacifist and Quaker poets during their extended residence in the Allegheny region of Pennsylvania. After acting as conscientious objectors during World War II and living in New York. After the War Albert 1904-1968 and Helen 1907-1968 moved to Rosemont PA founded the Ahab Press edited Toynbee’s War and Civilization and continued to publish and write anthologies of poetry and verse. Coye 1907-1981 is perhaps best remembered for his 1000s of illustrations for science fiction and fantasy magazines and the horror anthologies of August Derleth. The Republican Press, hardcover
1821Best.-Nr. 61985Various locations and publishers as noted below. 1821-1834. Collection of Quaker Pamphlets Compiled by a Baltimore Friend An interesting sammelband consisting of twenty-nine tracts published variously between 1821 and 1834 all relating in one way or another to the Society of Friends and bound in a matching set of two volumes. The volumes and many of the bound-in pamphlets bear the handwritten signature of "Wm Procter" and each volume of texts is preceded by a table of contents written in ink in the same hand. Some pamphlets also note the year Procter acquired them. The compiler of these two volumes was almost certainly William Procter 1780-1860 of Baltimore Maryland. Born in York England Procter arrived in Baltimore in 1796 at the age of sixteen. He married Anna Wilson in 1809 and together they had six children. Procter was a hardware merchant and an active member of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends. A death notice in the January 17 1860 issue of the Baltimore Sun described Procter as "a venerable and highly esteemed member of the Society of Friends Orthodox and the oldest hardware importer of Baltimore" distinguished for his "unobtrusive manners and integrity of character." The American Annual Monitor a publication of the Society of Friends in America noted that Procter was "much attached to our religious Society and filled many stations in the church to the satisfaction of his friends." The present collection of tracts and pamphlets reflects Procter's involvement and interest in the affairs of the Baltimore community of Friends. From the published minutes of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting documenting the activities of the Society and polemical tracts relating to the bitter theological controversies that divided the Friends community to pamphlets treating some of the issues and institutions in which members of the Baltimore Meeting were personally financially and politically invested the pamphlets herein offer a unique glimpse into American Quakerism in the 1820s and 30s. Included are pamphlets written in both condemnation and defense of Job Scott a Quaker preacher mystic and quietist from Providence Rhode Island as well as a host of pamphlets concerning the Hicksite schism that splintered the Quaker community in the 1820s. Also included is a publication commemorating the establishment of McKim's School in Baltimore a charity school funded by Quaker John McKim and his sons Isaac and William and another pamphlet on the collapse of the Union Bank of Maryland headed by Baltimore Quaker Thomas Ellicott. Most of the pamphlets were published either in Baltimore or Philadelphia with others published - one each - in Wilmington Delaware; Trenton New Jersey; and Mount Pleasant Ohio. A handful of others lack publication information. Early printer's imprints include those of William Brown Philadelphia Thomas Kite Philadelphia T. Murphy Baltimore and R. Porter & Son Wilmington. There is a total of twenty-nine separate works three of them duplicates across the two volumes fourteen in one and fifteen in the other. The titles in the order in which they appear are: First volume: 1 First Annual Report of the Bible Association of Friends in America Read at the Annual Meeting Held on the Evening of the Nineteenth of Fourth Month 1830. Philadelphia: William Brown 1830. 133pp. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 531. 2 Second Annual Report of the Bible Association of Friends in America Read at the Annual Meeting Held on the Evening of the Eighteenth of Fourth Month 1831. Philadelphia: William Brown 1831. 31pp. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780. 3 Third Annual Report of the Bible Association of Friends in America Read at the Annual Meeting Held on the Evening of the Sixteenth of Fourth Month 1832. Philadelphia: William Brown 1832. 17pp. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780. 4 An Appeal to the Society of Friends in Behalf of The Bible Association of Friends in America. Philadelphia: William Brown 1832. 72pp. SABIN 86036. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 11363. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780. 5 A Declaration of the Yearly Meetings of Friends Held in Philadelphia Respecting the Proceedings of Those Who Have Lately Separated from the Society: and Also Shewing the Contrast Between Their Doctrines and Those Held by Friends. Philadelphia: Thomas Kite 1828. 32pp. SABIN 19183. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 33301. 6 The Testimony of the Society of Friends on the Continent of America. Philadelphia: Joseph Rakestraw 1830. 36pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 1508. SABIN 86070. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780. 7 A Letter from Luke Howard of Tottenham Near London to a Friend in America; Containing Observations upon a Treatise Written by Job Scott entitled Salvation by Christ &c. N.p. 1825. 20pp. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:982. 8 A Letter from a Friend in America to Luke Howard of Tottenham Near London in Which the Character of Our Late Friend Job Scott Is Vindicated and Defended and His Doctrines Shown to Be Consistent with Scripture and Sound Reason. In Reply to a Letter Addressed by Luke Howard to the Author. N.p. 1826. 54pp. plus errata leaf bound in. SABIN 78289. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:943. 9 Charter of M'Kim's School Incorporated by The General Assembly of Maryland December Session 1820: with the By-Laws of the Trustees of That Institution. Baltimore: T. Murphy 1821. 15pp. including in-text illustration plus embossed seal of the school on separate slip of paper bound in. OCLC records only three copies at Yale Duke and the Library Company of Philadelphia. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 5889. 10 Owen Robert Dale: Letters Addressed to William Gibbons of Wilmington Del. in Reply to "An Exposition of Modern Scepticism;" Together with an Address to the Society of Friends and a Letter to Eli Hilles Benj. Ferris and Others. First Published in the F. Enquirer. Philadelphia: J.A. M'Clintock 1830. 24pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 2920. 11 Gibbons William: An Exposition of Modern Scepticism in a Letter Addressed to the Editors of the Free Enquirer. Wilmington De.: R. Porter and Son 1829. 48pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 38754. 12 Gould M.T.C.: The Friend or Advocate of Truth Extra. Facts from M.T.C. Gould Respecting Isaac T. Hopper caption title. Philadelphia 1831 16pp. 13 Defence of Isaac T. Hopper Against the Aspersions of Marcus T.C. Gould half title. N.p. N.d. 12pp. 14 Address of the Sufferers of the Eastern District of the City of Baltimore to the Yearly Meeting Held in Baltimore 10th Month 28th 1822. N.p. 1822. 24pp. OCLC locates only five copies. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 8778. Second volume: 15 Extracts from The Minutes of Baltimore Yearly Meeting caption title. N.p. 1833. 21pp. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:776. 16 Extracts from The Minutes of Baltimore Yearly Meeting caption title. N.p. 1831. 23pp. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:776. 17 Extracts from The Minutes of Baltimore Yearly Meeting caption title. N.p. 1830. 12pp. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:776. 18 Extracts from The Minutes of Baltimore Yearly Meeting caption title. N.p. 1829. 15pp. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:776. 19 Bates Elisha: The Incorporation of Ohio Yearly Meeting for the Purpose of Establishing a Boarding School Defended: or an Explanation of the Application Made by Friends to the Legislature of Ohio. Mount Pleasant Oh. 1833. 23pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 17684. 20 Foulke Joseph: Friends' Almanac for the Year of our Lord 1834. Being the Second After Leap Year…. Philadelphia: Evan Lewis 1833. 29-48pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 18930. DRAKE 11877. 21 Bates Elisha: A View of the Sentiments of Elias Hicks Respecting Future Rewards and Punishments. Philadelphia: Thomas Kite 1829. 16pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 37723. 22 Review of a Letter from Elias Hicks to Dr. N. Shoemaker. Fourth Edition. Philadelphia: Thomas Kite 1829. 28pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 40251. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:943. 23 A Review of Elias Hicks' Letter to Thomas Willis on the Miraculous Conception of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Philadelphia: Thomas Kite 1829. 27pp. 24 Epistles and Testimonies Issued by the Yearly Meetings of Friends in North America; Setting Forth Their Faith Respecting the Holy Scriptures and in the Divinity and Offices of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; Shewing That the Antichristian Doctrines of Those Who Have Lately Separated from the Society are Repugnant Thereto. Philadelphia: Thomas Kite 1828. 83pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 33295. SABIN 86056. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:779. 25 Another copy of The Testimony of the Society of Friends on the Continent of America. Philadelphia: Joseph Rakestraw 1830. 36pp. 26 The Decision in a Cause Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey between Thomas L. Shotwell Complainant and Joseph Hendrickson and Stacy Decow Defendants caption title. Trenton N.J.: P.J. Gray 1832. 90pp. Likely extracted from Wood George and Isaac H. Williamson The Society of Friends Vindicated: Being the Arguments of the Counsel of Joseph Hendrickson in a Cause Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey between Thomas L. Shotwell Complainant and Joseph Hendrickson and Stacy Decow Defendants. By George Wood and Isaac H. Williamson Counsellors at Law. To Which Is Appended the Decision of the Court. Trenton N.J.: P.J. Gray 1832. "An important case relating to a dispute between Orthodox and Hicksite Friends over funds belonging to the Society before the division" - SABIN. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 17135. SABIN 105026. FELCONE COLLECTION 1435. 27 Another copy of Address of the Sufferers of the Eastern District of the City of Baltimore to the Yearly Meeting Held in Baltimore 10th Month 28th 1822. N.p. 1822. 24pp. 28 Another copy of Gould M.T.C.: The Friend or Advocate of Truth Extra. Facts from M.T.C. Gould Respecting Isaac T. Hopper caption title. Philadelphia 1831 16pp. 29 Johnson Reverdy: Reply to a Pamphlet Entitled "A Brief Exposition of Matters Relating to the Bank of Maryland" with an Examination into Some of the Causes of the Bankruptcy of That Institution. Baltimore: Jas. Lucas & E.K. Deaver 1834. 54251pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 25136. SABIN 36271. Together the pamphlets provide a comprehensive look at the Society of Friends in Baltimore and in the United States more broadly between 1821 and 1834. Bound in two volumes. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards spines gilt. Boards rubbed shelfworn corners and spine ends worn. Intermittent tanning foxing and staining. Very good overall. The American Annual Monitor for 1861; or Obituary of the Members of the Society of Friends in America for the Year 1860. No. 4 New York 1861 p.145. "Death of an Aged Citizen. – Mr. Wm Proctor sic" in The Sun Baltimore MD January 17 1860. hardcover books
1821Best.-Nr. 61985Various locations and publishers as noted below. 1821-1834. Collection of Quaker Pamphlets Compiled by a Baltimore Friend An interesting sammelband consisting of twenty-nine tracts published variously between 1821 and 1834 all relating in one way or another to the Society of Friends and bound in a matching set of two volumes. The volumes and many of the bound-in pamphlets bear the handwritten signature of "Wm Procter" and each volume of texts is preceded by a table of contents written in ink in the same hand. Some pamphlets also note the year Procter acquired them. The compiler of these two volumes was almost certainly William Procter 1780-1860 of Baltimore Maryland. Born in York England Procter arrived in Baltimore in 1796 at the age of sixteen. He married Anna Wilson in 1809 and together they had six children. Procter was a hardware merchant and an active member of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends. A death notice in the January 17 1860 issue of the Baltimore Sun described Procter as "a venerable and highly esteemed member of the Society of Friends Orthodox and the oldest hardware importer of Baltimore" distinguished for his "unobtrusive manners and integrity of character." The American Annual Monitor a publication of the Society of Friends in America noted that Procter was "much attached to our religious Society and filled many stations in the church to the satisfaction of his friends." The present collection of tracts and pamphlets reflects Procter's involvement and interest in the affairs of the Baltimore community of Friends. From the published minutes of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting documenting the activities of the Society and polemical tracts relating to the bitter theological controversies that divided the Friends community to pamphlets treating some of the issues and institutions in which members of the Baltimore Meeting were personally financially and politically invested the pamphlets herein offer a unique glimpse into American Quakerism in the 1820s and 30s. Included are pamphlets written in both condemnation and defense of Job Scott a Quaker preacher mystic and quietist from Providence Rhode Island as well as a host of pamphlets concerning the Hicksite schism that splintered the Quaker community in the 1820s. Also included is a publication commemorating the establishment of McKim's School in Baltimore a charity school funded by Quaker John McKim and his sons Isaac and William and another pamphlet on the collapse of the Union Bank of Maryland headed by Baltimore Quaker Thomas Ellicott. Most of the pamphlets were published either in Baltimore or Philadelphia with others published - one each - in Wilmington Delaware; Trenton New Jersey; and Mount Pleasant Ohio. A handful of others lack publication information. Early printer's imprints include those of William Brown Philadelphia Thomas Kite Philadelphia T. Murphy Baltimore and R. Porter & Son Wilmington. There is a total of twenty-nine separate works three of them duplicates across the two volumes fourteen in one and fifteen in the other. The titles in the order in which they appear are: First volume: 1 First Annual Report of the Bible Association of Friends in America Read at the Annual Meeting Held on the Evening of the Nineteenth of Fourth Month 1830. Philadelphia: William Brown 1830. 133pp. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 531. 2 Second Annual Report of the Bible Association of Friends in America Read at the Annual Meeting Held on the Evening of the Eighteenth of Fourth Month 1831. Philadelphia: William Brown 1831. 31pp. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780. 3 Third Annual Report of the Bible Association of Friends in America Read at the Annual Meeting Held on the Evening of the Sixteenth of Fourth Month 1832. Philadelphia: William Brown 1832. 17pp. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780. 4 An Appeal to the Society of Friends in Behalf of The Bible Association of Friends in America. Philadelphia: William Brown 1832. 72pp. SABIN 86036. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 11363. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780. 5 A Declaration of the Yearly Meetings of Friends Held in Philadelphia Respecting the Proceedings of Those Who Have Lately Separated from the Society: and Also Shewing the Contrast Between Their Doctrines and Those Held by Friends. Philadelphia: Thomas Kite 1828. 32pp. SABIN 19183. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 33301. 6 The Testimony of the Society of Friends on the Continent of America. Philadelphia: Joseph Rakestraw 1830. 36pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 1508. SABIN 86070. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780. 7 A Letter from Luke Howard of Tottenham Near London to a Friend in America; Containing Observations upon a Treatise Written by Job Scott entitled Salvation by Christ &c. N.p. 1825. 20pp. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:982. 8 A Letter from a Friend in America to Luke Howard of Tottenham Near London in Which the Character of Our Late Friend Job Scott Is Vindicated and Defended and His Doctrines Shown to Be Consistent with Scripture and Sound Reason. In Reply to a Letter Addressed by Luke Howard to the Author. N.p. 1826. 54pp. plus errata leaf bound in. SABIN 78289. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:943. 9 Charter of M'Kim's School Incorporated by The General Assembly of Maryland December Session 1820: with the By-Laws of the Trustees of That Institution. Baltimore: T. Murphy 1821. 15pp. including in-text illustration plus embossed seal of the school on separate slip of paper bound in. OCLC records only three copies at Yale Duke and the Library Company of Philadelphia. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 5889. 10 Owen Robert Dale: Letters Addressed to William Gibbons of Wilmington Del. in Reply to "An Exposition of Modern Scepticism;" Together with an Address to the Society of Friends and a Letter to Eli Hilles Benj. Ferris and Others. First Published in the F. Enquirer. Philadelphia: J.A. M'Clintock 1830. 24pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 2920. 11 Gibbons William: An Exposition of Modern Scepticism in a Letter Addressed to the Editors of the Free Enquirer. Wilmington De.: R. Porter and Son 1829. 48pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 38754. 12 Gould M.T.C.: The Friend or Advocate of Truth Extra. Facts from M.T.C. Gould Respecting Isaac T. Hopper caption title. Philadelphia 1831 16pp. 13 Defence of Isaac T. Hopper Against the Aspersions of Marcus T.C. Gould half title. N.p. N.d. 12pp. 14 Address of the Sufferers of the Eastern District of the City of Baltimore to the Yearly Meeting Held in Baltimore 10th Month 28th 1822. N.p. 1822. 24pp. OCLC locates only five copies. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 8778. Second volume: 15 Extracts from The Minutes of Baltimore Yearly Meeting caption title. N.p. 1833. 21pp. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:776. 16 Extracts from The Minutes of Baltimore Yearly Meeting caption title. N.p. 1831. 23pp. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:776. 17 Extracts from The Minutes of Baltimore Yearly Meeting caption title. N.p. 1830. 12pp. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:776. 18 Extracts from The Minutes of Baltimore Yearly Meeting caption title. N.p. 1829. 15pp. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:776. 19 Bates Elisha: The Incorporation of Ohio Yearly Meeting for the Purpose of Establishing a Boarding School Defended: or an Explanation of the Application Made by Friends to the Legislature of Ohio. Mount Pleasant Oh. 1833. 23pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 17684. 20 Foulke Joseph: Friends' Almanac for the Year of our Lord 1834. Being the Second After Leap Year…. Philadelphia: Evan Lewis 1833. 29-48pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 18930. DRAKE 11877. 21 Bates Elisha: A View of the Sentiments of Elias Hicks Respecting Future Rewards and Punishments. Philadelphia: Thomas Kite 1829. 16pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 37723. 22 Review of a Letter from Elias Hicks to Dr. N. Shoemaker. Fourth Edition. Philadelphia: Thomas Kite 1829. 28pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 40251. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:943. 23 A Review of Elias Hicks' Letter to Thomas Willis on the Miraculous Conception of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Philadelphia: Thomas Kite 1829. 27pp. 24 Epistles and Testimonies Issued by the Yearly Meetings of Friends in North America; Setting Forth Their Faith Respecting the Holy Scriptures and in the Divinity and Offices of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; Shewing That the Antichristian Doctrines of Those Who Have Lately Separated from the Society are Repugnant Thereto. Philadelphia: Thomas Kite 1828. 83pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 33295. SABIN 86056. SMITH FRIENDS' BOOKS I:779. 25 Another copy of The Testimony of the Society of Friends on the Continent of America. Philadelphia: Joseph Rakestraw 1830. 36pp. 26 The Decision in a Cause Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey between Thomas L. Shotwell Complainant and Joseph Hendrickson and Stacy Decow Defendants caption title. Trenton N.J.: P.J. Gray 1832. 90pp. Likely extracted from Wood George and Isaac H. Williamson The Society of Friends Vindicated: Being the Arguments of the Counsel of Joseph Hendrickson in a Cause Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey between Thomas L. Shotwell Complainant and Joseph Hendrickson and Stacy Decow Defendants. By George Wood and Isaac H. Williamson Counsellors at Law. To Which Is Appended the Decision of the Court. Trenton N.J.: P.J. Gray 1832. "An important case relating to a dispute between Orthodox and Hicksite Friends over funds belonging to the Society before the division" - SABIN. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 17135. SABIN 105026. FELCONE COLLECTION 1435. 27 Another copy of Address of the Sufferers of the Eastern District of the City of Baltimore to the Yearly Meeting Held in Baltimore 10th Month 28th 1822. N.p. 1822. 24pp. 28 Another copy of Gould M.T.C.: The Friend or Advocate of Truth Extra. Facts from M.T.C. Gould Respecting Isaac T. Hopper caption title. Philadelphia 1831 16pp. 29 Johnson Reverdy: Reply to a Pamphlet Entitled "A Brief Exposition of Matters Relating to the Bank of Maryland" with an Examination into Some of the Causes of the Bankruptcy of That Institution. Baltimore: Jas. Lucas & E.K. Deaver 1834. 54251pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 25136. SABIN 36271. Together the pamphlets provide a comprehensive look at the Society of Friends in Baltimore and in the United States more broadly between 1821 and 1834. Bound in two volumes. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards spines gilt. Boards rubbed shelfworn corners and spine ends worn. Intermittent tanning foxing and staining. Very good overall. The American Annual Monitor for 1861; or Obituary of the Members of the Society of Friends in America for the Year 1860. No. 4 New York 1861 p.145. "Death of an Aged Citizen. – Mr. Wm Proctor sic" in The Sun Baltimore MD January 17 1860. hardcover
1953Best.-Nr. LFA01068N° 17 de la revue "Saint Cyr" : 180 pages, format 240 x 310 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, publié en 1953
1877136 p. Rear leaves slightly chewed at fore edge. Manuscript ownership of Charles R. Parkhurst, Jr. Princeton, NJ, October, 1947 on paste down. Sm. 8vo. Worn and soiled publisher's cloth binding decorated in gold and blind. PA 60 L Stk
1834Best.-Nr. 958101834. Third edition. Darton and Harvey London. 1834. Quarto hardback. Bound in full tan morocco gilt to contrasting maroon label piece and gilt border rules to boards. End-papers and all page edges marbled. 335 pages. Index. Presentation copy to Sir Herbert Taylor First Private Secretary to George III IV and William IV from the Quaker philanthropist Peter Bedford - inscription to front free end-paper. Extremities sl. rubbed and prelims foxed. A nice copy. hardcover
1809Best.-Nr. 76436New Bedford:: Abraham Shearman Jun. 1809. First edition. old full sheep. . Light discoloration to the text throughout the paper is not at all brittle; light rubbing to the leather; tight and sound. . 8vo. Printed by Direction of the Meeting. Annotated in an old hand at the top of the title page: "This Book belongs to Rhode Island Monthly Meeting of Friends." A note at the close of the Introduction refers to additions on three pages approx. 200 words; regarding those "out of unity with friends" inspecting testimonies and the receipt of military pensions of persons who subsequently became members. These manuscript additions are dated 1822 1811 and 1818.l Abraham Shearman, Jun., hardcover
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