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MEMOIRS OF ELIZABETH COLLINS, Of Upper Evesham, New Jersey, A Minster of the Gospel of Christ, in the Society of Friends
by Collins, Elizabeth
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- tan pebbled contemporary cloth. Owner's early ink name on second front flyleaf (dated 1838). Moderate wear and light soiling to
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Nathan Kite, 1833. First edition, Nathan Kite imprint issue. 144pp. 24mo. tan pebbled contemporary cloth. Owner's early ink name on second front flyleaf (dated 1838). Moderate wear and light soiling to cloth, few short tears and light fraying at tips of spine, rear hinge tender, endpapers and text quite foxed, with early, light brown stain to text at upper fore-corner, else a good, sound copy. First edition, Nathan Kite imprint issue. 144pp. 24mo. Text includes: "A testimony of the Monthly Meeting of Upper Evesham, New Jersey, concerning our beloved friend, Elizabeth Collins, deceased." American imprints 18337
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- 334924
- Title
- MEMOIRS OF ELIZABETH COLLINS, Of Upper Evesham, New Jersey, A Minster of the Gospel of Christ, in the Society of Friends
- Author
- Collins, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- 144pp. 24mo
- Book Condition
- Used - tan pebbled contemporary cloth. Owner's early ink name on second front flyleaf (dated 1838). Moderate wear and light soiling to
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, Nathan Kite imprint issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nathan Kite
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1833
- Keywords
- Women | New Jersey
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