MEMORIALS CONCERNING DECEASED FRIENDS: Being A Selection From The Records Of The \Yearly Meeting For Pennsylvania, etc. From The Year 1788 To 1819, Inclusive.
by Society of Friends; Quakers
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Printed and Sold by Solomon W. Conrad, Philadelphia: ., 1821 184 p. Top margins of first signature dampstained. Early manuscript ownership of Elizabeth Roberts, 4th month, 14th day, 1852. 12mo. 185 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Front board detached. Rear board fragile. Original leather spine label. Hardbound. Good. Advice from the Quaker Meeting on a wide variety of topics in alphabetic order - some of which are: Books; Burials; Civil Government; conduct and conversation; Days and Times; defamation and Detraction; Discipline; Gaming and Diversions; Marriage; Negroes or Slaves; Oaths; Parents and Children; Plainness; Poor; Schools; Sufferings; Trade; War; Wills; etc. A wonderful little pocket guide the Quaker rules of behavior in the early 19th century. S&S/AI 5412. PA59 CtrStkL. Hardcover.
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- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
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- Title
- MEMORIALS CONCERNING DECEASED FRIENDS: Being A Selection From The Records Of The \Yearly Meeting For Pennsylvania, etc. From The Year 1788 To 1819, Inclusive.
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- Society of Friends; Quakers
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- Hardcover
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- Used
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- Printed and Sold by Solomon W. Conrad, Philadelphia: .
- Date Published
- 1821
- Keywords
- PENNSYLVANIA IMPRINTS EARLY AMERICAN AMERICANA SOCIETY OF FRIENDS QUAKERS QUAKER BIOGRAPHY YEARLY MEETING RECORDS GENEALOGY 1788 TO 1819 PHILADELPHIA IMPRINT 1821
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- PENNSYLVANIA; EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS; GENEALOGY;
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THE FAMILY ALBUM
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About THE FAMILY ALBUM
Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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