Search Results: Quakers from Charles Agvent

Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1765. First Edition. Hardcover. Old bookseller description pasted to the top of the front pastedown which has evidence of a bookplate removal; ink number "5196" at the top corner of the verso of the front endpaper; mild spotting toward the beginning but mostly very clean. Light wear along spine edges and tips, no spine label present or evidence there was one; light wear to corners and top edge. Near Fine. The First Baskerville Edition and the Eighth overall. Quarto (9-7/8" x 12-1/2") bound in original blue paper-covered boards with light green paper backing, uncut and mostly unopened; [12], [ii]-xiii, [2], 504, [18] pages. Gaskell 30 describes that the errata leaf is frequently missing. This copy has two examples of the errata leaf, one with a Phillips & Fardon imprint as part of the preliminaries and the other at the end of the text without an imprint. DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY: "Barclay's great book, The Apology, is remarkable as the standard exposition of the… Read More

Paris: Ganeau (de l'imprimerie d'Houry), 1768. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents clean; minor wear to joints. Near Fine. Duodecimo (3-3/4" x 6-1/2") bound in contemporary full calf with a gilt-decorated spine with raised bands and leather spine label, marbled endpapers and edges; xx, 372, [4], pages. Complete with half-title page and folding map of eastern Pennsylvania including portions of Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York. Translated from the German, this work is based on that of the botanist Peter Kalm for the natural history and on the journey of Gottlieb Mittelberger for the part devoted to the Quakers. Several other works, in French and English, are mentioned as supplying information in the introduction. HOWES R-471; SABIN 73490.

London: Mary Hinde, 1773. First Edition. Hardcover. Early owner name of Maria Gurney on the front endpaper and remnant of early bookplate of Henrietta Gurney on the front pastedown. Light wear to the spine tips and edges, but a clean, Near Fine copy. Duodecimo (4" x 6-1/2") bound in contemporary calf leather with blind rules and stamping on the covers; [vi], 137, [3] pages. Contains the following, with separate title pages for each section: Considerations on Pure Wisdom, and Human Policy. * Considerations on the True Harmony of Mankind, &c. * An Epistle to the Quarterly and Monthly Meetings of Friends. * Remarks on Sundry Subjects (includes a chapter On a Sailor's Life). * Some Expressions of John Woolman in his Last Illness. Sabin 105207.