Religion from Tannery Books

Philadelphia: Tract Association of Friends, ca. 1888. Reprint. Leather_bound. Fair. Bound collection of 43 tracts, Philadelphia, Tract Association of Friends, undated reprints [ca. 1887-1888]. Leather hc with gilt-stamped 'Friends' Tracts' in black title box on spine, 8vo (18 cm), individually paginated. Forty-three selections from the first 97 tracts published by the Tract Association, memoirs of John Woolman, Caroline… Read more

Philadelphia: William H. Pile, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Joseph Edgerton, Some Account of the Life and Religious Services of Joseph Edgerton, a Minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends. With Extracts from His Correspondence. Compiled from original manuscripts by his daughter Eunice Thomasson. Philadelphia, William H. Pile, 1885, First Edition. Brown cloth hc with gilt-stamped… Read more

Philadelphia: Thomas Kite, 1831. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. John Kendall, Letters on Religious Subjects, Written By Divers Friends, Deceased. Philadelphia, Thomas Kite, 1831, Two volumes in one [Second Edition - Smith Vol. 2, p. 55]. Smith: "The Letters in this Collection are by John Rutty, Catharine Payton, Samuel Forthergill, Sophia Hume, John Churchman, Dr. John Fothergill, Richard Shackleton,… Read more

London: Harvey and Darton, 1829. Hardcover. Fair. John Churchman, An Account of the Gospel Labours and Christian Experiences of John Churchman, London, Harvey and Darton, 1829, later edition [Smith, p. 408]. Plain brown paper boards, 12mo (19 cm), viii, 316 uneven cut pp. Fair: front board detached and spine missing, interior good, no markings.

Philadelphia: Friends' Book-Store. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Isaac Penington, Letters of Isaac Penington - An Eminent Minister of the Gospel in The Society of Friends Which He Joined About the Year 1658. Philadelphia, Friends' Book-Store, from the Second London Edition [after 1828 - Smith, p. 359]. Brown cloth hc with simple blind-stamped borders and gilt titling on spine,… Read more

Warrington: Thomas Hurst, 1840. Leather_bound. Fair. John Woolman, James Cropper, Bernard Barton, A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences of that Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman, Late of Mount-Holly, in the Province of New Jersey, North America, To Which Are Added, His Last Epistle, and Other Writings. Warrington, Thomas Hurst, 1840, later edition… Read more

the Board of Managers, 1956. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. Thomas L. Moose. Nazareth Orphans' Home, Founded August 13, 1903, Opened December 2, 1906, A Home for Orphaned Children, age 5 to 18, under The Southern Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church. Published by the Board of Managers (Rowan Printing Company), 1956, First Printing. This fifty-year history… Read more

North Carolina Division of Archives and History. Paperback. Near fine. Wilson Angley, ed. Gary Fulton. A Short History of St. Thomas Episcopal Church - Bath, North Carolina, North Carolina Division of Archives and History, no date. Stapled tan paper covers, 8vo (22 cm), 20 pp. Near fine: staples starting to rust, crisp, no markings.

Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1795. Leather_bound. Poor. [ed. Lindley Murray] Some Account of the Life and Religious Labours of Sarah Grubb. With an Appendix Containing an Account of the Schools at Ackworth and York, Observations on Christian Discipline, and Extracts from many of her Letters. Trenton, Isaac Collins, 1795, first American edition (Smith pp 876-877 and supplement p. 168).… Read more

Philadelphia, 1849. Later printing. Leather_bound. Good. Thomas Evans. An Exposition of the Faith of the Religious Society of Friends, in Some of the Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Religion: To Which Is Prefixed A Brief Account of the Rise of the Society. Philadelphia, for sale at Friends' Book Store, 1849, later printing. Full leather hc with black leather… Read more

Philadelphia: Thomas Kite, 1831. First American Edition. Leather_bound. Good. Joseph Gurney Bevan, Memoirs of the Life of Isaac Penington; to Which is Added A Review of His Writings, Philadelphia, Thomas Kite, 1831, third state (first American – Smith, p. 261). Biographies of early Friend and prolific writer Isaac Penington and his wife Mary, followed by reprinted selections of… Read more

Philadelphia: Thomas Kite, 1829. Leather_bound. Good. A Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of Richard Jordan, A Minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends, Late of Newton, in Gloucester County, New Jersey. Philadelphia, Thomas Kite, 1829 [probable first American, this edition missing in Smith]. Full leather hc with black leather title block on spine, 12mo… Read more

Philadelphia: Kimber & Sharpless, 1828. Second Edition. Leather_bound. Good. Thomas Evans. An Exposition of the Faith of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, in the Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Religion, Principally Selected from their Early Writings. Philadelphia, Kimber & Sharpless and Thomas Kite, 1828, Second Edition (Smith, p. 579). Full leather hc with red leather… Read more

Philadelphia, 1893. Hardcover. Fair. Rules of Discipline of the Yearly Meeting of Friends for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and the Eastern Parts of Maryland, Stereotype Edition, Philadelphia, 1893. Brown cloth hc with gilt-stamped titling on spine and blind-stamped borders, small 8vo (19 cm), [i]-viii, [9]-[208] pp with extensive index. Good to Fair: corners bumped and spine cracked, po… Read more

New Bedford: Edmund Anthony, 1856. Revised Edition. Leather_bound. Fair. Rules of Discipline of the Yearly Meeting, Held on Rhode Island, for New England, New Bedford, [New England Yearly Meeting] Edmund Anthony, printer (originally Abraham Shearman, Jun.), 1856. Full leather hc with rolled borders and edges, xvi with index, 154 pp. Fair: front cover detached, spine missing, po names,… Read more

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Elton Trueblood, The Life We Prize, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1951, First Edition. Quarter dark gray cloth over gray-blue cloth, 8vo (21 cm), 218 pp with index. Good/no DJ: ex-library with stickers and stamps, covers worn with large scuffs near spine, minor pencil markings.

New York: William Ross, 1788. Reprint. Leather_bound. Fair. Joseph Phipps, The Original and Present State of Man, Briefly Considered: Wherein is Shewn, The Nature of his FALL, and the Necessity, Means and Manner of his RESTORATION, through the Sacrifice of CHRIST, and the sensible Operation of that DIVINE PRINCIPLE of GRACE and TRUTH, held forth to the World,… Read more

Stuttgart: Stahle & Friedel. Very good. Otto Weidenmann. Otto Weidenmann, Neue Blätter Religiöser Kunst (New Sheets of Religious Art), Stuttgart, Stähle & Friedel, undated [ca. 1932]. Quarter tan cloth over red paper boards, portfolio (37 cm). List of images and prints of gospel scenes. All 15 images present, plus an additional print titled Verkündigung an Maria, and extra… Read more

London: J. Sowle, 1722. First English Language Edition. William Sewel. The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People called Quakers, Intermixed with several Remarkable Occurrences. Written Originally in Low-Dutch by William Sewel, and by himself Translated into English. Now Revis'd and Publish'd, with some Amendments. London, J. Sowle, 1722. First English language printing [Smith, p.… Read more

Dublin: Jos. Sheppard, 1772. Later printing. Hardcover. Good. John Ray, A Persuasive to the Holy Life : From the Happiness Which Attends It Both in this World, and in the World to come. Dublin, for Jos. Sheppard, 1772. Quarter leather over marbled boards, 12mo (16 cm), plain endpapers, [iv] 156 pp. Good: covers worn with boards showing, light… Read more