Search Results: History, Quaker, Religion from Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop

North Newton, KS: Mennonite Press. Covers lightly worn, some soiling. Some pages bent and soiling on edges. Back cover dampstained and wrinkled, back pages wrinkled from damp, else binding tight and pages very good. . Good +. Paperback. 1984.

Dayton, OH: Morningside House. 257 pages, about 10 3/4" tall. Cover and pages very good. Dust jacket foxed and lightly chipped. . Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. 1982.

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edward Brothers, Inc.. Cloth cover has minimal soiling, gilt title on spine and cover. Owner name "Hugh Barbour." End papers lightly yellowed, otherwise pages very good. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1939.

London: S.W. Partridge and Co.. Embossed grey cloth covers soiled with library numbers on spine, spine label and cover corners frayed. Bookplate inside front cover, embossed library stamp on ffe and frontis. Pencil markings on a few pages of the preface, binding tight, pages edged in red, very good. No date given but preface dated 1886. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1886.

Carbondale, IN: Southern Illinois University. 144 pages plus 73 plates, 4to (about 12 1/4" tall) a few light spots on cover. Book near fine in worn slipcase--splitting at seams with scuffed picture and spine label. . Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st. 1959.

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company. Covers worn and faded, edge worn, wrinkled, library sticker on spine. Front and flaps of dust jacket pasted inside. Library stamp, pocket, and date due form. Inner hinge cracking, pages good. Biographies of Quaker men and women from George Fox to Rufus Jones, which give the story of the Quaker movement and an interpretation of its underlying principles. . Fair. Hardcover. 1st. 1953.

Cover lightly worn, pages very good. From the time period when California Yearly Meeting was a member of the Five Years Meeting. No date, although list of nine churches established since 1952. . Very Good. Pamphlet. 1958.

Philadelphia: Westtown Alumni Association. Lightly scuffed and spotted maroon cloth covers with gold title on cover and spine, meeting library stamp, pocket, light foxing to end papers and page edges, else binding tight and pages very good. Multiple photographic plates. . Very Good-. Hardcover. 1899.

Philadelphia: Westtown Alumni Association. Lightly scuffed and worn green cloth covers with gold title on cover and spine. Peeling and cracking of inside cover, pages very good, several detached. Multiple photographic plates. . Good. Hardcover. 1899.

The American Society of Church History. Covers worn, spine and cover edges faded. Pages lightly yellowed and corner bumped. . Good. Paperback. 1960.

Peterborough, NH: Cobbleston Publishing. 48 pages, lightly worn softcover magazine. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1995.

At the Bible in George-Yard, Lombard-Street: Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle.. Two volumes. Volume I: Worn with chipped corners and edges. Engraved decoration on cover. Covers attached only by two/three strings. Spine cover gone. Owner name inside cover. First two pages almost detached. Some dampstain on end papers. Pages very good for age of book, only minimal foxing. Some browning. 909 pages plus four pages of advertisements. Volume II: Front cover detached. Leather gone from both covers, peeling off of spine. Owner name, library bookplate, newspaper clipping regarding "Penn Relics on Display" affixed inside front cover. End paper and title page edge-browned and chipped, detached. Pages lightly browned and foxed. 916 pages. Photos and further description available upon request. . Fair. Full Leather. 1st Edition. 1726.

At the Bible in George-Yard, Lombard-Street: Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle.. Volume I ONLY. Full contemporary leather. Worn, scratched, edge worn and chipped corners and edges. Covers seemed to have been sealed with some sort of shellac. Tape over spine edges and ends. Multiple types of tape along front hinge, inserted new frontis, masking tape around edges of title page and title page rebacked with new paper and taped on both hinges. Pages browned and moderately foxed, some dampstain on end papers. 911 pages plus four pages of advertisements. Photos and further description happily provided upon request. . Fair. Full Leather. 1st Edition. 1726.

At the Bible in George-Yard, Lombard-Street: Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle.. Volume I ONLY. Full contemporary leather. Worn, scuffed, edge worn covers with light chipping to corners and spine ends, hinges cracked, title plate missing. Front cover and front free end pages detached, library bookplate, title page repaired with long tear to new paper, original page badly chipped affecting some of text, next pages up through page 8 have been cut (affecting edge of text on first few) and repaired. Pages moderately browned and foxed. 911 pages plus four pages of advertisements. Photos and further description happily provided upon request. Expedited or international shipping will require additional postage. . Fair. Full Leather. 1st Edition. 1726.

At the Bible in George-Yard, Lombard-Street: Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle.. Two volumes. Epistle by William Penn from 1799 bound in back of volume two: "An Epistle, containing a Salutation to All Faithful Friends, a Reproof to the Unfaithful, and a Visitation to the Inquiring, in a Solemn Farewell to Them All in the Land of My Nativity." From the personal library of Quaker scholar and author, Rufus M. Jones. Moderately worn modern cloth binding, strongly damp stained, binding tight, bookplate, two library stamps "Library of Haverford College Rufus M. Jones Study" (did not circulate), first four pages damp stained at hinge and corners (does not affect text), large damp stain from top of page to last two hundred pages, else pages lightly browned with almost no foxing, 911 pages. Volume II: Worn and damp stained modern cloth binding, damp stain to bottom corner throughout (does not affect text), binding tight, pages bright and clean, same bookplate and stamps as volume… Read More

Philadelphia: Ferris & Leach. Original cloth cover with gold design/image on front. Spine very worn, cover worn and darkened with material stuck on front cover. Library bookplate inside front cover. New York Sun review of book pasted inside back cover. Hinges loose, few cracking. Pages good; one page of photographs detached. 336pp, multiple black and white photographs . Good. Hardcover. First edition. 1903.

London: Friends Home Service Committee. Lightly worn and curved paper covers, sun faded along spine, some small stains on front. Pages bright and very good. . Very Good. Paperback. 1955.

Richmond, IN: Earlham School of Religion. Covers very good. Library note and stamp, otherwise pages fine. . Near Fine. Paperback. 1985.

London: Friends World Committee for Consultation. Blue paper covers lightly foxed, scuffed, scratched, edge worn, sun faded on spine and edges. Pages corner bumped, otherwise very good. Epistle ("A Message to all Friends from the Friends World Conference") laid in, red pencil underlining throughout. . Very Good. Paperback. 1952.

London: Friends World Committee for Consultation. Blue paper covers lightly browned, sun faded on spine and edges, creased, small stain on front cover. Pages tanned, pencil marks on a few pages, approx. last 20 pages strongly corner bumped and torn along edges of bump. . Good. Paperback. 1952.