Quakers, a large collection
including
£2,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Baxter, Richard The Saints Everlasting Rest.... ninth edition. 1662. Large 8vo, engraved frontispiece, with slight loss, laid down, contemporary panelled calf, title repaired at head, some spotting and browning, occasional wormhole, rebacked, corners repaired; Fisher, Samuel The Testimony of Truth Exalted. Printed in the Year 1679. 4to, contemporary calf, slight damp stain to first few leaves, worn, upper cover detached; Howgill, Francis The Dawnings of the Gospel-Day, and its Light and Glory Discovered. Printed in the year 1676. 4to, title ragged and with some loss of margin, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, corners neatly repaired, records of the dates of births and deaths of members of the Ballard family on final blank leaf; Barclay, Robert Truth Triumphant through the Spiritual Warfare. London: T. Northcott, 1692, 4to, title cut round, mounted and loose, slight dampstaining to preliminary leaves, some light spotting, lacking both covers; Bugg, F. The Pilgrim's Progress from Quakerism to Christianity. 1700. 8vo, engraved frontispiece loose, contemporary calf, worn; Sewel, William The History of the Rise, Increase and Progress of the Christian People called Quakers. London: J. Sowle, 1722. 4to, later calf, inscription to front endpaper 'This Book belongs to the Friends (the People called Quakers) belonging to their Meeting at Canterbury 1722', some slight spotting, slightly rubbed; Whitehead, George The Christian Progress. 1725. 8vo, contemporary calf, textblock splitting, upper cover detached; Claridge, Richard The Life and Posthumous Works. 1726. 8vo, contemporary calf, title slightly soiled, neatly rebacked, spine gilt; Barclay, Robert Theologiae vere Christianae Apologia. 1729. 8vo, contemporary calf, worn, cover detached; An Abstract of the Sufferings of the People call'd Quakers. 1733, volume 1 only, contemporary calf, some spotting and staining, rubbed, upper cover detached; A'Kempis, Thomas The Christian's Pattern. 1759. 12mo, contemporary red morocco gilt, rebacked retaining spine; Fox, George A Journal or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings... George Fox. 1765. Folio, contemporary calf, a few preliminary leaves loose, worn, upper board detached; Barclay, Robert An Apology for the True Christian Divinity. 1736, sixth edition, pp 287-290 torn with some loss, contemporary panelled calf; Brook, Mary Reasons for the Necessity of Silent Waiting, in order to the Solemn Worship of God. London: Mary Hinde, 1774. Second edition, 8vo, with initial blank, original wrappers, uncut; Woolman, John The Works. 1775. 8vo, contemporary calf; [Gordon, Thomas] An Inquiry into the Powers of Ecclesiastics. 1776. 8vo, modern quarter calf, uncut; Acts of Parliament A Collection of Acts of Parliament... relative to those Protestant dissenters... Quakers. 1777. Small 4to, contemporary calf, rubbed, red morocco label; Barclay, Robert An Apology for the True Christian Divinity... the eighth edition. 1780. 8vo, contemporary calf; Churchman, John An Account of the Gospel Labours. Philadelphia, Printed, London, Reprinted, 1780. 8vo, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper cover detached; Bathurst, Elizabeth. Truth Vindicated. 1788. Fifth edition, 12mo, modern quarter calf; Penn, William No Cross, No Crown... thirteenth edition. 1789. 8vo, contemporary calf, head of spine rubbed; Whiting, John Persecution Exposed in Some Memoirs relating to the Sufferings of. 1791. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary quarter calf, slight dampstaining, rubbed; Watson, Richard An Apology for the Bible, in a Series of Letters addressed to Thomas Paine. 1796. 3rd edition, 12mo, contemporary half calf, rubbed; Scott, Job A Journal of the Life, Travels, and Gospel Labours. New York printed, London reprinted: J. Phillips & Son, 1798. 12mo, contemporary calf, rubbed; Penn, William The Select Works. 1825. Fourth edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary diced calf, lacking spines; Wood, Ephraim. Quakerism unveiled: Truth Prevalent. Liverpool, 1815. 8vo, original boards, uncut, rubbed; Tuke, Henry Biographical Notices of Members of the Society of Friends. York, 1826-15, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf; [Society of Friends] Extracts from the Minutes and Advices of the Yearly Meeting of Friends held in London. 1802. Second edition, 4to, contemporary tree calf, a few lower margins dampstained at beginning, foot of spine worn; Charles I Eikon Bazilike. London: R. Royston, 1681. 8vo, frontispiece and 1 plate, disbound; [Jacob, Henry] To the right High and mightie Prince, James... an humble Supplication for Toleration and libertie. [Middelburg: R. Schilders], 1609. 4to, disbound, lacks first blank leaf, a few leaves slightly wormed in inner margin; [Defoe, Daniel] The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. London: R. Baldwin & M. Cooper, 1755. volume 2 only, 11th edition, folding twin hemisphere map frontispiece, slightly shaved at foot, contemporary calf, worn; [Indian Natives] A Brief Account of the Proceedings of the Committee appointed in the year 1795 at the Yearly Meeting of Friends of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, &f for promoting the Improvement and gradual Civilization of the Indian Natives. Philadelphia printed, London reprinted, sold by Phillips and Fardon, 1806, 8vo, disbound; and 2 defective Quaker volumes, and 40 others (theological, miscellaneous, history, French, a few defective); sold not subject to return (c. 75)