[QUAKER HISTORY -- WILLIAM PENN & PENNSYLVANIA]. A group of 6 works in 8 volumes, ALL FIRST EDITIONS.
Sale 1336 - Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Worlds of Tomorrow, and Americana
Jun 7, 2024
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[QUAKER HISTORY -- WILLIAM PENN & PENNSYLVANIA]. A group of 6 works in 8 volumes, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, comprising:
PENN, William and George WHITEHEAD. The Christian-Quaker, and his divine testimony... London: N.p.,1674-1673. Two parts in one volume, folio. Contemporary calf (re-backed). FIRST EDITION OF BOTH PARTS. -- PENN, William. Fruits of a Father's Love. London: Assigns of J. Sowle, 1726. 16mo. Contemporary sheep. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "His Memory" on title-page set in Roman type. -- PENN, William. A collection of the works of... London: J. Sowle, 1726. 2 volumes, folio. Half modern calf. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of Penn's Works. -- PENN, William, et al. Three treatise's in which...Quakers, are plainly declared. Philadelphia: Joseph CruIkshank, 1770. 8vo. Contemporary sheep. FIRST EDITION. -- STRASSBURGER, Ralph Beaver and William John HIKE, editor. Pennsylvania German Pioneers. A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808. Norristown, PA: Pennsylvania German Society, 1934. 3 volumes, 4to. Contemporary half morocco gilt; slipcases. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 145 copies. -- Together, 6 works in 8 volumes, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally very good.
Property from the Collection of Dr. K. William Harter, Alexandria, Virginia
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